Racial profiling is a form of discrimination by which law enforcement uses a person's race or cultural background as the primary reason to suspect that the individual has broken the law. ... While these groups of individuals may feel they are being subjected to racism, law enforcement stand to believe it is a simple act of private security. ... Law enforcement agencies have gone through time consuming and expensive litigation over civil rights concerns. ... Racial profiling is problematic because it is a form of discrimination enacted and organized by the federal and local government (...

• Word Count: 1975
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Groups such as these ignored the many laws put into to place to prevent such violent discrimination and have an equal nation; Laws such as the Civil Rights Acts, the 14th Amendment and the 15th Amendment. ... With all this growth the government seemed weak and limited; something had to be done to change this. ... It changed our society as a whole, our government changed and so did the economy. ... Sadly those responsible for breaking the new laws in many cases became wealthy and famous. ... The government thought they had control but the businessmen really did. ...

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It has happened from not only civilians but from people with power in the government. ... "In the covenant of marriage, she is becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master – the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty and to administer chastisement.... King died trying to make that dream come true and it is our duty, and the government's, to fulfill his dream. ... In conclusion, the government needs to uphold their duty to protect the rights of all American people. ... Women's rights weren't the only unjust actions of the government. ...

• Word Count: 1861
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The idea of reparations has become a growing concern for government officials. ... However, only African Americans had the laws that forced them to be demoralized. ... The government should have given an apology long ago about slavery. ... No present government officials were around 250 years ago. ... The government did do the things that were stated and these actions were wrong. ...

• Word Count: 1400
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They believed that a big and active government is the biggest threat to freedom. Modern liberals were exactly the opposite, they believed in an active government. They viewed that a big government will help protect the freedom that people enjoy... (3) FDR's "Four Freedoms" solidified the link between liberalism and active government. ... He never released his belief that a government should play a "leading role in American life, and government must ensure prosperity for all"(Schulman 40); which northern liberalism stood for. ...

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"(2) King followed the ideas of Thoreau, put blame on the government, and spoke his mind about unfair segregation laws. ... "(20) Thoreau influenced those African Americans to speak their minds about the unjust laws, gaining the governments attention. ... "(320) Thoreau addresses the idea of defying the government when the law is unjust. ... "(2) King and his followers in the Civil Rights Movement protest and defy the law to come to a consensus with the government. ... Zinn wrote, "But why should people of conscience defer to such af government and its laws? ...

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These laws were designed to control and suppress the freedom of blacks. ... These rules were called Jim Crow Laws. ... The Jim Crow Laws were the most immoral laws supported by the US legislation in history. ... In New Orleans, a law was adopted which segregated black and white prostitutes. ... Their only outlet of these absurd conditions was to get some kind of representation in government, but the intolerant whites would not allow it. ...

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There are many alternative ways the government can promote equality within the educational system. ... In the same court case, it was stated by Michigan Law School's expert that "in 2000, 35 percent of underrepresented minority applicants were admitted. ... If affirmative action is considered constitutional under strict scrutiny, these statistics should not exist in a law-abiding university. ... "Undoubtedly[,] there are other ways to better the education of law students aside from ensuring that the student body contains a critical mass of underrepresented minority students. The Law Sc...

• Word Count: 2129
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Whatever the reason, slavery was now against the law. ... Under the Johnson administration, the US Government enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1064. ... The key was that the act governed all employers, not just government contractors like the Kennedy EO. ... Affirmative Action Laws AA laws prohibit discriminatory practices and bias treatment. ... As noted above, AA laws are basically anti-discrimination policy and regulations that are executed at the federal, state and local government levels. ...

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Apartheid was a government policy of complete racial separation that gave power mainly to the whites. ... In the United States, Jim Crow laws banned black citizens from obtaining jobs and access to public places such as restaurants and hotels. ... He eventually obtained a law degree from the University of South Africa. ... Black citizens did not have the right to vote in either country due to laws passed by the government. ... These ten million citizens had no representation in the government, and their voices for governmental changes weren't being heard by not permitting them to vote. ...

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In the south, Reconstruction meant rebuilding the economy, establishing new state and local governments and a new social structure between whites and newly freed African Americans. ... "For example, in Mississippi there was a law that allowed sheriffs to hire out the labor of prisoner Negros who could not pay their fines; this law was especially controversial in the North because it appeared to be a step toward the re-enslavement of the blacks. ... The laws would discourage the African American of being vagrant and idle by restricting his mobility. The laws were supposed to strengthen hi...

• Word Count: 1876
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• Grade Level: High School

The Business of Government A. ... Under the progressive leadership of Roosevelt and Wilson, the federal government had passed laws to break monopolies, protect workers, and restrict the absolute freedom of business leaders. d. ... Scopes was found guilty of breaking the law. ... Quota Laws Limit Newcomers a. ... Government Bans Alcoholic Beverages a. ...

• Word Count: 1619
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Civil Disobedience is the refusal to obey the laws which are seen as unjust in an effort to bring about a chnage in governmental policy. ... Slavery was not said to be illegal by the government until January 1, 1863 in the middle of the Civil War by President Abraham Lincoln in an document known as the Emancipation Proclamation. ... In the 1940's and 50's things changed, not because attitudes in the south wsa changing, but because the government forced them to. ... It was against the law, so she was arrested. ... They reaffirmed equality of the races and made ...

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The delegates drew up laws and designed a flag. ... Imperial government opposed Garvey's ideas and "The Negro World."" ... Spies for the government also joined UNIA to keep track of his every move. ... The main focus of the PPP were: self-government for Jamaica, a minimum wage for workers, land reform, and 8-hour work day, free secondary education, a public library system, encouragement of local industries, protection for nave labor, a law to punish judges who act unfairly, politics, and race. The PPP's law to punish judges who acted unfairly got Garvey into trouble. ...

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The reason for that being was the fact that they ran most of the cities or governments. ... If you did not follow the law you had to pay the price. ... They use the government and courts to get their voices heard. ... He went to government leaders and went against dominant groups and told to desegregate. ... They displayed that the same laws that was holding the people down would be the same laws to put the up one-day. ...

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Leading up to World War II, minority Americans have had a long history facing racial discrimination in the United States, such as slavery and the Jim Crow laws against African Americans after the Civil War. ... The government also kept Japanese Americans from military service by changing their draft status from 1-A draft eligible to 4-C, "enemy alien. " (American Valor).  ... Instead African Americans were perceived by other Americans as being racially inferior and were treated as second class citizens under the Jim Crow laws. Having come from southern states where the Jim Crow laws were at ...

• Word Count: 1509
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During the late 19th century, local governments passed segregation laws that were known as the Jim Crow laws. The governments that were involved in the implementation of these laws also authorised for restrictions on voting rights that left the African American population politically, socially and economically powerless. ... Severe and unjust laws were created to instil segregation especially within the South. These laws limited the civil liberties of the people that were affected by them mainly African-Americans, these laws also enlisted them to be inferior (Hall,2005). ... The formal end of ...

• Word Count: 1999
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His achievements in government had cleared a path for other African Americans to follow. ... Since Douglass had manifested his experiences as a slave in his book and had augmented in popularity, he was afraid the Fugitive Slave Laws in America would penalize him, so Douglass travelled abroad to Great Britain. ... I urge you to fly to arms and smite to death the power that would bury the Government and your liberty in the same hopeless grave. ... Douglass held many prestigious titles in government and business, his social status helped break the barrier for other blacks to enter into the govern...

• Word Count: 1350
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According to members their religion and philosophy called "Creativity- is based on the external laws of nature, the experience of history, on logic and common sense. ... They believe that Jews have control of the United States government, which they call the JOG (Jewish Occupational Government). ... While serving as Pontifex Maximus, Hale was attending Southern Illinois University and obtaining his Law degree. After graduation Hale took and passed the bar exam, but was later notified that the state would not grant him a license to practice law due to his racist and anti-Semitic beliefs. ....

• Word Count: 1899
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The Constitution specifies a federal system of government, which gives each individual state the right to a government and should be directly elected by the people. ... Gandhi went to London to study law and soon afterward to "Southern Africa to help in the fight for the rights of immigrant Indians-(Luther para. 2). ... Gandhi's protest provoked a strong reaction from the government, which jailed him repeatedly. It is as thou history has repeated itself directly on King with the visions of peace and brotherhood, but with a government who was just not ready. King just like Gandhi had...

• Word Count: 1731
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Most of these people labeled "felons for life" are African American, and are being put in jail mostly on drug possession laws but not selling. ... Prisons make their money by keeping them populated, and with disenfranchisement laws it makes it very easy to put African Americans in jail. ... If Whites are just as likely to break drug related laws as African Americans, how is it possible that an African American man is 30% more likely to go to jail than a White man? ... Also their housing rights and government help (Welfare) rights are revoked. ... Losing their rights to vote, and thei...

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Despite the tensions Powell faced in government at the national and local level, his true power lied in his coalition in the electorate. ... As long as Dawson acted the way Daley told him to act, he was assured the inclusion of the Chicago municipal government in his coalition in government. ... He was known for proposing anti-poverty legislation and misusing government funds allotted for his congressional department, education and labor. ... However they derived their political power from different sources and were loyal to different factions of government. ... Most blacks at the time were c...

• Word Count: 1701
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The following quote is from blacks who passed a resolution: "Our feelings urge us to say to our countrymen that we are ready to stand by and defend our government as the equals of its white defenders; to do so with our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor, for the sake of freedom, and as good citizens; and we ask that you modify your laws, that we may enlist "that full scope may be given to the patriotic feelings burning in the colored man's breast."" ... During World War civil rights groups pressed the government to provide training for black pilots on an equal basis with whit...

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He needed to annihilation states to set up state governments and rejoin the union rapidly. ... Soldiers constrained states to obey Congress and take after laws letting all men vote. ... In my personal opinion the Reconstruction was not a complete success because as the as shown everyone was treated equally and most of the laws were broken. ... The Court chose that state laws obliging separate however equivalent schools damaged the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. ... The Court recognized that desegregating government funded schools would happen in different routes, continge...

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From slavery to today, many laws has been implemented which would normally restrict blacks from improving their social and economic standards. ... A slave was considered by law as property and was deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by a free person. ... The 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States ratified in 1870, prohibits federal or state governments from infringing on a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color or previous servitude." ... Supreme Court, directed a carefully constructed legal campaign against Southern segregation laws. ... In the...

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