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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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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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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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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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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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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He was able to graduate from his segregated high school at the age of fifteen and in 1944, entered Morehouse College, a distinguished institution designed for Negroes where both his father and grandfather had attended. ... Two years later he married Coretta Scott, a music student at the college, with whom he has four children; Yolanda, Martin Luther III, Dexter, and Bernice. ...

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Aside from professional sports teams having offensive names, high school and college teams also have offensive names. ... Students on the basketball team renamed their team, The Fightin" Whites. ... There are other offensive team mascots aside from Indian mascots as the Imperial Valley College Arabs and the Hollywood High Sheiks. ...

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Aside from professional sports teams having offensive names, high school and college teams also have offensive names. ... Students on the basketball team renamed their team, The Fightin" Whites. ... There are other offensive team mascots aside from Indian mascots as the Imperial Valley College Arabs and the Hollywood High Sheiks. ...

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The 1960's are reminiscent of tie-dye, protests, and rapid change. At the peak of the Cold War, the war in Vietnam was a catalyst to the strong emergence of counterculture. Those who joined the non-conformist movement often held liberal ideas and unique appearances. Also, the Civil Rights movement h...

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"Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better." This quote by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., promotes the idea that people should devote themselves to their work and do so with passion and excitement, whether o...

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What are your schools teaching during Black-History month? You may be surprised to learn that many schools have not taken Black-History as a challenge to explore different ideas, people, and aspects of history. Many have failed by teaching only the minimum required. Today's youth are missing a huge ...

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In school, Martin was a very intelligent and thriving student, he graduated from Booker T. Washington high school, doing good enough to skip 2 grades and graduate at 15 and finished college, top of his class at 19, getting a Bachelor of Divinity following it up with becoming a minister just like his father, preaching tolerance and the Christian belief of loving your neighbor. ...

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Fours years later, King attained his BA degree from the academically prestigious Morehouse College, an Atlanta-based African American institute of higher learning, that was attended previously by both his grandfather, and father. ... During his period at Crozer, King excelled as both a student, and a leader, being elected president to a predominately white graduating class. ...

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Black History What are your schools teaching during Black-History month? You may be surprised to learn that many schools have not taken Black-History as a challenge to explore different ideas, people, and aspects of history. Many have failed by teaching only the minimum required. Today's youth ar...

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