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    MEMBERS During an interview with C-SPAN's Brian Lamb (1994) Hugh Pearson, the author of The Shadow of the Panther, stated that Huey Newton founded the Black Panther Party 54 years ago in the fall of 1966 along with co-founder Bobby Seale. The party originated as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on UCLA’s campus. Although Newton was an intellect he had an extensive criminal record which included many short change scams. On the other hand, he had been noted for receiving his PhD in

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    The Social Movement of the Black Panthers Historically and currently, community organizing has been a vehicle used collectively to address issues on a larger scale in order to challenge injustices, discrimination, and inequalities. Injustices based on race and class has been prevalent since the advent of Columbus. Considerably, community organizing is an effective means for seeking change in one’s community cooperatively. Efforts to bring about change are usually engaged in the framework or setting

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    The Black Panther Party The Black Panther Party took a radical turn in history. Their main goal was to redeem the nation through violent means. The Panthers were also entwined in the Black Power and antiwar movement. Many white Americans were taking over both movements and consequently alienating black Americans. Within the Black Panther Party, the leaders had differing philosophies: Martin Luther King's approach to change was centered on non-violence and Malcom X believed that violence was a necessary

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    Chris Brown Integrity

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    Chris Brown is a an artist who has faced a lot of adversity in his life. Brown was born in small town called Tappahannock ,Virginia. As a child Brown’s mother had a significant other at the time that abused his mother. At the age of 6 where he witnessed his mother being beaten by her significant other. Brown witnessing this had an effect on him in later events in his life. In 2009 Brown got into a physical altercation with his girlfriend Rihanna. This fight happened because of a simple argument

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    Black Panther Party: Vanguard of the Revolution. The Black Panther Party, originally called the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was an African American revolutionary party. Their original purpose was to patrol black neighborhoods to protect its residents from acts of police brutality, then later was to help with the furtherance of the black community and gaining equality for blacks and stopping their oppression. Fred Hampton was the deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party Illinois Chapter

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    whatever adventures Loeb devised. Leopold was portrayed, as being wildly in love with Loeb and even after Loeb’s death, his affection for him did not seem to diminish. During a parole hearing Leopold was asked why he participated in the killing of Bobby Franks he said, “I have been trying desperately to fathom the situation. I will never quit trying. I admired Richard Loeb extravagantly, beyond all bounds. I literally lived and died on his approval and disapproval. I would have done anything he asked

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    we expect and ignoring what we do not expect (Verderber, 2014). When first noticing Hurley, most people would not expect his secret; he is an overweight man with long curly hair and a scruffy beard. During his flashback, it is discovered that prior to boarding the plane he was a fast food worker that lived with his mother. When conversing with Charlie, who is an ex-band member and recovering heroin addict, Hurley reveals that he won the lottery and is actually worth millions of dollars; Charlie does

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    In the novel “The Lord of the Flies,” by William Golding, is set on a paradise like island. There are only little boys on the island and the author gave them almost a perfect island to live on. They have fruit, water, but there is no sign of civilization on the island. The boys first instinct was to group together when the conch was blown. The children can do whatever they want because they have no authority. They also established a leader right when the whole island was started. Ralph is one the

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    In the movie, Searching for Bobby Fischer, the main character, Josh Waitzkin, had many exemplary moments that defined his character. Determination, humbleness, and empathy are few of the many words that can be used to describe Josh. With these values embedded within the young chess player, Josh began to show everyone who he really is. One of the many challenges that Josh faced and overcame was the constant pressure from his father and his chess teacher. After learning that his son was quite the

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    We had traveled in the minivan for 5 hours, for a group of 13 year old boys this trip felt like eternity. However, our excitement kept us all jaunting to each other about silly middle school shenanigans, who can dougie better, and how we were all going to “murk” this tryout. Johnny Evans, Malik Chatman, Gavin Rose, Ronnie Fountain, and I were all selected to try-out for the 14u Team South football team. This team would represent all the best players in the southeast and clash them against other regions

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