farmed twenty acres of cotton and other crops. The son of Southern Baptist sharecroppers‚ Cash began playing guitar and writing songs at age 12. During high school‚ he performed frequently on radio station KLCN in Blytheville‚ Arkansas. Cash moved to Detroit in his late teens and worked there until he joined the Air Force as a radio operator in Germany. He left the Air Force and married Vivian Liberto in 1954; the couple settled in Memphis‚ where Cash worked as an appliance salesman and attended radio
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I am writing about the Nation of Islam’s Elijah Muhammad because I’m trying to show how this group strived to amass economic stability‚ independence and religious freedom under the devout‚ pious‚ reverent‚ and pietistic leadership of Mr. Muhammad. In order to explain how under Elijah Muhammad’s guidance the Black Muslims were able to gain economic wealth and stability‚ as well as independence from the federal and state welfare systems. Elijah Muhammad was born as Elijah Poole on October 7‚ 1897
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Martin Luther King Jr. symbolizes social justice all over the United States. As a young boy‚ his parents taught him how it was like to be black and showed him ways that they were treated and made him aware of why it shouldn’t be like that. They told him “that God made everyone equal but some people were just too ignorant to see it” (MLK‚ 13)”. Having graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta in 1948‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was accepted at Crozer Seminary‚ an integrated Baptist school in Pennsylvania
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Research Project Achievement Exam 15 Academic American History (SS06B) COVERSHEET Name: Std.#: Street: GRADE: _______________________________ INSTRUCTOR:________________________________ Instructor Comments ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Coversheet (5 points) 2. Title Page (5 points) 3. Final Outline
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become the Cha Cha Champion of Hong Kong! (Bruce Lee ’s Childhood). He began his film career as an adult after graduating from the University of Washington. He appeared as the Asian houseboy Kato in the television series "The Green Hornet" in 1966 and 1967 (Brennan). Lee then returned to Hong Kong‚ where he gained stardom in martial arts films‚ such as “Fist of Fury” (1972)‚ “The Chinese Connection” (1972)‚ “Enter the Dragon” (1973)‚ and “The Return of the Dragon” (1973) (Brennan). By the end of 1972
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Hoffa didn’t come home By Pat Zacharias / The Detroit News On July 30‚ 1975‚ James Riddle Hoffa left his Lake Orion home for a meeting. Paroled from federal prison three years earlier‚ the former Teamster president had recently announced plans to try to wrestle back control of the union he had built with his bare knuckles from his protege -- now adversary -- Frank Fitzsimmons. Anthony Giacalone‚ a reputed captain of organized crime in Detroit‚ was supposed to meet Hoffa that day. James R
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were filled in their head when they were young. And for several years a continuous feud has grown between these two countries for many different reasons. Religious differences‚ land boundaries‚ and sacred lands have sparked many wars and multiple riots. When searching for information about the conflicts a problem arose a numerous amount of times. There was many biased information regarding these conflicts so discovering entirely true facts was an issue. So as writers we focused ourselves to make
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The 1960s were one of the most creative periods in modern man’s history. Whether it was due to experimentation with drugs or anger over the Vietnam War‚ the 1960s were an overwhelming decade. The Assassinations of JFK and MLK shocked the US. The Beatles came across the pond and changed music forever. Although there were several tragic setbacks‚ civil rights made an amazing amount of progress‚ eventually culminating in the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964‚ which made it illegal to discriminate
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Covered countless times‚ its prevalent use in film‚ as well as common sampling and references in other media‚ has resulted in "For What It’s Worth” transforming into an iconic Vietnam-era protest song. In March 1967‚ it took Buffalo Springfield to number seven in the US singles charts while more importantly inscribing the youth struggles from the decade for future listeners to interpret. (sing365.com) The title of the song‚ “For What It’s Worth‚” appears nowhere in the song’s lyrics. Instead‚ it
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ILA Policing‚ Part I CJA100 1. Explain the role that state law enforcement agencies play in enforcing the law‚ and describe the two major models of state law enforcement organization. State-level police agencies were created in the late nineteenth century to combat specific criminal activity‚ and prevent further criminal activity that crossed the boundaries of cities and counties within a specific state. For instance‚ the Texas Rangers were created prior to Texas becoming a state (1835)
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