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Introduction/Thesis: Medgar Evers born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur Mississippi was a multifaceted civil rights activist. He advocated for organized boycotts of discriminatory white business, fought for equal, no longer separate, education for black and white children. Broke barriers in his time with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He also fought for legal justice for African Americans during that time. Evers is one of the most prominent figures in the pre…

Anthony Petruzzi 10/02/14 Jeremy Lakoff English 101 Ferguson Police Force: Just or Unjust? One black man is killed and Ferguson, Missouri turns into a war zone. Peaceful protests turned into angry riots and a whole town is torn apart. Police are sent to regulate these protests and all hell breaks loose. It all started on Saturday, August 9th, when an officer responds to a reported robbery at a convenience store. The dispatcher gives a description of the robber and says the…

Everyone can appreciate a good jump scare, whether it’s from playing five minutes of Five Night’s At Freddy’s or if it’s your best friend coming up behind you moving with the stealthiness of a ninja. Horror films can offer a wide variety of frightful scenes that make you shiver in too much anticipation. Whenever a film, horror or not, is successful in capturing an audience's attention, you can bet your buttons that there will be sequels and remakes down the road. Sometimes, the preceding movies…

Rainsford woke up to a sharp pain in his back. He groaned as he rolled over in bed. He immediately regretted this decision. His entire body ached from the tiring swim he took yesterday. Still groggy from waking up, he thought about what had happened in the past three days. He cursed himself for falling off the yacht to save a stupid pipe. He slowly got out of the general’s comfy bed and walked into the general’s bathroom. He took his time clean himself up and delicately treated his wounds. He…

Running head: MALCOLM X ? Malcolm X is known as one of the most influential African American speakers of the 20th century. Malcolm X was a courageous advocate for the civil rights of African Americans and a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. He was responsible for spreading the Islam faith within black communities and increasing the self-esteem of Africans Americans by reconnecting them to their African…

Racial Profiling is one of the most faced issues in 2016 today with teenagers and adults Racial Profiling is the discrimination against a race or ethnicity based on their religion or their skin color. Racial Profiling/discrimination is commonly heard on the news and broadcasted on the radio and circles around social media and is seen as a huge issue leaving people angry with law enforcement. Racial profiling is not necessary at all because even though based on crime rates and what causes the…

After World War II, British national identity was challenged because the citizens of England went from living in an all-white bubble of white supremacy to seeing the people they colonized in the flat next door, or as a coworker in the factory, and eventually, as the labor needs shifted, as getting the job they applied for. Imperialism and white supremacy ensured that British national identity was sure to be challenged when people British nationals had been taught were inferior came into their…

If you go to any city near where you live, it doesn’t matter if it’s a large city or not, just go and look around at what you see. While most people would say that all they see are buildings, people, cars, and all of the other obvious answers. If you look closely, there is art everywhere you look, although to most people, “art” wouldn’t be the correct term to describe what they are seeing. What people see is graffiti and street art, and while most of our society would label it as vandalism and…

Released in 2009, The Blind Side is an American biographical sports drama film. It intricately describes the struggle of a black man who strives to become part of the white society. The main character Michael Oher shows the audience how an African American experiences discrimination and mistreatment from his white community (Hancock). Without doubt, this is a common trend in the real American society. Therefore, the main issue explored in the movie is racism and racial discrimination against the…

Freedom of speech has always been a topic of conversation on whether or not we really have it, or it’s portrayed like we do so the American people can be content. There is plenty of proof on the fact that our freedom of speech is actually being taken away from us. Even now as our generation is more open minded, it doesn’t mean that we allow for anyone to have what they think is right, heard. Then whenever we question that our right is being taken away, we are meant with critiques that we are…