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International Relations (IR) is the study of relationships between countries. The author in this reading goes into detail on the origins of IR and how they fit into our society today. Key topics that are talked about are state sovereignty, state system, the security dilemma, hegemony, balance of power. IR can affect many things from…

Like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr read Thoreau’s essay on Civil Disobedience in college, and resonated with its central idea – that people should not obey unjust laws. The son of a Baptist preacher, King himself became a minister, and originally believed that the teachings of Jesus could only be put into practice between individuals….

Line of Duty Death On December 23, 2011, firefighter James Rice passed away while battling a three-alarm fire. It has been said that his cause of death was due to breathing in “toxic fumes”, while he was wearing a breathing mask. We are still waiting for the state medical examiner to release the final report…

Life was poor in every direction for Africa an Americans. They had little chance for success in life and acceptance among whites was no t even fathomable. In the excerpt King uses emotive imagery, rhetorical questions, and historical allusion to persuade the audience to accept his point of view and to take action instead o…

In my house hold during football season Games played on Sunday, also Monday and Thursday nights are on every television. Many football teams have rivalries with other teams. Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns. With 120 meetings it is the oldest rivalry and the most storied in the AFC, surpassing any other rivalry in the…

Clash of the Colors John Rails presented the Ideal that society as a whole should have a balance of wealth, power, opportunity, and income; Martin Luther King Jar. Expanded this philosophy in a non-violent way, he convinced the people that it was necessary that social equilibrium be restored to acquire Justice and the basic civil…

Many black writers and leaders of the 1960ss shared similar feelings towards the white tally American society in which they lived. Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, and Stokely Carmichael all blamed the Whites for the racism which existed. However, they agreed that it was up to the black society to stop this job….

Malcolm X is an African American Muslim, a priest, orator and human rights activist. He is known as one of the most famous blacks in the history of mankind. People, who supported him, called him a strong fighter for the rights of African Americans, while adversaries blamed him for preaching racism, black race superiority, antisemitism,…

What Is Industrialisation? Industrialisation is a process of social and economic change where a human society is transformed from pre-industrial to industrial. This social and economic change is closely entwined with technological improvement, particularly the development of large-scale energy production. What were Stalin’s industrial policies? The GOSPLAN was an organisation that was set up to…

Martin Luther King was the main figure in the Civil Rights Movement; he was the civil right activist leader and had an influence of the American society. King believed in non-violent protest and used it to overcome justice, king’s idea of non-violent protest came from Ghandi’s idea, and he thought Ghandi was the great man…