... even to this day. Emerson is widely referred to as the father of the American Literary tradition and Thoreau's name is seldom mentioned without the obligatory references to Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. Their ideas may seem very appealing, yet just how realistic is it to expect to achieve the state of ultimate individuality? The quaint, idealistic notions of Emerson ... establishment occasionally have shaken the foundations of injustice, but inevitably are brought to a bitter end by that which they resisted. Rosa Parks was arrested and jailed for violating race laws, Martin Luther K...

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... of Race "Bush Opposes Diversity Policy at University" by By Edwin Chen and Nick Anderson, L.A. Times Jan.16, 2003 In March l961, less than two months after assuming office, President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 which established the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Its mission was to end discrimination in employment by the government and its contractors. "Affirmative action ... those who oppose civil rights and oppose diversity in this country," not to be lost is the irony that this decision came on what would have been the late Reverend Martin Lut...

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