... . In 1852, there were perhaps 10,000 Chinese in the state the anti-Chinese agitation arose in the mining camps. "California Governor John Bigler sent a special message to the legislature insisting, "measures must be adopted to check this tide of Asiatic immigration""(Daniels 35). This ... remain the basis for statutory discrimination at both federal and state levels until the naturalization laws were changed in 1952"(Daniels 44). Back in Los Angeles County, the Chinese population increased and so did the resentment within the white working class. The anti-Chinese sentiment became widespre...

• Word Count: 7032
• Approx Pages: 28

... sister to America for a reason, however: to help Moon Orchid reclaim her status, after thirty years of marriage, as the wife of a successful doctor in Los Angeles. Moon Orchid, like her sister and so many other Chinese women, married in China just before her husband left for the Gold Mountain, and received a generous ... wife returned and confronted him. Moon Orchid's opportunity to see her plans through arises when her daughter must return home to Los Angeles. The daughter had once tried to contact her father, Moon Orchid's husband, but had been rebuffed. Moon Orchid reluctantly agrees...

• Word Count: 6134
• Approx Pages: 25

... . But almost the same number of stories (sixty-eight) provided precise details on the gun used in the attack. Larry Elder host of KABC radio in Los Angeles had a particularly disheartening discussion with a "readers" representative" for the Los Angeles Times. The representative told Elder "Even if there was a good guy with a gun, I don't know that he played a key role in this case." All this ... away. Firearms are our ultimate recourse against a corrupt regime. An armed populace is very difficult to rule by force; it's a powerful deterrent to tyranny (Ventura, 2001, p.136). In 1992, Sena...

• Word Count: 3029
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... where a quick and constant use of the death penalty have created a society where violent crime is rare (Lowe, 2000). Another good comparison comes when we compare Los Angeles and Singapore whose populations are similar. In Los Angeles we see that in one year 1,063 murders committed, where in Singapore there were only 58 murders (and most were followed by a swift execution). Even in criminal ... recognize authority and give power to the authority to use the sword (capital punishment) at God's instruction. This power is given by God and is even spoken by Jesus in John 19:10-11 when Jesus ...

• Word Count: 3361
• Approx Pages: 13

... find a job and contribute to the economy with their talent and the integration of their cultures. Typically, these foreign students would move to the top five cities of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston or Philadelphia. This sometimes causes their families to invest in properties in those cities. Thus this causes the working age population becomes increasingly diverse, with all kinds ... term residence. As immigrant's populations in cities become larger and more diverse, they sometimes face violent conflict and bigotry from other immigrants groups as well as long -term residents. T...

• Word Count: 2891
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... said in President Johnson's State of the Union address on Jan. 8, 1964 (Johnson). Lyndon B. Johnson wanted to continue the unfinished work of President John F. Kennedy's proposals on civil rights and taxes before his assassination on November 22, 1963 (Rulon). The War on Poverty was to break the cycle of ... which meant America had to strive for a rebuilding in the economy and social lives after the war. Johnson was next in line for presidency after John F. Kennedy was fatally shot. He pushed through Congress many laws designed to help the poor and to add to the economic security of othe...

• Word Count: 2625
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... crimes against women, including both rape and robbery. One woman victim decided on her own that she had enough. A fifty - one year old woman of Los Angeles, California, twice raped by the same man, purchased a handgun and took lesions to learn how to use it. When the man return a third time ... gun control legislation is "Crime Control." The Brady Bill is one example. The Brady Bill is named after James Brady, who was shot by John Hinckley during an assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981. Supporters of the Brady Bill used that incident to gain support for their gun control ......

• Word Count: 3071
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... crimes against women, including both rape and robbery. One woman victim decided on her own that she had enough. A fifty - one year old woman of Los Angeles, California, twice raped by the same man, purchased a handgun and took lesions to learn how to use it. When the man returned a third time ... gun control legislation is "Crime Control." The Brady Bill is one example. The Brady Bill is named after James Brady, who was shot by John Hinckley during an assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981. Supporters of the Brady Bill used that incident to gain support for their gun control ....

• Word Count: 2982
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... artists they are emulating. This "gangsta" image also contributes to the stereotypical attitudes assumed by blacks and minorities. Curtis R. Tucker, former California assemblyman whose district covered many black areas of Los Angeles, said that rappers preach drug culture and violence. He also says that embracing this lifestyle consequently encourages young people to emulate the rapper (Krohn et al. 1995). Supporters of rap ... supporter of rap music feels that it is "foolhardy" to single out rap artists as instigators of violence amongst young people. Waters represented much of the Sou...

• Word Count: 3654
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... , traveled to North America. When he applied for entry to the United States, Tagore encountered difficulties and when he finally made it to the country, he experienced racial prejudice in Los Angeles. Tagore canceled his tour and promptly returned to India, saying in disgust, "Jesus could not get into America because, first of all, He would not have the necessary money, and ... musicians has influenced American Jazz as well as popular music. He has popularized music of the sitar, a Hindu instrument resembling a guitar. Mr. Shankar teaches sitar at the University of California's Los Angel...

• Word Count: 2534
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography

... another point which would date the Harlem Renaissance in earlier times. Claude McKay` s poetry of 1917 presents some of the most important pieces of the Harlem Renaissance as well. And John Hope Franklin even claimed that the Harlem Renaissance lasted until 1960 with only a little negligible interruptions. Sterling Brown, a participant of the Renaissance, even denied the Renaissance being a literary movement. Cary ... it was stored. So the few copies which were saved are worth lots of money today. The founders of FIRE !! were writers like Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Aaron Dougl...

• Word Count: 4309
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... land after it. A few years later, Mr. Wilcox subdivided his land, and the small community that grew from this subdivision kept the Hollywood name. In 1919, a town joined it to Los Angeles, which undertook to supply water and a sewage system. From 1908 and on, film companies began to cluster around Hollywood, and the Nestor Film Company was the only company to actually ... biopics, westerns, and horror. Stars such as Greta Garbo became part of MGM's galaxy of stars and was nicknamed "The Devine Garbo". Other stars of this time included Jean Harlow, John Wayne, and Spencer Tracy. Marlene ...

• Word Count: 2557
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... 2001, 2)". Paraphrasing part of Yamin's findings from her article; Ed Rutsch (principle investigator) and Len Bianchi (fieldwork director) lead the excavation in which the artifacts13 found were analyzed by John Milner Associates (JMA) in the summer of 1992. The 50 lots unearthed on the block were mostly backyards that had been enclosed within tenement walls later on. This showed how ... middle class American's can afford and it has been on an upward momentum toward gentrification of a wealthier class of people for the past thirty years. Guy Horton, a writer based in Los Angeles contrib...

• Word Count: 3406
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... or anti-drug sentimentality, as is the case with songs like "Cocaine- by Eric Clapton, which is actually a warning against the use of cocaine, or even "Rocky Mountain High- by John Denver, which has nothing to do with drugs whatsoever but was removed from many radio station's rotations nonetheless. While it can be reasonable inferred that rock musicians are more prone ... 1992, rapper Ice-T and his band Body Count released an album containing the song "Cop Killer,"" written about a man disgusted with the police brutality which had disturbingly become commonplace in Los Angeles, Ice-T's ...

• Word Count: 3590
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and determine which city has higher minority stopping, based on population of the area and racial crime in the area. Because Americans are segregated into communities, as in the Greater Los Angeles Area, more minorities will be stopped in certain areas than others will. Because of this problem, the committee will evaluate the area, and observe data written by law enforcement officers ... vowed to address the issue. "We no longer live in an America that will tolerate the basic civil liberties of our citizens being violated by law enforcement officers," said Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., adding...

• Word Count: 3818
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... . The inescapable truth is that getting drug traffickers off the street protects neighborhoods against criminals, violent crime and social ills attendant with drug use. Mark Kleiman, University of California at Los Angeles, has made the statement that: "Locking up a burglar does not materially change the opportunities for other burglars, while locking up a drug dealer leaves potential customers for new dealers." While advocates ... inhaled, and no drug reform has been made. Only now with President Bush has drug reform even been put on the table. But with anti-drug fanatics like Attorney ...

• Word Count: 5937
• Approx Pages: 24
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... components of the Civil Rights Act. This, and other acts, created a feeling of injustice and despair in the inner cities. On August 11, 1965, a routine traffic stop in South Central Los Angeles provided the spark that lit the fire of those feelings. The riots lasted for six days, leaving 34 dead, over a thousand people injured, nearly 4,000 arrested, and hundreds of buildings ... destroyed. After the riots, then Governor Pat Brown named John McCone to head a commission to study the riots. The report issued by the Commission concluded that the riots weren't the act of thugs, but rather a...

• Word Count: 2717
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography

... 's that many American composers began to look outside of their own musical sphere's for inspiration. These composers traveled in the wake of such legends as Henry Cowell and his student John Cage, or Harry Parch, all three of whom were familiar with gamelan music. One such composer was Lou Harrison. Harrison was born right here in Portland, Oregon in 1917, and ... be directly linked to the earlier works of Harry Partch and his homemade instrument ensemble. Harrison was also similar to Cage in that he studied composition under Arnold Schoenberg in Los Angeles only to later almost complete...

• Word Count: 2643
• Approx Pages: 11

... as an artist was unheard of back then. Borglum first started out as a fresco painter; he would often paint angels and saints when he was younger. When he lived in Los Angeles he was inspired by a teacher who specialized in landscape paintings, Elizabeth Putnam, whom he later married in 1888 (YouTube). Borglum and his wife then traveled to Paris so he could ... ...

• Word Count: 2566
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... didn't know if the documents were changed after they signed and that they can't afford a lawyer. On the AM radio station earlier that there was a large function happening in downtown Los Angeles for home owners who are dealing with foreclosure and that big corporations were suppose to be there too. I found a couple articles about the event, discovering that the event was a " ... ...

• Word Count: 2506
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... is an examination and interpretation of data collected by the report "The Emerging Latino Middle Class" by Gregory Rodriguez. In this report Rodriguez examines that amount of Latinos in Greater Los Angeles that make it in to the middle class. In this article the author goes over these statistics as well as explaining and interpreting them. Rodriguez found that more than half ... ...

• Word Count: 3143
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography

... that usually accompanies being a musician, however, drew her into a never-ending whirlwind of drugs, and in 1970 when she was only twenty-seven years old, she overdosed on heroin in a Los Angeles motel, a mere sixteen days after Jimi Hendrix suffered the same fate.35 Another strong advocate of equal rights and peace at the time was Bob Dylan. Recently voted by Life ... ...

• Word Count: 3282
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... public schools (Gale Researchers). As a part of a larger movement towards school choice, the school voucher systems have been proposed in several states and cities across the nation including Milwaukee, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, however, the motion was not passed in all cities into which they were introduced. The first functioning school choice program began in the Milwaukee school district ... ...

• Word Count: 2864
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is obvious that race remains an issue in many areas of American society today. An article about Bernard C. Parks, a Los Angeles police chief who was denied a second five-year term, was published in the New York Times on April 10, 2002. After the Police Commission announced their decision, members of the ... ...

• Word Count: 2514
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography

... be just as stressful for some students as verbal assaults or getting physically beaten. The competition for top spots in colleges can lead to suicide. One high school senior in Los Angeles with a 4.0 grade point average killed himself in 1999 after he was rejected by UCLA. No teenager is safe from suicide, yet many schools ignore its importance and the school's role ... ...

• Word Count: 2687
• Approx Pages: 11