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    The Reformation: Catholicism As Madonna Ciccone once said‚ “Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for punishment.” Roman Catholicism arguably had the most decisive spiritual role in the history of Western Civilization. Its origins can be traced as far back as Jesus Christ and the Apostles. Today‚ the Catholic Church amasses over 11.1 billion members and has developed a sophisticated theology and hierarchy led by the papacy. By examining the Reformation

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    concerns about racism and plans to uplift their race. Ida B. Wells‚ Booker T. Washington‚ and W.E.B. DuBois were three speakers that caught many people attention. In an excerpt from Southern Horrors‚ Wells strongly states how feeling about lynching. She believed that lynching gave the “white man” the opportunity to kill the “black man” any time he feels the need. “Over the course of two years‚ 728 African Americans were lynched” (Wells). A wrongfully accused black man was lynch because the white men thought

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    continued to paint until they reached where they wanted to be at in their lives. In this paper‚ I will be talking about three artworks from three different artists. The first painting is by artist Claude Monet; the painting is called “The Arrival of the Normandy Train‚ Gare St Lazare was painted by Claude Monet in 1877‚ the materials used for this painting was oil‚ and a canvas‚ the size of the painting is 23 ½ by 31 ½ in (59.6 by 80.2cm). The second painting is by Pierre Auguste Renoir and it is called

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    didn’t want added cost of maintaining separate cars Q. What was the stated reason given for many lynchings? A. Black men raped white women Q. What were actual reasons for many lynchings? A. Many African American’s competed with whites in business Q. How did Ida B. Wells work to bring about change for African Americans? A. Journalist and paper owner‚ published documented statistical reports on lynchings‚ founded 1st suffarage organization for African American women Q. What was Ida B. Wells 1st

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    interracial couples/individuals once experienced are now being directed towards homosexuals‚ bisexuals‚ and transgendered. The parallels between the two situations are many‚ but will be discussed in detail in terms of lynching and family planning. Defined by Ralph Ellision‚ lynching is “a ritual drama that was usually enacted ... in an atmosphere of high excitement and led by a masked celebrant dressed in a garish costume who manipulated the numinous objects (lynch ropes‚ the American flag‚ shotgun

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    Race might be the most divisive thing‚ mankind experiences during their lifetime. Race being divisive is not all bad‚ because without race the world would be a very dull place indeed. However‚ some people think that because they are part of one race‚ they are better than another race. Racism stems from the fact that one believes that their race is superior to other races. Every person will have to deal with the effects of racial differences during their life. For example‚ the narrator in The Autobiography

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    Scottsboro Boys were nine black teenagers accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. The case included a frameup‚ an all-white jury‚ rushed trials‚ an attempted lynching‚ and an angry mob; it is frequently given as an example of an overall miscarriage of justice. On March 25‚ 1931‚ several people were hoboing on a freight train traveling between Chattanooga and Memphis‚ Tennessee. Several white teenagers jumped

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    The Gap-Year “Princeton encourages it. Harvard is a big fan. From Tufts to MIT‚ some of the most prestigious universities in the nation are urging students to consider something that would make most parents cringe: The idea of putting off college for a year in favor of some much-needed downtime” (Wood 1). A Gap Year is a year taken off from academics and is mainly used to do things such as travel‚ work‚ or volunteer. Parents and students‚ burnout on school is common and overwhelming. Taking

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    that the action is carried out with great emotion and loyalty to a cause. For example‚ in the last decades of the nineteenths century lynching of black people in the Southern states of USA was at an all-time high. Lynching became an institutional method used by white people to terrorise black people to maintain white supremacy. Therefore‚ it is clear that lynching was carried out as a result of loyalty to a cause and great emotion. This is supported by Blalock’s (1967) power-threat hypothesis which

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    One modern day example of this would be the crowds on Black Friday. People have been trampled and hospitalized due to the mindset of the ones surrounding. Another example would be from the 1930’s‚ when lynching was a type of entertainment for a crowd as well as a mob (Beitler). This one lynching in particular where a white man was shot and three black teenagers were arrested for his murder. While at the jail the three boys were attacked by the mob of people who broke into the jail with sledgehammers

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