When Hartke resigned his commission in 1975 he became the physics professor at Tarkington College. ... During his teaching there, one of the students was Kimberly Wilder who had a learning disability. Kimberly was the daughter of Jason Wilder who was the College President. ... Wilder expressed that rather than teaching students about ignorance, he should be teaching students about the greatness of things. ... Tarkington College is holding back their students from knowing the truths of the world around them. ...

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It was obvious that the 14th amendment did not bring equality nor stop African Americans from being discriminated against for jobs and getting into colleges. ... Many prestigious colleges practice affirmative action in their admissions process and much controversy has arisen from this. ... The first is students who experience the most racial and ethnic diversity are all around better and more motivated students. The second is students with the richest diversity experiences develop the capability to understand points of view different from their own. Finally, the third states students with ...

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On February 1, 1960, four black freshmen from North Carolina Agriculture and Technical College in Greensboro went to a Woolworth's lunch counter and sat down politely and asked for service. The waitress refused to serve them and the students remained sitting there until the store closed for the night. The very next day they returned, this time with some more black students and even a few white ones. ... A columnist for the segregation minded Richmond News Leader wrote, "Here were the colored students in coats, white shirts, and ties and one of them was reading Goethe and one was taking...

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They prepared a series of leaflets at Alabama State College and organized groups to distribute them throughout the black community. ... On February 1, 1960 four Black college students sat down at Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Greensboro. The four students - Joseph McNeil, Izell Blair, Franklin McCain and David Richmond - were in their first year at North Carolina A&T College. ... A national news service covered the story of the "well-dressed" Black college students who ended their sit-in with a prayer. ... Vanderbilt Divinity School student James Lawson led workshops on Gandhian ...

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They started during the spring of 1965 when the massive antiwar efforts centered on the colleges. These teach- ins were mass public demonstrations, usually held in the spring and fall seasons on college campuses (Wells, 24). ... Although it faded when the college students went home during the summer of 1965, other types of protests grew through 1971 and replaced it. ... Marchers included students, housewives, professionals, and even military personnel and Vietnam veterans. Although the majority of the marchers were young college students, people from all social classes and age gr...

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They started during the spring of 1965 when the massive antiwar efforts centered on the colleges. These teach- ins were mass public demonstrations, usually held in the spring and fall seasons on college campuses (Wells, 24). ... Although it faded when the college students went home during the summer of 1965, other types of protests grew through 1971 and replaced it. ... Marchers included students, housewives, professionals, and even military personnel and Vietnam veterans. Although the majority of the marchers were young college students, people from all social classes and age gr...

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In 1944, as a junior in high- school, student Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an entrance examination for Morehouse College. He was promptly accepted to the school, where he lived for four years as a pre-medical student. ... In 1958 Martin Luther King Jr. published his first book, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.Several years later, in 1960, a black college student was refused service at a lunch counter. Following the idea preached by Martin Luther King, the student returned every day with more and more people to protest for service. ... These sit-in protests led to the creation of t...

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After attending Morehouse College in Atlanta, King went on to study at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and later at Boston University. ... In response to Kings leadership and modern strategies, black college students initiated a wave of sit-in protests in 1960 that led to the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). King supported the student movement and was extremely impressed with the response in help with the youth and young adults. ...

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Joseph McNeil, a black college student, sat at a lunch counter with three of his friends until they were served. They were not served, so the students came to the counter every day. A New York Times article was printed on the story and inspired black and white students across the country to participate in such protests. ... In 1957 nine students tried to integrate Little Rock High School. ...

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Martin attended Morehouse College an all black college in Atlanta. He graduated Morehouse College in 1948. ... Also that year, Martin got arrested for trespassing while supporting students at a sit-in. ...

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The rise of the modern civil rights movement began when a group of first- year students from North Carolina and Agricultural and Technical College decided to seat themselves at a segregated lunch counter and refused to leave until the were served. ... With these four men doing this each and every day they gained support of many other black students as well as some white students. ... Schools all over the country then began to integrate their student body. ... Some organizations were The Black Panthers, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Southern Christian L...

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Led by students, and other peace movement organizations, such as the Yippies, the antiwar movement developed rapidly along the whole country. Taking place in college campuses, streets and parks across the main cities in the country, students accused the United States' government of having imperialistic goals in Vietnam and to criticize the war as "immoral.... In Venezuela, not too long ago, people also used this strategy, when thousands of college students went out to the street to pacifically protest against the dictatorial procedures that the government of new president Maduro implement...

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SCLC differed from organizations such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in that it operated as an umbrella organization of affiliates. ... He earned an A.B. (1951) from Selma University and a B.S. (1953) from Alabama State College. ...

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The success in Montgomery influenced black students to show that inequalities still existed by participating in what was called the "sit-ins". "On Feb. 1, 1960, four black students from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, David Richmond and Ezell Blair Jr., sat down at the counter of a Woolworth's and asked to be served" (Douglass). ... The next day, a bigger group of students showed up to participate in the sit-in. ... "They usually got beat and detained, and by August 1961, more than 3,000 students across the co...

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While in college he was then introduced to Karl Marx who influenced strongly his ideas of class and capitalism. ... As a freshman at Morehouse College in Atlanta, King was strongly introduced to the nonviolent way of life. ... Black college students wanted to support King in what he was doing, so they formed a group call Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, with much support from Dr. ...

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King was so gifted that he was accepted into Morehouse College at the age of 15, without even finishing high school. There he underwent a special program for gifted students, and graduated with a B.A. in sociology (1948). ... He was the valedictorian of his class and student body president. ... King, putting Gandhis techniques of nonviolent protest to the test, supported and participated in a sit-in demonstration organized by Atlanta college students. ...

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Washington High School, he then entered Morehouse College in the fall of 1944 at the age of 15. ... He was elected student body president, was valedictorian of his class, won a prize as outstanding student, and earned a fellowship for graduate study. ... Student activism provided the spark that gave new life to the Civil Rights Movement. On February 1, 1960, four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College (now University) demanded service at a Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro and continued to sit after their demands were refused. ... The first contact between the ...

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Basically, affirmative action is giving preferential treatment in College admissions, job hiring, etc. to minorities (but also those with disabilities and female applicants) in an effort to prevent discrimination. ... As we speak, many high school students across the country have who have applied to universities are being rejected because there are other, less qualified people who are getting accepted because they are minorities. ...

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Not only does it use race to decide who will get the better job, but it is based on an assumption that minorities cannot be as successful as white students and employees without government intervention. Imagine that two people have finished college, and each wants to go to the same medical school. ...

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This act forced President Dwight Eisenhower to call for federal troops to protect the black students who were admitted into the school. ... This organisation expanded and reached African Americans in college. Four students from an all-black college began performing 'sit-ins'. ... Several other students from all over used this example and started their own sit-ins. ... The practice of sit-in's formed the student nonviolent coordinating power which helped administer a need for civil rights legislations by President John Kennedy(Alfridge,2014). ...

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They were joined by newly formed groups like CORE (the Congress of Racial Equality) and by SNCC (the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee). ... Lawson would train hundreds of students in nonviolent techniques through the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). ... In September 1957, Eisenhower finally acted to protect civil rights when the state of Arkansas refused to admit nine black students to Little Rock high school. Eisenhower forced the state to obey the law by sending in army paratroopers and the Arkansas National Guard to protect the students. ...

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He went to local elementary and high schools, and then enrolled in Morehouse College in Atlanta in 1944. ... Lewis Crozer Fellowship award as one of the most outstanding students when he graduated. ...

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Because of his high scores on the college entrance examinations in his junior year of high school, he advanced to Morehouse College without formal graduation from Booker T. ... In 1948, he graduated from Morehouse College with a B.A. degree in Sociology. ... He won the Peral Plafkner Award as the most outstanding student, and he received the J. ... King's funeral services were held on April 9, 1968 at Ebenezer Baptist Church and on the campus of Morehouse College, with the President of the United State proclaiming a day of mourning and flags being flown at half-staff. ...

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s family originated in African-American Baptists. 15 years old studious gold with honors enter Moore House School to study sociology at the end of their studies Koji Atlanta Moore College, Bachelor of Arts degree. Martin Luther King, Jr. again in Pennsylvania Krause Seminary and Boston University student, in 1951 he was awarded a bachelor's degree kloze Theological Seminary, in 1955 he received a doctorate in theology from Boston University. ... In 1960, black college students protest wave lifted the seat, which promotes the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Mart...

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February 1, 1960, four college freshmen ask to be served at a segregated lunch counter but are denied. ... Within two weeks students in eleven cities held sit-ins. ... The basic idea of a sit-in was for students to ask to be served at a lunch counter. ... The students would remain nonviolent and respectful at all times, and would dress in their best outfit. ... The students in attendance then formed an independent organization called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to lead in the effort. ...

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