Thurgood eventually went to Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He couldn't attend the University of Maryland because it was a white school and blacks were not admitted. ... Because of race Marshall was not allowed to go to grad school at the University of Maryland. He ended up going to Howard University in the District of Columbia instead. ... He had initially gained the spark when the University of Maryland would not let him attend the school, but the man he looked up to, the dean, Charles Hamilton Houston gave him the fire to do more than he ever dreamed of. ...
In 1963 two blacks, Vivian Jones and James Hood, sought admission to the traditionally segregated University of Alabama. ... He refused to move, so the national guard was called in to restore order and admit Jones and Hood to the University of Alabama. ... At Rutgers University in February, the school was racked with controversy. ... Probably one of the biggest school riots in history was at the University of Massachusetts on October 27, 1986. ... This, however, could be part of the problem says Shelby Steele, a black professor of English at San Jose State University. ...
Divided We Fall John Davis, a 28 year old African-American software engineer who has an annual income of $110,000, waits for a real estate agent in front of a beautiful two-story house in Kirkwood. He owns a small software company called Hi-Tex that is located only a couple of blocks from his present North County home. His ten month old business has grown very rapidly and he is ready to buy a more substantial home. As he waits, he looks at the house and visualizes his wife pruning prize-winning roses in the garden that is in front of the house, and his two boys playing in the sprinkle...
The Works of James Baldwin We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only forces that can change it. James Baldwin was born in Harlem on August 2, 1924. Shortly after his birth his mother married David Baldwin, a factory worker and Pentecostal minister. Baldwin was the eldest of nine children. Because of his troubled relationship with his strict stepfather, Baldwin turned to reading as a way to escape. ...
In 1986, a young Irish woman named Anne Marie Murphy boarded an El Al flight from London to Tel Aviv. She was interviewed by Israeli profilers, who became suspicious when they learned Murphy had a Palestinian fiancé. This, coupled with the fact that Anne Marie Murphy was young, pregnant, and a bi...
Although numerous articles and books have been published devising means by which to reduce variance within the system, the most recent, and probably most contentious, is that of Paul Butler, Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, and former Special Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia. ...
If one is to discuss and problem solve an issue, he or she must first know what the issue is truly about. Affirmative action is defined as the equal opportunities given to women, minorities, and small groups so they will have the same tools, education, and allotment to achieve their goals in life. Since affirmative action came about, debate arises daily about if it is truly equal and fair. Was it a word made as a cushion to the people so they will feel equal? Another interpretation is did this word actually make the white male group less important and unequal to the minority group, doing more ...
"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery." W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction of America. (Alexander 20). W.E.B. Du Bois reminds us that former slaves had "a brief moment in the sun" before returning to a status akin to slavery. In many schools ac...
The United States of America has a relatively short-lived history in comparison to the majority of the vast societies of the world. As Americans, we pride ourselves on the concept that our ancestors fought tooth and nail for our freedom and we should never forget that concept. We pride ourselves on looking back through our history books and reading about how our forefathers have continuously stood up to the most powerful, unjust, and tyrannical nations so that the world may be able to experience the fore granted notion of freedom. When the grip on the throat of the new Americans became too muc...