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For decades the pilot of the black population has been in terminal as it relates to education, work, pay and basic life-style. We have had to fight for all of rights, even though we have created some many things that have made American great. Without the sweat of African Americans, American would not be the great country that is. In order to ensure that there were some equalities for African American’s organizations within the African American communities were created to fight for rights to…

Justice, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is the administration of law; especially: the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity. In simpler terms, it is the process of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals. So when I hear the words “justice is served” I imagine that the guilty are convicted of their crime and given a punishment and the innocent are given freedom. In our country, Lady Justice is a relatively well-known…

Last but not least, college students struggle with financials. Sanford J. Ungar states, “The cost of American higher education is spiraling out of control” (231). The writer knows that the government insist that tuition should be high priced. Since they think there are many that are going to college and have no trouble…

Zachary Herz Period 7 English Summer Reading Assignment Questions and Answers The Plot Against America by Phillip Roth Copy a passage that you find particularly beautiful or powerful. What devices (imagery, figurative language, etc.) did the author use to make an impact on the reader? “It was the last night of June 1940. After a warm day, it had grown cool enough to sit comfortably…

“A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to our world.” This is a quote taken from one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ellen G. White. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Christian religion that formed after the Great Awakening of 1844. Our roots come from the Millerite movement of the…

It is unlikely that someone would say it is good that people do not have access to affordable housing, yet in recent years across the United States the problem of homelessness has increased, and it is being criminalized in an effort to “clean up” cities. The line between public and commercial space is being blurred as cities are being redeveloped and developers attempt to change the social topography of a city, by ignoring the problem of homelessness and trying to send it away. By studying how…

In an interview with Steve Jobs, he explained a personal experience many years ago. Jobs was reading a magazine and came across an article listing the species best suited and able of “locomotion, … [getting] from point A to point B”. Jobs made the inference that humans, a dominating species, were not near to the top of the list. Next, it was tested the ability of locomotion when a human utilized a bicycle. This test immediately made the human dominant on the list. This got Steve thinking “that…

Annexation of Hawaii and the Last Monarch Queen Liliuokalani, the last monarch of the Hawaiian Islands, had to make many difficult decisions during her reign to try to preserve the Hawaiian way of life for the native people. An elite class of American businessmen and landowners had a different idea and were involved in getting a new constitution instituted which removed much of the monarch’s power. Queen Liliuokalani had been born to high ranking chiefs. When she was born she was adopted by…

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas were two prominent figures in American politics in the 1850’s. Douglas, a spokesperson for the Democratic party, was looking to be reelected for his third term in the United States Senate. Lincoln, a representative for the Republican party, was running for the Senate in the very seat that Douglas currently held. These two men engaged in a series of seven debates, that would garner national attention and speak to various issues regarding the political…

Slave catchers were essential to slave owners because they provided them with a greater opportunity to recover their slaves, before runaways were advertised in newspapers where owners offered rewards for their return, but slaves managed to slip under the radar, avoid people, and escape. However, with the introduction of, “negro dogs” there was almost a one hundred percent chance of catching them. The dogs used by slave catchers, “were given the scent of a black man or woman’s shoe or article of…