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    Americans in the 1950’s was very harsh. Luckily‚ the cruel Jim Crow laws that segregated white people from black people are non-existent today in 2016. According to Jim Crow laws‚ black people we’re not allowed to interfere with white people in activities such as sports‚ schooling‚ and even transportation. In the 1950’s‚ if you wanted to attend a school‚ you would have to go to a black school. Black schools were often not as nice as white schools because they were very poor. Black athletes often only played

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    Non-conformity day report

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    NON CONFORMITY DAY REPORT A non-conformist is someone who does not conform to other people’s ideas on how things should be and should be done but instead he/she follows her/his individuality. This may be influenced by many factors like the need for uniqueness. Most non-conformist violate certain social norms and for my non conformity day exercise I had to wear something extra ordinary to school just to see how people will react to all that and me being a follower of the Rastafarian movement I wore

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    screen as opposed to black and white on a smaller television screen. By the 1950s‚ fifty percent of American feature films were made in color. The

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    Family Life In The 1950's

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    Within the 1950s the prevalent family was a two parent family‚ both mother and father. In this duration separate families were unprecedented proximately as in the event that it was illicit to be discrete. It felt this way since the way society was‚ numerous didn’t require the mortification of being dissevered and mainly women were perplexed to induce disunited. You were anticipated to induce hitched and remain hitched no matter how hopeless life was for you‚ since separate was an ignominiously. Back

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    The Words Art Historian Use: Art Terms FORM: Refers to an object’s shape and structure‚ either in two dimensions (ex: a figure painted) or three dimensions (ex: a statue carved) COMPOSTION: Refers to how an artist organizes (compose) forms in an artwork‚ either by placing shapes on a flat surface or by arranging forms in space. MATERIAL: To create art forms‚ artists shape materials (pigment‚ clay‚ stone‚ gold etc.) with tools (pen‚ brushes‚ chisels‚ and so forth) Each of the materials and

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    Critic In 1849‚ Cesar who is the King of Roman Republic argued that the death penalty is injustice itself and it is a futile exercise. Then‚ this causes Roman Republic acts as the first nations to abolish the Death Penalty in modern times. This is the movement based on the human rights. After that‚ Venezuela in 1863 and Portugal in 1867 also abolished the death penalty in their country. A new era of human rights and International Law sought first to set out the foundations of Human Rights (UDHR

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    In fact‚ it happens so often now a days that it’s considered to be non-taboo in a variety of places. For example‚Tennessee is one of the most corrupted states in the US because of marijuana‚ still they continue to smoke the illegal substance in order to conform with society. Peer pressure is the blame of this cause‚ for example‚ if a young boy who endeavors to be popular and becomes friends with the "in crowd"; he will disregard anything‚ even if its not right. Conformity and selfish needs defeat

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    The Spirit of the Age

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    SPIRIT OF THE AGE Preface The Spirit of the Age Within this anthology is a selection of poetry from a range of historical periods‚ geographical locations‚ cultural origins and artistic movements. The poets and poems that have been chosen provide readers with an insight into their worlds and experiences‚ and the ‘spirit of the age’ in which they lived. Poets speak as individuals about intensely personal reflections‚ but can also represent the views of the social groups to which

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    In the 1950’s‚ gender roles‚ and the behavior of men and women were about as clearly defined as you can get. A new invention called the television popped up‚ and all the popular shows of the day mirrored real life to a tee. Ozzie and Harriet and Leave it to Beaver were just two of the regular shows that the whole family would sit down and watch together. And why not? The shows of the day reflected the 1950’s family‚ and their values. Families would have breakfast together. The man of the house

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    Obedience Vs Conformity

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    I think the morality of someone is not giving at birth it is something that is learned and directly influence by their surrounding and role models. People will sometimes go against their moral compass because of harsh situation they have been put into. The minds of people are easily manipulated due to the overwhelming power of peer pressure and environment. So when does one lose their identity in a group and become a vessel that follows every order. How does one decide that the obedience in hand

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