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- 431: Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Justice
- ... party of “blatant indifference” toward Black voters and chastised President Reagan in particular, for letting Bob Jones University get away with racial discrimination, and for “foot dragging” on the Voting Rights Act extension. As he received staunch support from some of the Republican Party, support from his own people began to fade (Civil Rights Movement). It took NAACP Washington Bureau director Althea T. L. Simmons to urge her fellow constituents to withdraw opposition for the post but on the other hand not support ...
- 432: Stephen Vicent Benet: An American Poet
- ... S. - d. March 13, 1943, New York, NY), American poet, novelist, and writer of short stories, best known for John Brown’s Body, a long narrative poem on the American Civil War (Fenton). Born into a military family, Stephen was raised on military posts by his father, Colonel James Benét. “His father read poetry aloud to Stephen, an older brother, William ... the former Rosemary Carr. While there he wrote John Brown's Body (1928), which won (1929) a Pulitzer Prize for poetry (Hart 198). “Over 300 pages, the poem covers the Civil War from John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., to peace at Appomattox” (198). The second Pulitzer was given posthumously in 1944, for Western Star (1943) , an unfinished narrative poem about movement to the American West (198). “In all, Benét published more than 17 volumes of prose and verse” (Fenton). His best-known short story, “The Devil and Daniel Webster ” (1937), ...
- 433: Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-Sixth President 1901-1909
- ... published biographies of Gouverneur Morris and Thomas Hart Benton and works on the American West, some based on his personal experiences. In 1889 he was appointed to the U.S. Civil Service Commission. As head of the commission for much of his six years of service, Roosevelt was guided by the belief that the system was full of corruption that kept good men out of politics. During his tenure Civil Service examinations were revised, fraud was pursued, and the number of positions open to competitive examinations was doubled. In addition, women were placed on the same competitive plane as men ... Sundays. President William McKinley named Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy in 1897. In this position, Roosevelt worked behind the scenes for war against Spain, which was fighting an independence movement in Cuba. He wished to see European influence eliminated from the Caribbean islands, and he was driven by the conviction that superior nations had the right to dictate to ...
- 434: Frederick Douglass
- ... abolitionist meetings. From 1845 to 1847, Douglas would travel in Great Britain speaking for the elimination of slavery. While in Britain he expanded his view of the struggle for human rights. He spoke in favor of Irish home rule and eventually would speak on behalf of the landless European peasantry, women's suffrage, prison reform, free public school education and universal ... allow myself to be insensitive to the wrongs and sufferings of any part of the great family of man." Douglass would eventually split with Garrison and the largely white abolitionist movement to work more closely with the Black leaders of the time. Many of the leading black figures of the time were critical of Douglass. They did not believe that justice could ever be achieved for Blacks in this country while Douglass maintained an optimistic vision for America. During the Civil War Frederick Douglass worked as an enlistment officer and encouraged President Lincoln to make Emancipation an issue in the Civil War. Following the war Douglass would work for the ...
- 435: The Slave Trade
- ... the slave trade.” (Williams, From Columbus to Castro, p.144). These ships were often referred to as “coffin ships”, since so many Africans died aboard them. The ships allowed no movement or space for the chained slaves to move. The majority of these slaves were between the ages of fourteen to twenty five and chosen because of their ability to do ... up in a hostile environment being taught from day one to hate blacks and only to see them as valuable property and not as people. It was not until the Civil War that the blacks had a chance at complete freedom. With the North winning, the United States of America finally abolished slavery once and for all. For many years after ... the war plantation owners would not submit. The hate towards blacks did not stop, however. All the way up to the late 1950’s blacks were not allowed the same rights as whites. Still today hatred towards blacks continues in many parts of the country. The beginning of slavery was more than just inhumane treatment of one group of people ...
- 436: "Restore the Emperor Expel the Barbarians": The Causes of the Showa Restoration
- ... restoring Japan's prestige. During the 1920's, Japan appeared to be developing a democratic and peaceful government. It had a quasi-democratic governmental body, the Diet,Footnote3 and voting rights were extended to all male citizens.Footnote4 Yet, underneath this seemingly placid surface, lurked momentous problems that lead to the Showa Restoration. The transition that Japan made from its parliamentary ... took advantage of the Emperor's status and claimed to speak for the Emperor.Footnote9 These then groups turned the tables on the parliamentarians by claiming that they, not the civil government, represented the "Imperial Will." The parliamentarians, confronted with this perversion of their own policy, failed to unite against the militarists and nationalists. Instead, the parliamentarians compromised with the nationalists ... the western powers were forced to focus on the war raging in Europe. During the period 1912-1926, the government continued on its democratic course. In 1925, Japan extended voting rights to all men and the growth of the merchant class continued.Footnote15 But these democratic trends, hid the fact that it was only the urban elite's who were ...
- 437: Restore the Emperor Expel the Barbarians: The Causes of the Showa Restoration
- ... restoring Japan's prestige. During the 1920's, Japan appeared to be developing a democratic and peaceful government. It had a quasi-democratic governmental body, the Diet,Footnote3 and voting rights were extended to all male citizens.Footnote4 Yet, underneath this seemingly placid surface, lurked momentous problems that lead to the Showa Restoration. The transition that Japan made from its parliamentary ... took advantage of the Emperor's status and claimed to speak for the Emperor.Footnote9 These then groups turned the tables on the parliamentarians by claiming that they, not the civil government, represented the "Imperial Will." The parliamentarians, confronted with this perversion of their own policy, failed to unite against the militarists and nationalists. Instead, the parliamentarians compromised with the nationalists ... the western powers were forced to focus on the war raging in Europe. During the period 1912-1926, the government continued on its democratic course. In 1925, Japan extended voting rights to all men and the growth of the merchant class continued.Footnote15 But these democratic trends, hid the fact that it was only the urban elite's who were ...
- 438: Discrimination In The Workplace
- ... is given a position, privilege, perk, or other resource that historically and typically has been granted to Whites. For Whites, a scandalous paradox occurs when a person possessing neither legal rights nor social status receives preference over someone possessing both. An example is seen when a black person is given a position over a white person that historically has been granted ... offset past discrimination in employing or educating women, blacks, etc. Affirmative action was implemented with the idea and hope that America would finally become equal. The tension of the 1960s civil rights movement had made very clear, that the nations minority and female population were not receiving equal social and economic opportunity. America’s first honest attempt at solving a problem, ...
- 439: "The Beats Generation
- The Beats Generation Near the end of the Second World War, a “movement” was formed by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs as well as a group of other writers and artists. This movement found its voice during the fifties and became especially influential during the sixties. Ginsberg, Kerouac, and Burroughs formed a “New Vision” of culture on broader consciousness, unconventional morals, and uncensored ... ideas are pervasive. Ginsberg, Kerouac, and Burroughs are testaments to the power of artistic vision to transform society. The Beats brought such cultural changes as expanded consciousness, rock and roll, civil rights, and strengthened democracy. The generation coming of age in the 1990’s has the potential to bring a new vision to society. The restless Beat spirit is stirring ...
- 440: Abortion: Life or Death Who Chooses?
- ... life or death for this little one because abortion is the taking of a human life? This fact is undeniable; however much of the members of the Women's Liberation Movement, the new Feminists, Dr. Henry Morgentaler or the Canadian Medical Association President feel about it, does not alter the fact of the matter. An incontrovertible fact that cannot change as ... protected, the society is not as advanced as in a society where they are protected. The more mature the society is, the more there is respect for the dignity and rights of all human beings. The function of the laws of the society, is to protect and provide for all members so that no individual or group of individuals can be ... indications for abortion?? Is it valid for a doctor to co-operate in the choice for abortion? The late Dr. Guttmacher, one of the world leaders of the pro-abortion movement, has stated: "Almost any women can be brought through pregnancy alive unless she suffers from cancer or leukemia, in which case abortion is unlikely to prolong her life much ...
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