...Coretta; The Story of Coretta Scott King Octavia Vivian Coretta Scott King is widely recognized as the wife of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But in her own right she was a civil rights activist, vocalist and mother of four children. The struggles that she faced in her life were insurmountable. At a young age, she lost the love of her life and raised four children alone. But the grounding factor through all of her trials and tribulations was her strong belief and love of God. Growing up in Alabama in the 1930’s was difficult for an African American woman. Her family struggled even though they owned land and multiple businesses during the depression. Coretta attended a local elementary school and was always at the top of her class. She moved on to Lincoln High School, which was semi-private. Her parents were paying tuition plus room and board and didn’t see her but only on the weekends. Her mother got so frustrated with the whole situation that she bused all of the African American kids to and from school every day. Coretta’s parents told her that she was going to college no matter what. After graduating as valedictorian of her class, she received some assistance from scholarships and attended Antioch College in Ohio. She majored in elementary education with a minor in music. Coretta was a very talented vocalist and singing was her passion. After graduating from Antioch, Coretta was accepted to the New England Conservatory in Boston. Coretta had...
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... Mathew 5:44 Patrick Fries ASB 1098 – BIL 102 March 3, 2012 I have read and understand the plagiarism policy as outlined in the syllabus and the sections in the Student Catalog relating to the IWU Honesty/Cheating Policy. By affixing this statement to the title page of my paper, I certify that I have not cheated or plagiarized in the process of completing this assignment. If it is found that cheating and/or plagiarism did take place in the writing of this paper, I understand the possible consequences of the act/s, which could include expulsion from Indiana Wesleyan University. Mathew 5:44 2 Few tasks an person faces are more emotionally or mentally challenging than that of managing conflict. And yet, conflict is a fact of life in this world, so it’s crucial that all people learn how to manage it with an eye toward positive closure. Over the course of a lifetime, every eperson will have countless opportunities to work with others through relational, philosophical and methodological differences. On occasion those differences may lead to personal strife, and the person’s opponent may appear to be an enemy. At such times the words of Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount will take on added significance: “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;” (Matthew 5:44) What is Matthew...
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... Dr. Scott Morris is the founder and director of the Church Health Center in Memphis Tennessee; America’s largest faith-based clinic. Dr. Morris is also the associate minister at St. John's United Methodist Church in Memphis. Dr. Morris’s ministries provide health care for the working poor and uninsured in Memphis and promote both a healthy physical body and a healthy spiritual body. Dr. Morris as a pastor and a medical doctor has written a new book, Health Care You Can Live With: Discover Wholeness in Body and Spirit in which be provides a unique view of the church and the medical industry and how they can each be a place of healing. He is a firm believer that health care through the government will not work, but has proven through his Church Health Center in Memphis that there is a real way for health care to work. See figure 1 in the appendix for a picture of Dr. Morris. Focus on the Leader The GOOD Dr. Morris’s leadership of the Church health Center in Memphis is outstanding. When the governments’ health care program is incapable of functioning effectively, from Dr. Morris’s book, Health Care You Can Live With, (see Figure 2 in the appendix for a view of the book’s cover), we have learned that his nonprofit health care center is treating 55,000 patients a year with only a 13 million dollar budget. This is equivalent to 100 million dollars a year that the government would spend for the same services provided by Dr. Morris’s...
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...community. Gabriel Grimes served as John and Roy’s earthly fatherly figure. He also aimed to show John and his siblings that their heavenly father figure can do much more than their earthly father. There are many forms of symbolism and figurative language throughout this novel that measures the roles God and Gabriel portrayed. As we identify Gabriel’s style of character, associate his character with Baldwin’s other works, and discuss conflicts he encountered with John we will better uncover Gabriel’s character. Gabriel Grimes was the head deacon and a preacher at Temple of the Fire Baptized. The name of the church presents an image to the readers that Gabriel, who was a troubled child, was “made new” when he began his leadership in the church. The “fire” represents Gabriel’s wild and sinful youth and “baptized” portrays him being born again to later purse preaching. Another form of analogy found in Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time also uses fire as unmoral behavior. “Everything inflamed me, and that was bad enough, but I myself had also become a source of fire and temptation.” (25) After reading this text, I...
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...Martin Luther King, Jr. | | |3 April 1968 | |I’ve Been to the Mountaintop | |Memphis, Tenn. | | | | | | | | | | ...
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...At the Crossroads CAST & Characters: *Jocelyn Elders- Morlin McCoy *Lottie Shackleford Alice Walker -________________ Aunt Gert-Angela Doyne Barbara Jordan- Helen Boone Betty Shabazz – Tracey Shine Cicely Tyson –Wynona Bryant-Williams Coretta Scott King – Marva Davis Daisy Bates – Deborah Rhodes Dorothy Height – Angela Moore Fannie Lou Hammer-Pamela Grider-Cross Frankie Muse Freeman-Video Clip Harriet Tubman – Shae Allen Iyanna Vansant – Karen Lovelace Gabriel Douglas-Jadin Vincent Lalia Ali-________________________________ Madam C. J. Walker – Carole Austin Mary McLeod Bethune – Diane Butler Maya Angelou – JoNece Carter Michelle Obama-Crystal Barker Montgomery Bus Scene –Michelle Alderman, Ruby Dean, Alice McKay, Carol Nolly, Gwen Glasco, Claudace Staples Myrlie Evers – Judy Bradford Nikki Giovanni______________________ Oprah Winfrey – Joyce Silverman Pearl Bailey-Claudia Rogers Phillis Wheatley – Earlean Williams Phylicia Rashad – Dawn Banks Vincent Ruby Bridges & Teacher - Aja Ruby Dee– Gwen Glasco Security Team - __________________________ Shonda Rhimes- Beauti Simpson Sojourner Truth – Mae Etta Brown Sue Cowan Williams- Gwen Glasco Sylvia Clay-Keisha Smith Toni Morrison-Tamea Small Venus Williams – Judy Ward Woman #1-Carolyn Nolly Woman #2-Myeishia Parker Woman #3- Joy Stigall Choir Members: Aretha Franklin – Pamela Lewis Beyounce’ – Ashley Thomas Billie Holiday – Genine Perez Diana Ross – Crystal Stewart Gladys Knight- Sheila Hayes Jennifer Holiday...
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...and National Transformation LECTURER: DR. LLOYD AMOAH BOOK REVIEW ON THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY MALCOLM X DUE: 27TH APRIL 2011 . "By any means necessary. I'm for freedom. I 'm for a society in which our people are recognized and respected as human beings, and I believe that we have the right to resort to any means necessary to bring that about." -Malcolm X. ABSTRACT As part of the leadership seminar requirements, I was supposed to choose a book from the assigned books to review. This paper seeks to successfully review the leadership approach of Malcolm X. It highlights the main themes of the book and states the arguments of agreement and disagreement with the author. It also seeks to construct the portrait of leadership style of Malcolm X, discusses his strengths and weaknesses. In addition, lessons and personal insights I discovered during my course of reading are included in the review. I chose to review the autobiography of Malcolm X because he was unique revolutionary. He was not afraid to say things that needed to be heard. Also through him, many African Americans were able to stand together and fight for their rights. Another inspiring reason is the fact he continued his struggle for equality despite the numerous death threats on his life and his family. This quality of selflessness, the concern for the welfare of others I believe is essential for leaders to have. People were empowered by his speeches and honesty. SUMMARY OF THE BOOK The autobiography of Malcolm X is a compilation...
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...For the Love of Money In my last year on Wall Street my bonus was $3.6 million — and I was angry because it wasn’t big enough. I was 30 years old, had no children to raise, no debts to pay, no philanthropic goal in mind. I wanted more money for exactly the same reason an alcoholic needs another drink: I was addicted. Eight years earlier, I’d walked onto the trading floor at Credit Suisse First Boston to begin my summer internship. I already knew I wanted to be rich, but when I started out I had a different idea about what wealth meant. I’d come to Wall Street after reading in the book “Liar’s Poker” how Michael Lewis earned a $225,000 bonus after just two years of work on a trading floor. That seemed like a fortune. Every January and February, I think about that time, because these are the months when bonuses are decided and distributed, when fortunes are made. I’d learned about the importance of being rich from my dad. He was a modern-day Willy Loman, a salesman with huge dreams that never seemed to materialize. “Imagine what life will be like,” he’d say, “when I make a million dollars.” While he dreamed of selling a screenplay, in reality he sold kitchen cabinets. And not that well. We sometimes lived paycheck to paycheck off my mom’s nurse-practitioner salary. Dad believed money would solve all his problems. At 22, so did I. When I walked onto that trading floor for the first time and saw the glowing flat-screen TVs, high-tech computer monitors and phone...
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...America Beyond the Color Line: Ebony Towers Transcript Speakers: Announcer, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Colin Powell, Russell Simmons, Maurice Ashley, Richard, Student, Student 2, Daniel Rose, Vernon Jordan, Milton Irvin, Walt Pierson, Donna Pierson, Melody Irvin, Franklin Raines, Dr. Lenora Fulani, Guide, Pam Louis, Student 3, Student 4, Student 5, Businessman, Businesswoman, Student 6, Student 7 (Music) ANNOUNCER: This program was made possible by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you. Thank you. (Music) HENRY LOUIS GATES JR.: This is Harvard University, for well over three centuries one of the nurturing wombs of America’s ruling class. When I was growing up in the fifties, I could never have imagined that one of Harvard’s most respected departments would be this one, the Department of Afro-American Studies and that I would teach here. I’m trying to get black history month to be every month. Most of the kids that we teach at places like this are the children of the middle class, the children of people like me. I mean, I am teaching my classmates’ children. Our experience at Harvard is just one instance of a much larger phenomenon. (Speaking in background) In the past few years, African Americans have been achieving in ways that no one, black or white, could ever had dreamed possible a generation ago. We now have African Americans at the heart of government, at the top of the world’s largest corporations, the military, education. Virtually...
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...“Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it” - Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth In cultures all over the world, music can be seen encompassing many aspects of life for many individuals. It is a form of mass communication that speaks directly to society as a cultural form", and often reflects a collection and pattern of personal experiences. Hip-hop or rap, an art form and culture nearly thirty years old originating from The Bronx, New York, has provided a forum for Black and Latino youth to express their respective cultures and speak on a number of issues. Today, Hip-hop is a global phenomenon that appeals to almost all ethnicities and is synthesizing a new culture that goes beyond race, education, and income. Hip-hop has been under continual metamorphosis since its 1970’s inner-city inception. Some of the original artists like Kurtis Blow chose to lament everyday life in the ghettos. Others, Sugar Hill Gang among them, took a more dance inspired approach to the music. But for both these and other artists from the early years of rap through the late 1980’s including KRS-One, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah and LL Cool J, fast beats and socially relevant lyrics were among the primary components of the music. By the 1990’s a new face of rap music emerged. It began with Ice T and later gained popularity with artists such as NWA (Niggaz Wit Attitude) whose first album shocked and titillated the rap world with their...
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...AN OVERVIEW ON BRANDING – IMAGE BUILDING BY BRISHTI PANNA M.F.TECH. MANAGEMENT PREFACE This Minor Project is basically to introduce myself to the basic concept of “Image –Building” in branding. I took this topic for my minor project as I am keenly interested to the field of branding. I was fascinated with the fact that how pure business is so related with human psychology and its application. I have chosen concept of Image Building and I have tried to cover the few areas as follows: a) What is Brand? b) What is Branding? c) How to create an image for a Brand? d) Importance of innovation in terms of sustaining a Brand for a long term. TABLE OF CONTENT INTRODUCTION 5 HISTORY OF BRANDING 6 WHAT IS BRAND 7 WHAT IS BRANDING 7-8 WHY BRANDING IS SO IN 9-12 PRIMAL CODE 13-20 FIVE DICIPLINE 21-27 INNOVATION AND RENOVATION 28-30 REFERENCES 31 INTRODUCTION Talking about branding is like talking about leadership. There are coaches and courses which...
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...Strategies, Skills, and Behaviors Needed for a Successful Business Career Prepared for Dr. C. Blaszcynski California State University, Los Angeles To: Dr. C. Blaszczynski From: Date: March 3, 2014 Subject: Completed Analytical Report describing effective strategies, skills, and behaviors for career success. Here is the report you requested on January 6, 2014, describing strategies, skills, and behaviors needed to have a successful career success. Data gathered from books and scholarly journals, support the conclusion that the strategies, skills and behaviors analyzed play an important role in obtaining and maintaining a successful career. Please call on us if we can answer any questions for you. We are glad that you gave us the opportunity to do this report for you, Dr. Blaszczynski, because we found it to be both informative and pleasant. Attachment TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ……………………………………………………………………. v INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………………………….1 Statement of the Problem …………………………………………………………….1 Background Information ………………………………………………………………1 Purpose of the Study ………………………………………………………………….2 Scope and Limitations ………………………………………………………………...2 ...
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...It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back: The War on Drugs, Mass Incarceration, and a Call to Action for America's Black Youth By Carl L. Young An Alternative Plan Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science In Sociology: Corrections Minnesota State University, Mankato Mankato, Minnesota Spring 2013 Final Draft 4/20/2013 1 This Alternative Plan Paper has been examined and approved by the following members of the Examining Committee. _____________________ Dr. Leah Rogne, Advisor _____________________ Dr. William Wagner _____________________ Dr. Penny Jo Rosenthal _____________________ Dr. Nadarajan Sethuraju ________________ Date 2 A bstract This alternative plan paper examines the circumstances that have evolved as a incarceration of the Black community. In the last thirty years, the federal government of the United States of America has engaged in camp which has involved a variety of policies to stop the production, distribution and sale of illegal narcotics. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent in a war that has targeted the most vulnerable in our society, impacting its youth for generations to come. This alternative plan paper addresses...
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...and turn it into a successful and productive working environment? When we look closely at the interaction of people, we see that their personalities are not the same. We also see that certain personalities don’t work well together, while others work together like a fine tuned instrument. By closely examining them we will come to understand why this happens, and what we could possibly do to resolve these personality confrontations. With leadership playing an important role in a working environment, how do we become better leaders? Like personalities, leadership styles also have their characteristics and it’s these characteristics that we need to take a closer look at. In an article titled “Seven Mistakes To Avoid As A Manager” by Max Messmer he writes “most management skills can be learned” (Seven Mistakes). This thought is resonating, telling us the importance of leadership styles, and how by learning and understanding these different styles, we can become a better leader. How do leaders create a cohesive and productive environment? All businesses rely on employees to perform tasks in order for them to be...
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