Maya Angelou had a rough upbringing‚ throughout her trials and tribulations‚ she endured challenging situations. She created stories that were nominated for a National Book and Pulitzer Prize Award. Angelou works were aimed at empowering individuals; for it was stated‚ “All my work is meant to say‚ “You may encounter many defeats but you must not be defeated” (Angelou‚ 1928‚ p. 944). She spoke about racism that she received at a young age‚ Can you imagine a dentist refusing to treat someone tooth
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Earthquakes‚ water contamination‚ air pollution: these are some of the dangerous and environmentally devastating side effects of fracking (hydraulic fracturing). Fracking has been implemented at the Fayetteville Shale‚ which stretches across Arkansas‚ to access natural gas buried deep below the surface of the earth. Fracking enthusiasts tout the economic benefits of this method of tapping our natural resources and are quick to dispute any argument from environmentalists. However‚ a close examination
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Concert Report: University of Arkansas Children’s Choir Fall Collaborative Concert When I first decided to attend a children’s choir performance I didn’t know what to expect. I walked into the Fine Arts Center along with the mass crowd of eager parents to see their children. The lights were dimmed and the theatre was packed. I among many had to sit in the aisle for the duration of the performance. The University of Arkansas Children’s Choir and Prairie Grove High School Choirs were both a surprising
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On Monday‚ April 11‚ I went on a Ride-A-Long with Officer Jim Brooks who is a sergeant at the Taneytown police department. Initially‚ I was supposed to do the ride-a-long on Friday‚ April 8‚ However‚ Officer Brooks contacted me a few days before‚ explain to me that they had changed his shift and asked to reschedule the ride- along (which we did‚ till Monday April 11). This shows how flexible the police staff is‚ with changes occurring constantly and how they do not have consistent schedules. There
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am from Jacksonville Arkansas‚ which is just under two hours away. Yes that isn’t too bad distance-wise‚ but my problem is that I have no family in Jonesboro. I am 115 miles away from home with little to no financial support from family. Yes I can try to find a job while attending school but that still won’t be enough. Another reason why I need The Privately Funded Scholarship (s) is due to the fact that my eldest brother is currently Attending the University of Central Arkansas and my parents are
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Terms in “The Bean Eaters” Did you know Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African-American‚ male or female‚ to win the Pulitzer Prize (eNotes.com)? Brooks was born on June 7‚ 1917 and began to have an interest in poem early in her life. Her first poem was published at the age of thirteen in the American Childhood Magazine in 1930. Today she is known for having more than twenty books of poems published like “The Children Coming Home” (“Gwendolyn Brooks‚”PoetsPath.com). In many of Brooks’s poems she uses
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but still found ways to be like a normal child. He seemed to get his life more together by high school‚ and was doing well by the time he got to college. His life after college also turned out pretty well. Bill was born August 19‚ 1946‚ in Hope‚ Arkansas. His father‚ William Blythe‚ died in a fatal car accident before Bill was born‚ where he was thrown into a drainage ditch and drowned in 1946. Bill had an early commitment to learning and was reading by the age of three. Bill stayed with his grandparents
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meeting in his youth‚ his talent in music‚ his university studies‚ the period he served as a governor of Arkansas and later as president of the United States‚ his successes and foreign affairs until his last day as President of the United States. . Early Life William Jefferson Clinton was born on August 19‚ 19461‚ in Hope‚ Arkansas‚ a small town with a population of about 8‚000.2 His father‚ William Jefferson Blythe‚ died in a car
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book a painted house was written by the famous author John Grishman. John Grishman was born in Arkansas‚ this book plays off some of his experiences to growing up in the natural state. Grishman is mainly known for legal thrillers such as The Rooster Bar‚ Camino Island and the one I have heard of‚ A Time to Kill. This story is considered a change from his normal type of work‚ it explorers rural Arkansas during the 1950s. This setting influence much of the story because the moral and views people of
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to public facilities. In 1954 the Supreme Court made the decision declaring separate facilities by race to be unconstitutional. After this law was made‚ nine black students enrolled into the formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock‚ Arkansas‚ in September 1957. They were the center of violence which helped shaped the fight for educational equality in the Civil Rights Movement‚ but also generated worldwide attention and they left a legacy of courage
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