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When I was in elementary school, we had lessons about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. It was always a cool topic to discuss: a peaceful movement putting one of America’s most shameful periods to rest– and King is such an inspirational person to learn about. However, I was a bit…

Social inequalities can be traced to the beginning of time through oppression, prejudice, and discrimination. These inequalities lead to social justice movements where the inequalities are addressed and attempted to be fixed or demolished. The main two method a revolution or change can be sought out is either through non-violence or violent tactics. Frantz Freud…

            Dictatorship is an act of forcing your will against the will of others and this can either be official or unofficial.  In other cases, there might pressure from the military without there having direct involvement but most forms of dictatorships result after the ruling government is overthrown.  Whether directly or not, Muammar Al Gaddafi…

Rosa Parks stood up for what is right, even when others weren’t brave enough, even when she sat in a cold dark drewry cell, she still made the decision to stand up for what is right. Rosa Parks never thought twice about her decision to not give up her bus seat. Would you be brave…

Imagine that you are in your first semester in college and you are asked to attend an outside activity that is required for a class. At first you are not sure if you will be interested in any events and are nervous to meet new people. However, after attending the event you realized you have…

In the’Letter from Birmingham Jail’ by Martin Luther King Jr., he writes to ensure himself against the ministers’ charges in which he elucidates his point of view on his social uniformity shows and tries to legitimize the pressing necessities for tranquil action in the Civil Rights Movement. His basic social event of individuals all through…

For Aldridge’s sources, he used a lot of primary sources. He used the Pennsylvania Packet, which was very often when writing this book. In the Notes section of the book, (MR 325) he listed this document many times. It explains that this packet is where Paine declared financial arguments and published political arguments in the…

In the novel I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai tells the story of how the Taliban slowly began to take over her small valley, Swat, in Pakistan. The story begins with Malala recalling where she was and what was happening before she was…

Malala explains how much so many people has helped her learn and been so inspiring. She refused to sit and watch education be stripped from women and is going to fight what she believes in. In Yousafzai’s speech she used patho, for example when she said, ¨When I was in Swat, which was a place…

In this essay I am going to be discussing the history of civil rights in Texas towards Latinos. I will be discussing the ethical and cultural perspectives that influenced the treatment of latinos, if things are better or worse now, and if any changes should be made to make things better for them. The fight…