...Introduction: African American history. It has great and true stories to tell. These African Americans have different and unique stories to tell. Because of these people, they have made the United States a better place. Let’s go deeper into African American history. Pre-20th Century Contributions Way before the 20th century, African Americans made outstanding contributions to various characteristics of American society despite the challenges of slavery and discrimination. They excelled in areas such as literature, politics, arts, music, abolitionism, and entrepreneurship. But what people have had a huge impact in this era of Black excellence? Let’s list a few. Phillis Wheatley. She was the first ever published African-American female poet....
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...been in existence since the emergence of the business world. However, it is only relatively recently that it has been identified, and executives have taken notice and made it a priority. The culture of an organization can be compared to the personality of a human being (Chegini, 2010). Culture is the essence of what an organization represents, who they are, what they stand for, what they believe in, and what is important to them. One of the better, and simpler, definitions of organizational culture I found is “the shared values and assumptions that guide behavior in an organization” (Çakar, 2010). The fundamentals of corporate culture can include a company’s values, employee expectations, customs, factual or mythical organizational history, language, climate, etc. In some cases, organizational culture is designed and employees are encouraged and expected to achieve it. On the other hand, culture may also develop over time from the attitudes and mentalities of employees. An organizational vision and mission statement may also set the tone for a developing culture (Agin, 2010). No matter the method, there are many ingredients in creating the perfect culture “recipe,” many of which will be addressed later. Many may ask why organizational culture is important and how it benefits the workplace. As Gareth Morgan states, “We choose and operate in environmental domains according to how we...
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... This is why Human and society is not separable. We were created to think and to question. From the first stage in our life we are dependent on the society--family, and then school. Human being without society are desperate to find sense of belonging, a sense of community. When people lose their sense of themselves in community, they go on to look for something that they belong to (gangs), the result of this can be a war. If society is not a material things such as trees and animals or machines? Why does it decline? I believe the decline of society could be concluded into three different aspect: decline of leadership, failure of ideas (failed to deliver the promises, or simply did not work out), and the change of mindset during generation. Every society goes through period of birth, rise, mature, decline and death. The most important factor to cause all this happening is change of leadership. What holds up a society? A strong voice that lead people into same direction (whether the direction is good or not) A leader that could practice the idea is the foundation of any society. And leaderships, in many cases, decline. Mao in china as an example, once a great leader of China, had made mistakes that caused huge impact in his older years. Decline...
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...THESUMMER OF 1898, 1898, THE SUMMER OF AS USUAL, WAS HOT AND HUMID IN NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA. SO A YOUNG PHARMACIST NAMED CALEB BRADHAM BEGAN EXPERIMENTING WITH COMBINATIONS OF SPICES, JUICES AND SYRUPS, TRYING TO CREATE A REFRESHING NEW DRINK TO SERVE TO HIS CUSTOMERS. HE SUCCEEDED BEYOND ALL EXPECTATIONS, INVENTING THE BEVERAGE NOW KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD AS ... PEPSI-COLA. 3 PEPSI’S BEGINNINGS PEPSI’S BEGINNINGS Caleb Bradham knew that to keep people returning to his pharmacy, he would have to turn it into a gathering place. Like many pharmacists at the turn of the century, he had a soda fountain in his drugstore, where he served his customers refreshing drinks that he created himself. His most popular creation was a unique mixture of carbonated water, kola nuts, vanilla and rare oils, named “Brad’s Drink” by his customers. Caleb decided to rename it “Pepsi-Cola,” and advertised his new soft drink to enthusiastic customers. Sales of Caleb Bradham (circled) was too focused on serving his customers Pepsi-Cola to pose for this picture. Pepsi-Cola started to grow, convincing him to form a company and market the new beverage. In 1902, he launched the Pepsi-Cola Company in the back room of his pharmacy, and applied to the U.S. Patent Office for a trademark. An official patent was awarded on June 16, 1903. At first, he mixed the syrup himself and sold it exclusively through soda fountains. But soon Caleb recognized that a greater opportunity existed—to bottle Pepsi-Cola...
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...example Genesis, a chapter in the Bible which explains how god magically made everything appear such as light, life, and land, is still. As said in the bible " And God said let there be light." ( Genesis l.3) Which is a remembered line throughout generations explaining light on earth. This passage also talks about the birth of male females vegetation and animals. For the making of humans the passage says "so God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them" (Genesis ll.27-29). And for vegetation it states, "And god said let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seeds, and fruit seeds bearing fruits in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on...
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...Abstract The funeral industry, one of the oldest and among the most stable of industries regardless of economic trends, is facing one of the biggest challenges of its existence, and the threat is coming from an unlikely source – their own customers. People’s attitudes towards funerals have been changing and as a result, the number of traditional funerals has been declining. "Show me the manner in which a nation cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty to high ideals." -- Sir William Gladstone Survival in the U.S. Funeral Industry: A PESTEL Analysis The funeral industry, one of the oldest and among the most stable of industries regardless of economic trends, is facing one of the biggest challenges of its existence, and the threat is coming from an unlikely source – their own customers. People’s attitudes towards funerals have been changing and as a result, the number of traditional funerals has been declining. Funeral customs and services are as old as civilization itself. Throughout the history of mankind, every culture and civilization studied has attended to the proper care and disposition of their dead by way of three common things: some type of funeral rites, rituals and ceremonies, a sacred resting place and memorialization (Whittaker, 2005). Researchers have discovered Neanderthal burial grounds dating back to 60,000 BC along with animal...
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...impossible and are aware of its danger, Kennedy utilizes references, syntactic features and rhetorical appeal to persuade the audience that as a nation anything is possible together. Kennedy references to two well known historical figures to compare the impact their achievements had on history and the achievement the audience can be part of. He first references to William Bradford, founder of Plymouth Bay Colony who said, “all great and honorable actions are accompanied...
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...best young chef in America. Rachael Ray’s Kids Cook-Off, Chopped Junior, Kids Baking Competition, and more programs exist because kids are just as affected by food culture as adults. New generations of chefs are being swept up into the food frenzy due to the exposure from foodie-TV. One of the main reasons children why children claim a love for food and enter these competitions because they watched and idolized the people they saw on TV. Televised chefs, restaurateurs, food critics, contestants, and judges inspire within young minds a passion for...
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...In Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, Joseph J. Ellis, in depth, explains some of the defining challenges that the Founding Fathers faced after they began to build the new government of the United Sates after the Revolutionary War. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation is a work of historical non-fiction written in narrative form. Ellis chooses to write his narrative based on the most predominant figures of the time period, which he names “Founding Brothers,” a relative twist from the more commonly known “Founding Fathers. Ellis splits the book into seven sections, where he tries to focus on either an event or an issue that occurred during the Revolutionary Era of the United States. The target of Ellis’s book is to...
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...Analyse the way in which history and memory generate compelling and unexpected insights. – Jake Cronin The interaction between history and memory is a complex and dialectic process through which perceptions of the past are negotiated, reinforced or challenged. Despite official history’s dependency on validating its claims through documented evidence, it must be acknowledged that it is not objective and remains vulnerable to distortion of those with political power or hegemony. Similarly, the subjective nature of memory allows for official history to be vulnerable to the bias of personal experience and differing perspectives. Furthermore, although official history and subjective memory both provide adequate insights into the past, it is through the consideration and combination of the two that compelling and unexpected insights into the past are generated. Paul Keating’s ‘The Redfern Address’ offers a reasonable challenge to the dominant historical narrative surrounding the European colonisation of Australia and their acts of social injustice in regards to Indigenous Australians. Similarly, Shaun Tan’s ‘Memorial’ explores Australia’s wartime history through the medium of a community’s personal experiences, perspectives and memories converging to form history, and illuminates the way in which history is dictated by those with political power. Through the dialectic interplay of history and meaning, compelling and unanticipated comprehensions of the past are generated and are...
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...began to write his first autobiography about Ibo religion. Equiano elaborates on how Christianity connected with the African descent and its culture, also he described the similarities between the Jews and the African from circumcision to offerings, from purifications to washings, and from believing in one Creator to live after death. The African American family was cherished within the African American community due to their history of slavery, the family had bonded in a strong culture. These origins have these families tested family bonds throughout African American history, changing the family makeup by causing these families to become more Americanized and less Africanized following slavery abolishment. Family reunions and events are highly cherished to help maintain the African American culture. Elderly of African American families are celebrated, as they are passing on the African American legacy in this country. The elders provided great perception and common sense into the family and cultural history, also giving good guidance to the younger member into their families. The popularity of family reunions has grown over the past several years. After the civil rights movement, several aspects of the society started to become approachable to African American and...
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...and age can be 100% sure how businesses were created, and how entrepreneurs were able to provide a sense of stability for themselves and their families, we can see how they evolved; the companies we know today would not exist without the men and women who created businesses throughout history. Over the last several decades, companies have developed a sense of business ethics that have defined the reputation of companies and the mission that drives the company. From the 1960s to today, people have been concerned with different ethical issues and have managed to develop a society where those issues have made them stronger. According to the Ethics Resource Center (2009), the 1960s caused the most strain on people and their ethics, and it grew the society into one of the most significant eras in American history. The dilemmas that surrounded the 60s were nothing short of tension and domination. For example, the Civil Rights issues dominated the minds and hearts of that particular generation, the escalation of drug use, as well as how the tension between employee and employer grew are just to name a few of the problems that had to be dealt with during that time. Because of these personal ethical challenges, businesses initiated different codes of conduct and value statements in each company hoping that this would change people’s work ethics and understanding of what it takes to be able to support themselves, as well as their families. However, the 1970’s contained so much scandal...
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...around war. The war diminished Paul and turned his life into constant suffering. Paul’s character undergoes a changes throughout the novel, when he is induced with the horror and anxiety of the war. Paul Baumer is a character representative of all soldiers because he faces the same difficulties a typical soldier would face. In the war, Paul had seen his close friends...
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...important issues off all, though, is diversity. The equal treatment of all citizens either born in, or immigrated to, America. A lot of strides have been made over the course of America’s history. Diversity, and equal treatment of Americans, has to be one of the top priorities for everyone. Over the course of time, I have had a lot of interaction with different cultures. We have lived in Japan, America, and Europe. All of which provide very different cultures to learn and experience. One thing I have learned is to always keep an open mind. When you approach another culture with a closed mind that is when stereotypes take shape. I also learned to evaluate the history of your own people and their struggles. A lot of times, even though we may look different, we have all had very similar struggles throughout the course of history. Women have had the same struggles as African Americans when it comes to basic civil liberties. The same applies to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender people. As you look at the different racial and gender groups, you do see a lot of similarities. You also learn some new things about their histories. One of the things I learned about African American discrimination, is that it carried over from Europeans and how they dealt with Africans upon arrival to the continent ("History Of Hutu – Tutsi Relations.” 2012). Europeans would favor the lighter skinned Africans as they more closely resemble that of the pure Europeans. The Europeans would install the lighter...
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...Trajectory With the American Jewish Community” By Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Issue Date: November 2011 Editor’s Note: Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, internationally known Muslim leader who lives and teaches in New York City and is a friend to BJ’s rabbis and other faith leaders, wrote an essay for the book Muslims and Jews in America,1 from which the excerpts below are taken. In this essay he outlines the commonalities faced by faith traditions of immigrant religions in America—particularly Judaism and Islam. … Any student of American immigrant history recognizes that the path to integration in the United States has always been painfully difficult. As a result, it is important that as Muslims struggle to establish themselves within the context of the broader American society they learn successful lessons from the American Jewish community’s historical integration, which will likewise open a space for meaningful partnership between these two communities. As American Muslims forge such relationships, I am convinced that we can both solidify Muslims’ presence within the American mainstream and initiate a fresh chapter in global Jewish-Muslim relations, one that echoes the best chapters of the historical reality of Jewish-Muslim harmony. … Though focused on issues of immigration and integration within a specific American context, Jewish-Muslim partnerships should be built upon the foundation of what I call the “Abrahamic ethic.” … The essence of the Abrahamic ethic is the understanding...
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