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The Failures Of Affirmative Ac
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employment. Then President, Lyndon B. Johnson, decided something needed
to be done to remedy these flaws. On September 24, 1965, he issued
Executive Order #11246 at Howard University that required federal
contractors “to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are
employed . . . without regard to their race, creed, color, or national
origin (Civil Rights).” When Lyndon Banes Johnson signed that order, he
enacted one of the most discriminating pieces of legislature since the
Jim Crow Laws were passed.
Affirmative action was created in an effort to help minorities
leap the discriminative barriers that were ever .....
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ASSATA Shakur
Words: 1468 - Pages: 6.... for brainwashing. The union including Lincoln fought the Civil War only in their own interests; it was a war between two economic systems for control of the u.s. by two separate factions of the ruling class. Further, Assata was educated as a child that the slaves hadn't fought back, yet truly was, hundred of black people had got together to fight for their freedom.
Much of Assata's revolutionary inspiration came about from her observing of her society, especially her neighborhoods. It came apparent to her that something was not right within the quality of housings in her city blocks. Homes were usually poor in a certain city block while .....
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Events Leading To The American Revolution
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On October 19, 1765 the Stamp Act Congress and Parliamentary
Taxation committee's passed some laws that attempted to strengthen the
grip of the English crown. "I.That his Majesty's subjects in these
colonies, owe the same allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain that is
owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination
to that august body, the Parliament of Great Britain." This statement can
be used as a summation of the entire document that the Stamp Act Congress
had initiated. The statement depicts the colonists has having to be
submissive and servile in the view of Great Britain, this policy angere .....
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History Of Western Music
Words: 1201 - Pages: 5.... men and churchmen without permanent residences of their own. Men who could not obtain a position in the Church and had to drop out were called goliards. These goliards wandered around the land, composing and performing for people. Their music was mostly comprised of the "’eat, drink, and be merry’ type, appropriate to the wanton kind of life the goliards lived" (Stolba, 99). Carl Orff, the composer of the Carmina Burana, used the poems found in the largest surviving records of Latin secular music that we have today. The Codex latinus 4660 was held in the Benedictine monastery at Benediktbeurn. Many of the songs speak of love, ma .....
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Rise Of Communism
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The Russian Revolutions of 1917 led to the riddance of the czarist Russia as well as the ushering in of the socialistic Russia. The first of the two revolutions forced Nicolas II to abdicate his throne to a provisional government. Lenin headed the second of the two revolutions in which he overthrew the provisional government.
Over the next few years, Russia went through a traumatic time of civil war and turmoil. The Bolsheviks’ Red Army fought the white army of farmers, etc. against Lenin and his ways. Lenin and the Bolsheviks won and began to wean Russia of non-conforming parties eventually banning all non-communist as well as .....
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The Salem Witch Trials: First Person Point Of View
Words: 440 - Pages: 2.... at the time. The real point is that because of our stupidity, she was killed. She was completely innocent. All Tituba did was dance with the rest of us in the forest. We were all as guilty as she was, yet it was so easy to hold her responsible. I can’t believe that we would do something like that.
I regret so much of what happened. I wish that I could go back to that day and have put and end to the horrible things that were going to come. Abigail was so persistent and intimidating, and no one wanted to go against her. We were all too afraid that if we had said something, then she would have killed us. I feel that Abigail .....
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The John Scopes Trial
Words: 1552 - Pages: 6.... when religion is involved. Galileo’s heliocentric theory of the sun revolving around the earth directly contrasted Ptolemy’s 600-year-old precedent of geocentricism. This was looked upon as an act of heresy, and Galileo was nearly burned at the stake. Thus, when a schoolteacher in the south decided to stray from the norm by teaching a new and controversial theory of evolution, it was no surprise that there was considerable backlash from religious groups.
The supporters of literal interpretation of the Bible were alarmed at Darwin’s theories because it showed humans in an unfavorable light. Suggesting that all life forms e .....
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Prisoners Of War
Words: 504 - Pages: 2.... weather. 1 They had no real shelter, and kept busy by working,
and the odd time even got a chance to play baseball, soccer or some athletic
game to stay in shape. 2 They were surrounded by twenty-four hour guard
surveillance in the middle of nowhere, so it would be quite useless to attempt
to escape, especially at the risk of being gunned down at any given time. The
POW were always having to turn their back and keep an eye out for one another.
They were considered to be "hostages" and were treated like the enemy.
The concentration camps were not very large but were numerous. They
contained about 500-600 warriors and were divided into .....
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Brief Look At Jewish History
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schools,engage in practically any business or profession, own any
land, associate with any non-Jew or visit public places such as
parks and museums. The victories of the German armies in the early
years of World War II brought the majority of European Jewry under
the Nazis. The Jews were deprived of human rights. The Jewish
people were forced to live in Ghetto's which were separated from
the main city. Hitler's plan of genocide was carried out with
efficiency. The total number of Jews exterminated has been
calculated at around 5,750,000.
In Warsaw ,where approximately 400,000 Jews had once been
conce .....
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Atomic Bomb
Words: 1170 - Pages: 5.... Japan. Imagine the number of casualties that could have occurred if this would have happened Also, our forces would not only have to fight off the Japanese military, but they would have to defend themselves against the civilians of Japan as well. It was also a fact that the Japanese government had been equipping the commoners with any kind of weapon they could get their hands on. It is true that this could mean a Japanese citizen could have anything from a gun to a spear, but many unsuspecting soldiers might have fallen victim to a surprise spear attack! The number of deaths that would have occurred would have been much greater, and an .....
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