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    Rock-N-Roll people have been seen with” Bob Geldorf”s ““Live Aid” and “Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid” that have now snowballed into this massive International Peace inititative Rock-N-Roll project and the enemies of freedom and liberty have been caught in a “RatTrap” (“Boomtown Rats”)!!! The work of international peace from America with a reinvigorated currency will

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    The Civil Rights Movement of the 50’s and 60’s Once upon a horrible time‚ the United States was a segregated country in which blacks were considered some sort of subspecies. Although the civil war addressed segregation it didn’t enforce it. While black and white citizens were becoming a group of equals in the north‚ the story was much different in the segregated south. Black citizens in the south still faced unequal treatment‚ wages‚ and were often persecuted by everyone from store workers to

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    How does the author show sympathy for Curley’s wife? On the ranch there is a well known woman merely referred to as ‘Curley’s Wife’. As the characters develop we find that she is not in fact the unimportant‚ nameless character we first perceive her as‚ but rather she is a relatively complex one‚ with much more to her than we first gather‚ causing us to feel sympathy for her later in the novel. In this essay I will state how John Steinbeck influenced the reader to feel sympathy for Curley’s wife

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    July 2nd the civil right act of 1964 was signed which put into law that segregation as illegal but ironically the Jim crow laws remained in effect. However‚ the major event that year was the racial violence between blacks and white that erupted in Selma Alabama. The voter’s rights movement‚ to sum up was when blacks marched out to Edmund Pettus Bridge‚ when they got there they were greeted by a wall of state troopers on the other side. They were attacked by the police with sticks‚ tear gas and other

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    right after she walked away‚ the first thing he says was “Jesus‚ what a tramp‚” he said “So that’s what Curley picks for a wife” (Steinbeck 32; ch. 2). George knows that Curley is just using her. George told Lennie to stay away because “she is a rattrap if i ever seen one” (Steinbeck 32; ch.2). Curley’s wife has many things in common with women from the Great Depression but one thing that was not usual was that she did not have to go out and find a job like most women did. Curley was the one that

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    These are the words from the greatest man to live during the 20th century‚ he has changed America’s society in a way no one else has‚ ever can or will. Martin Luther King Jr. experienced segregation at a very young age. At the age of six years old‚ two Caucasian kids who he would play with told him that they can no longer play with him. MLK Jr.’s mom informed him that they attended segregated schools meaning that African Americans and Caucasians wasn’t allowed to integrate. She assured him that they

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    The people in Selma took part in violent demonstrations as a result of despair and discrimination in their jobs. Emotional Intelligence King demonstrated high EI as he was emotionally aware of himself. He displayed exceptional empathy and concern for the families of

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    (ALL ABOUT MUSIC: The African American Language) Thesis: Music was a means‚ a leverage‚ a shrewd resort; it was for the real Negro who was‚ beneath the melody‚ thinking‚ and planning and advancing. “Communication in song was certainly safer than direct talk” and “slaves could further disguise their message by singing about freedom” (Russell Ames). To understand‚ what was called spirituals‚ a person must understand the language of slaves who song them. The language established by enslaves

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    The next ethnic group is African Americans from the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ March of Washington‚ freedom summer‚ and Selma March all for their hope of equality. In Alabama there was segregation laws all over the state the separated whites from blacks‚ and the state bus was no different (2). The Montgomery Bus Boycott started because Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man (2). The law states that blacks must give up their seats for a white man in the black section if there isn’t enough

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    A Walk in My Shoes Shantrese Molette PSY 202 Adult Development and Life Assessment Prof. Linda Beckham February 27‚ 2012 Outline I. Where are you from? a. Maplesville‚ AL b. Selma‚ AL II. What was your family like? a. Parents abusive relationship b. Brother and I c. Large extended family III. What are your greatest achievements? a. Military Service b. Parenthood c. Continuing Education IV. What are

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