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    Maya Angelou Biography

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    entire memoir. In a criticism written by Myra K. McMurry‚ she notes that Caged Bird was “an affirmation‚ . . . Maya Angelou’s answer to the question of how a Black girl can grow up in a repressive system without being maimed by it.” (Maya Angelou Biography). Throughout the memoir‚ one can see her change from a young girl‚ oppressed‚ nervous and scared‚ to progressing into a strong‚ confident

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    Carmelo Anthony Biography

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    Biography: Carmelo Anthony Carmelo Kyan Anthony was born in May 29‚ 1984; his father was Puerto Rican and his mother was African American. Carmelo was named after his dad who had died due to cancer when he was only two years old. Carmelo and his family lived in Friona‚ Texas for two years before they moved to Baltimore in 1992. The family lived in the Druid Hill section of West Baltimore‚ which is where he began playing the game of basketball. During the summer of 2000‚ he grew five inches

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    BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID EMILE DURKIEM Emile was born on 15th April 1858 at a place called Epinal in France. He came from a devoted French Jewish family. His father and grandparents had been Rabbi. Rabbi means Jewish teacher of law (Torah). He began his school at rabbinical school. He didn’t want to follow his father’s footsteps. He entered Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) in 1879 in a third attempt. Only those who were intelligent were being selected to this School. Thus Emile was brilliant. It

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    Biography: Louis Armstrong

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    Louis Armstrong is a very talented musician‚ actor‚ and singer. He has lived a prosperous life with a lot of success and an equal amount of downfalls. Louis Armstrong’s story goes back to over one hundred years ago. Nicknamed Satch‚ Satchmo‚ Satchelmouth‚ Dipper‚ and Dippermouth Louis Armstrong took over and changed the jazz industry to what we know it as today. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4‚ 1901 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. His father‚ William Armstrong‚ abandoned the family during Louis’

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    Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker Richard Ramirez was born in El Paso Texas on February 28‚ 1960. He was introduced to satanic worship and drugs at an early age. After moving to Southern California he supported himself by breaking in to homes. Soon after the robbing of homes he began to kill and sometimes even rape many of people. Over the course of his rigorous murders and long trial he was sentenced to life in prison. Ramirez was the youngest of six children born to Julian and Mercedes Ramirez

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    Charles Dickens Biography Charles Dickens was one of the most popular writers of all time. Dickens was very observant of life‚ and had a great understanding of humanity. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born in Portsmouth‚ England‚ on February 7‚ 1812. When he was two years old he and his family moved to London. Dickens father‚ John Dickens‚ was a poor clerk who worked for the navy‚ and he also spent time in prison for debt. When John was not in prison he lacked the money to adequately support

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    Siddhartha Gautama Biography Siddhartha Gautama‚ Gautama Buddha‚ Shakyamuni or formally known as Buddha is a famous for his teachings of Buddhism from 563- 483 BCE. It is believed that Buddha was born in present day Nepal. He was born into a royal family‚ his father being Suddhodana‚ an elected chief of the shakya clan‚ and his mother being Queen Maha Maya‚ and‚ was a Koliyan princess. There is a rumor that goes along with Siddhartha’s conceiving. On the said night his mother dreamt that a white

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    Pinkerton’s death‚ became active in labor union issues. They were responsible for breaking the famous Homestead Strike of 1892. They were hired as management labor spies in many companies References Allan Pinkerton Facts‚ Encyclopedia of World Biography. Copyright 2010 The Gale Group‚ Inc. accessed online Jan 9‚ 1014 at: http://biography.yourdictionary.com/allan-pinkerton Allan Pinkerton‚ The Columbian Electronic Encyclopedia‚ 6th Edition‚ 2012 Accessed Online Jan 8‚ 2014 at:

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    Sam Adams Biography

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    sections. In the first section I will present some events of Samuel Adams’ life as described in two encyclopedia articles‚ A1 and A2. The second part of the paper will describe certain aspects of Samuel Adams’ life as read in chapters 2 and 3 of the biography entitled Samuel Adams; Father of the American Revolution by Mark Puls. Samuel Adams was born on September 27‚ 1722 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He grew up in a strong‚ moral and intellectual family who had a strong belief in the church and valued

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    Athol Fugard Biography

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    Athol Fugard Biography Athol Fugard (born 1932) was a South African playwright known for his subtle‚ poignant descriptions of the racial problems in his country. Athol Fugard was born on June 11‚ 1932‚ in Middelburgh‚ a small village in the Karroo district in South Africa‚ of an English-speaking father and an Afrikaner mother. When he was three years old the family moved to Port Elizabeth‚ an industrial city on the Indian Ocean coast where Fugard was to spend‚ off and on‚ most of his life‚ and

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