United States civil service

University. Less than 20% of the attendees were black. They sat in their own area, sonorously separated from the white men and women attending. What do you think of this? One-hundred years after the Civil War. One-hundred years after the African-American population was granted citizenship in the United States of America. Three years following Harper Lee’s publication of To Kill A Mockingbird, and fifteen and a half months after King’s most famous speech, the I Have A Dream speech. Yet there…

special sections within these organizations, employing of new personnel who have specialized technical skill in this area, and the creation of new collaborative sections that combine the resources of multiple agencies. Department of Justice (DOJ) United States Department of Justice was established in 1870. The organization is headed…

murderers, and gangsters in the United States. Some of these people include Al Capone, Robert “the Bird man of Alcatraz” Stroud, and George “Machine Gun” Kelly. Alcatraz is such a famous prison in America’s history because of its history prior to being a prison, as a maximum-security federal prison, and its harsh prison lifestyle. Alcatraz was famous even before it became a federal prison. The Rock was originally a fort and war prison in the 1850s and in the Civil War. The fort…

controversial and divided periods in United States history. Major countercultures full of sex, love, and rock n’ roll were on the rise, 18 year olds were being sent to Vietnam, and blacks were fighting for their freedom. Conflict in Vietnam began due to the Tonkin Gulf incident, and our rationale for war was the domino theory. Not long after the start of the war, the antiwar movement had already begun, and it would only grow larger and larger. People in the United States were so against the war…

In The Economic Growth of the United States 1790-1860, Douglass Cecil North examined the development of the nation’s economy. This book was meant to be a study in both economic growth and the economic history of the United States. North told his story of the United States shifting from a national economy centered around foreign trade to one centered around interregional flow of capital and goods bringing the United States’ economy into the larger context of an Atlantic one, North began his…

of immigrants coming to the United States, all of which who speak a multitude of languages, conflicting beliefs and policies regarding language has greatly influenced legislation and judicial actions. (Diaz-Rico, 2014). Congress and the state and federal courts have supported bilingual education and provided legal protections for the rights of non-English- speaking students around the United States. However, according to the Florida Department of Education, the state of Florida was in need of…

Before European and American colonization of Latin America, most of the nation's farm lands were overrun by weeds, buildings were destroyed, and left in shambles because of all the civil unrest. Poor farmers were constantly in debt to the rich landowners because they were paid so little and the necessities they needed were too expensive. This debt was passed down from generation to generation in a system known as peonage. Political instability was another widespread problem in 19th-century Latin…

Solving LGBT Discrimination There are an estimated 700,000 people in the United States that identify as being transgender ("Transgender Facts”). The Civil Rights of this section of American citizens is being fundamentally violated by the states and local government for religious reasons, which should not be allowed under constitutional separation of church and state. In comparison to the over three million citizens that occupy this country, this seemingly small group of individuals along with…

Question 1 An education institution is an accredited facility where children receive a formal education to equip them with the knowledge and skills needed to excel as an adult. As citizens of the United States we have the right to equal education no matter our race, ethnicity, religion or economic status. However, Clayton County Schools and many other predominately Black schools in Georgia do not receive the same education that is provided to their white counterparts. Multiple studies and…

More than 11 million people have been displaced as a result of the Syrian civil war (MercyCorps, 2016). With a death toll of approximately 190,000 innocent women, children and men killed (MercyCorps, 2016) the Syrian civil war is considered to be the worst humanitarian crisis “of our era” (Peralta, 2014). For this reason, intervention and help are actions that need to be taken by the world leaders to provide aid to the refugees who flee their home country in hopes of being able to obtain peace…