In this letter‚ addressed to eight “fellow clergymen” from Alabama who collectively published a letter of criticism in a newspaper on the handling of protests by King and his cohorts in Birmingham‚ King gives a few different takes on the difference between a just and unjust law. They’ve all to do with‚ as King says‚ “difference made legal”; as to say‚ “An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself.” It is necessary
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the FBI’s approach was to defend national security in the face of dangerous radical groups. The SDS was referred to as the ‘new left’ the FBI’s wanted to terminate the activity of the students. A counter intelligence programme was set up called COINTELPRO- its aim was to infiltrate local SDS branches and to encourage factionalism and defections‚ reporting back to headquarters on any relevant information. The method favoured by the FBI was later rejected as this belief intercepted the idea of ‘freedom
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Over the course of the 21st century our society has become immersed in the constant debate on whether or not mass surveillance is a violation of our human rights. The government is an organization that aims to take constant jabs at the working class so society says. More recently‚ however with the current government exposé pioneered by Edward Snowden that revealed the presence of these unspoken mass surveillance programs in the U.S. and other regions around the world. In the midst of the revelations
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several dramatic standoffs with segregationist authorities‚ who frequently responded violently. King was jailed several times. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director J. Edgar Hoover considered King a radical and made him an object of the FBI’s COINTELPRO from 1963 forward. FBI agents investigated him for possible communist ties‚ spied on his personal life‚ and secretly recorded him. In 1964‚ the FBI mailed King a threatening anonymous letter‚ which he interpreted as an attempt to make him commit
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What really happened at Kent State on May 4‚ 1970 why did it happen‚ what was the after match of the shooting? May 4‚ 1970 members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators‚ killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. protesters launched a protest that setting fire to the ROTC building‚ prompting the governor of Ohio to dispatch 900 National Guardsmen to the campus. unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University‚
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The 2008 U.S. presidential election brought the issue of domestic terrorism to national attention when it was reported that then-candidate Barack Obama was professionally linked to William “Bill” Ayers‚ co-founder of the Weather Underground. The Weather Underground was a militant faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)‚ a national organization representing the New Left on college campuses. The American public was forced to confront the actions of the Weathermen‚ as they were known
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President Nixon‚ according to Olmsted‚ always worried about conspiracies of un-American forces. Reason for this was mainly the public disclosure of the Pentagon Papers which exposed the lies about the Vietnam war “and its cynical disregard for American soldier’s lives.” (149) Nixon was determined to fight the leak who exposed the papers to the public‚ namely Ellsberg‚ a disillusioned former Pentagon and state department analyst. To fight him‚ Nixon was determined to use any means necessary. The
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"The more it changes‚ the more it remains the same thing" (Karr). The 21st century is a product of great strides between the Holocaust of enslavement and the sixties toward equality for people of African descent. On the contrary‚ the 21st century has also demonstrated the failure to change the paradigm of social equality. As a result‚ racial disparities in “The New Century” is still prevalent in areas of social economics‚ employment‚ politics and the criminal justice system. This paper will compare
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Historically the United States of America has been shaped by many social changes that have occurred throughout its time. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s was one of the most notable social movements which attempted to root out all racial segregation‚ but most importantly to attain equality for African Americans. African American racial segregation has always been a part of American society‚ dating back to the Civil War‚ in which the North was victorious; this also led to the abolishment of
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I have a dream that one day my four little children will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. His most famous speech was delivered in Washington DC on August the 28‚ 1963. Presently there are more than 730 U.S. cities that have streets named after King. Martin was born in Atlanta‚ which is the capitol and one of the most populated cities in the U.S. state of Georgia. Martin Luther King was killed by a sniper ’s bullet on April 4th‚ 1968. King
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