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    During the late 1800s‚ many countries around the world were undergoing heavy unrest. There was political persecution‚ religious persecution‚ economic failure‚ or famine occurring at the time. Push factors such as these drove many people‚ including the Chinese‚ to flee in order to escape from this turmoil. However‚ a major push factor was the failing economy caused by the British dominance in China after the British defeated the Chinese in the Opium War. 2.) Around the 1840s‚ gold was discovered

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    America and gave a new name to “protest.” Twenty-four years later people still remember the horrific incident. April 1992‚ four white police officers were acquitted of a savage beating on a man named Rodney King. This act of aggression was called a “lynching on video‚” and because of this‚ Los Angeles was a giant mosh pit. The infamous video of Rodney King being beaten set off six days of rioting in Los Angeles and surrounding cities. Within those six days‚ people were killed and injured‚

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    On April 18‚ 1931‚ Thomas‚ J Pressley witnessed a man hanging from a limb. The newspaper article title states ‘Mob Lynches Negro in Court House Yard”. It stated that the mob of whites’ march into the jailhouse took out George Smith a Negro and hang him from a tree. That is when Mr. Pressely saw him hanging. The reason he hung is that a white girl at that time stated that he came into her room and tried to attack her and she scratched him in his face. So‚ when he was found the white girl pointed

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    African-Americans were counting on a win by‚ one of their kind‚ Joe Louis. In one occasion Carnera had Louis against the ropes. It was her people falling. Maya Angelou gives examples about what would to come if Joe Louis were to lose. “It was another lynching”‚ “a black boy whipped and maimed” (Angelou79). She uses these examples because that is how it used to be and how she thought it would be if Joe were to lose. The examples she uses are strong and bold and show us that the black

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    Reflection Statement on area of study Prejudice Prejudice; what a strong and powerful word that is. When prejudice first comes to mind I first think of‚ judgment‚ bias‚ stereotyping‚ unfairness and intolerance. It’s much more than that it’s an evil discriminator act of power. A preconceived opinion of someone de to physical characteristics that can’t be helped or changed. There are many different forms of prejudice but the four main ones to me are as follows. Sexism (the unfair prejudice against

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    originally being a poem‚ it says ‚ “Southern trees bear strange fruit‚ Blood on the leaves and blood at the root‚ Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze‚ Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.” Billie Holiday‚ who was also part of the anti-lynching campaign‚ performed the song

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    Angel Briones DCM: Let’s Talk about Health Professor Alford 1/22/2015 Is violence a public health issue? Violence should be a public health issue. It affects millions if not billions of people around the world. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing‚ “violence has been recognized by the World Health Organization as a public health priority worldwide”. The reason violence should be recognized as a public health issue is not only because of its immediate effect on health‚ but

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    Taylor Schultz History 1100 Dr. Howard November 15‚ 2010 Influences of the Atlanta Race Riot “A city lay in travail‚ God our Lord‚ and from her loins sprang twin Murder and Black Hate. Red was the midnight; clang‚ crack and cry of death and fury filled the air and trembled underneath the stars when church spires pointed silently to Thee. And all this was to sate the greed of greedy men who hide behind the veil of vengeance” (Primary Source 20‚ line 20). The Atlanta Race Riot occurred in 1906

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    terrorists killed many blacks to keep them from voting and participating in public life. Founded in 1865‚ the Ku Klux Klan did everything they could to attack he blacks from having their rights. The KKK’s main form main form of violence towards blacks was lynching. Meaning‚ the Ku Klux Klan was known to kill African Americans by hanging for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial. In the south‚ over 2‚000 African Americans were lynched between the years of 1884 until the early 1900’s. They also did

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    Civil rights context 14th Amendment: The 14th amendment in the constitution of the United States of America was adopted in 1868 after the civil war (1861-65). It was formed after the 13th amendment abolishing slavery. The 14th amendment was produced to give all citizens of America equal access to the law this was for black and white citizens. This amendment was used to displace the poor law enforcement of the post war south. This gave the covering of the rights of the constitution for all people

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