Taking Action Through Leadership to Solve African-American Problems There have been many great leaders in American history. ... Consequently, this would cure numerous African-American problems of segregation and discrimination. ... This meant West believed in the equality of democracy through new leadership as another solution to African-American discrimination. ... s "Letter From Birmingham Jail," written in 1961, revealed King's position in using leadership to solve African-American based problems. ... If the leader has no people to lead then they are not a leader, but an ideali...

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Unfortunately the act wasn't enough to solve all the discrimination problems in the United States and was revised many times over. ... A Negro activist by the name of Philip Randolph and his colleague, Bayard Rustin, had decided to demand certain civil rights that would limit the discrimination in employment. ... These demands included: integration of public schools, fair employment by prohibiting job discrimination, and job training and placement. ... Title VII of the act prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. ...

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While "reverse discrimination- may benefit one class or race, it truly hinders another (Tivnan 195). ... Affirmative action has now ricocheted to fight an "inequality with an inequality,"" the very problem Johnson designed it to solve, which results in "the ambitions and aspirations, the hopes and dreams of individual Americans being trampled- on so the government can counterbalance past injustices (Tivnan 195) (Grapes 43). ... America, however, should refrain from using the quota system "a system that further promotes segregation, a system that further propagates discrimination, a syst...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate