Martin Luther King once said “We are not makers of history. We are made by history‚" which interprets how the surrounding events played a big role in my great grandfather’s life. At the age of 103‚ T.W. Cooper‚ my great grandfather witnessed plenty of extravagant events. Some of these events include: The Waco Horror‚ KKK‚ Emmett Till case‚ The Watergate scandal‚ O.J. Simpson trial‚ and the Trayvon Martin Trial. The Waco horror took a great toll on the African American community in 1916. Jesse
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to come true for fleeing immigrants from socio-economic problems since the innovation of many brilliant inventors have come to play‚ to provide jobs for many at an easy cause effort. Many innovators such as Samuel F.B Morse‚ Eli Whitney‚ and James Watt who have engulfed the old agricultural world and modified it into a more industrial carefree environment for all in the United States making the
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The Media and Its Responsibilities Lucinda Ramon SOC120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Raymond Hudson June 24‚ 2013 The Media and Its Responsibilities Malcolm X captured it best when he stated‚ “The media’s the most powerful entity on Earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent‚ and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” Media is defined as the use of any form of communication to reach and influence people
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public when they heard the news? Regardless of the sinking‚ the United States continued to remain neutral. The U.S. maintained the policy that they would not get involved in Europe’s affairs. It was their war‚ their problem. Then came the Zimmerman Note. The Zimmerman Note was a telegram sent by the Germans. On its way to Mexico‚
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I had intended on going to the vigil Wednesday night (2/8) but much to my dismay‚ there was no vigil (or I missed it). So instead of attending a diversity event for this paper‚ I watched a documentary on Netflix called 13th. This film discusses the issue of racism in the United States criminal justice system; specifically relating to how the 13th amendment transformed the view of African Americans from slaves to criminals. I thought the film was very thought-provoking and had strong concepts. Whoever
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One law I will forever remember is the “Stand Your Ground” law. This law has been around for some time now but many people including myself have only recently learned of this law‚ because of a very emotional case in Florida involving ‚George Zimmerman” murdering a 17 year old unarmed boy named “Trayvon Martin.” Stand your ground law was actually passed October 1‚ 2005. Ironically Florida was the first state to pass (Stand your ground law) and now Florida is the state that is making this law a
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Four more American merchants ships were sunk which got Wilson granted his declaration of war. "On June 26th the first 14.000 U.S. infantry troops landed in France to begin their combat training." The United States also intercepted the Zimmerman Telegram. The Zimmerman telegram was Germany trying to get Mexico to enter the war against the United
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- Chantel’s is off too. - Where’s her dad? I can’t get hold of him. There’s something in the water‚ and it’s not chlorine. Zimmerman says you and Addie ganged up on him. What the hell are you doing? - Making sure I’m loaded and ready. - Just till tomorrow. 24 hours is all I ask. - And you run off to Zimmerman. - He knows she has drama school. - Her teacher’s nosy and loves cops. - Could’ve waited till tomorrow. We’re meant to be partners‚ dammit! What’s happening tomorrow? I don’t think you’ve
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positively improved over the past years and that may be true but it is still long from gone. For example‚ in America on the 26 of February 2012 17 year old black male‚ Trayvon Martin was shot dead by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. George Zimmerman saw Trayvon who was walking back from a convenience store and assumed the boy to be a threat as he was a young black male wearing a hoodie. He later told police that he shot Trayvon in self defence and was not charged for murder at the
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Every day we are exposed to advertising‚ we drive down the highway and see billboards‚ we scroll down our news feed on Facebook and see side ads‚ and our favorite shows cut to commercials on television. According to Jean Kilbourne‚ advertising is an over 100 billion dollar a year industry and we are exposed to over 2000 ads a day. Advertisements don’t just sell us products‚ they sell images‚ values‚ and concepts of success‚ worth‚ love‚ sexuality‚ and normality. By doing so‚ they tell us what we
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