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    Bailey Fuimaono AFRAS 200 Dr. Reddick March 19‚ 2015 Fred Shuttlesworth From Project C to The Freedom Rides‚ every voice in the civil rights movement counted. If it was not for one very important voice‚ many of the civil rights demonstrations would have never been organized. That voice was Fred Shuttlesworth. Fred Shuttlesworth’s involvement was instrumental to the 1963 Birmingham Campaign. He helped to organize The Freedom Rides‚ Project C‚ and many youth protests‚ which were incredibly important

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    Retrieved from http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/nightingale/nursing/nursing.html Taylor‚ C.‚ Lillis‚ C.‚ LeMone‚ P.‚ & Lynn‚ P. (2008). Fundamentals of nursing - the art and science of nursing care. Philadelphia‚ PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Zerwekh‚ J‚ & Claborn‚ JC. (2009). Nursing today - transition and trends. St. Louis‚ Missouri: Saunders Elsevier.

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    Many were scared by Malcolm’s strong words of hatred. Malcolm felt that blacks did not need to be integrated with the whites for any reason as they could solve their problems without any assistance from the white community. Roy Wilkins of the NAACP felt that hate speech no matter what race it comes from is decrementing to mankind as a whole and is not the solution to any of the worlds problems. Thanks to this program the black Muslims had their official introduction to the world

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    Freedom. 3. On August 28‚ 1963‚ Washington was host to over 200‚000 participants of all colors in the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 4. Throughout the day there were speeches given by civil rights leaders such as John Lewis‚ Roy Wilkins‚ and Whitney Young. Mahalia Jackson‚ Marian Anderson‚ Bob Dylan and Joan Baez were some of the musicians who gave performances as part of the day’s events. The highlight of the day was Rev. Martin Luther King’s now-famous "I Have a Dream" speech

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    March on Washington The March on Washington is a rally that included approximately 250‚000 males and females. This rally took place in Washington DC on August 28‚ 1963. This march is famously known for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “ I have a dream speech” which prescribes social justices and equality. This March was organized by a group of civil rights leaders and religious organization whose main objective was equality in Jobs and freedom. (Hansan‚ 2010) The Declaration of Independence states that

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    Dorothy Irene Height was born March 24‚ 1912 in Richmond‚ Virginia to Fannie Burroughs and James Height. Both of Height’s parents had been widowed twice before and each brought children to the marriage. Fannie Burroughs and James Height had two children together‚ Dorothy and her sister Anthanette. In 1916 the family moved north to Rankin‚ Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh) where Height attended public schools. Height’s mother was active in the Pennsylvania Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs and regularly

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    The international activist movement known as the Black Lives Matter movement targets the use of systemic racism internationally in response to the more recent use of violence against black communities‚ especially in the United States. There are members of the movement from all over the United States representing the thirteen distinct principles and values of the movement: diversity‚ globalism‚ black women‚ black villages‚ loving engagement‚ restorative justice‚ collective value‚ empathy‚ queer affirming

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    On 28 August 1963‚ more than 200‚000 demonstrators took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in the nation’s capital. The march was successful in pressuring the administration of John F. Kennedy to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress. During this event‚ Martin Luther King delivered his memorable ‘‘I Have a Dream’’ speech. The 1963 March on Washington had several precedents. In the summer of 1941 A. Philip Randolph‚ founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

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    NASSP Bulletin. pp. 115-117 McDaniel‚ Jo Beth. “Could Uniforms Save Our Schools?” Reader’s Digest September‚ 1996. pp. 78-84. Sigel‚ Loren. “Point of View: School Uniforms.” ACLU. 1996. http://www.aclu.org/congress/uniform.html (March 1‚ 2001). Wilkins‚ Julia. “The Answer to Violence in American Schools or a Cheap Educational Reform?” The Humanist 59.2: 19. Online. Information Access Expanded Academic ASAP. Article A54099133 (March 1 2001) Wingert‚ Pat. Article on school uniforms. October 4‚ 1996

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    when she cuts a baby out of another woman’s womb. This event occurred in Boulder‚ Colorado where a woman lost her unborn child in this tragical story. On March 18‚2015 Dynel Lane lured a pregnant woman named Michelle Wilkins to her home with a Craigslist ad for baby clothing. Wilkins was 7 months pregnant when she saw the ad and went to meet Lane. During the trial Lane was explaining

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