English The Real Barack Obama By: Trae Hemphill Barack Hussein Obama II August 4‚ 1961 Barack Hussein Obama II‚ or “Barry‚” his child hood name given to him by his father was brought into this world in Honolulu‚ Hawaii‚ USA by his mother‚ Ann Dunham‚ and father Barack Obama Sr. His parents met as college students at the University of Hawaii. Their relationship was frowned upon by both sets of parents; though it did not stop them from blessing the world with Barack Obama Jr. After a short
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Martin Luther King Jr’s ”The Ways of Meeting Oppression” is a division and classification essay in which King explains the ways in which oppressed people meet oppression. He states that‚ historically‚ oppressed people have responded to their oppression in negative ways either resulting in their total destruction or prolonging their oppression. King challenges the oppressed Negro to meet oppression positively and effectively. In the essay‚ he examines the three characteristics ways of meeting oppression
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Illinois voters sent a Democratic newcomer‚ Barack Obama‚ to one of the state’s two seats in the U.S. Senate in 2004. Obama’s landslide victory in Illinois was significant on several fronts. Firstly‚ he became the Senate’s only African American lawmaker when he was sworn into office in January 2005‚ and just the third black U.S. senator to serve there since the 1880s. Moreover‚ Obama’s political supporters came from a diverse range of racial and economic backgrounds‚ which is still relatively rare
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Early Life and Career Barack Obama‚ the 44th President of the United States‚ was born on August 4‚ 1961 in Honolulu‚ in the state of Hawaii to Barack Obama‚ Sr. (1936–1982) (born in Rachuonyo District‚Kenya Colony‚ British Empire) and Stanley Ann Dunham‚ known as Ann (1942–1995) (born in Wichita‚ Kansas‚ United States). Obama spent most of the early years of his childhood in Honolulu‚ where his mother completed college after his parents divorced. Obama started a close relationship with his maternal
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Barack Obama The President Of the United States Biography Barack Hussein Obama II‚ born August 4‚ 1961‚ a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School‚ is the 44th and current president of the United States. For your information‚ he is also the first African American to hold the office. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He also worked as civil-rights lawyer and teacher before pursuing a political career. He was later elected to the Illinois State
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1. Briefly describe the situation preceding Dr. King’s arrest and what prompted him to write the letter. - Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for demonstrating without a permit; his activities were described as “unwise and untimely”. He wrote the letter to show readers why he did what he did; he intended for his reasons to be known. 2. For whom does Dr. King initially write the letter? Who do you think eventually becomes his audience after being released from prison? - I believe the original
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“You cannot hear the name Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ and not think of death. You might hear the words “I have a dream‚” but they will doubtlessly only serve to underscore an image of a simple motel balcony‚ a large man made small‚ a pool of blood. For as famous as he may have been in life it is‚ and was‚ death that ultimately defined him. Born into a people whose main solace was Christianity’s Promise Land awaiting them after the suffering of this world‚ King took on the power of his race’s presumed
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According to the Dictionary Online (2013)‚ “Injustice is the violation of the rights of others; unjust or unfair action or treatment.” Martin Luther King Jr. defined an unjust law in the Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)‚ “An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality
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Barrack Obama was born August 4th‚ 1961 in Honolulu‚ Hawaii. Before being inaugurated as president on January 20‚ 2009 he had a whole different life. He graduated high school at Punahou School in 1979. Following high school‚ Obama moved to Los Angeles in 1979 to attend Occidental College. Later in 1981‚ he transferred to Columbia University in New York City‚ where he majored in political science with a specialty in international relations and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1983. He worked for
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Barack Obama‚ “The Nation’s First Black President”‚ exists undoubtedly as one of the faces of our country’s continuous movement toward post-racism‚ but the questions of his impact toward our aspiring post-racial society diminishes his legacy. A common misconception claiming he’s made little progressions toward racial equality throughout his presidency leads to a sense of hopelessness and irrationalism. Americans---minority Americans in particular‚ want post-racialism to be in effect immediately‚
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