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    Jackson B8521612 ETMA03 How does the concept of ‘problem’ populations highlight the ‘entangled’ nature of relationship between crime control and social welfare policy ?In what ways does the entanglement raise issues of social justice? This assignment will demonstrate how the concept of problem populations highlights the complex entanglements of social welfare policies and crime control. I will be drawing on evidence which demonstrates how these policies raise issues of social justice. The first example

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    Defense was formed. The Black Panther Party took a different approach to fighting for their rights‚ which caused many to question their legitimacy. Carrying firearms and not being devoted to non-violence were a couple aspects that separated them from all other groups at the time. The Black Panther Party played a critical role for the development of African American rights during the civil rights movement. Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party in 1966 in Oakland‚ California

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    in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. A black church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr.‚ King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and nonviolent civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination. King participated in and led marches for the right to vote‚ desegregation‚ labor rights‚ and other civil rights. He oversaw

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    For the oppressed heroes of the Civil Rights Movement‚ with the sanctity of freedom at stake‚ answering the call to move was the only way that the truth of liberty could be heard. When you stroll further back through our history you find that in times of need‚ our country does not resort to

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    demonstrations for civil rights from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 was Martin Luther King Jr. King relied heavily on both his Christian faith and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi‚ in his approach to civil rights. His non-violent movement included Americans from all walks of life. King used the power of words to achieve his goals‚ other civil rights leaders used "the end justifies the means" including violence. He accomplished a great deal in the thirteen years he worked for civil rights and equality

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    the greatest American Civil Rights leaders of the 1960s‚ he lost his life trying to better the lives of African-American people. King came from a middle-class family; both his father and maternal grandfather were baptist preachers in the south. He attended Boston University with his doctorate degree in 1955. He eventually became fed up with the segregation and violence towards African-American’s in the south‚ therefore he became a huge part of leading the Civil Right’s movement. Martin Luther king

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    and his demise was on April 4th in Atlanta‚ Georgia. His mission was to achieve undistinguishable rights for everyone no matter the race‚ colour or culture. His leadership was vital to the Civil Rights Movement’s accomplishment in ending the segregation of African Americans (primarily focused in the southern regions) in the united states of America. He became the core leader in the Civil Rights Movement to end racial discrimination and the segregation of African Americans in America during the 1950s

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    One of the most powerful leaders of the civil rights movement was the African American Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Martin King Jr was born into a family that was big on Christianity. The date May 1936 was the date of when he got baptized‚ but this event had a very little effect on him. But one big event that had a big impact on his life was the death of his grandmother on May 1941 when Martin Luther King was only twelve years old. King Jr. had blamed himself for his grandmother’s death as he was out

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    Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale the Black Panther Party for Self Defense began to take shape. Although the Black Panther Party was formed in 1966 the Civil Rights Movement had been taking place since a decade before‚ the Black Panther Party still had a great impact on the past and present day even though the Panthers weren’t as big as the King movement. Every day the participants of the Panthers would face trouble and the dangers of the police‚ government‚ Ku Klux Klan‚ or local mobs of Whites some

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    SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS “First they ignore you Then they laugh at you Then they fight you Then you WIN"” - Ghandi INTRODUCTION In the past few months we have been witness to the successful referendum in Sudan where people decided the fate of their country and exercised their right to Self Determination. While in Egypt we watched the unprecedented scale of a peoples revolution not only demand the resignation of a seating President but demand access to their Civil and Political

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