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    Minority Discrimination

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    may be unsuccessful. No federal statute ever has been implemented specifically to prohibition racial discrimination in private commercial dealings between two business firms. (The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (n.d.) While both federal and state laws protect employment rights and there have been some improvements, there is no equivalent protection for minority owned businesses that come across some form of discrimination. While business discrimination…

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    March: Book One And March

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    March: Book One and March: Book Two were mainly about the Civil Rights Movement happening in the south. I would have to say the most meaningful part of the books to me was all the sit-ins that they did and how they did all of them using nonviolence. It would have taken a lot to be one of the black people and not fight back against the whites. How they could all go by showing nonviolence really stunned me. If I was one of them I am sure I would have fought back because I would not just sit…

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    Song Analysis: Sam Cooke

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    song and appreciate it more. Also knowing the time frame at which the song was written will provide the listener with a better picture of how the artist was feeling when writing that song. Samuel Cook was born in January 22nd 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi and had 8 brothers and sisters. His father was a minister. It is clear that his parent’s financial status was very poor. At the age of 2 his family moved to Chicago to find a better living for them and to run away from racism. He attended the…

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    injuring 22 innocent churchgoers. Two years later, notorious religious and civil rights leader Malcolm X is assassinated during a gathering. Three years after that public speaker and activist Martin Luther King Junior is slain while sitting on a balcony of his hotel in Memphis Tennessee. Seven days after that current President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, an event often seen as the end of the Civil Rights Era in United States history. It took three major tragedies in the…

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    As stated by Cesar Chavez, "a new study shows pesticides used in growing may be responsible for the illness over 300,000 of the nation's 4 million farm workers." Chavez created a speech encouraging people to boycott the grapes because of the pesticides. Chavez used rhetorical strategies such as pathos, logos, and metaphors in order to provoke and inspire the consumers to stand against the pesticides. Throughout Chavez's speech, he uses pathos to alarm consumers about the dangers of…

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    “All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words.” This was said by Harvey milk in the movie milk that represented what he stood for equal rights for not just gay but everyone. The definition of social justice is “Justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society”. In the movie milk addresses social justice and equity issues that the gay community in California faced in the 1970’s struggles socially, politically…

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    Cesar Chavez uses personification by giving his nonviolent protest human ability. Using that personification Chavez tries to persuade the country into using nonviolent protest and steer away from a more violent form. Cesar Chavez also uses rhetorical writing to explain the importance of nonviolent protest. Chavez's use of personification in the excerpt “With which our struggles have grown and matured”. This piece lets us know that everyday their struggle gets worse. When the people go and…

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    How Has The Flag Changed

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    The Flag- The flag flying above the palace is changed by the flag sergeant depending on if the Queen is home or not. When the Queen is out the Union flag is flying. When the Queen is home the Royal Standard flies. The flag is changed by the Queen’s Flag Sergeant. This tradition did not start until 1997 when Diana, Princess of Wales, Died. People were outraged that a flag did not fly at half mast because a flag never was flown when the sovereign was not in the Palace. The Queen, seeing the…

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    1964 Dbq

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    opportunities for America. In 1964 the Congress passed an Act called the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which states there is not to be any separation on the grounds of race, religion, or national origin wasn’t allowed in any public places which included courthouses, parks, and restaurants (Civil Rights Acts), and that act is still around to this day. It also banned discrimination in public places and as employment. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 brought…

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    countries workers get treated differently. Companies would take advantage of people that can not defend their self because of their disability or education. Workers getting treated differently because of their location affects the population of the countries.In many citation communities of a particular country have to leave their country because their job system is not good as others.In the book”Out Of Sight” by Erik Loomis describes how unions,companies and many other organization treats…

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