Essays on Social Movement

The Social Movement Group, Black Lives Matter (BLM), emerged from a hashtag on Twitter in 2013 when George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, United States. The movement rekindled into what it is today after the killing of African-American…

‘Civil Disobedience’ is an essay by Henry David Thoreau written in 1849. The author’s thesis is that he believes should not riot extremely but peacefully. If someone has a problem, they should fix it. From what read in this excerpt, agree, and disagree with the…

Women’s safety has always been a concern. In spite of globalization and technical advancement, today societies need to address the notion of gender disparity in it. There still exists discrimination based on gender; be it workplace, educational institutions, armed forces or even sometimes at public…

Revolutions have introduced about a number of the most radical differences in international records and politics over the course of the world history, over the past decade, numerous regimes have fallen and risen. The Arab world has had an ongoing reputation of dictators. Mohammed Bouazizi,…

The Garden City is most commonly defined as “a town that has been planned to include a lot of trees, plants, and open spaces;” in essence, a desirable place to live, where the environment has been specifically created to help inhabitants live a fulfilling, healthy,…

Since the earliest civilizations, the city is perceived as a direct product of human actions. The city is born and evolves, it reinvents itself, adapts and expands; thus, in this context, the city can be understood as a living organism which sole purpose is to…

Protests, peaceful or violent, have been around for as long as this country has been alive. Ways to protest, reasons to protest, how protests can affect America and concerns regarding protests have changed over time but one thing that will always remain the same is…

Currently, there are more than 1 billion people around the world that do not have enough food to survive their everyday lives, and at the time of writing this, more than 8.3 million people have already died of hunger this year (The World Counts 2019)….

Urban sprawl and land speculation in Bauchi is ever on the rise and posed problems like high cost of infrastructure, farmland invasion, high commuter cost as well as real estate unattractively developed in patchy and strung out manner. This study investigates the impact of urban…

Urban sprawl refers to the urbanization which is mostly driven by large scale migration and population growth. Urban sprawl also defined as spread and ineffective urban growth. However, growing urban sprawl results a major challenge and a serious concern to real estate market. Therefore, this…

Noise pollution was for a long time not considered as impactful as other manifest forms like air or water pollution etc. However, it has emerged as a major source of health hazard with the onset of various technological and industrial advancements. It includes all the excessively loud sounds generated by different sources which…

Noise pollution in hospitals has become a major concern for patients and families. Research shows that there is a strong relationship between the environment and patient health (Alligood, 2014, p. 55). Disruptive noises has an effect on patient’s ability to rest and can impede the…

Political scientist Cedric Robinson suggests that by the nineteenth century there were two alternative political cultures that were on making a rise to the forefront. Cedric discusses these cultures in his writing “Black Movements in America”. The first cultural alternative wants to claim “privilege political…

Historical Context and Development of the Movement In the decade of the 60s, the United States was immersed in the revolutionary environment of the civil rights movement. The fragrance of the revolution and the continuous attacks against the black community led to the creation of…

On May 2, 1967, a fleet of cars stopped outside the State Capitol building in Sacramento, California. 24 men and 6 women, all dressed in the uniform of black leather jackets and berets, openly carrying shotguns and rifles, piled out of the cars. They loaded…