(Out of Many, 612) The three basic social issues addressed by the Progressives were womens suffrage, freedmens civil rights, and working conditions. ... With the abolition of slavery during the Reconstruction period, the fight for civil rights within the black community would create another amazing modification in America during the Progressive Era. ... (Out of Many, 633) Washington preached that improving education amongst the black community, that Negroes could change how they are perceived in society. ... I do not believe the forefathers would have mention the word "equal" in founding do...

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But growing disparity, corporate power, and environmental destruction has overshadowed the hope for a global civil society, a global community. ... While each of these issues, no matter how few or many protest them, hold importance, some are more convincing reasons for protest than others. ... Even if a global civil society could occur and the gap between the rich and the poor was lessened, "haves" and the "have-nots" would still exist. ... Labor, for instance, raises a number of questions: If we accept that conditions of workers are not as they should be, what can we do? ... The ideology ...

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Claudio Sanchez talks about, "How the cost of college went from affordable to sky-High "in an article on NPR (National Public Radio). ... Over 70 years back most thought going to college was something only the well-to-do did. ... Back in 1965 the demand became even bigger for the females and minorities because of civil rights movement higher education act 1965 made the demand greater. ... In the Chronicle of Higher Education, Jonah Newman reports that, "Tuition and Fees Rise, but Cost of Living---by Colleges' Estimate----fall.... Danielle Douglas-Gabriel writes in the Washi...

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History succeeds when it tells us how things really were, and it reminds us that the only access we have to that past is through the imagination of a contemporary person. ... The ministers and magistrates of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and all the women who wrote history through the Civil War, wrote a form of providential history. ... They were identified with the Progressive movement in politics, which took aim at corporate arrogance and political corruption in early twentieth century America. ... Fables about literary and justice would not do. ...

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Does seniority play a role in affirmative action? ... According to Cheryl Perry-League, Director of Equal Opportunity of the Port of Oakland, every business operating on Port of Oakland owned land must have a standing affirmative action program on record and businesses bidding to do work for the Port of Oakland must have an acceptably diverse workforce. ... Many affirmative action programs were born from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... A Company cannot by law, use quotas unless it has been ordered to do so by a court to remedy a past action" (Hall & Albrecht, 1979, p.47-78). ......

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Does seniority play a role in affirmative action? ... According to Cheryl Perry-League, Director of Equal Opportunity of the Port of Oakland, every business operating on Port of Oakland owned land must have a standing affirmative action program on record and businesses bidding to do work for the Port of Oakland must have an acceptably diverse workforce. ... Many affirmative action programs were born from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... A Company cannot by law, use quotas unless it has been ordered to do so by a court to remedy a past action (Hall & Albrecht, 1979, p.47-78). ... ...

• Word Count: 2762
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate