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The expression "cold war" was used for the first time by a journalist who wrote a speech for financier Bernard Baruch in 1947 (Saf...

cropped up as a result of Title VII. People with religious beliefs sometimes refuse to wear hats or certain clothing that is a req...

However, the victory that Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka represented in the Black community did not carry over to the major...

(1957), for example, argued that the basis for separation and discrimination was linked to the fact that employees did not want to...

is something which has frequently been reiterated by other civil rights activists: in his Letter from Birmingham Jail, for instanc...

that blacks, even if they were freed blacks, were not due citizenship and could never become citizens of the United States. As suc...

was able to peacefully initiate change on a massive scale. As a leader, he was able to organize, and thus had the ability to unit...

protests, a look at what the government has done from the early 1930s through the late 1960s is in order. What did the government ...

those societal institutions, such as schools and churches, which had grown out of the post-slavery era and reflected black cultura...

Eric Froner Consider Reconstruction a Failure? The reasons for the failure of reconstruction are itemized in the article....

when the nation was desperately trying to establish policies and procedures which would act to protect the rights of the freed sla...

She is right in this evaluation. During the Second World War, the U.S. supported Japanese internment camps. It was something that ...

speech. King uses the words -- "Five score years ago" (Internet source) -- that millions of Americans recognized and understand t...

wrong. If for example a crime was committed by a black gang, it would be wrong to profile blacks for all crime. While that is a ...

they are minors, unaware of the ramifications of their actions and are likely to make mistakes. Most children at one time or anot...

was the only freedom that existed. Further, that freedom existed only for those who were like-minded. Those who were not often w...

all, a wild animal will fight to be free of restraints as well and this does not indicate that they are good, nor does it indicate...

Although Reconstruction began during the war, the time period traditionally associated with it is 1862-1877. The political, socia...

a Negro as well as an American, they should be accepted as both without having to sacrifice one for the other (Velikova 431). Kir...

against terrorism per se may still be in favour of what he terms extreme action. For example, the bombing of civilians by the Alli...

from different classes and races integrating with the mainstream. These barriers extended into practically every aspect of Memphi...

Describing Columbus interactions with the Indians in Cuba, Zinn writes: He took more Indian prisoners and put them aboard his two...

members completely and accept without challenge - has indeed proven to be one of the most powerful standards of our culture and th...

academic affirmative actions programs in allowing affirmative action to be part of the enrollment process. While there is no ques...

a whole (PG). Thus, evidence on the harm of pornography was sufficient for a law against it (PG). The court observed that true equ...

school children to the workplace, from the entertainment industry to the sports world, racial stereotypes are an integral part of ...

how Parks various crises directly associated with each stage were more easily addressed, inevitably elevating her to the next stag...

by speaking only in Spanish, even while they leered in her direction. Upon investigation, the salesmen proclaimed their innocence,...

when we get to Birmingham. The freedom ride is certainly a part of it, but not the whole thing. Birmingham is important right now...

had been technically ended when the South lost the Civil War, the subsequent Reconstruction did nothing to reconstruct the concept...