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    The Travon Martin Story

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    people with degrees in fields like nursing. The negative out comes from the last five years is the violence and not t up holding the rights of African Americans that has led to the death of innocent people and cause a uproar in African American neighborhoods. These problems are undeniably geared towards bounties of race and leak into not upholding the values of human rights, how this can be achieved is by enforcing the law that treats people equal and gives everyone the same…

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    In 1875 traveling along the railway was anything but luxurious and the food options were atrocious. Besides the fact that there were very few restaurants options near railway stops the food offered was often rancid and took so long to be served customers didn’t have time to eat it. These existing restaurants weren’t concerned about one-overing their customer because they would never see them again. Fred Harvey was one of the first to recognize this unmet need and he capitalized on it. Harvey…

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    Martin Luther King, a black civil right campaigner, gave an unforgettable speech called “I Have a Dream” on August 28, 1963, commemorating the centennial of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and urging President John F. Kennedy to pass civil rights bill. King’s purpose of giving this speech is to eliminate the inequality of treatment to black people, to express the necessities of eradicating racial inequality and to pursue the improvement of future changes. He adopted a dramatic tone in order…

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    One of the most controversial topics in today’s society is that should some sort of public service be required. Public service is “something that is done to help people rather than to make a profit” (Merriam-Webster). Public service is so controversial that three out of five Americans support the idea of public service being required. “Roughly three in five Republicans (58%), Democrats (61%), and Independents (58%) agree that some sort of public service should be required.”(Three in five…

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    many issues of black communities. Some of them were inequality, human rights, racism, but the most important issue was oppression. According to “A Black Pastor Looks at Black Theology,” by Roger Williams, black theology allows to go free if one is under limitations of their rights and abuse. In 1960s, religious beliefs became a tool that bounded people and gave them the strength to resist oppression and gain equal civil rights. As it was mentioned above, movement faded, so as a bond and beliefs…

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    The Harm Principle: And its Use in Society On Liberty by John Stuart Mill questions the power that can be placed by society over an individual (Bailey and Martin, 200). Mill identifies two different types of actions; self regarding actions, and other regarding actions. When a person is involved in self regarding actions (actions that only affect the individual doing the action), they should not be bothered by the government. Although, when an individual is involved in other regarding actions…

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    Lord of the Flies and The Philosophies of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Organized society is one of the oldest and most extensively studied aspects of human history. During the Enlightenment, the pinnacle of societal exploration, European philosophers were encouraged to question their beliefs and government, which eventually prompted each to form separate theories on how humans and society should interact. These ideas were about society and human nature, and are explored thoroughly in William Golding’s…

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    Imagine going through your life with no equality, and the person next to you had the freedom of things that you didn’t have, or if you didn’t have the right to your own life and happiness, or even if you couldn’t adjust your leaders when they begin to destruct. This is how our life would be today without Thomas Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence(DOI). These three ideals of the DOI are the most important for various reasons. Equality of all humans is very important to the…

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    Muckrakers Research Paper

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    Ignorance is the Real Enemy Origin: Ray Stannard Baker. After 1896. US cities. Muckraker. Primary. Purpose: To explain muckrakers impact society What does Baker say is the reason or purpose for Muckrakers? What is their responsibility? Baker states that the reason or purpose for Muckrakers is to expose the world around them. To really look at it and they are responsible to report honestly, fully, and above all interestingly at what they found. Muckrakers must report the facts, they can’t…

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    Waiting For Dan Analysis

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    main characters are both protesters. In “A Letter Home”, Kara is expressing her feelings towards the protests at Kent University that was involved with the Vietnam War. In “Waiting for Dan”, Dan is a man who rides a freedom bus standing up for racial rights. Because of Dan’s brave actions, he was sent to a prison in Mississippi. One similarity between the protesters in “A Letter Home” and “Waiting for Dan” is that they both had the same idea and message in the end, that violence is not the…

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