IRAC Brief Shareholder Class Action Week 6 Amy Ramkey‚ Anita Hicks‚ Charles Cohen‚ Christina Medina LAW531 Business Law June 2‚ 2014 Professor Sonja Dickens IRAC Brief Shareholder Class Action Introduction: Issue: Whether World Acceptance Corp violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by making false and/or misleading statements‚ as well as failing to disclose material adverse facts about the Company ’s business‚ operations‚ and prospects. (www.marketwatch.com) Rule: The rule that applies
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Al Sharpton “The Reverend” Full Name: Alfred Charles Sharpton‚ Jr. Born: October 3‚ 1954 Brooklyn‚ NY Occupation: Baptist Minister Civil Rights/Social Justice Activist Radio/Television talk show host Education: Graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn‚ NY Dropped out of Brooklyn College after 2 years Chronology: • Born in Brooklyn‚ NY to father Alfred Sharpton Sr. and Ada Richards‚ then raised in Queens‚ NY. [1954] • Preached first sermon‚ “Let Not Your Heart
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ESSAY OF ROSA PARKS‚ CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST Analyze an African American person’s racial identity using one of the racial identity models discussed in our text. I chose Rosa Louise McCauley Parks‚ a Civil Rights Activist‚ known for the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955‚ the same date of her trial for the crime of not giving up her seat on the bus for a White boy because she said‚ “I’m not moving; my feet hurt”‚ which at that time in Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ segregation on public bus transportation
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TEEN ACTIVISTS!!! Teen activists are people who change the world. Teen activists are people who believe and stand up for something. Then they do what they can to help the problem be solved. They make the world a better place. I think one thing all teen activists have in common is they all change lives. They change adults lives‚ children’s lives and animals lives. Faye Carey is a teen activist that is changing animals lives. Faye takes sick and abandoned animals and helps them. She gives
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On December 1‚ 1955 Rosa Parks’ decided that she was going to sit in the white section on the bus in Montgomery‚ Alabama. African Americans were not permitted to sit in the front of the buses. Her refusal to give up her seat for a white man helped change segregation nationwide. Rosa Parks’ helped give African Americans equal rights in this world today. When Rosa Parks’ was younger‚ she had experience with racial discrimination and racial equality. When her parents separated her mother moved the
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Malcolm X Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He believed in equality between human beings during a time where there was a lot of discrimination and racial violence across the world. This essay discusses the background of Malcolm X‚ which includes his childhood and how he was treated. It looks at what experiences that occurred in his life which influenced his activism‚ as well as what made him a great leader and role model and finally his achievements. Malcolm
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Harry Tyson Moore was born on November 18‚ 1905‚He was the only child of Johnny and Rosa Moore. Moore spent the next two years teaching fourth grade at Cocoa’s only black elementary school. During his first year in Brevard County‚ he met an attractive older woman (she was 23‚ while he was barely 20)‚ named Harriette Vyda Simms. She had taught school herself‚ but was currently selling insurance for the Atlanta Life Insurance Company; they married on Christmas Day‚ 1926. Her family lived in Mims‚
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Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist who left a legacy behind with numerous of speeches‚ dedication to equality‚ and a determination to unite our citizens. In Atlanta Georgia‚ 1929‚ Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King gave birth to a legend Michael “Martin” Luther King Jr. On January 15. Born after Willie and before Alfred‚ Martin was active within his surroundings which included following in his father’s footsteps and becoming a church going young man
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Malcolm X Malcolm spent most of his life fighting for equal rights for African Americans. Born Malcolm Little in Omaha‚ Nebraska on May 19‚ 1925‚ Malcolm’s family received threats from the Klu Klux Klan and police because of his father’s support of the Black civil rights. The family moved to Michigan (the state that I was born in)‚ to get away from the threats to their lives. The move couldn’t protect them from people who hated them. Their house was burned down and the fire department
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“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom”- Malcolm x. He is widely recognised for his work in the human rights movement and was a prominent Black Nationalist leader. Malcom x‚ born 19th May‚ 1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ United States is known as one of the world’s most controversial and influential figures in history. Malcolm x faced many adversities from an early age and was tested with patience throughout his lifespan. His father was a Baptist
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