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    Malcolm x                                                                 Malcolm X was Born May 19‚ 1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ a time when black men and women were supposed to smilingly and quietly accept their role as second-class citizens. I was a time when black people‚ who were politely called Negroes in those days‚ were expected to sit at the back of the bus. They were not allowed to use “whites-only” drinking fountains‚ restaurants‚ or rest rooms in South. Worst of all‚ black people in America

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    Law and Ethics Susana Silvestri Grand Canyon University BUS-340 October 17‚ 2010 Introduction to Business Law and Ethics Statutory interpretation was critical to the Supreme Court of Colorado’s resolution of a 2007 case‚ Pringle v. Valdez. Using an online source or sources‚ locate the Pringle decision. Then do the following: 1. Read Justice Bender’s majority opinion and prepare a case brief of the sort described in this chapter’s appendix on “Reading and Briefing Cases.”

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    main goal is to keep out of a society which‚ he thinks‚ is trying to make everyone over in its own image. He takes marijuana because it supplies him with experiences that can’t be shared with "squares." He may affect a broad-brimmed hat or a zoot suit‚ but usually he prefers to skulk unmarked. The hipster may be a jazz musician; he is rarely an artist‚ almost never a writer. He may earn his living as a petty criminal‚ a hobo‚ a carnival roustabout

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    Chicano - a political term made popular in the sixties with the Chicano Civil Rights Movement which followed the example of the Black Civil Rights Movement. The people of the Movement adopted the word Chicano for themselves just as the African Americans had adopted Black. The Chicano Movement fought for all people of the Southwest of Mexican descendancy. These people included those whose ancestors had been citizens in the southwest when it was Mexico before the United States occupied it in 1848

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    US history ch 28 Study online at quizlet.com/_ag7xx 1. The 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf the largest naval engagement in history 2. The 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima was the costliest in the history of the United States Marines After 1943‚ the United States advanced on Japan primarily with the aid of forces from Australia and New Zealand All of the following statements regarding the Allied development of an atomic bomb during World War II are true EXCEPT Albert Einstein

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    The Differences of Teenagers in the 1940s Compared to Teenagers Today Elizabeth Ann Murphy Keller Regional Gifted Center‚ Chicago Teacher: Sandra Cap "Teenager" was not even a word until the late 1940s. Zoot suits‚ bobby-soxers‚ soda shops‚ do not sound familiar. These were all things 1940 teenagers know. A teenager’s life in the 1940s and today is extremely different in the areas of high school life and home life. If you stepped into a classroom in the 1940s‚ you might see girls making dresses

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    movement gained steam because of moral victories such as the rise of the pachuco sub-culture‚ but the individuals who had a sense of self identity were targeted by sailors who thought that this pachuco or zoot suit culture was un-American epically during the time of war thus leading to the 1943 zoot suit riots of Los Angeles. Eventually 1950’s labor activism spilled over onto the 1960s and early 1970s becoming the golden era of the Chicano Movement. The spine of todays modern Chicano Movement. Although

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    wanted to see them in more “fashionable clothes that reflected their prosperity and position in society.” The fashion trends for men in the 1920s were the introduction to sportswear‚ formal styles of clothing‚ casual styles of clothing‚ and the “Zoot suit.” Informal wear during this time became popular because it was influenced by art movements that conveyed the “modern” look. Formal evening wear became popular because it was worn in Hollywood movies. The 1920s in America experienced a fashion boom

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    women can feel like outsiders. The women then used the zoot-style to help them feel like they belong somewhere‚ to help them escape their feelings of feeling like an outsider in the US. The persona these pachucas created gave them an identity‚ this identity was nothing like their more traditional mothers‚ as Escobedo mentioned it sensed a belonging to “distinctly Mexican American subculture.”

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    strength in numbers and with knowledge‚ it becomes increasingly more dangerous for anyone to encounter them. During the early 1980 ’s‚ a civil war took place in El Salvador. The war lasted over 12 years and resulted in approximately 100‚000 casualties (Valdez‚ 2000). The war caused fear among the citizens in El Salvador and as a result‚ over one million people fled to the United States. El Salvador refuges began to settle in Southern California and Washington D.C.‚ with the largest initial group settling

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