Some of these groups and people included ‘Malcolm X’, Rosa Parks, and ‘The Black Panthers’. Malcolm X saw King’s campaign as trying to persuade the African American citizens to forget the days of slavery, and forget what the white men had done to their people. His stance was passive/aggressive and wanted equality by any means, including violence. Malcolm X was assassinated by a white supremacist during a speech and died of bullet wounds. Also, ‘The Black Panthers’ were a very violent group and saw King’s campaign as time consuming and feared it being forgotten in the process.
Milkman in a way also rebels against his father by hitting him and deciding not to join the family business with his father. “Writers have always been concerned with the freedom of the human spirit, whether through dreaming, solitude, or rebellion.” This statement is illustrated in Song of Solomon through Guitar and Milkman’s quests in the novel. Guitar at the beginning of the book is just a curious teenager who starts getting interested in the civil rights movement. He gets very enraged speaking about the racism that goes on and he exaggerates about how bad it is. Morrison allows Guitar to have freedom of his human spirit through rebellion.
They feared Richard, and some of the white people felt it necessary to act out their racist feelings in order to cover up their fear. White coworkers beat Richard because his boss was kind to him. Richard later had to leave a good job because those racist co-workers would “kill” him. When the principal at Richard’s school had asked Richard to give a speech to a large audience of white and black people, Richard refused to read the principal’s prepared speech. By reading the principal’s speech, Richard was saying what the white power wanted him to say and to Richard this would be giving in to the very thing he hated so much.
I believe the Montgomery bus boycott was the most important event in the 1950s -1960s in changing the civil rights for African-Americans, because this event gained internationally attention. On the 1st of December 1955 a white man requested for Rosa Parks’ seat however she refused as it seemed unreasonable. Leading her to be arrested, this act was very important because it went against the Jim Crow which was created to force segregation in public school systems, kept many African-Americans from moving out of segregated neighbourhoods and often made it difficult for African-Americans to vote. Overall it was very unfair to the black community, as a result the black community in Alabama started a non-violent boycott of the buses, leaving buses only half full this had a major financial impact on bus companies as it was the black community who used buses the most and the event was lead by Martin Luther King. This event was important because it gained international attention which put pressure on the different structures of the American government to make changes, and finally in 1965 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses was illegal.
The firm of “Warren and Brandeis” spent much of their time arguing against monopolies and large corporations and advocating for free speech. Together Brandeis and Warren published a famous article in The Harvard Law Review, “The Right to Privacy.” This article argued that private citizens should have the right to be left alone and the press should not be permitted to publish their photos or the details of their lives without their permission. Brandeis and Warren were angered by the media attention focused on the lavish parties the Warren family threw throughout the 1880s. They wrote, "Gossip is no longer the resource of the idle and of the vicious, but has become a trade, which is pursued with industry as well as effrontery.” Brandeis and Warren also 2 stated that during the first 100 years of the United States, the
One of the more interesting conclusions reached by Bowen and Levin, is that academic hypocrisy is rampant. Following this Jenkins includes the difficulty Ohio State is having fighting off the taint of academic scandal and how Vanderbilt has presented itself as a paragon of academic virtue. Andy Geiger, Ohio States Athletic Director, suspended Clarett for accepting money against NCAA rules. Meanwhile, Gordon Gee, Vanderbilt Chancellor, announced he was doing away with his athletic department. Although it turns out that Gee is not cutting any sports, or scholarships.
The Schools are destroying Freedom of Speech According to the article written by John W. Whitehead, “The Schools are Destroying Freedom of Speech,” John W. Whitehead stated that teachers are hindering students from learning or being allowed to exercise their constitutional rights. Schools don’t have the right or authority to hinder students from not offend or cause harm to others. There were two occasions documented and went as far as to the Supreme Court, how teachers and administrations pulled the plug on several valedictorian students during graduations; while sharing a censored speech on their religion and their feelings, (John W. Whitehead, 2009). On occasions, teachers and administrators reviewed and had students to take out what they thought would affect the audience or what was against certain regulations of the school. However, the students felt the need to express their thoughts, ideas and feelings in the way they felt.
June 18th, 2008, a grotesque biding game is undermining university standards, Geoffrey alderman talks about how university standards are being lowered for non academic and unethical reasons in his article. He starts his article with talking generally about many universities in the U.K trying not only to eliminate failing, but even lower grades. He goes along and talks about how those universities are stopping academics from punishing or failing their student because of cheating or low grades. Furthermore, how officials have more say in academic matters than academia scholars. alderman continues to talk about examinations and how external examiners no longer have a say during exams, but are merely their to watch the student being orderly and following procedures, and are not allowed to embark any grade penalties for cheating or otherwise.
Because the death penalty causes such a heated debate among interested individuals, politicians often use the conflict to acquire public support. There are many pros and cons pertaining to capital punishment.In 1972, the Supreme Court abolished the death penalty because it inflicted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. The number of people executed and later found to be innocent disturbed the Court. The Court also felt that the death penalty was being unfairly applied to minorities and poor people. In 1976, after the arrival of lethal injection and additional laws to protect the innocent, the Supreme Court reversed its decision and reinstated the death penalty.
The experience is different for each and every person depending on his or her own diligence and work ethic. A great question that comes to mind regarding law school and the commitment that it requires that can be debated would be: Is law school meant to dehumanize the students in order to divide the weak from the resilient or is it simply a heroic journey of determination and overcoming obstacles? Having watched only the first scene in Kingsfield’s contract law class one would jump to conclusion that dehumanization and humiliation are qualities quite prevalent. Kingsfield chose Hart to recite the material facts of the Hawkins Vs. McGee case, which Hart did not know was a required read for the first class. Kingsfield recites the facts for him but then picks Hart to determine the damages appropriate for the doctor’s actions.