in the Judicial Systems Carlos Summons ENG122: English Composition II Instructor First Name Last Name August 5‚ 2013 Racial Disparities in the Judicial Systems Every year the people of the United States of America celebrate the Selma to Montgomery marches for voting rights‚ also known as Bloody Sunday‚ which occurred on March 7‚ 1965 in Alabama. Let’s not forget the individuals who stood up for civil rights like Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Rosa Parks‚ Malcolm X‚ Gandhi‚ Thurgood Marshall‚ Mother
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stated that‚ King was doing signings for a book he had wrote called “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story“‚ a woman named Izola Ware Curry walked up to King‚ while he was signing‚ and stabbed him with a letter opener. If King had even SNEEZED‚ he would have instantly died. The opener was right up to his heart‚ that had the ability to puncture a major arteri‚ making himself bleed to death. In Selma‚ King Jr. had not attended a march that they had set up and major violence took place. King
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the media doesn’t want the public to be oppressed‚ so they give the public information about what is going on in the US to make the public relize what is going on in the US. Second‚ it also says "Cameras were rolling on a peaceful march from Selma to Montgomery‚ held to protest the denial of African-American citizens’ right to vote. The march ended in police brutality against
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peaceful form of protest‚ without any violence or breaking any government law. People like Gandhi‚ Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. showed the public eye that it was possible to get your point across without any acts of violence. Sit-downs‚ marches and hunger strikes were used as a peaceful‚ but powerful form of getting your point across to the government and American people. I believe that civil disobedience is an effective mode of persuasion. During the 1930s‚ a well known Indian independence
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Protestors simply wrapped their ankles around the stool legs and grasped the edges of their seats‚ defiantly resisting all attempts to remove them (Hakim 100). More efficient than the sit-ins‚ however‚ were the marches that took place during the time. A march from Selma‚ Alabama to Montgomery in 1964 resulted in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965‚ and a march on Washington in 1963 consisting of two- hundred and fifty thousand participants‚ sixty-thousand of whom were white (Benson 47)‚ proved
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Alexander Hamilton was a more influential American than the other choices. That’s not to say that the other options are not influential. However Alexander Hamilton is simply the most influential of the handful. To start off with we have Henry Ford. Technically Ford never invented the assembly line‚ but he was a sponsor who used it to the point where it became important. A car was a luxury for America before Ford came along‚ his company soon started to develop cars the average middle-class American
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Peace‚ positivity‚and negativity are things that have been closely together in this day and age. Strikes‚ marches‚ boycotts‚ and revolts are things that happen often in this world. A recent example is the Women’s March‚ which occurred nation wide on January 21st‚ 2017‚ due to the election of Donald Trump. "Perfection is not attainable‚ but if we chase perfection‚ we can catch excellence"‚ a quote by Vince Lombardi. Of course‚ we all know‚ that no government is perfect. Every government will
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Throughout the Civil Rights Movement‚ many leaders emerged that captured the attention of the American public. During this period‚ the leaders’ used different tactics in order to achieve change. Of two of the better-known leaders‚ Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.‚ the latter had a more positive influence in the progress of the movement. Each of these two leaders had different views on how to go about gaining freedom. While King believed a peaceful means would allow the blacks to achieve equality
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I believe the average American does not know very much about Africa including‚ myself. Americans are not taught how diverse Africa is and or was. I can remember as a child‚ I saw something on the news about Africa‚ and there were many Caucasian people demonstrating them. I can remember thinking‚ Wow‚ I did not even know any causation people lived in Africa. The misperceptions of Africa can be changed through education. Five countries and five languages spoken within the continent of Africa are: Somalia
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appreciated‚ He was key in the montgomery marches and was one of the main advocates of Rosa parks Bail. In my opinion he was very great at getting his job done and wasn’t afraid about what he believed in. Nixon join the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters‚ it was and african american group that was founded as a union by Philip Randolph. As he became apart of the group he realized that he wanted to be a strong leader for the african american cause. He then went to montgomery alabama to fulfill what he
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