Maryland

There once was a man who was born into slavery but came out of it a leader. Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave in Maryland. When he escaped from slavery he became a conductor and helped free more slaves. Frederick Douglass became a National Leader of the Underground Railroad. Frederick Douglass helped and did a lot as a leader in the Underground Railroad. To start with, Frederick was born in February 1818 In Talbot County, MD. He was born into slavery. No one knows the exact day of his…

Even fewer states have Good Samaritan laws that protect IDUs by allowing those with drug paraphernalia to return it to the police without any consequence or contain exceptions that protect those that operate SSPs, currently only Maryland and North Carolina have laws like that. It is necessary that future endeavors address the legal barriers against SSPs and IDUs in general. And with that in mind each of these states is taking measures to either engage legal actors or subvert the…

Philosophies of The Enlightenment Era created religious freedom in America. By creating this religious freedom they influenced the founding fathers that establish America. Making the church separate from the state, people have the freedom to practice their desired religions. Also this allows others from other countries to move here and practice their religion without fear of being harassed. So by colonies reshaping their religious outlooks in The Enlightenment Era, this allowed all people to be…

positive effects on elections, politics, and parties. In a famous court case, Baker v. Carr, the lack of enforcement of gerrymandering regulation in the states was brought to the attention of the federal courts. Specific states, such as Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Nebraska, have all felt the impact of gerrymandering in different ways. Most recently in the 2016 election, redistricting has continued to play a crucial part in election outcomes. Gerrymandering…

increased readmission, hospital cost, length of stay in the hospital as well as increased mortality. In Prince George’s Hospital, the monthly mortality rate is 11.6% compared to Maryland whose mortality rate stands at 10.7%. Moreover, the monthly readmission rate in the Prince George hospital is 29.5% compared to the state of Maryland that has a total readmission rate of 25% (Hospital-Data.Com, 2003). According to Cite Health (2008),…

On July 2, 1908 Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was Norma Williams and William Marshall’s second child (“Thurgood Marshall”, 2015). His mother was an elementary school teacher who taught him the importance of an education. She encouraged Thurgood and his brother to learn and think for themselves. His father was a waiter at a whites-only country club who would frequently visit the courthouse on his way home and listen to local cases (“Thurgood Marshall”, 2015). William…

have to be a royal descendant to become a leader. This would definitely affect our world today since we elected official since it made it possible for one person able to one day become a leader. Lord Baltimore: The Lord Baltimore would establish Maryland as a place of refuge for Catholics. Baltimore unsuccessful attempts to reconstitute the English…

Maryland is known as the U.S Heroin capital and one in ten of Baltimore’s residents are addicted to the drug (Yang, 2014). Graph 1 provided by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (2014) represents the number of deaths caused by Heroin in Baltimore, MD from January through June 2007-2014: Drug abuse is a disease that is often overlooked and if left untreated it could turn into a recreational activity for the people using them. Many teens are using illegal substances and…

as a preconceived judgement of a group and its individual members, supported by one’s stereotypes. Discrimination is negative behavior toward a group and/ or its members, often influenced by prejudices. As the new community leader at University of Maryland, I will work to minimize conflicts between black and white groups. Through my plan, I will work to reduce prejudice, discrimination, and intergroup conflict, which defined as the conflict between groups who categorize themselves as similar and…

The battle of Antietam also known today as the battle of Sharpsburg was one of the bloodiest battle to ever occur in a day. The battle was part of the Maryland campaign that took place near Sharpsburg, Maryland and the Antietam creek between the 16th of September 1862 to the 18th of September 1862. The terrain in this area consisted of grassy rolling hills with open plains and some wooded areas. During these three days the temperature ranged from a humid 69 to 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Two main…