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Interestingly, this process has been around since the beginning of man and is an essential part of being human. When I was a child, my family would have been considered a traditional family – my father worked, my mother stayed home with my older brother and me, we lived in a house and could pay our bills. The social hierarchy of my family was very complex – my mother usually had a say in everything and during the day I thought of her as the head of the household. However, when my father came…

Improvement Association (MIA) (49-50) and would soon after start to become the public face of the Movement. Contrary to popular belief, “Dr. King was not a confirmed believer in nonviolence” in the beginning stages of the boycott (53). Nonviolence would later become one of the most important aspects on behalf of protestors during the Civil Rights Movement. During the span of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, African Americans stopped riding city buses. Instead, volunteers, especially college students…

status; 23 million Americans are uninsured despite the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) expanded coverage (source?), resulting in necessary healthcare services not being utilized. Smoking, as another barrier, contributes due to its easy access and close association with the low socio-economic class as well as the smokers’ lack of education about smoking cessation and the consequences of smoking. As pharmacists, we must take on the role being an advocate and educator for those who do not have easy…

In the year of 1846, after Mexican troops engaged with General Taylor’s forces killing several Americans, President James K. Polk pushed for a declaration of war against Mexico and on May 13, the Mexican War was declared. Although the engagement between Mexican troops and Taylor’s forces was one of the few events that led up to the Mexican War, it’s the events throughout the war that helped the United States reach Manifest Destiny. The textbook “The American Republic Since 1877” is one of many…

because he lived by a white school, however because of segregation his little girl had to travel a much further distance to a colored school and he saw this as an unfair scenario. Unfortunately children who would spend time traveling far distances to a colored school weren’t abnormal. Before the court decision was made, schools where segregated and it was legal so although people didn’t…

He died May 22, 1967 in New York City (Webster 209). Born with a racial background of African, French, Native American, and English ancestry, Hughes used his background throughout his life as an inspiration for his art. Hughes attended elementary school in Lincoln, Illinois. In his class, he was elected as class poet, which may have started his fame in poetry. Years later, Hughes…

Republican parties including their colors, symbols, and views on social, economic, and other controversial issues. First, the Democrat party was founded in 1824. The party's color is blue, and its symbol is a donkey. The Democratic Party’s first association with the donkey came about during the 1828 campaign of Democrat Andrew Jackson. Running on a populist platform (by the people, for the people) and using a slogan of “Let the People Rule,” Jackson’s opponents referred to him as a jackass…

The study was implemented between December 2012 and March 2013. The school population of 1,785 was stratified into constituents (preparatory students, bachelor, administrative staff, and faculty). A sample population of 619 was drawn from the school population using a stratified random sampling method. Height and weight were measured, and body mass index (BMI) was computed from weight and height measurements…

Throughout recent American History, the topic of gun control has been incredibly controversial. While many people believe that citizens shouldn’t be able to own weapons at all, many others also believe that due to the Second Amendment, it is a right for citizens to bear arms. But there is a way to compromise so we can make both parties happy in this case, so we could reduce gun-related incidents while still allowing defenders of the second amendment to be happy by expanding background checks,…

executive with the Grand Bahama Power Company. His wife was a secretary for a construction firm. They were by no means wealthy, but they were able to send all three of their children, plus my grandfather’s younger brother Sean, to multiple private schools and universities. The other family is a poorer family from Macon, Georgia. The father was a truck driver and the mother was a cook and cleaning lady at a Holiday Inn. My father and his family were raised in the inner city,…