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    On November 5th 1872‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ a suffragette‚ did the impossible. She marched up to the voting booth in Rochester‚ New York and tried to place a ballot for Ulysses S. Grant election of 1872. She was arrested before she could place the ballot into the voting booth‚ but this courageous act created a huge growth and push for The Women’s Suffrage movement of 1920. In The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell‚ Gladwell explains the concept of Tipping Points and their effects on global epidemics.

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    Chloe Anthony Wofford was born on February 18‚ 1931 to Ramah Wofford and George Wofford in Lorraine‚ OH. Chloe was the second oldest of four children. Her father was a welder by trade but worked many jobs to support his family and mother was a maid. In 1949 she graduated from Lorain High School with. She then attended college at Howard University‚ where she majored in English and minored in Classics. . While attending college she decided to Change her name to “Toni” which a shorter version of her

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    How does John Steinbeck portray Jim Casey as a Christ figure in his novel‚ The Grapes of Wrath? In his novel‚ The Grapes of Wrath‚ John Steinbeck brings a variety of diverse characters to the reader. The majority of these characters’ individuality lies within whom they symbolize. What I’m trying to say is that the character in the novel represents another being outside of the novel. For example‚ the former preacher Jim Casey who is also a good friend of the Joads may to some readers represent

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    Starting from their different roles in society to stereotypical roles in the workplace as well as the home. Susan B. Anthony played a large role in the first women’s right’s movement that took place in the late 1800’s. The visual above took place in 1920’s. Three women apart of the National Women’s Party picketed the Republican Convention for its refusal to support the Susan B. Anthony Amendment‚ which was the Women’s Suffrage Amendment that supported women’s right to vote. It was not until 1919 that

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    History Susan B. Anthony stated‚ “It was we‚ the people; not we‚ the white male citizens; nor yet we‚ the male citizens; but we‚ the whole people‚ who formed the Union.” The first proposed equal right Amendment entered the Congressional session in the year of 1923. Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King spoke in 1963 at a march on Washington about a dream. Reverend King articulates on “the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence promising that all men would be guaranteed

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    “From a moral standpoint it would be misguided to equate the failings of a minor with those of an adult.”-Justice Anthony Kennedy. In 1993‚ Christopher Simmons was sentenced to death when he was only 17. A series of appeals to state and federal courts were submitted but each appeal was rejected. Then‚ in 2002‚ The Missouri Supreme Court stayed Simmon’s execution while the U.S Supreme Court decided Atkins v. Virginia‚ where the U.S. Supreme court ruled that executing the mentally ill violated Eight

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    The word human is easy to describe as a breathing living multicellular organism. Although the term humanism may not be easy to describe. At least not so quickly in one sentence. Humanism was a way of thinking and interacting within a society. As Anthony B. Pinn described in his book “What is humanism and Why does it Matter?” humanism was a way of life for many. More importantly the time period humanism began to thrive was in the 1400s during the Renaissance. Generally speaking‚ many scholars have

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    Background Information on Crocodile Tears‚ Anthony Horowitz Anthony Horowitz‚ a New York Times best-selling author‚ has written over 40 books. Some of his books include the Alex Rider series. Horowitz specializes in mystery and suspense. The book‚ Crocodile Tears‚ is the eighth book in the series. It was written in December of 2009 (www.anthonyhorowitz.com). Summary Some people serve their country with no purpose. Other’s‚ such as Alex Rider‚ do have a purpose‚ some more personal than others.

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    In a world where free will is given to everyone and taken advantage of‚ no one can imagine a life without it. In Anthony Burgess’s’ novel A Clockwork Orange‚ we get an insight on a young thug named Alex who loves the thrill from chaos and violence who overtime loses the born right of free will. Burgess is criticising the methods to rid individuals of free will‚ not that evil exists in certain individuals. “Freedom of the will is as self- evident and clear as anything we can know‚” (Rene Descartes)

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    Have you ever lost a friend that you thought would be in your life forever? When I was in 8th Grade I lost my best friend‚ Ciara James. Almost every detail is as fresh as it was the day it happened. It was on a Tuesday. The reason I remember‚ because it was the same day of my sister’s 18th Birthday. Ciara and I use to always come to my house afterschool to either do homework or talk about something that crazy happened that day. We used to always argue about small things but on this day it was “Big

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