1. Jackie Robinson
Five questions were asked to find the history of suicidal behavior. ... The SSB is a 5-point scale that scales the lifetime history of suicidal behavior. In this study, (1) indicates no history of suicidal behavior, (2) a history of suicidal ideas, (3) a history of suicidal behavior, (4) a history of mild suicidal acts, and (5) a history of at least on serious attempt (Pfeffer et al., 1979). ... Hispanics were found to have a greater history of self-harmful behavior than Whites. ... Fernquist just followed the methodology of Steffensmeier (1989) and calculated percentages to find out the re...
It is also important however, to analyze the history of racism in Canada and observe how that has contributed to some of the racial "seeds" which can be found in the racism apparent today in Canadian society. Racism in Canada, especially dating back around a century and a half ago, has a long and disturbing history. ... However, although Canadian history may provide an insight into the racist discourse found in todays' society, it is important to examine the issues at hand. ... For example, a survey was conducted by the Equal Opportunity Consultants in 1989. ...
African American History It is often taught that the social and economic conditions of African Americans have been one of America's greatest struggles. ... In 1989 General Colin Powell became the first African American Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. ... He is the first Black Secretary of State in the United States History. ... Douglas Wilder was elected the Governor of Virginia, the first elected black governor in American History. ... There is nowhere that such a quote is more evident than in the American Social history. ...
Around that time Butterfield was honored with the Pulitzer Prize as a member of The New York Times team that published the Pentagon Papers, the Pentagon's secret history of the Vietnam War, in 1971. ... Fox Butterfields research revolves around the Boskets family history and focuses it in a way to demonstrate the source of Mr. ... He goes on the record for saying that "The high homicide rates that characterize the United States really have a geographical origin in the white, rural pre-Civil War South" (Booknotes, 1989). ...
In 1948 South Africa instituted one of the most morally repulsive policies in international history. ... And, during the states of emergency, which continued intermittently until 1989, a low-level police official for up to six months could detain anyone without a hearing. ...
ther he was the Medgar Evers or James Meredith in Mississippi, at a session with Robert Kennedy in New York, on a speaking tour for the Congress of Racial Equality, or helping in the voter registration in Alabama, Baldwin was committed "to end the racial nightmare of our country and change the history of the world" (http://www.galenet.com, pg. 15). ...
The patterns of disproportionate arrests generate more extensive criminal histories for minorities and may influence sentencing outcomes of longer prison terms in average. ... During 1989-1990, a white felony defendant with no criminal record stood a 33% chance of having the charge reduced to a misdemeanor or infraction, compared to 25% for a similarly situated black or Hispanic. ...
Never in the bible are we encouraged to imagine that conspiracy is the grand explanation of history or the overarching issue of causality in human affairs. ... Conspiracy theories (rumors, myths, urban legends) have a long history throughout the world. ... The freedom domain website documents the history of conspiracies as far back as 1090 AD with the formation of Christianity and the first recorded secret society known as the Essenes. ...
"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery." W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction of America. (Alexander 20). W.E.B. Du Bois reminds us that former slaves had "a brief moment in the sun" before returning to a status akin to slavery. In many schools ac...