THE SHOOTING IN FERGUSON MO. Tommy L Gould COMM/215 Essentials of College Writing October 27‚ 2014 Julie Dwyer Running head: THE SHOOTING IN FERGUSON MO. 1 THE SHOOTING IN FERGUSON MO. 3 THE SHOOTING IN FERGUSON MO. Why has the shooting of eighteen year old Michael Brown affected my community? Some say it was a race issue others say it was police brutality. Racism being a very sensitive matter in the community that I live in‚ all though I do not live in Ferguson City‚ it is only a
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Name of Case/ Year decided: Plessy V. Ferguson 1896 Supreme Court Citation: 163 US 537 Facts and Judicial History: The case first went to the criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans‚ and the verdict was guilty. Plessy petitions Louisiana state supreme court claiming that he was only 1/8 black so he should have the same privileges as a white man‚ and should be allowed to sit in the white car of the train. Louisiana State Supreme Court rules guilty and keeps judge Ferguson’s verdict. From
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Homer Plessy was arrested in 1982 in Louisiana for sitting in a first class train car due to Plessy being a light skin color he was able to buy a first class train ticket and pass for being white. Although Plessy was born one-eighth black and seven-eighths white‚ according to the “Louisiana law enacted in 1990”‚ he was considered as black‚ and he was supposed to sit in the “colored” car. While Plessy was sitting on the train he announced that he had an African- American ancestor and that is how he
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Situation Analysis To identify current issues affecting Électricité de France (EDF) analysing the macro environment through the PESTE theory and the micro environment using Porter’s Five forces model‚ a theory which looks into an industry being influenced by forces (Soloman et al. 2010). The macro marketing environment Political Issues With energy supplies from the domestic market decreasing in quantity‚ energy supplies have become a key issue in UK politics (KEYNOTE 2010). Each political party
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1303 Date: 18 October‚ 2011 Title: Best Manager or Local champion? Once again the immortal coach and Manager Sir Alex Ferguson will be celebrating his 25th anniversary as Manchester United’s Manager in November. As a United football fan‚ I can’t be short of words to say about a man who has been winning trophies for my club 6 years before I was born till date. In July‚ he
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In the story “The Talk: After Ferguson”‚ written by Dana Canedy‚ mother Dana Canedy is having to face a question she did not want to answer by her son Jordan. The question he was talking about is if he can be labeled white so his own life can be much easier to live. The answer is complex and has multiple factors as to why it was asked‚ like social discrimination‚ recent police brutalities‚ Ferguson‚ and other hot button news that did not need an answer at Jordan’s age (Canedy 884-888). The way I
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Unconstitutional February 23‚ 2010 HIST 1320.260 In the two Supreme Court decisions of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954)‚ had many similarities and differences in the final outcome. Both of the cases wanted to make it clear that it is unconstitutional for segregation in the States. In the Supreme Court Case‚ Plessy v. Ferguson‚ and Brown v. Board of Education‚ they both dealt with the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments. These amendments merely stated that
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Answer question # 5 at the end of chapter seven and question # 20 at the end of chapter eight; and the internet exercises on page 184 and page 216. Chapter 7 Q#5: Describe the situations that would lead to the use of the three different buying processes for a particular product – lightweight bumpers for a pickup truck. New task buying- Selling light weight bumpers for a pickup truck to clientele that has little or no experience in dealing with auto parts. Modified Rebuy- Selling light weight
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order for a country to be truly democratic‚ all people must have these rights because the population consists of everyone‚ not just one race. One of the key moments in the oppression of the African American community was the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court
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Situation analysis becomes increasing important for a marketing plan development. This essay aims to explain why it is so important and what factors it focus on and finally‚ a guild list is present and justify for the construction of an effective situation analysis for a Marketing Plan of J Boag & Son Brewery. Analyzing situation prior a strategic decision is critical for generating or sustaining competitive advantages‚ especially when facing the dynamic environmental trend which can affect corporations’
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