Right to Information Act

taxpayers is the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Established in 1967, this Act was designed to “keep citizens in the know about their government.” (United States Department of Justice, “What is FOIA?”, n.d.) Sadly, many American citizens are unaware that they can request any information from a federal agency as long as such disclosure does not fall under the nine exempted categories. Information that is not already publicly available can be requested under the FOIA and federal agencies must provide it. The implications of the FOIA are many; however, due to the high percentage of research in America that is funded by the federal…

The Voting Rights Act promptly began after the Civil Rights Act of 1960. The act was signed by President Dwight Eisenhower and it became the platform for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The 1960 Civil Rights Act was enabled in order to protect the right to vote for African-Americans It established penalties against anyone who threatened or attempted to deny any African-American to vote. It wasn’t such a success in itself, but it did build a bridge to possibility. Such possibility was furthered by…

legendary figure to prove his worthiness by completing a test, which Gilgamesh fails. Utnapishtim then challenges Gilgamesh to change his ways, to learn to be the leader his people need. Upon Gilgamesh cleaning up his act, Utnapishtim's wife takes pity on Gilgamesh and tells him of the plant of immortality. With this information, Gilgamesh finally acts as a true altruistic hero and seeks out the plant to help his people. Consequently, like many great men, Gilgamesh loses the plant to the…

Sexual harassment is an important issue in every business; if left unattended it could cost companies millions in damages. In 1980 the Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment was a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From 1978 to 1980, sexual harassment cases brought against companies cost them $189 million. This number rose to $267 million from 1985-1987. Damages are just measured only by numbers. Sexual harassment can cause harm to a company's image, reputation, customers, as well…

As stated before, the timeframe of the story covers from 1910 to 1940, and is set in Georgia (SparkNotes Editors). The book shows the ongoing segregation just as it was during that times as well as the racial tension between whites and blacks that existed before Civil Rights. It also covers the relationship between a male and a female and how it was around the time before women actually developed rights and were able to be more independent and less like a slave. Lastly it covers international…

could take offense to that. There was support from the whites towards the black civil rights movement, even though it was miniscule. This modern film may choose to portray Johnson in this manner because it’s entirely relatable and relevant. Society has a firm set of beliefs that everyone’s…

American civil rights, which made a country that was once unified split into two separate pieces and had a war fought over it. This struggle for civil rights lasted over many president’s terms and up until Lyndon B. Johnson, the thirty-sixth president of The United States, African American citizens never had the unopposed right to vote. Johnson’s speech, “We Shall Overcome”, and the Voting Rights Act he passes directly after enforces the 15th amendment and removes discrimination towards blacks…

Section 4 of the Constitution left the establishment of voting practice procedures and who is eligible to vote up to the individual states. A provision was made for Congress to alter the voting process if necessary (Justia, 2015). As an unintended result, suffrage was initially limited to white, male property holders. The Fifteenth Amendment addresses the rights of citizens to vote in two sections. The first section states that “the right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall…

changed when the race riots and the Vietnam war in the 60’s and 70’s came, the people’s view of the government shifted back to a more libertarian state. A name that many American’s, if not all, are familiar with is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many know the story behind Dr. King and why he protested. He rallied against the discrimination of black Americans saying that they had the same rights as whites. A key element to his argument was that of civil disobedience or non-violence. Examples of…

the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination” (381). Dr. King says this in order to show that African Americans have not been equal to the white’s population for one hundred of years even with the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan 1, 1863. African Americans still segregated and being mistreated by the white community. Dr. King continues his speech adding more diction and passion to his words. For example, he states, “When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words…