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    Providing Educational Programs for Female Prisoners Toward the end of the twentieth century nearly 84‚000 women were incarcerated in a state or federal correctional institution within the United States (Gillespie 91). Currently "the number of incarcerated women has exploded within the last twenty years" (Davis 79). After serving their sentence‚ leaving behind a life composed of bars‚ guards and time to reflect upon their crime. Most female offenders are released only carrying a few items of clothing

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    Who developed mathematical formulas that could calculate celestial and weather patterns? 2. Who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church? 3. What famous jazz musician is famous for puffing up his cheeks? 4. Who was the first Black woman to drive a U S Postal stagecoach? @5. Name the first Black to win an elected office in the U. S. 6. Booker T. Washington had dinner with what American president? 7. Who were the Kansas City Monarchs? 8. What is Hoppin ’ John? 9. What actor & rapper

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    performance together. The order of the dances were The winter in Lisbon choreographed by Billy Wilson‚ Night Creature ‚ Cry and Revelations which all werel choreographed by the Alvin Ailey company. The composer of music for Winter in Lisbon was Dizzy Gillespie and Charles. The composer for Night Creature was Duke Ellington. The composer of music for Cry was Alice

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    SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and the Civil Rights movement‚ including Martin Luther King. The relationship between the film and the SNCC was displayed pretty similarly through a scene in the film. The scene where Tibbs and Gillespie accompany Sam Wood to the diner‚ counterman Ralph refuses to serve Detective Tibbs because he is black. Despite the fact that Ralph ends up being the murderer of Colbert‚ that scene exemplified the idea of the SNCC. Four African American college

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    The Saxophone is my favorite instrument. Despite being made entirely of brass‚ the saxophone is considered a woodwind because it utilizes a reed to create its sound. It looks smooth and sexy‚ yet the sound is rich and strong. Although it is more commonly found in jazz‚ military and marching bands than in orchestras‚ it is occasionally found in some classical music. 1. History and Manufacturers: A. http://library.thinkquest.org. This website was wonderfully rich in information. On

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    I am doing my end of the semester paper on Jazz music. Jazz was created in the twentieth century and was said that it was‚ “created to bring people together.” Jazz was also known in many cities around the time of the jazz age‚ but the city that was known as the birthplace of jazz was New Orleans. There are many important names that people still know today from the jazz ages. One important name during the jazz age was Louis Armstrong is known for many Jazz songs like “What a Wonderful World”‚ “When

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    Gillespie was in charge of about 500 children. When the trail began all the children came forward to testify against her‚ and the entire country could not believe and were horrified by the scandal. Punishment and abuses were severe‚ but the most common punishment

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    Chapter 4 of the book Chief Gillespie states that Virgil has a “...pretty fancy name for a black boy...”(pg.36). Gillespie then continues to ask what they call him in Pasadena‚ the town Virgil comes from‚ and Virgil answers assertively‚ “They call me Mr. Tibbs.” (pg.36). This line shows that Virgil is confident with his authority‚ even when pitted against someone who in the times was looked at as superior to him‚ although Virgil was undoubtedly far more intelligent than Gillespie. That brings us to the

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    First world has more experience in managing the economy. In Nick Gillespie article‚ Johan Norberg states‚ "When unions‚ when protectionist‚ when uncompetitive corporations in the U.S. say that we shouldn’t buy from countries like Vietnam because of its labor standards‚ they’ve got it all wrong". They’re saying "Look

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    the availability of guns show how easy it is to get a gun these days. Nick Gillespie‚ the editor-in-chief of Reason Magazine‚ is a writer whose articles and editorials have appeared in publications such as The New York Times‚ Washington Post‚ and National Review. In the essay‚ “Bullying Can Lead to School Shootings” (1999)‚ Gillespie argues that many students are harassed and bullied by their peers at school. Gillespie states that‚ “I used to imagine bringing weaponry to school and making the f@#$%

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