Which line would most strengthen the reflection in kara’s essay if it were added after sentence 4? when deciding how honest to be about the role i had played in the situation, i kept thinking of my little brother and how he had the wisdom, even at his young age, to do what was right. after unintentionally breaking my roommate’s treasured figurine, i squared my shoulders and took responsibility for my actions, much like my little brother had done all those years ago. even though it had been an accident, i was afraid to admit what had happened and found myself wishing that my younger brother could be there to bolster my courage. to this day, i still remember the incident as vividly as if it had happened yesterday, and i know it is a valuable lesson i will one day share with children of my own.

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.

educational segregation in the us prior to brown.

the members of the u.s. supreme court that on may 17, 1954, ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

judgment and order of the supreme court for the case.

u.s. circuit judges robert a. katzmann, damon j.

the u.s. supreme court's decision in brown v. board of education marked a turning point in the history of race relations in the united states. on may 17, 1954, the court stripped away constitutional sanctions for segregation by race, and made equal opportunity in education the law of the land.