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    In the 1800 there was terrorism against african americans they got lynched‚ raped‚ and got there homes set on fire. Many rural blacks at this time lived under a sharecropping system(you give half of your crops to the owner of the land). But at least it was a little better than slavery at least they were free. Over the next 20 years‚ blacks would lose almost all they got the right from the civil war by the jim crow laws. Jim Crow was a slang term for a black man. Any state law passed in the south

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    George Pal

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    George Pal (1908 – 1980) George Pal was an American animator‚ although he was a American animator but he was born in Cegled‚ Austria-Hungary‚ he became an American citizen after emigrating from Europe. He was also a film producer‚ principally associated with science fiction genre. The reason I write about George Pal because of his talents and efforts. He was nominated for Academy Awards (in the category Best short subjects‚ Cartoon) no less than seven consecutive years (1942 – 1948) and received

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    I.Invasion of American Popular Music After World War I‚ American popular music -- blues‚ jazz‚ and Tin Pan Alley songs -- swept Britain‚ much as British music invaded the United States in the 1960s. American songs such as "Chicago" and "Manhattan" were consistently among the most popular tunes in Britain in the 1920s. As a result of the invasion of American popular music‚ Britain was influenced by such culture. The Beatles and other British rock groups helped create in the 1960s a milieu that

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    procuring and an equivalent the lowest pay permitted by law for whites and Blacks‚ NRA open works extends once in a while utilized Blacks and kept up bigot wage differentials when they did. Nor did customary sorted out work offer any option. Albeit American Federation of Labor President William Green gave lip administration to social equality and asserted to contradict isolated Jim Crow local people‚ he doesn’t do anything to uphold this on partnered unions. Blacks were either rejected or compelled

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    southern part of the nation. African-American Nat Turner greatly opposed slavery and those who enforced the act that questioned individuals’ humanity. Nat Turner’s actions proved that he had the strength to revolt and stand up for what he believed in. His actions portrayed the anger that some slaves felt that came with the conditions of being an African American in the slaveholding south. Following Turner’s violent rebellion‚ many of the limited rights of African Americans were taken away because of white

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    George Westinghouse was an American entrepreneur and engineer. He was responsible for the introduction and development of altering current for light and power. Westinghouse invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. He was one of Thomas Edison’s main rivals in the early implementation of the American electricity system. This man founded 60 companies‚ eventually receiving over 100 patents for his work with the desire to turn ideas into enterprises. George Westinghouse

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    Woodrow Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference Prompted by the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by the Serbian government‚ World War I erupted like wildfire in 1914. With Britain‚ France‚ and Russia on one side‚ and Germany‚ Austria-Hungry and Italy on the other‚ war waged throughout the continent. With the public having no desire to enter the combat‚ America sat on the sidelines as battle ensued. President Woodrow Wilson of the United States‚ unlike his constituents‚ saw

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    generated major reform in the architecture of Paris‚ and consequently transformed the city into a national treasure and cultural epicenter for all of Western Europe. Napoleon believed “that a radiant Paris…would incarnate France’s greatness and personify the centralized political power” (Anne-Laure Nyguyen Trung‚ Hoang). He began this feat by electing Baron Georges Eugène Haussman as prefect of the Seine‚ and ultimately as supervisor of the renewal of Paris. The motivation behind the project originated

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    From Yves Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent Paris     Abstract The aim of this essay is to take part in a discussion about the interrelation of fashion‚ marketing and art. Focusing on the Yves Saint Laurent brand and its creative work‚ the essay attempts to explore the marketing strategy‚ sources of inspiration and communication system. The first chapter is about the brand’s heritage and its image‚ which are the basics to the introduction of a brand analysis for understanding its

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    of Paris‚ the Bois de Boulogne is a good place to go. It is 3 times larger than Central Park in New York which means it has plenty of space for many activities‚ especially on the weekend such as biking‚ jogging‚ boat rowing and remote control speed boats. This means that tourist that has children will enjoy the park. Picnics can be held in the park‚ so tourist on a smaller budget will like this option more. However I think that tourist with little time‚ only wanting to see the sights of Paris might

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