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    Social Media Policy Case Study Human Resource Management DeVry University January 17‚ 2014 Social media is currently the preferred way to communicate; thus creating a blurred line between the workplace and personal space. Work and personal messages‚ at times‚ are streamed through the same device. We now carry our internet inside our phone. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) restricts the monitoring with two exceptions. If the employer

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    odds because some Americans didn’t see anything wrong with not allowing minorities to have the same rights as others. The goal was to bring attention to the civil issues. One of the key issues that African Americans faced was voting. Martin Luther King Jr. knew that voting was vital in America‚ so he wrote the president. President Johnson stood before the people and urged Congress to pass the voting rights bill. That bill changed the course of history by allowing blacks the right to freely vote‚ and

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    easier to live in. African Americans during the civil rights movement had to face a lot of trills in order to make the world a better place. Many people don’t appreciate that because they are unaware of just how much grief African Americans had to go though to create a path for the upcoming generation. African Americans faced many hardships during the civil rights movement‚ some of those hardships were segregation‚ voting rights‚ and assassination of prominent African American leaders. Segregation

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    Freedom Riders were both white‚ and African American Civil Rights Activists in the South during 1961. Both cultures would take bus trips to southern states and protest at "Whites Only" premises such as restrooms‚ lunch tables‚ and even buses. Freedom Rides were coordinated by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) after the making of the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation. White and African American bus riders challenged the 1946 U.S Supreme Court Decision in the Morgan and Virginia case which made

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    The Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement was a period of time when African Americans attempted to gain their constitutional rights of which they were being deprived. The movement has occurred from the 1950’s to the present‚ with programs like Affirmative Action. Many were upset with the way the civil rights movement was being carried out in the 1960’s. As a result‚ someone assassinated the leader of the movement‚ Martin Luther King Jr. Many African Americans were infuriated

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    Field of Social Work Practice in Child Welfare Definition of the Field The Encyclopedia Britannica defines child welfare as services and institutions concerned with the physical‚ social and psychological well-being of children‚ particularly children suffering from the effects of poverty or lacking normal parental care and supervision (Child Welfare‚ 2010). Working with children and families is the second largest area of practice for social workers‚ and it is most popular with those who have

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    Presidents in the Civil Rights Movements Truman‚ Eisenhower‚ Kennedy‚ Nixon‚ and Johnson all had opinions on Civil Rights and racism. Explain each man’s opinion as well as what they did in their role as president (or presidential candidate in Nixon’s case) to help or hurt the Civil Rights Movement. Former United States Presidents Truman‚ Eisenhower‚ Kennedy‚ Johnson‚ and Nixon all served during the Civil Rights Movements. They all had different opinions and went about it in their respective ways

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    The American Revolution began in 1775 when conflicts began between the colonial government and North American Colonies. The war continued on until 1783. Between these years many people and groups of people‚ such as African Americans‚ women‚ and Native Americans‚ were affected. Each group of people had different effects caused by the war‚ but all had to deal with some kind of change in their lifestyle. When the American revolution began African Americans saw it as an opportunity to gain their own

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    To be African American in 2016 is frightening. You look at the news‚ read the paper‚ get on the internet and see nothing but blacks being killed or arrested. African Americans in the 21st century can be be frustrating‚ you get tired of seeing and hearing the same bad news. It’s heart breaking to know a white cop can kill an innocent black person and get away with it‚ It’s disappointing to witness black on black crime. I love being African American but it isn’t easy. If another race were to spend

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    of zoning ordinances to exclude African

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