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    Prize Giving Harwood

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    • Social Satire • Set Narrative- tightly structured rhyme scheme • 3rd person (omniscent) narrative and uses a double vouce. This distances Harwood from her characters which still enabling her to give her perspective. Eisenbart’s psyche is presented from Harwood’s perspective as she is being judgemental and mocking him through the use of words such as “grace” and “rudely declined”. • Iambic Pentameter (10 beats to the line‚ as in Shakespeare) • An Extreamely formally structured poem- Reinforcing

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    Booker T. Washington

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    Atlanta‚ Georgia 1895‚ Booker T. Washington would deliver a speech called the “Atlanta Compromise Address”. Influential speech made by Washington and ant one point almost not allowed to be spoken‚ especially to an all white audience. However‚ having a black speaker would and should impress the Northerners and prove the racial changes in the south. Washington speech would provide the theory of “cast their buckets where they are” for all blacks. Beginnings to the end of Washington address‚ Washington

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    Washington vs. DuBois Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois had different views on how they were going to work towards equality for blacks. Booker T was the dominant african american leader from 1890 to 1915. Dubois graduated from Harvard University and was the leader of the Niagara Movement. Booker T wanted the blacks to work for their equality. “No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must

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    Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington was a great influence for the black community. The efforts he made to become such a wonderful leader were incredible. Booker T. Washington was a man that started up from scratch. He grew up as a Black slave‚ who did not have many choices in life. He was born on April 5‚ 1856 in Virginia and he had a white father and a black mother. When he was still a child he went to work in a coal mine after the Emancipation Proclamation. When Booker was seventeen he

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    defines the Nobel Prize as any of various annual prizes (as in peace‚ literature‚ medicine) established by the will of Alfred Nobel for the encouragement of persons who work for the interests of humanity. The "Peace" prize differs from the others in the fact that it can be awarded to either an individual or a group. Another distinction is that while the others are awarded for achievements reached‚ the Peace prize can be given to those for their "current" efforts. A few Nobel Peace Prize winners that

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    Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

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    Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize It was announced on October 9‚ 2009 that American President Barack Obama is this year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Nobel Foundation states that Obama was chosen "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." (Nobel Foundation) Controversy and debate ensued in the world wide media. Critics have debated Obama’s worthiness. Supporters have cited numerous examples of the current U.S. Presidents’

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    Booker T Washington Dbq

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    after the Civil War‚ blacks in America faced much discrimination. Booker T. Washington dedicated his life to helping the black community become educated self-reliant. Because of his hardships‚ Booker T. Washington became one of the most influential leaders of his time. Booker T. Washington’s strict upbringing and morals led to many of his successes later in life. Washington was born into slavery in Virginia on April 5‚ 1856 (Foner‚ “Booker T. Washington”). From a young age‚ he was instilled with a love

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    “Continuing the Legacy of Booker T. Washington: Beyond the 21st Century” Booker T. Washington was an influential educator and African-American public figure throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries among both Blacks and Whites. Booker T. Washington is known for more than founding and becoming the first president of the Black college‚ Tuskegee University‚ in 1801. Booker T. Washington single-handedly contrived a generation of African-Americans who were effectuate‚ capable‚ and intelligent

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    citing beliefs for others to agree upon in terms of racial theories. Both individual and social groups like Booker T. Washington‚ W.E.B. DuBoise‚ Ida B. Wells‚ and the Ku Klux Klan were expressing what they thought a just society should look like and were in hopes that their actions and theories of these beliefs would assist society toward agreeing upon them and accepting them as their own. Booker T. Washington’s beliefs towards racial equality were expressed during his Atlanta Exposition Speech in

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    Nobel Prize Research Paper

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    Nobel Prize In this paper I am going to discuss the Nobel Prize. Firstly I will inform you of the history of the prize‚ secondly its origin‚ and how it is awarded today. After that I will discuss the 2010 Nobel Prize for Medicine‚ 1901 Nobel Prize for Physics‚ and the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Alfred Nobel The Nobel Prize was named after a Swedish inventor and industrialist‚ Alfred Bernhard Nobel. Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm‚ Sweden on October 21‚ 1833. He was born into

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