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Unjust Laws Police Brutality
752 wordsThe events in Birmingham, Alabama is evidence that the unfair treatment of African Americans led the call of direct-action. Suffering humiliating court rulings, police brutality, unsolved bombings, and broken promises by city officials are the reasons for the actions taken by the black community. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a non-violent movement that opened the eyes of millions of Americans witnessing the protest on the streets of Birmingham. Dr. Kings actions of bringing justice for his peo...
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Nypd Shooting Of Amadou Diallo
969 wordsPolice brutality remains one of the most serious and divisive human rights violations in the United States. The excessive use of force by police officers persists because of overwhelming barriers to accountability. This fact makes it possible for officers who commit human rights violations to escape punishment and often to repeat their offenses. Police or public officials greet each new report of brutality with denials or explain that the act was an aberration, while the administrative and crimi...
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Martin Luther King Jr One Hundred Years
899 wordsHas Anything Changed? In his world-renowned speech, ? I Have A Dream, ? Martin Luther King Jr. describes his reflection of present-day America and his hopes of the future by dramatizing the disgraceful situation in which America is consumed. In 1963, when this speech was being given to the 200, 000 demonstrators that crowded Washington, D. C. , racism was very high, despite the Emancipation Proclamation that had been signed one hundred years earlier. His essay was a major milestone in American h...
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Black Panther Party Group Of People
876 wordsToday Id like to tell you about a group of people who over the years have gained a bad reputation in the world for simply telling the truth and trying to fit into a society which rejects them and rejects the truth itself. The group that I am referring to is the Black Panthers. Most people perceive the Black Panthers as being a type of white hate group that despise white people and doesnt want anything to do with them. This perception is due mostly to the government and what they tell you to beli...
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