Reading about the San Francisco State College Strike‚ it became very clear how racist and hypocritical the U.S. educational system was. Students‚ faculty members and community activists had to fight hard for equal access to higher education and a new education curriculum that would include studies of the history and culture of all people including ethnic minorities. As Asian Americans were facing similar systematic discriminations‚ they joined other racial groups to initiate and support the student-led
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The Presidio of San Elizario In 1598‚ the Spanish nobleman‚ Don Juan De Oñate from Zacatecas‚ Mexico was leading a group of Spanish colonists from Mexico to settle the newly discovered province of New Mexico. The group traveled for weeks across the desert until it reached the banks of the Rio Grande River near the San Elizario area. Soon afterward‚ Oñate proclaimed possession of this area in the name of his King‚ Phillip II. The small town of San Elizario is named after the French
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Big eared and small‚ the San Joaquin fox has to fight to stay try to stay alive. The San Joaquin kit fox once thrived in its California environment. At the present time it is found on the endangered/ threatened species list. This report explains the causes that changed this organisms status. Did you know that San Joaquin Kit foxes are the smallest foxes living? San Joaquin kit foxes are also one of the eight species of kit
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(present-day Myanmar) Burmese political leader I n 1988 Aung San Suu Kyi became the major leader of the movement toward the reestablishment of democracy in Burma (now Myanmar). In 1991‚ while under house arrest by the government for her activities‚ she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Early life Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon‚ Burma‚ on June 19‚ 1945‚ the youngest of three children of Bogyoke (Generalissimo) Aung San and Daw Khin Kyi. (In Burma all names are individual and people do
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cuisine of the United States. One of these cites is San Francisco. San Francisco has a land area of about forty seven square miles. The city has an estimated 2012 population of 825‚863‚ giving it a density of about 17‚620 people per square mile. Thus making san Francisco the densest city in California‚ and the second densest in the united states behind New York New York. In 1906 three quarters of the city was destroyed by a devastating earthquake. San Francisco was quickly rebuilt and is now the forty
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Our Lady of La Vang‚ also known as Đức Mẹ La Vang in Vietnamese‚ is a Marian apparition. In 1798‚ when Vietnamese Christians were persecuted for their faith‚ many of those Christians hid in a jungle in La Vang. While they were taking refuge in the jungle‚ they would often pray and say the rosary. However‚ many people became ill because of the conditions in the jungle. One day‚ a lady dressed in an áo dài‚ a traditional Vietnamese dress‚ carried a child in her arms with two angels beside her and appeared
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND This chapter deals with the introduction‚ background of the study‚ purpose of the study‚ statement of the problem‚ significance of the study‚ scope and delimitation‚ assumption‚ conceptual framework‚ conceptual model and definition of terms. Introduction Tourism is traveling for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes or the provision of services to support this leisure travel. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists
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The San Andreas Fault by Sandra S. Schulz and Robert E. Wallace The presence of the San Andreas fault was brought dramatically to world attention on April 18‚ 1906‚ when sudden displacement along the fault produced the great San Francisco earthquake and fire. This earthquake‚ however‚ was but one of many that have resulted from episodic displacement along the fault throughout its life of about 15-20 million years. What Is It? Scientists have learned that the Earth’s crust is fractured into a series
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The San Andreas Fault is an intense‚ significant geological feature that greatly affected the passionate study of earthquakes. The San Andreas Fault influenced the notable geological characteristics such as wealthy minerals and created rare‚ breath-taking sceneries. This catastrophic geological feature motivated scientists to learn more of its powers and what we can do to better prepare for it earthquakes. I chose this geological feature because it constantly changes and affects the reoccurrence
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Viña San Pedro Viña San Pedro (VSP) was the third largest winery in Chile‚ with 1998 sales of 37 billion Chilean pesos (CP). Bonifacio Correa had planted the original vines with French stock in 1865 on the farm in Molina that the family had owned since 1701. For years‚ VSP wines enjoyed a reputation of being one of the finest in the country‚ and the vineyard remained in the Correa family until 1941. New owners expanded the vineyard so that by 1994‚ 1‚150 hectares1 were in production‚ making it the
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