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The best victims are always defenseless scapegoats. Demonstrating the innocence and downfall of a mockingbird in the novel and generating the title, To Kill a Mockingbird, is Tom Robinson. The mockingbird metaphor represents a lack of justice for the defenseless, or harming the innocent. As a result of stereotyping and discrimination, people are still killing mockingbirds today, specifically people from the Middle East. The author calls this novel To Kill a Mockingbird because people knowingly…

seemingly everything in between. In a country that was so fraught with change, it only seems fitting that libraries were undergoing significant changes also. The 1960s were a time of strife in the United States, especially so in the South. Jim Crow laws, which originated after the Reconstruction period, were still enforced—requiring all public places to enforce racial segregation.…

In the presidential election of 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt beat Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory across the Southern and Northern states. Roosevelt promised the American people hope in a time of economic disaster; "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." (Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal-The Library of Congress.) The outcome of this promise included an end to the Great depression and a forever changed America. Unlike his opponent in the election…

Current Event In 2012, peace talks began to bring a bilateral peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). These talks have been a move towards a conclusion, although with many set backs from both parties (Colombia Country Profile, 2015). The Colombian government and the FARC agreed to a cease-fire in December 2014. In 2013, the Colombian government used a provisional, partial agreement on land reform and political participation with…

arrested in Washington, DC outside of the South African Embassy to support and protest against the apartheid (Karimi, 2015). Julian was a dominating force who didn’t stop in the fight for equality. Accomplishments Bond was the founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), during 1971-1979. SPLC was a legal advocacy group that seeks overcome hate, teach tolerance, and seek justice. Julian was also elected chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in…

lives. For example, bus segregation was one of the most instrumental parts of civil rights history. Separated from whites, blacks were forced to live by different and less than equal laws. As a result of bus segregation, many laws were formed to help abolish it. The Browder vs. Gayle court case was one of these laws, it was one of the most significant in desegregating buses in Montgomery, Alabama, and bringing alertness to other places as well (tolerance). The Browder vs. Gayle case was…

has made impossible for cacao farmers to set a stable and fixed price for the beans. As the market in order to be competitive needs to acquire exceptional quality beans at the cheaper price possible. Therefore causing the beans price to fluctuate (law of supply and…

Grant’s presence altered significantly the economic organization of the city. The completion of the Illinois Central Railroad, with Cairo as its southern terminus, had spurred increased trade with Chicago and provided a critical linkage to the largest urban hub of the State. Following Grant’s use of Cairo as military headquarters, much of this trade was diverted to Chicago. Nonetheless, the arrival of a large pool of freedmen provided Cairo with a dramatically increased pool of unskilled labor…

United States has a problem with overcrowded prisons. This is a problem that has been getting worse every year. Between 1970 and 2010, the number of people incarcerated in the country grew by 700%. (ACLU, 2011) This increase is due to the change to the laws, federal and state, that were put in place to combat the rise of drug use here in the United States. When we look at the numbers of those in prisons, 25% of individuals are imprisoned on drug offenses. The majority of those incarcerated are…

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is known across the country as a staunch, unwavering supporter of civil rights. On August 16, 1963, he delivered one of the most iconic speeches of the century on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial: “I Have a Dream”. In doing so, Dr. King addresses not only the black community facing prejudice and cruelty, but the entirety of the nation in his call for racial justice. The Reverend powerfully blends reality with what he wishes his America looked like: a place…