controversy.”- Martin Luther King Jr. The University of Oklahoma has approved LGBTQ study lounges‚ safe areas and other types of facilities to be built and established on campus. The lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual and queer students claim to experience tremendous amounts of discrimination among college campuses‚ although the Queer Inclusion on Campus group who has been advocating for equal rights proposed changes for the LBGTQ community at the University of Oklahoma including‚ safer learning environments‚ safe
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ethnographers originated in the northern portion of the United States in the Great Lakes area’s and eventually migrated south to the Southeastern United States‚ Georgia‚ The Carolinas and Tennessee. Eventually the Cherokee’s were forced to relocate in Oklahoma (the authors home). This paper will cover the origins of the Cherokee‚ The Trail of Tears and some interesting cultural differences and rituals. In 1829‚ gold was discovered at Dahlonega‚ on Cherokee land claimed by Georgia. The Georgia Gold
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used in her books. S.E. Hinton has captivated readers of all ages‚ all over America and the world with her story The Outsiders. Susan Eloise Hinton was born on July 22‚ 1948 in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ U.S.A. She began her occupation as a writer at the age of 15. She graduated from Will Rodgers High School also in Oklahoma. As a teen she loved reading‚ but wasn’t satisfied with the stories that were being written for young adults such as her. This being her biggest inspiration and influence caused her to
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” to depict and fixate on the lives of workers migrating from Oklahoma to California during the early part of the 1930s (Steinbeck-Introduction Section). In Steinbeck’s story “The Grapes of Wrath‚” he breaks the chapters down into three parts. Chapters one through eleven describes a terrible drought‚ called the Dust Bowel‚ which had ravaged an area of land known as the Southern Great Plains located between the western parts of Oklahoma to the panhandle areas of Texas. The area received its name because
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there was not enough room for everyone. The Native American people were forced to walk from their homes to an area designated for them called Oklahoma. The Native Americans made this journey during the fall and winter of 1830 with nothing but the clothes on their backs. This journey which became known as “the trail of tears” was a brutal journey to Oklahoma‚ diseases spread quickly and many people died of illness‚ exhaustion‚ and starvation. Nearly 2000 Native Americans died because of the Indian
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can I get a ride? JENNA: Why not? Where are you headed? ROBERT: Oklahoma. JENNA: Okay. ROBERT: [Getting in car] Where are you from? Where are you going? JENNA: Jackson‚ Wyoming and Jackson‚ Wyoming ROBERT: Are you married? JENNA: Yes ROBERT: How far can you take me? JENNA: Twin Falls‚ Idaho. ROBERT: You have small breasts. Do you talk to spirits? JENNA: What? What do you mean? ROBERT: My girlfriend was
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Pearl Harbor at the same time and were caught between enemy and friendly fire. Machine guns on Battleship Nevada opened fire on torpedo planes. High-level bombers began the run on battleship row and one of the easiest targets was the defenseless Oklahoma.8 The only thing people on board were expecting was sabotage. Amidst the frenzy American soldiers were still not sure who exactly was attacking them. The first wave of the Japanese attack on the Island of Oahu was a stunning victory for the enemy
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January 16‚ 2013 Abstract This is a case study into the impetus of The Department of Homeland Security due to the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the increase awareness of terrorist attacks. This study will also cover the Oklahoma City and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and why it did not have the full impact or awareness of the 9/11 attack. Also‚ the study will try inject ways that the two earlier kinds of attacks could have been prevented according to the protection
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The Civil Rights Movement gained ground in the 1960s when colored Americans discovered that they could win their equality. In the South‚ segregation was forced upon in schools‚ hospitals‚ transportation‚ restaurants‚ cemeteries‚ beaches -- making everyday life for the colored almost unbearable. In the North‚ segregation was a written custom‚ denying housing in many neighborhoods and employment. Most African Americans were lucky to find a low-paying job‚ which led to their significant higher rates
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Momaday’s introductory paragraph of “The Way to Rainy Mountain” he uses figurative language to show his love for the land in Oklahoma. As a Kiowa‚ he describes the land with such intimacy‚ that it seems as if he owns the land and he is one with the land. He starts the paragraph with a descriptive image of the Wichita Range: “A single knoll rises out of the plain in Oklahoma”. He describes the weather with extreme exaggeration‚ “winter brings blizzards‚ hot tornadic winds arise in the spring‚ and in
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