Although advantageous, the results generated detrimental effects as well. ... Civil Rights reach back as far as 1879 in Plessy vs. ... Two years later the order was amended to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex as well as the other laws already mentioned. ... The cases of Grutter vs. Bollinger involving University of Michigan's law school, and Grotz vs. ...
(p. 9, Washington) To better advance his people in the ways of freedom, Washington gladly makes concessions to the "greater good". ... This is the single most important difference in the two narratives - the institution vs. the individual (or collective individuals). ... Washington's career, as well as of his triumphs, without being thought captious or envious, and without forgetting that it is easier to do ill than well in the world. ...
The frightened, teenaged Purto Rican defendant is on trial, as well as the jury and the American judicial system with its purported sense of infallibility and fairness. ... This case doesn't turn out well - although Tom's lawyer tries to convince the jurors and the judge that Tom was innocent, they still didn't believe him because Tom is African American. ...
