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- 611: Who We Are
- ... of Booker T. Washington. Washington believed that Blacks could obtain economic securities through vocational education rather than focusing on success through social and political advancements. During the Reconstruction blacks were most concern with acquiring equal rights along with their freedom and not establishing them selves economically. Washington implemented these ideas in his monumental speech September 18, 1895 and it later became known as the Atlanta Compromise. The Atlanta Compromise goes in ... can use the ideas in the Atlanta Compromise, but use them in an undated fashion. For instance, Black Americans need to apply the skills to gain profit. There should be less emphasis placed on equal rights and discrimination, because once there is a economic power gain all of that will come into place. People that want your product and know that it will sell will have to treat you, as the ... voices to help gain the “natural freedoms” that Emancipation Proclamation and the Constitution has entitled for us. This is what a lot of Black American believes, but now Black American are more accessible to these rights then they were in the past. Black Americans now have power that they could fully use in the past, this power is granted in all 50 states, this power is the power of voting. ...
- 612: Sausages And Eqaulity
- ... characteristics of being "good" and "deserving" and "safe." And even though these interpretations may be unconsciously made, it puts people into categories. This categorization of people is exactly what determines who is the receiver of rights and equality. So then who is to say that the Constitution provides equality for each and every individual? Do the Bill of Rights really provide everyone their basic, essential rights? By the three levels of understanding, they probably don't.
- 613: French Revolution
- ... spotaneous peasant uprisings all over France. On Jult 14 a Paris mob stormed and demolished the Bastille, and old fortress housing political prisoners. On August 4, the assembly, led by certain enlightened nobles, abolished feudal rights and privileges with compensation to owners. A few years later the compensation was also abolished. On August 27 a Declaration of the Rights of Man, similar to the American Bill of Rights, was issued. The new constitution was completed by July, 1790, and the king accepted it. But Louis XVI's behavior was never consistent. In July, 1791, he tried to flee the country ...
- 614: Fray Junipero Serra
- ... right to kill "wild" Indians who were "in the way." The fact is that Serra was not out to destroy the Indian society but to protect it. This is exemplified in his call for Indian rights. Outraged over the abuses by the soldiers, especially military commander Pedro Fages, Serra traveled to Mexico City in 1773 to propose what some would call a "bill of rights." He called for a complete missionary charge of the Indians and the removal of Fages. The Viceroy (the representative of the king in the New World) granted both requests that lead the way for ...
- 615: Civil Disobedience
- ... least end the violence, he chose to fight in a non-traditional way. Rather than giving the white people the pleasure of participating in violent confrontations, King believed if they fought without violence for their rights, they would have a faster success rate. King also saw Birmingham as the major problem in America. If Birmingham could be cracked, the direction of the entire non-violent movement in the South could take ... his dream moved forward with more rallies, marches and speeches. It took four years from the time King began his crusade, until the glorious day in 1964, when he witnessed the signing of the Civil Rights Act. After Birmingham, King moved on to Selma, Alabama to fight for the right for blacks to have the vote. The violence against the demonstrators was obscene, and their only drive was for the success ... We are determined to have the ballot, and we are determined to have it now.6 After protests and non-violent action, Martin Luther King Jr. met with President Johnson to discuss a new Voting Rights Act. An act allowing blacks to vote for the first time ever. That day in 1965 was the high point of the entire civil rights movement. It was achieved because an oppressed people saw ...
- 616: Male, Female, And Religion
- ... once free. Embedded in this piece of the burqa is the story of the Afghan people--the story of the tears, suffering and suppression of millions of Afghan women, the denial of human and religious rights and the history of a conflict that brewed for years. Although many international organizations and national governments attempted preventive measures to head off this violent international crisis, their efforts proved unsuccessful and, in 1996, the ... these restrictions are for the benefit of women, ensuring that they will not be left unprotected. "In Islam, marriage is not a sacrament, but a legal contract in which the woman has clearly defined legal rights in negotiating. She can dictate the terms and can receive the dowry herself. This dowry (mahr) she is permitted to keep and maintain as a source of personal pride and comfort." It is considered one ... religion and Islamic tradition were at stake, international organizations failed to properly monitor the emerging crisis. While conflict brewed, international organizations showed a lack of persistence and relinquished their duty to uphold standards of human rights when challenged with "religious" or "cultural" values. Today it is evident that justice has not been met--that the Taliban has masked its oppression of the Afghan people under the pretense of religion. Today, ...
- 617: Crazy Horse
- ... shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, orreside in territory described in this article, or withoutconsent of the Indians pass through the same" (Matthiessen 7-8).This treaty also stated that the hunting rights on the landbetween the Black Hills and the Big Horn Mountains "as long asthe grass shall grow and the water flows".(Guttmacher 73). Itforced the Indians to be farmers and live in houses. There couldbe ... Indians moved to the reservation. This was notin the Treaty of 1868, (Guttmacher 76). Even though the government was getting the best part of thetreaty they were not satisfied with progress. In 1871 the IndianAppropriation Bill was passed which stated "hereafter no Indiannation or tribe within the United States shall be acknowledgedor recognized as an independent nation, tribe or power with whomthe U.S. may contract by treaty" (Matthiessen 7-8 ... soldiers. No change in policy wasdone on behalf of these petitions (Kadlecek 33). Unwilling to pay for the Black Hills and unable to defeatthe Sioux in war, on August, 15, 1876 Congress passed the SiouxAppropriation Bill. This bill stated that further provisionswould not be given to the Sioux until the hostiles gave up theBlack Hills, Powder River country and Bighorn country. They wouldalso have to move to the Missouri River ...
- 618: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... the President struggled to regain the use of his legs, Eleanor Roosevelt and Louis Howe joined forces to keep his political and business contacts alive. She became a powerful voice for youth employment and civil rights for blacks and women. No first lady has been more visible and outspoken than Eleanor Roosevelt. Perseverance was another great quality of Eleanor Roosevelt. From the time she was a little girl she had to ... the outcome of many of those decisions. Along with her many accomplishments Eleanor Roosevelt had a lot of compassion to her work. In 1946, she was elected chair of the United Nations eighteen-member Human Rights Commission, which had been instructed to draft an international bill of rights. During the next two years Mrs. Roosevelt proved herself a skillful diplomat as she mediated among the clashing views of delegates from different nations and cultures. As you can read she was ...
- 619: Online Censorship
- ... world to “seek and receive” information and ideas, as well as their right to “impart” information. For example, if citizens of one country are prohibited from discussing political issues online, then not only are their rights infringed upon, but also the rights of others around the world to “seek and receive” that information are directly impaired. Similarly, a country’s efforts to block certain content from outside its border infringes the right of those in other countries ... to economic and political interests of those who control the interest, and such controls do not presently exist on the Internet. In the United States, citizens are able to find information concerning governments or human rights. Currently the Internet also allows users an opportunity to look at other cultures, and people, as never before . This power to give and receive information can be achieved on the Internet, and is central ...
- 620: Multiculturalism
- ... education while improving the educational opportunities for minorities. Due to the recent investigation by the UN into Ontario's education system, it is appropriate to define what Canadians are entitled to as far as educational rights. The UN proclaims universally that, "Everyone has the right to education" and that "education shall be free," [UN, 1948,Article 26 (1)]. These definitions are very broad and far-reaching, and are rarely adhered to as fundamental human rights. "Many governments are inclined to define human rights in the manner most convenient to suiting their own political interests." (Boutros Butros Ghali, 1993). Essentially, there is no benchmark that compels any government education system to provide for a multicultural society. It should ...
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