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    Clarence Thomas was born on June 23‚ 1948 in Pin Point‚ Georgia. He spent most of his childhood living with his grandfather and step-grandmother in Savannah‚ Georgia. When he was young‚ his grandfather wanted him to follow a religious career path and he transferred high schools in order to become a priest. He was also very involved in the civil rights movement as a young man. After Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated‚ he left the south and attended Holy Cross College in Massachusetts where he

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    Writing the Struggle African Americans have struggled throughout history. This struggle has written upon by authors such as Fredrick Douglass‚ MLK‚ Malcolm X and Barack Obama. Their struggle has been an experience that not all of us know. This project is about their struggling lives. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. From a young age‚ he realized the struggles that African Americans had. He became a pastor at his father’s church in 1947. There he talked about

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    Elijah Robert Poole was born on October 7‚1897 in Sandersville Georgia. He was the sixth of thirteen children born to William Poole Sr and Mariah Poole. He is famous for being an African American religious leader and the leader of the Nation Of Islaem from 1934 until he died in 1975. He ended his education in the fourth grade to help his family by working as a sharecropper until he left home at age 16 to work in factories. On March 17‚ 1917 he married Clara evans and like many blacks at the time

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    Lysistrata's Boycott

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    Lysistrata The Peloponnesian war has been going on for eighteen long years and the beautiful Lysistrata in common with the other wives of Athens‚ is tired of the absence of their warrior husbands. She decides that it is time to bring an end to this situation by boycotting their husbands from their wives love. Lysistrata gathered the women of Athens and told them about her plan of how she’s going to end this situation and some of the women argued over and over‚ but the beautiful Lysistrata managed

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    In the year 2020 I can see myself presenting a motivational speech. Not really‚ but Martin Luther King gave us a very motivational speech saying that all people should be treated equal and not based on race. The speech we hear most about is the “ I Had a Dream” speech. Martin Luther King said “If you can’t fly‚ then run‚ if you can’t run‚ then walk‚ if you can’t walk‚ then crawl‚ but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” (http://parade.com/) Martin Luther King Jr. was not well known

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    Martin Luther King Jr : Born January 15‚ 1929‚ Atlanta‚ Ga. Parents‚ Michael King jr and Alberta Williams king. He was the middle child. In the early years‚ king was growing up having a goal. Life’s most persistent Ural question is ‘what are you doing for others or the whole world?’ Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase‚ and that’s what he did. King became American Baptist Minister‚ activist

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    Battling Boycotts 1) Question: What type of boycotts the article is addressing? Answer: The type for the boycott is the company’s nationality‚ it would seem that nothing could be done. The business is boycotted through no fault of its own. And a growing class of boycotts has very little to do with the actions or policies of an individual company. Instead they are related to the company’s country of origin. After all‚ it is neither easy nor desirable to change the nationality of a company to shield

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    Childhood and Pg

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    there is a spider it goes boom when the pelican chops his head off afdasjojjdcco jsjdcnsk Who is the story about and what is going to happen to him? (pg. 1) about eddie nd when he dies Describe Ruby Pier. (pg. 1) --provide a minimum of 5 details last place before he died‚ he met his wife‚ taffy stand‚ big ferris wheel. Briefly describe Eddie (pg. 2) – five items minimum old‚ likes kids‚ quiet‚ hes loving‚ bad knee If Eddie could “hear” trouble in the rides‚ what does this suggest about him

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    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15‚ 1929; in Atlanta‚ GA. He was the middle child of Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. Growing up in Georgia MLK jr. he entered a public school at the young age of five. MLK jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 among other honors. One of his accomplishments was his famous “I have a Dream speech” on August 28‚ 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the middle child of Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. He had an older sister‚

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    Civil disobedience has been occurring all throughout the history of this country. Peaceful resistance to laws is a positive way to impact a free society. It is called a peaceful resistance when it is non-violent and there is no blood shed. People such as Rosa Parks peacefully resisted against unfair laws. As it says in the article‚"Parks was arrested for her act of civil disobedience and convicted of violating the Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation in the South until 1965. Her arrest

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