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    Theorist Paper Maria Montessori vs. Albert Bandura Clarissa L. Eashmond The University of Southern Mississippi Abstract The theorist paper will discuss, compare, and contrast the theories of Dr. Maria Montessori and Albert Bandura. This theorist assignment includes the research of how each theorist began their work, and how children learn according to their ideas and observations. Clarissa Eashmond November 14, 2017 CD 351 Theorist Paper Theory,…

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    second-class citizenship; education from kindergarten to university were segregated, along with work places, unions, hospitals, mental institutions, jails, homes for the ages and even orphanages. JFK came to office with the pressure of eradicating Jim Crow laws and discrimination. The NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, pressured Kennedy for legislation declaring segregation in interstate carriers, injury service, university admission, and housing were…

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    Overcrowding and mass incarceration have been problems in the United States prisons for decades. Overcrowding can be traced back to the late 1970 's with an inmate population increase of 750% from the 70 's to present(Rogan). This increasing number of prisoners has had major negative effects, not only on the inmates themselves, but also on the surrounding communities that these inmates have been taken from and will eventually be released back into. The more mass incarceration that goes on the…

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    Two philosophical ideas emerged regarding the promotion of Civil Rights in the early 1960s from two different leaders. Though they were different, they still held the same objective. Both leaders sought to obtain "...a fair shake for the black man in America. Martin Luther favored nonviolent acts, which stated that African-Americans would protest about the goodwill through nonviolence; while Malcolm X favored the use of violence believing that African Americans would use any means necessary,…

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    in Appalachia, the southern black-belt, the Mississippi Delta, Native American areas in the Southwest, colonies along the US-Mexico border region, and a cluster of upper Midwest counties. Also, poverty is not independently distributed over space (Rupasingha, Goetz,…

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    term aggression levels in young men. John McGrath, a writer for Men’s Health published an article explaining this very connection. McGrath explored a study conducted by Brad J. Bushman, Ph.D., Professor of Communication and Psychology at Ohio State University. Bushman found playing homicidal games ranks along child abuse and poverty as causes of short-term aggression (McGrath). A study published in Developmental Psychology, a prestigious American scientific journal, surveyed adolescents from 9th…

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    Among the grievances were exclusion from a hotel dining room; refusal of admission to a New York City opera; segregation to lower-quality seats in a theater; and removal from a train car set aside for white women. All of these indignities were violations of rights enumerated in the 1875 legislation. The Supreme Court analyzed these cases in view of the Fourteenth Amendment and concluded the Amendment was not designed to apply to private citizens or private organizations, but only to the federal…

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    A show gathers a crowd. People come to see the magic, to see the talent the performer can offer. The performance puts the audience into a trance; “Watch me, watch me! Look at what I can do!”. The performer captivates the spectators attention, giving the performer power. Power is the force that drives humanity; it is what humans fight for. Everyone wants to be the performer and have the power. However, in society in the 1960s and years prior, power has only ever been granted to men; women were…

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    Oprah Winfrey's Effect

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    benefit the community by donating to philanthropies and charities; however, a modern audience may question her true motives as something other than true selflessness. From the beginning, her life was poverty stricken. She was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, on January 29, 1954.…

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    American Civil War Summary

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    Kentucky could have been the turning point of the war with the vast system of rivers through out the state. Bragg and his army would have their first major engagement at Shiloh in southwest Tennessee. Bragg and his army would retreat to Corinth, Mississippi. Through out the article there are also many quotes from letters that Bragg wrote to his wife and fellow subordinates. Hay would continue to go on and talk more about the campaign through Tennessee and Bragg's failure to be successful and…

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