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Growing up in a small town in north Louisiana, I would have never thought about joining the Army. I was never an ROTC in school, but I did love sports. While attending Jr. High school and high school I played basketball and softball, so I was very athletic. However, when I learned of my mother…

Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and activist. He was also a pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He died on April 4, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. tried to stop segregation and racism in…

The United States Constitution is a document establishing America’s government, fundamental laws, and our fundamental rights as citizens. This single document protects the person and the country as a whole. Before the Constitution, there was the Articles of Confederation; however, the Articles of Confederation did not protect citizens rights how the Constitution does. The First…

Truth called for gender equality with the same conviction she used to battle slavery. However, Truth was disillusioned by the feminist movement of her time. Her disagreements with the women’s rights leadership of her time arose out of differences in their backgrounds and experiences. Most of the women involved in the feminist movement during her…

During the late 1950s and early 1960s, a prominent figure emerged in order to counteract the issues of inequality, ignorance, and racial oppression within American society. Martin Luther King Jr, an African American civil rights leader, pursued his ambitions by spreading his ideas for reform. By advocating change, he encountered several of those who refused…

Black Power is a phrase that has instilled both pride and hope into the souls of black people, while simultaneously striking fear into the hearts of whites. ‘No two words in contemporary American society have been more controversial or misunderstood than Black Power’ (Fager, cover). This “misunderstanding” is what made the Black Power Movement so…

The Army profession is made up by five essential characteristics as a profession: trust, military expertise, honorable service, esprit de corps, and stewardship of the profession. Stewardship is the duties for all leaders who represent and care for the people, the civilians and the values of the army and the military family. Stewardship is the…

It has been seen all over the country, causing riots and looting. These controversial events that seemingly happen more often than ever. The racial discrimination of our criminal justice system some may say have hit an all-time high. Nobody is saying that everything about the system is wrong but one person summed it up better…

The philosophies of W.E.B. Dubois and Washington are more different than alike. Washington and Dubois both preach about the uprising of the American Negro, what is the American Negro, –an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being…

As part of my Aspects of family law module, I have been asked to write an assignment about children in the Criminal Justice System. This assignment will discuss as to when a child is to be held criminally responsible and how the process of detaining a child works. I will discuss the main children’s detention…