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- 1181: Malcom X
- ... to leave and felt betrayed by his church, he started the Organization of Afro-American Unity. They had the commitment to "doing whatever is necessary to bring the Negro struggle from the level of civil rights to the level of human rights." While making a speech in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem on Feb 21, 1965 he was assassinated by 3 persons all belonging to the NOI. Whether you like him or not, Malcom X was charismatic leader that said the many things that had to be said in the midst of the civil rights movement. "By any means necessary! I'm for freedom. I'm for a society in which our people are recognized and respected as human beings, and I believe that we have the right to ...
- 1182: Susan B Anthony
- ... In 1851 she went to Syracus to attend a series of antislavery meetings. During this time Susan meet Cady Stanton. They became best friends. Susan joined Stanton and Amelia Bloomer in campaigns for women’s rights. She would often deliver speeches written by Stanton, who was occupied with her young children. In 1854, She devoted herself to the antislavery movement serving from 1856 to the outbreak of the civil war, 1861 ... She worked with Stanton and published the New York liberal weekly, "The Revolution" (1868-1870) which called for equal pay for women. In 1872, Susan demanded that women be given the same civil and political rights that had been extended to black men under the 14th and 15th amendments. Anthony and Stanton became convinced that pg1ggggwoman would not gain the rights or be effective in promoting reforms until they had the right to vote. So she led a group of women to the polls in Rochester to test the right of women to vote. She ...
- 1183: Report On Book Titled Black Li
- ... a Purple People Eater, I would have done something to help him in some fashion. I think that I am more of a leader than a follower more of an activist. I stand for my rights as well as other people s rights. I was very secure in my feelings through the book in that I was brought up to have an open mind about others racial backgrounds as well as my own. The whole concept of someone ... a level that was not tolerable by any means, and then it slowly came down. The bread of racism will never lay entirely flat or flush with the pan. African-Americans slowly received many different rights as the air came out of the bread. Respect came with Martin Luther King Jr. and all the people who stood by his side as he spoke for freedom. Describe how the face of ...
- 1184: Dalai Lama
- ... many teachings and initiations, including the rare Kalachakra Initiation, which he has conducted more than any of his predecessors. His Holiness continues to present new initiatives to resolve the Tibetan issues. At the Congressional Human Rights Caucus in 1987 he proposed a Five-Point Peace Plan as a first step towards resolving the future status of Tibet. This plan calls for the designation of Tibet as a zone of peace, an end to the massive transfer of ethnic Chinese into Tibet, restoration of fundamental human rights and democratic freedoms and the abandonment of China's use of Tibet for nuclear weapons production and the dumping of nuclear waste, as well as urging "earnest negotiations" on the future of Tibet and relations ... association with the People's Republic of China." In his address, the Dalai Lama said that this represented "the most realistic means by which to re-establish Tibet's separate identity and restore the fundamental rights of the Tibetan people while accommodating China's own interests." His Holiness emphasized that "whatever the outcome of the negotiations with the Chinese may be, the Tibetan people themselves must be the ultimate deciding ...
- 1185: Marcus Garvey
- ... be emancipated (p. 137 Altman, Susan. Extraordinary Black Americans.)" are the famous words delivered by Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Born a West Indian, he later became a powerful revolutionary who led the nation into the Civil Rights Movement. Garvey dedicated his life to the "uplifting" of the Negro and to millions of Black people everywhere, he represented dignity and self-respect. Like Malcolm X of a later generation, he believed that Negroes ... August 1920, Garvey staged a month-long convention in Harlem, New York, featuring band, receptions, rallies, and parades. They presented a policy statement on the "Back to Africa" program, and proclaimed a formal "Declaration of Rights" for Negroes all over the world. Thousands attended from twenty-five countries and all forty-eight states. Before it ended, the delegates voted to create an African government with Marcus Garvey at its head and ... branch of the UNIA were almost totally depleted. At this point, Garvey turned his energies to Jamaican politics, agitating in particular for the enforcement of already existing British laws, which were designed to protect the rights of plaintiffs against possible connivance between judges, lawyers and businessmen. For his pains, Garvey was convicted of libel and forced to serve a jail sentence of three months. Upon his release from prison, Garvey ...
- 1186: Pornography
- ... pornography available to adults. The courts assess that to ban or censor the material would be infringing on the public's First Amendment Right (Carol 28). Maureen O'Brien quotes critics of a congressionally terminated bill, the Pornography Victim's Compensation Act, as saying "That if it had passed, it would have had severely chilling effects on the First Amendment, allowing victims of sexual crimes to file suit against producers and ... then it should become evident that continuous viewing/use of pornographic films depicting violent sex and aggression could lead vulnerable persons into performing or participating in sexual violence against their partners or against a stranger. Bill Marshall, psychology professor at Queen's University and director of a sexual behavior clinic in Kingston, interviewed one hundred and twenty men, between the years 1980 and 1985, who had molested children or raped women ... than pornography" (Kaminer 115). The statement made by Adams and the view that pornography does not contribute to the act of sex crimes is heavily outweighed, however, by the various studies connecting violence and pornography. Bill Marshall's observations on his patients and the examples of individual crimes originating from pornography show this acclimation to be invalidated. Some also say that attacks on pornography merely reflect the majority of feminist' ...
- 1187: Hamilton Vs. Jefferson
- ... provided for under Jeffersons plan. On a broader aspect, Hamilton wanted to expand the beuracracy, as well as enable the strong federal government to establish numerous tariffs and limits on free speech and free expression rights. Jefferson held strong to his beliefs of a weak central government needed only to secure individual rights and equal treatment of citizens. On the issue of a national bank, Hamilton believed that anything that was not forbade in the Constitution was to be allowed and thus supported a national bank in order to control the national debt as an asset. In contrast, Jeffersons belief that rights not given to the national government were given to state governments in order to minimize the menace of a national debt and sustain a rigid economy. These issues were debated then, and still are ...
- 1188: Vegetarians
- ... from vegetables as you would from just one pound of meat (although most people don’t eat this much meat anyway!), you would be eating for hours. Most people become vegetarians because of the Animal Rights Movement (ARM). But in fact, the movement has "elevated ignorance about the natural world" according to Richard Coniff. If you give rights to animals, you should give rights to plants. Think of how they feel, often they are consumed before they even die! If we all went vegetarian, the animal population would increase dramatically. In fact, if there were too many animals, ...
- 1189: The War Against Athletes
- ... athletes? Why not the rest of the students? In their quest for a more civil society, administrators have forgotten their true goals equality for all students. If an athlete is to be stripped of his rights, why not another student? What makes an athlete more susceptible to drug use than a non-athlete? A clear level of discrimination is evident in the Supreme Court decision to make drug testing of athletes ... point at all. It¹s a complete waste of time. Athletes see it as such, and deal with it accordingly. That¹s what justifies these counteractive enterprises. They exist to protect athlete¹s fourth amendment rights, which should never have been contradicted in the first place. A vicious circle exists between athletes and drug testing. Contradictive techniques are not totally moral, but like the saying goes, everything¹s fair in love ... testing for athletes should apply to all students everywhere, not just a certain type of student. Without equality, justice is just a word. Works Cited Brecher, Elinor. "A drug test pits parents¹ concern against kids rights." Miami Herald 31 March 1995. N.pag. Lewin, Tawar. "Testing the usefulness of school drug testing." New York Times 2 July 1995: 2-3. Nardo, Don. Drugs and Sports. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, ...
- 1190: Slobodan Milosevic
- ... army inflicted a crushing defeat on Serbian forces 600 years earlier, he launched a campaign to restore Serbian greatness that resulted in the break-up of Yugoslavia, amid the worst atrocities and violations of human rights since the end of the Second World War. While the formidable Serb-led Yugoslav army was used against Croats too, the worst excesses and "ethnic cleansing" took place against the Bosnians, and later the Kosovars ... of openness in the Soviet bloc, a country of extraordinary natural and historical beauty. Today it is a bombed out, fanatic-ridden shell. The real problem that should receive urgent attention is that massive human rights violations be stopped and the refugees extended every assistance to enable them to return to their homes, most of which will have to be rebuilt. Apart from a political solution that respects the rights of the Kosovars, those guilty of massacres and ethnic cleansing must be brought to book through war crimes trials.
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