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    type of industry that will enable us to create employment for the people of our community so that they won’t have to constantly be involved in picketing and boycotting other people in other communities in order to get a job.” (Doc G). By Malcolm X saying that he was basically trying to save trouble for both whites and African Americans. Boycotting and picketing is a struggle for both the people boycotting and the people being boycotted. It affects business and it’s time the person can be spent…

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    Many women marched for freedom and equality in the early 1900s, and although many of the immediately pressing problems from that time period have been solved, there is still a lot of inequality in America for different genders and races. While African Americans were working towards gaining the rights that should be granted to any human being, women also decided to revolt against the social injustices that were oppressing them. By the early 1900’s, women began gaining much greater traction in…

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    for the suffragists of the time. Alice Paul launched her career of suffrage with a massive suffrage parade during President Wilson’s inauguration. This grand event paved the way for rallies, lobbying, petitions, parades, election campaigns, and picketing at the White House (“Who is Alice Paul?”). This one huge, symbolic event, caught the attention of supporters and critics from Washington D.C. and the media, which maintained coverage on Paul’s suffrage movement. However, during the parade, as…

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    In 1848, the battle for women's rights was finally brought up in the United States during the Seneca Falls Convention. This convention was the launch for Women's rights and caused a movement across the country and led to many talented women coming together and spreading the cause and creating publicity throughout the US. The Seneca Falls convention, held in July of 1848, was the initial launch of the Women's rights movement. The Seneca Falls convention fought for women's civil and religious…

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    One of the congressmen in the movie said "We don’t need women voting in South Carolina we know how to take care of our women” Women are more than capable to take care of themselves, and that’s shown remarkably throughout the movie when they are picketing outside the White House in the rain, snow and freezing cold, and also when they are thrown in jail without just cause. Another quote said in the movie that was moving to me was when the senators wife, Emily Leighton had said that “In prison or…

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    Modern Feminism Definition

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    Today, only a few truly understand the meaning of feminism. Modern feminism has lost its meaning and from the deterioration, many women who believed in equality between genders have stopped identifying themselves as feminist because feminists have been too often related to misandrists. Organizations such as WomenAgainstFeminism is encouraging women to publicly denounce modern feminism. Some even consider that feminism should be banned for good. Those who denounce modern feminism should not blame…

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    states, "We have to learn how to own and operate the businesses of our community and develop them into some type of industry that will enable us to create employment for the people of our community so that they won't have to constantly be involved in picketing and boycotting other people in other communities in order to get a job." This quote affirms that they need to locate jobs for the African Americans because the boycotts were beginning to get out of hand and their companies were losing…

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    Metro Bus Strike Case Study

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    strikes have certain benefits, unlike members participating in unprotected strikes do not have . • Picketing - Industrial action by unionized workers who either are on, or are trying to gather support for, a strike by assembling near the entrance to the employer’s premise. - Pickets try to persuade co-workers to join them and customers to refrain from doing business with their employer. - Picketing is usually required to be approved in a union ballot to be lawful. • Good work strike • Sick- out…

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    Army Budget Memo

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    increasing the age of eligibility will lessen the impact these entitlements have on our budget. It will increase the workforce and definitely help our national revenue through the extra payroll taxes. Fair warning: the Council of Senior Citizens will be picketing at the doors of the White House, but once again, it is nothing we cannot handle. Through our budget plan, we are rightfully moving resources and not everyone will…

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    1. The Mexican government demanded that the U.S. treat Mexican Americans and Mexican resident nationals with dignity and respect as part of the “Good Neighbor Policy.” Discuss three specific cases in which the U.S. failed to uphold their end of the bargain. The Good Neighbor Policy was violated due to the discrimination of Mexicans in U.S. soil. Mexicans were segregated in separate schools, they were forced to sit apart from Anglo Americans in theaters, service was refused in cafes and…

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