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    “The Atlanta Compromise Address”   Booker T. Washington‚ considered today as one of the most influential and respected African American figures‚ was born into slavery and was later freed by the revolutionizing effects of the Emancipation Proclamation. His charismatic and peaceful personality along with his role in philanthropic acts‚ politics‚ and negotiations soon turned him into a source of admiration shortly after the end of the civil war. He worked for the coexistence of blacks and whites

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    Racism Today

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    Nicholas Gorda Professor Nekervis Sociology 17 April 2012 Racism Today Racism is the belief that one’s own race is superior to another. It is one of the major problems going on in America right now and has been for some time. Many people may not even be aware of how racism is still negatively affecting our schools‚ workforces‚ and society as a whole. The United States is thought of as the land of opportunity‚ where people of all different races and ethnic backgrounds can live together in

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    1863 July 1–3 1863 the Battle of Gettysburg‚ the days the will always be our people memory and history for years to come. One might say that the war made of started no to our favor‚ but we ended it with our heads held high. This war was all in favor for us‚ and there was no way we were going to lose. It was in our land and the Union soldier’s numbers was greater than the Confederate. The war was basically a victory since the beginning. What Really Happened The day began when Confederate

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    Atlanta Exposition Address

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    visitors with the evidence of racial progress in the South. The “Atlanta Compromise Address”‚ as it came to be called‚ covered concerns of “uppity” blacks by claiming that the African American race would complacently live by the productions of their hands. Considered the definitive statement of what Washington termed the "accommodationist" strategy of black response to southern racial tensions‚ the Atlanta Exposition Address was widely regarded as one of the most significant speeches in American history

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    Gettysburg‚ a small town in Pennsylvania was the site for one of the most deadly battles in the civil war. Gettysburg is like a wagon wheel because the roads connect to it like the spokes on a wagon wheel. This site has been attributed to tons of ghost stories. This battle was very significant. If the confederate had won this battle the whole war would have changed. I am about to tell you is the story of why the battle was so significant. First‚ let’s take into account that the battle of Gettysburg

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    battle ever fought in North America. Why did the Battle of Gettysburg happen? Two months foregoing the battle‚ General Lee had an impressive defeat against the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville‚ Virginia. He then started planning for a Northern invasion by first taking action on the Yankees. His army was at the time 80‚000 soldiers! With the army of the Potomac Commander Joseph Hooker and leading about 10‚000 soldiers he began moving towards General Lee by Washington D.C. Abraham Lincoln got

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    of employee needs. Employees are recognizing that work is squeezing out their personal lives and they are not happy about it. 2. How has technology changed the supervisor’s job? We have to look at how the typical office is set up organizations today have become integrated communication centers. By linking computers‚ telephones‚ fax machines‚ copiers‚ printers‚ and like supervisors can get more complete information quickly than ever before. With this information supervisors can better formulate

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    ------------------------------------------------- Address Resolution Protocol The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a computer networking protocol for determining a network host’s link layer or hardware address when only its Internet Layer (IP) or Network Layer address is known. This function is critical in local area networking as well as for routing internetworking traffic across gateways (routers) based on IP addresses when the next-hop router must be determined. ARP was defined by RFC

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    In Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address‚ Lincoln states that our nation should not be in war. He believed that we should end the war with a mutual agreement to cease fighting. He believed that our nation was falling apart and war needed to be no more and so he gave his speech.in his case war should not be a fight to win but an argument unforgotten. Lincoln’s speech was more based around repetition more so than personification. As he spoke he used phrases like “All dreaded it‚ all sought to

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    speeches. They compare because of issues to end the war or defuse the possibility of war. They contrast in many ways also‚ in the first address Lincoln believes that the issue of a war will pass over the country and not be much of an issue. He also gives chances to the people that have started this conversation to end what they started. Whereas in the second inaugural address lincoln takes a more religious approach. Lastly‚ the issue of slavery is very different during the two inaugural addresses. The

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