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    Tutor: Course: Date: Role of Ideas in the American Revolution The American Revolution was a massive change that occurred between the years 1765 and 1783. During this time, thirteen American colonies formed an independent country after they broke from the British Empire. The nation was then called the United States of America. The revolution resulted from a series of political and social transformations in the American society. It all started in 1765 where Americans rejected taxation without elected representation

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    Hippies In The 1960

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    drug use became a popular trend set in the mid-1960s by the ‘Hippie’ subculture in America. Hippies were a group of middle-class American youth who, after the second world war, became dissatisfied with the way the government and American society worked. Hippies were involved in protests such as U.S involvement in the Vietnam War and the poor treatment of African-Americans. Alongside these protests Hippies also promoted the idea of using drugs. The use of psychotropic drugs, such as marijuana and LSD

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    Angela Davis, is an African American professor, writer, scholar, activist in civil right and social issues. She was born on January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama to Frank Davis, a service station owner and Sallye Davis, a teacher but participant in the NAACP. At a young age, Angela Davis learned of racial prejudice in her hometown, by witnessing bombings in her neighborhood referred as “Dynamite Hill” and having her interracial studies groups broken up by police. As, a teenager these experiences

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    The Newark Riots

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    The UCC’s connection with Newark’s African-American community leads them to become a prime suspect in the instigations of the Newark riots. The UCC was seen as an opposer to the government’s policies and therefore the UCC was present lead them to become primary suspects in the instigation of the riots. The attack on the organizations is seen as Senator Jackson and Mr. Alderman interrogated Miss Levins. The dialogue says the following : “ Miss Levins. Yes. He [ Mr. Kennedy] asked me to make up some

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    African Americans and continued to grow in in the 1990s. Between 1983 and 1999, African Americans were arrested for violent crimes 7.7 times greater than whites. Keen & Jacobs (2009) further identified that hostility towards African-Americans were greater in neighborhoods dominated by African- Americans. Support for capital punishment was also noticeably higher for blacks. Other possible finding suggested that police officers made more arrests in neighborhoods dominated by African-Americans. States

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    legacy that will never be forgotten in American history. He was able to break down a system filled with hatred, and make the lives of all Americans better. King’s famous “I Have A Dream Speech” has continued to connect with people of all backgrounds; to this day his words still lay in the hearts of all Americans and impact our lives. King was able to leave his distinctive mindset of “injustice anywhere [is] a threat to justice everywhere” as a basis of how Americans should view social issues (Boshier

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    In 1768 the British control over the American colonies which was once honored, became intolerable for the colonists. Regulations regarding trade and taxes were opposed on the colonists by Great Britain. The colonists formed together to oppose such ruling. Although these regulations were implemented throughout all of the American colonies, inhabitants of colonial Boston experienced direct domination from the British. In 1768, a quarter of the Boston inhabitants were British soldiers whom of which

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    On November 4, 2008, history was made. 67 million of 120 million of Americans voted Barack Obama to be the 44th President of the United States and the first black President. According to the United States Census Bureau, 65% of blacks went to the polls and those voters aged 18-24 was 55% (File, 2014), which was the highest voting turnout of blacks in history but, the grassroots, advocacy, and community organizing done by black youth? Those numbers aren’t as high as they were in the 1960s, the rise

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    the involvement of many ethnicities as he views ethnicity as the most important human attribute which should be accompanied by tolerance and justice. Americans obtain their good reputation through ethnicity as the forced losing of cultural identity and getting assimilated to their merciless mainstream culture was what they enjoyed doing.

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    Rights movements. First, during her childhood the experiences of growing up as an African-Americans in the southern limited Moody to what she can achieve in life. Then in the teenager years of Moody life the experiences are more against the hatred the white people had against the black community, also in her 20s her past experiences helped her get involved with Civil Rights programs. Finally, with her involvement in the Civil Rights movements affected her way see different views and resolves compared

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