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Slavery existed in America from the early 17th century to 1865, when the 13th amendment to the Constitution outlawed the practice across the nation. Under slavery, black people lived extraordinarily oppressed lives and were treated as sub-human and bought and sold as property. For most slaves, this bondage made overt acts of resistance impossible, leading…

Susan B. Anthony’s childhood and her parents motivated her to partake in the issues present in the society during the 1900s. Anthony was born to her mother, Lucy Antony, and father, Daniel Anthony on February 15, 1820. Anthony was the second sibling out of the six children excluding the one stillborn child. She was one…

Gang violence is a worldwide social issue that is especially prevalent in the United States. Because the causes and norms are heavily rooted in both the individual issues of its members as well as the contextual environment of the gang, gang violence serves as a prime example of an issue that can be analyzed via…

Rosa Parks is the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.” You might be wondering why is she called the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”? Before I answer your question, we need to know some information about her life. Rosa Parks is also known as Rosa Louise McCauley, who was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on…

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, along with many other women, jumped into a convention on a day to all fight for a common cause; their human rights. At the first Woman’s Rights convention, Stanton gave a powerful speech that influenced the fight for the cause to be even stronger. Through Stanton’s use of rhetorical devices such as…

Child abuse and neglect (CA/N) comprises of acts of commission or omission by a parent, caregiver or another adult that results in harm, the potential for harm or the risk of harm to a child (0-18 years of age) even if the harm is unintentional, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect or exposure…

National security, foreign policy, and immigration have been three topics intertwined in the history of America since its very beginnings. The idea that America is willing to open its arms to all who come, as long as this is done in an organized and safe manner, it’s part of what we are as a country…

In a letter published in The Time UK 1881, Charles Darwin stated, “I know that physiology cannot possibly progress except by means of experiments on living animals, and I feel the deepest conviction that he who retards the progress of physiology commits a crime against mankind.” (10). Rather evidently, the immense extent to which animal…

According to me, sociological sense of problem is gender discrimination. People are treated differently because they are male or female, rather than on the basis of individual skills or their capabilities. In the past, girls were treated different than the boys. People feel that the boys can only study and get good education and girls…

Introduction Laws are important to human existence and its prevailing powers in any circumstances is known as the rule of law. Rule of law is therefore a perception that means no one is above the law. It gives the clear position of actions to be taken or understandable rules that everyone has to follow including…