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    branch of his dry good store. Stephen F. Austin was born November 3 1793. In 1819 a Nationwide economic depression caused Moses Austin to seem to his family humiliating because of his finacial downfall. Some the war of 1812 fought in the southern united states. This cause a lot of people have money problems After the War of 1812 ‚ Stephen F. Austin inherited his father daring plans to colonize Spanish Texas. Austin had mixed success with the Mexican government. Mose Austin received a permit to

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    Racism

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    Don’t be Racist: Observations of Racism within Southern California In the textbook Sociology A Down-to-Earth Approach‚ James M. Henslin repeats a phrase coined in 1903 by Sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois ‘The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line—the relation of the darker to the lighter races.’ This is phrase that all American should take into deep consideration in regards to how humans treat one another because of the various skin colors there are in today’s society. In

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    Southern Company

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    The Southern Company is a utility holding company whose principal subsidiaries provide power in Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Florida‚ and Mississippi. With the gradual deregulation of the utilities industry in the 1990s‚ Southern Company expanded its holdings into New England‚ New York‚ the Midwest‚ and California‚ making it the largest power producer in the country. In addition‚ Southern now owns power generating operations in Europe‚ Hong Kong‚ the Philippines‚ and South America. The early 1980s saw a

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    Southern Discomfort

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    UB Assignment #3: Southern Discomfort Force-field analysis SHERESE PHILANNIE WILLIAMS Force-Field Analysis: Driving Forces (Pro’s) Restraining Forces (Con’s) Questions 1. What forces for change are evident at the Oconomo plant? Jack Ripon the chief executive officer of the Oconomo plant is concerned about the high operational cost‚ he wanted to decrease the operational cost to keep the profit for the company‚ and he planned to establish another plant where the operational cost could be

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    Southern Baptist

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    Southern Bao Southern Baptist is a Christian denomination. Baptists view the Bible as the upmost authority in creating and molding a person’s life. Southern Baptist views all people as equal because The Lord sees no color‚ but does believe that the man in the home has the authority and the responsibility to watch over and protect his family. The recognition of Heaven and Hell is highly important. Those‚ who do not follow or recognize God‚ as the one and only are sentenced to an eternity in Hell

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    Change for the Future Racism is one of the most controversial topics in the United States‚ which targets all ethnics groups. There are a large portion of Americans‚ mainly teenagers that stray from discussing the topic. They fear‚ with the wrong views or opinions that the label of a “racist‚” will be added to their persona. There are many factors that determine a person’s views on racism. Depending on your location‚ the views and presence of racism can vary. As well as location‚ the people you surround

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    “A Nation Gripped in Turmoil”‚ “America- the Warzone”‚ and “Racism in the United States”‚ headlines like these have been cropping up across the globe in the past few years. Racism is a prejudice‚ discrimination‚ or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior and unfortunately it still exists in modern societies across the world. In order to address the issue of racism in The Free World; first let’s look back and see when the pseudo war

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    Many modern-day institutions are to blame for the persistence of racism within the United States‚ however‚ many common protests such as those for the Black Lives Matter movement fail to make an impact on such major institutions. Historically‚ significant institutions such as the Federal government of the United States own a vast amount of power related to constructing “racist” policies‚ nevertheless‚ many antiracism protests to end these policies are not aimed at higher institutions. For example

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    other races from white isn’t as bad as it use to be ‚ it is still a major problem in the United States today. People may think that racism doesn’t exist anymore‚ however‚ racism has just been redesigned because of the media scaring white americans. Cory Booker acknowledges that right now‚ the United States has more African-Americans under criminal supervision than they had slaves in the 1850s because of racism today. Angela Davis said that the war on drugs in the late 1900s was actually just a war on

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    Southern Horrors

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    The excuses whites used during Reconstruction to torture and murder newly freed African Americans were as false as they were numerous. In Southern Horrors and Other Writings‚ Wells relates many of these. Excuses ranging from sassing whites to rape to murder prove that "colored men and women [were] lynched for almost any offense" (Wells 78). According to Wells‚ the three most common excuses used to victimize African Americans during and after Reconstruction were that the victim had participated in

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