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approach of the Civil Rights movement. This philosophy of nonviolent activism inspired other African American leaders. Sit-ins were another example of the nonviolent protests led by blacks. In 1960, four college students sat down at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Since they were not white, they were refused service at the counter. Yet, the remained seated as a form of protest. They came back to the lunch counter with more college students the next day and…

The cold war was a clear representation of the growing tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. The starting of the cold war can be marked as the time period after WWII. After the war the world’s two biggest superpowers- The United States and The Soviet Union, had two opposing ideals. The Soviet Union followed a communist government and the United States followed a democratic capitalist government. Due to this ongoing rivalry, the US adopted a policy of containment. The main…

Introduction With a focus that is much more narrowly based than public and school libraries, special libraries limit their scope of expertise to serve particular requests of their clients. “The special library offers information access and specialized custom service to ensure rapid delivery of information to meet customers’ unique information needs” (82). Special libraries can be found in any number of places such as corporate, law, or medical offices, as well as in museums, news rooms, and…

He made many waves and enemies with this essay that doubts the power of social media in political organizing (Melber 1). In it he describes the forms of activism that took place in February of 1960 at a popular lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. A racial situation ensued whereby four young black men were refused a cup of coffee because the seats they occupied were for whites only. A protest began the next morning with among thirty-one people. By the end of the month, some…

Joe Ferrici 3/21/15 Med Aspects Springer ACL Research In the world of sports today, there is a wide variety of pressures that athletes have to face. Athletes have to deal with the pressure of coaches, family, playing well, and getting scouted to name a few; being injured is not looked past either. Injuries during physical activity are inevitable, especially in today’s world where athletes are getting extremely more athletic and active. Social media is constantly releasing stories of these…

When you look around it is hard to determine who finished college and who did not. Sometimes it may be obvious who did and who did not but most of the time it cannot be determined just by looking at them. College dropout rates have been rising at a steady pace since the 1990s for many reasons including but not limited to; prices of getting a college education has increased nearly 6x the amount it was in 1985 (Waldon), the stress of juggling class, work and family life, lack of interest in the…

Public Health Problem: Prescription Drug Overdose Prescription drugs are used on a daily basis by millions of Americans to sustain life, improve health, and cure various health problems. As much as prescription drugs are a benefit to our nation, they are also abused by a large population of people. The misuse of prescription drugs not only poses a risk for the abusers themselves, but to those around them. Accidents, actions of misconduct, and death are all possible results of prescription…

Mental health is being researched more and more nowadays. Psychological problems come from many variables that affect a person’s life. These articles will provide some examples and different types of researches conducted. I will compare some of these articles to see if the end result is the same for them all. If not how do they differ? How can mental health professionals change to better help children? Also, why do parents skimp out on taking their kids to get the care they need? Amoah, Samuel.…

segregation. Ella Baker, organizer of SCLC, helped the youth start the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The students in the committee staged “sit-ins” to desegregate restaurants and department stores. The first event occurred in Greensboro, NC where four black students set at the counter at a Woolworth’s five-and-dime store. News media of this movement spread throughout the South and the North that other black students facilitated similar protests. In Oakland, CA black and…

Martin Luther King, Jr. is correct in his statement. Ignorance and stupidity have led to the downfall of many societies. It is from scientific racism and social Darwinism that these ideas have risen, where people’s decisions and views were influenced by pseudo-scientific ideas of there being a superior and inferior race. These false allegations were followed by suffering and oppression. It is this oppression that urged change within society. Change was initiated by many passive protests. In…