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    Dear Diary‚ Though this is a treacherous sin I am making‚ I must find a way to clear the thoughts and images that reappear constantly in my consciousness. Today something quite horribly interesting happened in our small town‚ Salem. After our midnight dance with the girls‚ Uncle Parris found us in the woods making all of us scatter immediately. All of us except Betty who collapsed on the ground. She was screaming about how she could not move. Uncle Parris’ face was nothing like I have ever seen

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    Dear Diary‚ Yesterday I helped a woman by the name of Anna find a pair of shoes. I sometimes wonder if my clienttell would be different if my shoe store was in a different city rather than Beverly Hills. At first my cruel shoes started as a joke‚ but the more people that buy them the more creative I have to become in creating them. Anna’s cruel shoes consisted of two left footed pumps‚ right angle turns‚ and a few other additions I added. I wonder if my creativity will last that long in creating

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    Diary entry Lecture 1 The first lecture was a start to a large topic known as the imperial capital world city: London 1750-1914. As an introduction‚ the lecture started with a question as to what the British empire and what variables is affected its strength. The question directed acted as method of reviewing my own personal knowledge on the Empire‚ I needed to understand the aspects involved. The trading that occurred which to gave the empire new materials to support its military and riches to support

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    The Civil Right Movement was successful because it ended segregation. First‚ Ruby was born in Tylertown‚Mississippi on September 8th 1954. “Ruby Bridges” was the first African American girl being escorted by United States to attend an all American white school. Tulane University Presented Bridges with honorary degree in 2012. Ruby was born to sharecroppers Aborn and Lucille Bridges.Ruby parents decided to move the family to New Orleans in 1958 when Ruby was 4 years old. Next‚ “Martin Luther

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    really close at all. We just talk about normal day things‚ and I never really tell them my feelings or secrets. Therefore‚ I’m rather glad I have you‚ as you can be someone I can talk to when I’m feeling down‚ or when something has happened. I want my diary to be my friend‚ and I am going to call this friend kitty. Wednesday‚ 24th June 1942 Dearest Kitty‚ Oh what a day! A very very hot day it is‚ I’ve never really been grateful for the tram‚ but now I’ve realised just how pleasant it is instead of

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    December 2009 Civil Right and Civil Liberties Civil liberties and civil rights are fundamental for everyday living. In today’s society both of these terms have different prospective; civil rights are considered to be natural rights. In other words‚ civil rights means that people have the right to be treated the same regardless of their race‚ gender‚ or religion. Even thought civil rights are guaranteed by law‚ this prospective took many years to be achieved. For example‚ after the Civil War African

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    Civil Liberties (And how they differ from civil rights) "If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands‚ they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored‚ we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance‚ we must provide a safe place for their perpetuation." Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ 1938 (Isaacs 66) Freedom of speech

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    Civil Rights Movements in Alabama Segregation was a way of life in the South at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Many people treated others terribly because the color of their skin and went on without it even fazing them‚ they all went on thinking it was okay‚ when it was not morally right. African Americans were treated horribly‚ almost as if they were not human. It was impossible to find any aspect of life unsegregated in the south. The Schools‚ restaurants‚ and even bathrooms were all

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    Wednesday‚ 15 July‚ 1942 I have decided to start this diary to let out all of my feelings. I wonder how long this thing will last I feel it is a little different for me. Hermann is a nice man but not very understanding. I feel as if I need to let my feelings out somewhere even if it is on a piece of paper. This is where I can speak my true feelings without any judgment from other women or men changing my feelings. Yesterday was the day we were supposed to arrive in the annex. We ended up

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    Danielle Clark AP Government Civil Liberties & Civil Rights 1. The clause in the First Amendment of the US Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress. 1. The Free Exercise Clause is the accompanying clause with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. 2. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ along with requiring

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