Roosevelt selected Mary McLeod Bethune, a prominent black educator, as a special adviser on minority affairs. Bethune and a number of other blacks targeted national attention to the injustices of lynching, segregation, and disenfranchisement. The decade witnessed a historic shift in black voting patterns. She was deeply grounded in family, religion, and committed to racial advancement. Her biggest aspiration was for all African-Americans to reach “the promised land of liberty.” Bethune acclaimed…
Mentor is a beautiful city in Lake County, Ohio, which was first settled back in 1797. As of 2010, its population reached 47,159. CNNMoney hailed Mentor as the 68th Best Place to Live in America in 2003. Four (4) years later and it climbed to the 37th spot of the same list. The name “Mentor” was derived for the Greek figure Mentor. This is a way of keeping the tradition of the Connecticut Western Reserve settlers and most other Americans at that time. It neighboring towns like Euclid, Akron,…
Rochdale Aid 4 Syria. Rochdale Aid 4 Syria campaigned the release of Al Qaeda terrorist Aaifa Siddiqui, currently serving an 86-year prison sentence. In the video, British-accented “Jihadi John” then addresses the camera, saying: “The blood of David Haines is on your hands Cameron. Alan Henning will also be slaughtered but his blood is on the hands of the British parliament”. The same thing happened to American Steven Scotloff, so now The United kingdom and the United States of America have…
Human beings are not totally determined by their biology; neither are they unaffected by their social circumstances.” (White, Haines & Asquith, 2012; 55). Eysenck identified there to be three personality components and believed that the “various combinations of the different personality dimensions within an individual affects their ability to learn not to offend and consequently…
In 1986, the world experienced a tragedy that had lasting effects on many people, myself included. While at the young age of nine years old at the time, I can still remember that day as though it was yesterday. That day, schools had closed in my county due to snow. I was home, flipping through the television when I came across a news broadcast about the impending launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger. I do not remember if I had knowledge of the space program before that day, but something that…
It was the bottom of the ninth, and the Yankees are currently up to bat. There are men on second and third base, yet only one out in the inning. One of our best pitches on the Cardinals roster this year, which was 1930. Jesse Haines was closing the game today. We were currently winning by one run, the score is 3-2 and all we have to do is hold them and the game is ours. Nevertheless, with our luck, Babe Ruth steps up to the plate. He is not a force to be looked down on, with his .359…
Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man are all well known hero’s throughout the world. With their imaginations, powers, and strength they are able to defeat world wide villains. With this, they are selfless, hard working and constantly make improvements from their previous mistakes. These same characteristics may be found in an everyday hero. Someone who runs into a burning building to save a child or someone who finds a cure to cancer and saves someone's life. Throughout the Body of Christopher…
Recently, lots of studies are supporting the importance of this fall condition in the elderly patients. There is lot of literature available containing causes, effects, consequences and prevention strategies for the fall of the patient (Oliver, Healey, & Haines,…
In 1967 the first BPP office was open at 5624 Grove Street, Oakland, CA in January. In the BPP office they had many meetings and created the Black Panther Party Black Community News Service. April 25, the first production of the Black Panther Party Black Community News Service was printed. In Richmond, CA, on April 1 Denzil Dowell was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies. Panthers got a request from the Dowell family for protection from police harassment. Which they took and protected his…
Positive Motivational Strategies’ Influence on College Binge Drinking Misuse and abuse of alcohol by college students continues to be a pervasive and ongoing concern resulting in negative consequences to include: driving under the influence arrests, vehicle crashes, sexual (date rape and unprotected sex) and non-sexual assaults, vandalism, minor injuries and health problems, and severe outcomes such as suicide attempts or death. Excessive drinking also affects a student’s academic performance…