...Week Six Assignment: Slavery a look at discrimination and predujice historical events that provided the foundation of slavery within the U.S Slavery is fundamentally an economic phenomenon. Throughout history, slavery has existed where it has been economically worthwhile to those in power. The principal example in modern times is the U.S. South. Nearly 4 million slaves with a market value of close to $4 billion lived in the U.S. just before the Civil War. Masters enjoyed rates of return on slaves comparable to those on other assets; cotton consumers, insurance companies, and industrial enterprises benefited from slavery as well. Such valuable property required rules to protect it, and the institutional practices surrounding slavery display a sophistication that rivals modern-day law and business. Not long after Columbus set sail for the New World, the French and Spanish brought slaves with them on various expeditions. Slaves accompanied Ponce de Leon to Florida in 1513, for instance. But a far greater proportion of slaves arrived in chains in crowded, sweltering cargo holds. The first dark-skinned slaves in what was to become British North America arrived in Virginia -- perhaps stopping first in Spanish lands -- in 1619 aboard a Dutch vessel. From 1500 to 1900, approximately 12 million (Ronald L. F. Davis, Ph. D, 2011) Africans were forced from their homes to go westward, with about 10 million of them completing the journey. Yet very few ended up in the British colonies...
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...To whom it may concern: I am hereby writing this letter to you to seek corporate sponsorship for the ICAR-Top Speed Modified Tour 2015 race season. Motorsports sponsorship can increase name awareness through visibility in the community, improve revenue, and employee morale. Sure, you will have your company’s name on the cars, but there are many other valuable benefits: * You get a sanctioning body that can help network and promote your business. * Provide exposure for your business. * Can be utilized to improve employee morale – it will definitely be fun for you and your employees to become involved in. Attached you will find our schedule for the 2014 season and the 2015 race season is in the works. Also you will find several pictures of the winners for the Top Speed ICAR Modified Tour. Currently we are seeking marketing partners for the 2015 and beyond. Enclosed is supporting documentation, including the history of ICAR. Please feel free to contact me further to discuss potential sponsorship opportunities and to learn more about its many benefits to you. Thank you, Dave Muzzillo ICAR-Top Speed Modified Tour 260-665-8889 About Motorsports Sponsorship | A company can benefit from motorsports sponsorship in many ways, such as: * Enhancing Image and Shaping Consumer Attitudes Companies are often looking to improve how they are perceived by a particular audience. One way of achieving this goal is by becoming affiliated with well-liked sports personalities...
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...A most important Civil Rights lawsuit, Browder v. Gayle was filed in U. S. Federal District Court in Montgomery, Alabama on February 1, 1956. This case is virtually unknown and in name not mentioned in the Civil Rights discussion. Instead, the gains realized through the success of this case are generally attributed to other factions and individuals or events, such as Brown v. Board of Education, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Martin L. King Jr., Rosa L. Parks, and Ed Nixon. To grasp the relevance of Browder v. Gayle to American History as it relates to Civil Rights, one must first understand the preceding history relative to the Civil Rights struggle. To enter that discussion one must recognize the changes made in American society, dictated by prevailing laws made by the laws of the land, which involved the U. S. Constitution and the courts, which interpreted...
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...22/25 “Compare and contrast the ideas and positions of Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and W.E.B. DuBois. Critically evaluate the strength and weaknesses of each.” Black History 140B Professor Katungi 3-12-03 Booker Taliaferro Washington was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin Country, Virginia in 1856. One of our nations most powerful black educators; he illustrated his belief in the dignity of work. He was very skilled in politics and influential for both black and white communities. “There was no period of my life that was devoted to play.” He expressed his concept of hard work was the cornerstone of his social philosophy. Booker T. became a principle and guiding force behind Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institution in Hampton, Alabama during 1881. He felt that industrial education was a way out from the horrible sharecropping and debt. His plan also wanted to achieve self-employment, land ownership and small businesses. “Yet one has the hand in all things essential to mutual progress”, being a personal quote from Booker T. at the Atlanta Compromise address in 1895. His major role was to influence the area of race relations and black leadership. He attacked racism and secretly founder of many anti-segregationist activities. Booker T. wanted to help black Americans rise up from the economic slavery, that had held them down long after they were legally free citizens. As being a dominant figure in black public affairs from 1895 until his...
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...and Nicole. Boxer first ran for political office in 1972, but she lost to Peter Arrigoni. In 1976 she became a member of the Marin County Board of Supervisors and she served there for 6 years. In 1982 she went on to becoming a member of the United States House of Representatives. After Alan Cranston retired in 1992, Boxer quickly got in the race to become senator which she won. The other California state senator is Dianne Feinstein. She was born in San Francisco, California on June 22, 1933. Feinstein graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart High School in 1951 and from Stanford University in 1955 with a B.A. in History. She has had three husbands: Jack Bertram, Bertram Feinstein, and Richard Blum. She has one child named Katherine with her late husband Bertram Feinstein. In 1969, she was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and served there for 9 years. She ran for mayor of San Francisco twice, but lost both times. Eventually she became mayor in 1979 through 1988. Finally in 1992 she won a special election to fill the vacated senate seat....
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...Timothy Graham African American History African American relations with the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints. In 1842, Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was asked by the editor of the Chicago Democrat, Joseph Wentworth, to summarize the basic principles of the newly founded religion. Included in the response, Smith presented thirteen declarations which have collectively become to be knows as the “Articles of Faith”. The thirteenth of these articles states the following: “We believe in being hones, true, chaste, benevolent, and in doing good to all men. Indeed we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.[i] It regard to the treatment of Americans of African descent, it is no secret that the nation, at large, treated individuals with great contempt. The question is whether or not this new faith group was any different. How did treatment of African Americans among the Saints differ from that of the general population of the United States during the period from 1830, the church’s founding, to the end of the century? What was the LDS church’s position on slavery and did practice follow policy among members of a church founded on the principles of “faith, hope, and charity”?[ii] And...
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...Edward Lenzy October 12, 2011 Introduction This proposal will describe the problem of an increase in recidivism among juvenile offenders in Stark County Family Court (SCFC). This chapter includes the purpose of the project, the setting and history of the problem, and the back round and the evidence of the problem of recidivism. Finally it will discuss the importance of the project, definition of terms and conclude with a summary. Purpose of Proposal The purpose of this proposal is to find ways to reduce recidivism among juveniles within the Stark County Family Court. The goal is to identify possible solutions to decrease juvenile recidivism and to determine if mental health issues are a factor that should be considered. Statement of the Problem The purpose of this project is to determine the factors involved with the increase of recidivism in juvenile offenders in the Intake Department of the Stark County Family Court. Setting and History of the Problem Stark County Family Court was established in 1970, located in Canton, Ohio. In Stark County, the Juvenile Court is placed under the jurisdiction of the Domestic Relations Division of the Court of Common Pleas. The purpose of SCFC is to provide the opportunity to have a fair and just hearing. In 1899 due to the increase of juvenile offenders it was decided, initially in Chicago, Illinois that it was necessary to have a court that would only hear case in...
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...Stop and Frisk is by no means new to the United States, in fact the original term for it was “Terry Stop”. A "Terry Stop" by definition is the temporary detainment of a person by law enforcement officers based on "reasonable suspicion" that the person may have been engaged in criminal activity, whereas an arrest requires "probable cause" that a suspect committed a criminal offense. The name comes from the standards established in a 1968 case, Terry v. Ohio. The case started from a Cleveland police officer arresting three men based on suspicion. Patrolling the downtown area like he had been for many years, the officer spotted two strangers on a street corner. He saw them walking back and forth in front of a store window. Suspecting the two men...
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...Labor Management Relations Labor management as a definitive term spans over the centuries. Despite the age and issues presented over the years, labor management and, more pointedly, unions continue to be the subject of great debate in today’s business and government environments. As workers and union representatives remain in the forefront of corporate debates over workers rights and wages, one must question how effective labor management relations are today. Unions present the opportunity for workers to have a representative voice; however, as history proves, unions also present the opportunity for union heads to fulfill self-serving agendas that offer little, if any, respite to workers. As such, this paper examines the history of labor management relations to set the stage for included discussion on current labor and union issues to determine how beneficial unions are and whether they do more harm than good in protecting workers’ rights. History Von Otter defines labor management relations as being related to “the rules and policies which govern and organize employment, how these are established and implemented, and how they affect the needs and interests of employees and employers” (np). Labor management relations involves both industry and economics and often encompasses strategic human resources. However, not all sectors of business, economic and social environments “work” well together as history has proven. The world economy experienced massive growth in the twentieth...
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...marketing proved to be not only cost effective, but the very thing that gave Red Bull its appeal. Although Red Bull was not welcomed with open arms in all countries, such as France, Denmark and Norway, it was growing and expanding. Mateschitz soon realized that an extreme sporting event was a profitable avenue to take Red Bull down. Red Bull started supporting approximately 500 extreme sports athletes and hosting exclusive parties for these rock star competitors. By 1997, Red Bull’s buzz marketing strategy proved successful in the U.S. as well. Events are now hosed throughout the world ranging from B.A.S.E. jumping to surfing. Their tagline, “gives you wings” is known worldwide and Red Bull sponsors public and private events such as the X‐ games and the Red Bull Air Races. Distribution/Penetration Red Bull is distributed in most grocery store, convenience store, and gas station 2 across the U.S. such as HyVee, SuperSaver, Safeway, Trader Joes, Conoco,...
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...George Orwell's essay 'Shooting an Elephant' gives remarkable insight into the human psyche. The essay presents a powerful theme of inner conflict. Orwell feels strong inner conflict between what he believes as a human being, and what he believes and should do as an imperial police officer. The author is amazingly effective in illustrating this conflict by providing specific examples of contradictory feelings, by providing an anecdote that exemplified his feelings about his situation, and by using vivid imagery to describe his circumstances. A police officer in the British Raj, the supposedly 'unbreakable'; ruling force, was afraid. With his gun aimed at an elephant's head, he was faced with the decision to pull the trigger. That officer was George Orwell, and he writes about his experience in his short essay “Shooting an Elephant” to save face, he shrugged it off as his desire to “avoid looking the fool” (George Orwell, 77). In truth, the atmosphere of fear and pressure overwhelmed him. His inner struggle over the guilt of being involved in the subjugation of a people added to this strain, and he made a decision he would later regret enough to write this story. In his essay, Orwell describes how the abuses and treatment he witnessed oppressed him with an intolerable sense of guilt, (Orwell, 72). This is not some minor pang, or nagging worry. The shame pressed down on his shoulders with an unbearable weight. He also describes the injustices in detail...
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...order to create a comic effect. If a person decides to be a Mexican wearing a poncho and putting on a mustache, they are not saying that “this is what every Mexican looks like”. They are acknowledging a history and heritage; it has nothing to do with hate. Although student group such as STARS only has the best of intentions, they find ways to attack mostly harmless Halloween...
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...nation’s capital. Interest groups are organizations that seek to influence decisions in government; they are sometime called lobbyists (Wilson, 2009 p. 142). Lobbyists acquired their name because they used to wait in the lobbies of the policy makers in order to catch them coming in and out of their offices. The rise of interest groups became more apparent due common interests amongst groups of citizens. Interest groups play an important role in today’s politics; the rise was attributed to the need to gain access to government in order to accomplish change. Many groups noticed a need to reach out to government officials in many notable matters in order to undertake the protection of the people. Interest groups, through the means of history have played an important role in the politics of the United States of America. Many interest groups are known to have made their mark in society by both striving and accomplishing change in policy. Interest groups have an interesting time line; I will lead you on the journey. During the first, preindustrial phase from the 1830s to 1870s, charitable organizations assisting the poor represented the dominant form of association. Membership in these organization consisted mostly of middle class citizens. Crossing class line, the second phase is attributed to the economic group such as trade unions and employer’s union in between the 1860’s and the early 1900’s. The third phase constitutes was between 1920 and lasted through the late 1950s...
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...live.Topic: Education Reform- Elementary and Secondary Education ActThe Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, signed by President Lyndon Johnson, was a civil rights law that provided education funding to states and attempted to ensure that every student had access to an education.This law brought education into the forefront of the national assault on poverty and represented a landmark commitment to equal access to quality education (Jeffrey, 1978). Education which allowed access to attend schools previously segregated based on race. As mandated in the act, funds were authorized for professional development, instructional materials, resources to support educational programs, and the promotion of parental involvement.The government reauthorized the act every five years until new reform was introduced. The first five years of the ESEA demonstrated some inherent issues regarding money, religion, race, and federal-state-local relations within the law, as predicted by the opponents of federal aid (Paul, 2018). These findings indicate significant issues remained with education policy and reform.Topic: Education Reform- No Child Left BehindWith a nation still at risk for low achievement gaps, another extreme and controversial education reform was introducedby President George W. Bush. The education reform bill was signed into law on Jan. 8, 2002. Critics charged that No Child Left Behind, (NCLB) led educators to shift resources away from important but non-tested subjects...
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...dear teacher, Andy, who generously gave me his kindly help and instructions during the whole process of my paper-writing. Then I’d like to give my many thanks to my classmates who helped me a lot with my information collecting and paper-polishing. Most important of all, I want to give my thanks to my mother university and all the teachers in the English Department, who educated and cultivated me to be a qualified graduate in the future. Abstract When Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, the novel was a huge success. It talked about the slavery which was a controversial issue at that time. Many critics made comments on this novel. With the passage of time, attitudes to the book changed considerably. The history of African American in US has always been considered as a bitter story. In recent years, their status...
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