The Equal Pay Act of 1963 stated that all employees are paid equally for equal work and labor without sex discrimination (The Equal Pay Act of 1963‚ para. 2). At first‚ in order to operate the equal pay appropriately‚ evaluating job values should be fairly required. In the usual manner‚ many organizations have started an annual salary system‚ which has difficulty in adopting a fair evaluation of different works. Although a job-based pay‚ which is conducted by fair evaluation of jobs‚ were first introduced
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Ballad of Birmingham – Literary Analysis In the poem‚ “Ballad of Birmingham” written in 1969‚ Dudley Randall conjures one of the most vicious significant event during the Civil Rights Movement as evidenced by the epigraph which follows the title: On the Bombing of a Church in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ 1963. Randall effectively utilizes the ballad form‚ striking irony and vivid imagery to convey the inevitable consequences of societal inequality through the eyes of a mother and a child. Firstly‚ Randall
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Birmingham: Civil Rights March‚ 1963 Birmingham held a key role in the movement because of a number of reasons: whether it was through the activities of Bull Connor or the bombed church which killed four school girls‚ or the activity of the Ku Klux Klan which also had a stronghold in the Alabama capital which would have clashed with the strong in number black population. In 1963 Martin Luther King organised a civil rights march in Birmingham‚ Alabama. Six years after the Montgomery decision‚
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CASE STUDY BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT In the space of just 30 minutes every weekday‚ around 5.00 in the evening‚ around 20 flights arrive and depart from the Eurohub Terminal. At the same time‚ aircraft are arriving and leaving from the Main Terminal next to the Eurohub. Across the runway and acres of tarmac‚ at the site of the original airport‚ the overnight freight operation is just beginning to wake up with the arrival of staff and the preparations for the first aircraft from Europe or
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march in a freedom march instead of going outside to play. Her mother refuses to let her march because she wants to keep the little girl safe from the violence‚ but when the daughter is sent to church‚ an explosion kills the child. “ ‘Ballad of Birmingham’ provides rich lessons in irony‚ the power of poetry‚ and the history of our country” (Jolley 38). The irony is displayed from the fact that the mother wants to keep her child safe by sending her to church and thus leads to her death is one of the
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“Letter from Birmingham Jail” “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was written on April 16‚ 1963 by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It was written in response to the objections of white southern men. This letter explains Martin Luther Kings’ actions and tries to clarify and explain his protest for desegregation was necessary and definitely not untimely. The letter explains why he was in jail‚ the wrongful acts against African Americans during the civil rights era‚ and the use of direct action to make a difference
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and to the Republic for which it stands‚ one Nation under God‚ indivisible‚ with liberty and justice for all. This is the pledge of the American people; however‚ only fifty years ago America was not living in accordance to this pledge. The year is 1963‚ and while many Americans are placing their right hands over their hearts and reciting this pledge the country stood divided by the color of an individual’s skin. Martin Luther King JR. was one American who believed in this pledge and made it his mission
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address the concerns regarding the wisdom and timing of the nonviolent demonstrations in Birmingham‚ Alabama that King and other leaders arranged and carried out in 1963. King employs all three types of appeals‚ pathos‚ ethos and logos in this letter to the clergy man. Dr. King’s letter brings out feelings of empathy‚ indignation‚ and even pride. Besides explaining the reasons behind him being in Birmingham‚ MLK shows that he is an excellent leader: “I have the honor of serving as president
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boycotting‚ picketing‚ and nonpayment of taxes according to dictionary.com. Two authors write about civil disobedience in their pieces. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ who was a civil rights activist and minister‚ according to biography.com‚ wrote Letter to Birmingham Jail. He writes this letter to fellow clergymen while he is in jail about why he is sent to the jail. Henry David Thoreau‚ who was a philosopher‚ journalist‚ and poet‚ wrote his essay‚ Civil Disobedience. Thoreau writes this while in jail because
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In 1963‚ strong opinions on black civil rights were being brought forth in Birmingham‚ Alabama and other southern states. Some of those strong opinions was from 8 clergymen‚ who spoke out against King and his ideas on desegregation and equality for all. King felt the need to defend his ideas of the men he thought were supportive of the civil rights cause. In King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”‚ he uses rhetorical strategies such as appeals to ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos‚ as well as diction‚ syntax
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