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- 661: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the principal leaders of the American Civil Rights movement and an important supporter of nonviolent protests. King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. At the age of 15, King went to Morehouse College in Atlanta and graduated with a bachelor ... segregation. During his demonstrations, King was arrested and was sent to jail. National reactions to the bombing of Kings home focused on media attention and it built support for the struggle of black Civil Rights. The demonstrations forced white leaders to negotiate an end to some forms of segregation. They also encouraged many Americans to support national legislation against segregation. On August 28, 1963, King delivered an address to an audience of more than 200,000 civil rights reporters. His I Have a Dream speech expressed hopes on the civil rights movement. All of this resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited segregation in public facilities as well as ...
- 662: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman, one of the principal leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. King's challenges to segregation and racial discrimination helped convince many white Americans to support the cause of civil rights in the United States. King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and was ordained as a Baptist minister at age 18. He graduated from Morehouse College in 1948 and from Crozer Theological Seminary in 1951. In ... of segregation in Birmingham- encouraged many Americans to support national legislation against segregation. King and other black leaders organized the 1963 March on Washington, a massive protest in Washington, D.C., for jobs and civil rights. King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech to an audience of more than 200,000 civil rights supporters. The speech and the march created the political momentum that resulted in the Civil ...
- 663: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... longer First Lady. She could not have been more mistaken. As the years passed, Eleanor Roosevelt's influence and stature continued to grow. Today, she remains a powerful inspiration to leaders in both the civil rights and women's movements. Eleanor shattered the ceremonial mold in which the role of the First Lady had traditionally been fashioned, and reshaped it around her own skills and her deep commitment to social reform ... The following year, she publicly resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution after it barred the black singer Marian Anderson from its auditorium. During World War II, Eleanor remained an uncompromising voice on civil rights, insisting that America could not fight racism abroad while tolerating it at home. Progress was slow, but her continuing intervention led to broadened opportunities for blacks in the factories and shipyards at home and in the armed forces overseas. Eleanor's positions on civil rights were far in advance of her time: 10 years before the Supreme Court rejected the "separate but equal" doctrine, Eleanor argued that equal facilities were not enough: "The basic fact of segregation, which warps ...
- 664: Law And Politics
- ... in direct opposition to its own purpose. The law has been used to destroy its own objective. It has been applied to annihilating the justice that it is supposed to maintain; to limiting and destroying rights, which its real purpose was to respect. It has converted lawful defense into a crime, in order to punish lawful defense (Spooner). As long as it is admitted that the law may be diverted from ... Merriam-Webster s On-line Dictionary. . 10 Feb 2000. Dye, Thomas R. Politics In America Third Ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Prentice Hall. 1994, 1999. Friedrich Hayek. . Donald, James A. Natural Law and Natural Rights. . 10 Feb 2000. Spooner, Lysander. Natural Law: Part First. http://www.jim.com/jamesd/spooner.htm. 10 Feb 2000. ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union. Home Page. http://www.aclu.org/index.html. 10 Feb 2000 ... com/jamesd/bastiat.htm. 10 Feb 2000. Benson, Bruce. The Enterprise of Law: Justice Without the State. http://www.jim.com/jamesd/custom.htm. 10 Feb 2000. United States. The Constitution of the United States. Bill of Rights. 1789 http://www.jim.com/jamesd/usconsti.htm - preamble. 10 Feb 2000.
- 665: Feminist Backlash: The Unconscious Undermining of Genuine Equality
- ... Feminist propaganda is off track when it comes to the real experiences of American women and men. It is true, that in the past, a woman's voice was often disregarded; she was denied certain rights, for some women fought. Elizabeth Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Blackwell were famous for their courage and persistence in bringing change. It is safe to say that most Americans now agree me n and ... of Principles was produced. It paraphrased the Declaration of Independence with emphasis on women. Before 1848, vocal feminists had raised their voices within the Abolitionist Movement. Major concerns of pre-Civil War feminists were: property rights for women, custody of their children in cases of divorce, the right to their earnings, the ability to sign contracts and serve on juries, equal higher education opportunities, and equal opportunities in the workplace . The ... and equal education and employment opportunity. In the 1980's, the feminist movement had many of the same concerns. Women had lobbied legislatures, initiated lawsuits, marched in demonstrations, and boycotted major corporations to secure their rights. The women's movement was still calling for equal pay, education and job opportunities, free contraception and abortion on demand, 24-hour nurseries under community control, legal and financial independence, an end to the ...
- 666: Women's Roles in the Revolution
- ... t ever think for a moment that our quest for independence will end when the war does.5 John Adams, the husband of Abigail and the second President, and Benjamin Rush spoke out for the rights of women. they urged women to receive better educations and use what they learned. The women listend , and new academies and schools were formed to educate them. Because of all of these women and men ... from his farmer brother. With the help of a black slave woman who was borrowed from John's mother, Abigail set up house. From the beginning, Abigail and John got on well. Their views on rights and tyranny were never far apart. Abigail had a shrewd awaremess of the political and social ideas of her time. many letters written to her husband while they were separated showed her interest in public affairs. In seventeen seventy-six, while John was attending the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Abigail tried to persuade his to extend the rights of women. She wrote: In the code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire that you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable ...
- 667: Bussiness
- ... was no incentive to produce large and productive resources. The end of the midieval Manoralism was brought about by a larger demand for goods. Kings competed against lords, and lords competed with peasants for the rights to what was produced. As a result, there was an emergence of merchants and businessmen who accumulated large sums of capital. In addition, there was also a large emergence of banks and the start of ... unemployment. Also people currently avoiding taxes either legally or illegally will be brought into an evev system where they will not need to avoid taxes through current legal loop holes. The reason why people like Bill Clinton get elected to be president is because he plays the game of class warfare. Clinton did a good job of convincing the poor and the middle class that Reagan did them wrong. Clinton believes that the rich should be punished by higher taxes. I ask you, "why should you punish prosperity?" The main goal of the liberals and Bill Clinton is the reditribution of wealth. The key question to ponder is, " when do profits become unfair and excessive?" (Limbaugh Pg. 118-119) In conclusion, capitalism is the best thing to help the United ...
- 668: Abortion - Pro-Choice Views
- ... is to protest things like "Life begins at conception! The fetus is human!" Science has proven these facts, and pro-choicers are by no means trying to deny them. However, pro-choicers feel that the rights of the parents (namely the mother) override the rights of the unborn child. Neither of these tactics work on pro-choicers like myself. True, pro-lifers are entitled to voicing their opinion (just as I am), but I feel that some of their methods ... 7 clearly illustrate how often pro-lifers contradict their "pro-life" ideals by resorting to violent and disruptive acts to try to force their views on people. New legislature controls irate pro-lifers A new bill was introduced in April 1994. The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (aka FACE or FACEA) protects women seeking abortion, and the facilities performing them. Specifically, FACE protects reproductive health service staff and ...
- 669: Cinematography Everything You Need To Know
- ... marketed an electrically driven peep-hole viewing machine (the Kinetoscope) that displayed the marvels recorded to one viewer at a time.^Edison thought so little of the Kinetoscope that he failed to extend his patent rights to England and Europe, an oversight that allowed two Frenchmen, Louis and Auguste LUMIERE, to manufacture a more portable camera and a functional projector, the Cinematographe, based on Edison's machine. The movie era might ... shoot-out. When other companies (Vitagraph, the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, Lubin, and Kalem among them) began producing films that rivaled those of the Edison Company, Edison sued them for infringement of his patent rights. This so-called patents war lasted 10 years (1898-1908), ending only when nine leading film companies merged to form the Motion Picture Patents Company.^One reason for the settlement was the enormous profits to be derived from what had begun merely as a cheap novelty. Before 1905 motion pictures were usually shown in vaudeville houses as one act on the bill. After 1905 a growing number of small, storefront theaters called nickelodeons, accommodating less than 200 patrons, began to show motion pictures exclusively. By 1908 an estimated 10 million Americans were paying their nickels and ...
- 670: JFK: His Life and Legacy
- ... belief. Kennedy returned to Senate and participated in the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was also chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Labor. JFK believed strongly in education, equal job opportunity, and the civil rights movement. His biggest success came in the form of his Labor Reform Bill which passed by a margin of 90 to 1 in Senate debate. Kennedy's first child, Caroline, was born during this time. Due to his enormous success in Congress, the Democratic party nominated him for ... voters, the factory workers, and the liberals(Gadney 61). During the Kennedy Administration, a great deal of events were going on.Jackie had given birth to JFK, Jr., while all over the south, the civil rights movement was going in full force with incidents breaking out. Specific attention gathered around a black air force veteran, James Meredith, applied for admission to the University of Mississippi. In Cuba both the Bay ...
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