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    Explain why Jim Crow emerge in the South and how it was implemented. Also discuss how effective African Americans were in confronting the racial issues that Jim Crow engendered. "Weel about and turn about and do jis so‚ Eb ’ry time I weel about I jump Jim Crow." These phrases are the lyrics to the song "Jump Jim Crow" written in 1828 and performed by a minstrel show performer Thomas Dartmouth (T.D.) "Daddy" Rice‚ a white New Yorker whom was the first to popularized black face performance

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    proceeded to racial inequality. Racial Inequality has been recorded by having legal slavery‚ slave codes‚ allowing Jim Crow laws‚ and unjust Supreme Court cases such as Plessy Vs. Ferguson. The countless inequalities after slavery abruptly began in 1896 when segregation was labeled as legal when the ruling of Plessy vs. Ferguson which was when Homer Plessy sat in the wrong designated section for his race. When Reconstruction ended it was promised by the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th amendments that slavery

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    Plessy v. Ferguson 14th amendment- equal protection Argued 1896‚ Decided-1896 Louisiana placed a law giving separate railway cars for blacks and whites. In 1892‚ Homer Plessy- 7/8 Caucasian‚ sat in a "whites only" car of a Louisiana train‚ and refused to move to the car for blacks and was then arrested. The Court had to decide whether the Louisiana law was unconstitutional under the 14th amendment. The Court ruled that the state law was within its constitutional boundaries. The majority of this

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    Ken Ferguson is a famous Kansas City ceramicist. He was born in 1938 in Illinois. Ferguson’s pieces often resemble ancient artwork and themes. Most of the pieces are high fire works or salt fired. His current studio is in Shawnee. Under his influence‚ the Kansas City Art Institute became on of the best in the country. He was named one of the twelve greatest living potters in the world. His connection to Kansas City is a obvious one; if it weren’t for him‚ we wouldn’t have the ceramics department

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    played instrumental roles in the transition to a heavily segregated south. Through the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision‚ the government legalized segregation which led to the establishment of myriad Jim Crow laws that stripped African Americans of their Constitutional rights. One of the main factors that lead to the creation of such a crippling and vast array of Jim Crow laws was the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision.

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    Case Study of Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. Andrew William Pence Liberty University Abstract Palsgraf was severely injured due to a blast that shook the railroad station. The unmarked package of fireworks that was dropped by another party boarding a moving train caused the explosion. The explosion caused large iron scales to fall on Plasgrof. As a result‚ Palsgraf sued the Long Island Railroad for the conductor’s negligence‚ whom she blames for pulling the commuter on the train. Which

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    Unit 2 – Individual Project Debra Ferguson AIU Online Goal setting is not something I do naturally. However‚ I’ve adopted it to help manage a Dermatology practice. It helped provide me with a sense of direction‚ peace of mind‚ and a much needed decrease in stress. Setting goals have kept me focused on achieving what I set out for in my profession‚ and will definitely benefit me as a student. Accomplishing my goals will rely on‚ creating an action plan‚ having a strong support

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    “America’s ‘Oh Sh*t!’ Moment”‚ written by Niall Ferguson‚ a historian who teaches at Harvard University‚ in 2011‚ explores why civilizations collapse‚ and how America can avoid this. He does not focus only on America‚ but many civilizations in the past that have collapsed. Niall Ferguson is the author of Civilization: The West and The Rest. The article is creatively and cleverly written using the metaphor of modern technology to describe the way in which the societal collapse occurs. This shows that

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    “Hayes was never a solitary‚ a boy of moods‚” wrote biographer H.J. Eckenrode. “He had no seasons of exaltation followed by depression… All his life he liked society and shone in it in a modest way – not sparkling‚ not brilliant‚ but pleasing‚ satisfying. He had a gift of friendship and most of those he loved in youth he loved in age.” As a young man‚ however‚ Hayes went through a period of great inner tension‚ which he himself attributed to a fear that he would one day lose his mind‚ as some relatives

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    My intern‚ Malcolm Prince‚ wrote: "Kaminski was smart enough‚ but he had to be motivated to work‚ and he had a difficult time with interpersonal relationships." The neurosurgeon‚ Dr. Dick Young‚ wrote: "Peter Kaminski impressed me with outstanding clinical abilities‚ but even more so‚ with a sincere and dedicated approach to his work." Dr. Brown asked me if I could appreciate his dilemma. He had to sign my evaluation and give me a final grade‚ but it was difficult for him to do so because of the

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