White continues, "Absolution is the secret song to the song's success, but by ignoring his mothers" failure, Tupac also avoids understanding her complexity Yet it wilts when it could have soared by leading to a hard-learned Oedipal or social truth (124)." ... The need for the stop of Black on Black crime, police brutality and human unity are addressed in this song that reached the number one slot on the billboard top 100. ... Changes tells us a story of living in the "hood" and dealing with issues such as police brutality, poverty and racism. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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. ... The police would then take him into be sheltered and cared for, for his behavior. ...

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It is a testament to the greatness of Martin Luther King Jr. that nearly every major city in the U.S. has a street or school named after him. It is a measure of how sorely his achievements are misunderstood that most of them are located in black neighborhoods. He is still regarded mainly as the bl...

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• Grade Level: High School

However, Black men are more likely to be victims of police violence, racial hate-crime violence and urban gang violence than any other major ethnic group; it should also be known that homicidal deaths contribute to lowered life expectancy for African American males (Harper, 2009). ... They would much rather sweep this dirty, little secret under the rug. ...

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For over four-hundred years, New York City has been a thriving city sought out by those wishing to better their lives. New York City is situated in a prime location and has been drawing people from all over the world since its grassroots with the Pilgrims who settled Manhattan Island. New York Cit...

• Word Count: 4369
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• Grade Level: High School