Medgar Evers Civil rights activist. Born July 2‚ 1925‚ in Decatur‚ Mississippi. After growing up in a Mississippi farming family‚ Evers enlisted in the United States Army in 1943. He fought in both France and Germany during World War II before receiving an honorable discharge in 1946. In 1948‚ he entered Alcorn Agricutural and Mechanical College (now Alcorn State University) in Lorman‚ Mississippi. During his senior year‚ Evers married a fellow student‚ Myrlie Beasley; they later had three children:
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“Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.” This is a quote by Dutch painter and Etcher. There have been several painters who focused on the atmosphere of the locations or spots that they chose to draw on their canvas. However‚ some of the painters founded themselves mysteriously involved into the environments of places that they visited. One of those painters is Grand Wood‚ who painted the American Gothic. Wood made certain atmosphere the bases of his painting and through his unique style of painting
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To what extent were the aims of the 1905 Revolution achieved? To a certain extent the aims of the 1905 Revolution were achieved. Every class had grievances with the government and their main aims were political reforms‚ land reforms‚ civil liberties and industrial reforms. The October Manifesto partially addressed most of the factors concerned‚ yet a year after the mandate‚ the Fundamental Laws were passed and it made the October Manifesto redundant in many aspects. The general populace wanted
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Alexander the Great Alexander the Great aspired more hopes and dreams than any man who had ever existed in the history of humanity. He was a noble hero‚ a righteous politician‚ flawless tactician‚ and even referred himself as the son of Zeus. To acquire the title “Great” one must do great deeds‚ but was Alexander truly great? By age 30‚ he had conquered what was the known world and that alone is a feat worth titling as great . Alexander merits the title of “Great” because he is still talked about
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are so many examples I can name. For one‚ every thing you want in life you have to work hard to earn it. Nothing is given to you for free. Everything in life costs you or someone else money‚ time‚ or effort. This includes all the important things in life like air‚ freedom‚ life‚ living‚ love‚ children‚ marriage‚ jobs‚ and friendships. However‚ if we consider the meaning of free‚ "without cost of any kind to anyone at any time--past‚ present or future"‚ it would be hard to find anything that
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George Washington was a great person. He was the only person who could have held the army together and keep them from quitting. George Washington kept his military from quitting and he led the country to victory in the Revolutionary War. He was appointed the first president of the United States of America. His generals originally wanted to call him king but he refused because he thought that if he was named king then they would have accomplished nothing so he made them call him President. George
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Charles Chauncy “Enthusiasm Described and Caution’d Against” In the excerpt from his sermon “Enthusiasm Described and Caution’d Against” from 1742‚ Charles Chauncy makes use of metaphors and similes in order to describe the so called “enthusiasts”. On the other hand‚ he changes his register by incorporating words related to business and thus establishes a contrast between the “enthusiasts” and the “reasonable” (387) followers of God. Towards the beginning of the application of his sermon‚ Chauncy
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crowned himself emperor of France in 1804. No one in his family was ever royal‚ so therefore‚ he had to learn everything on his own. For someone who had no experience with the throne‚ he was a pretty great leader. There are many debates on whether Napoleon should be called the “great” or not. This is exactly what is going to be talked about in this paper. The reason why people want him to be called the “great” is because of all of the great things he did for France. Other
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]“Much Ado about Nothing is a comedy without substance” Discuss Old and new comedy both appear during the play‚ they are only produced for entertainment purposes.Old comedy usually sees a plot with a problem to overcome. This is attempted with a absurd plan‚ often leading to satire and buffoonery.These key features of old comedy are shown when Hero has to fake her death in order for Claudio to marry her and dogberry and verges court case to gain respect and honour.New Comedy is also visible
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Sociology - What is Achieved Status? Status is a Sociology term very often used to refer one’s position within the society as a child‚ youth or parent. A person may have a multiple status in the society. A man could be a son‚ father‚ husband‚ brother etc. As Linton says‚ “A status is closely related beliefs about expectation of those having status”. A simple way of identifying one’s status in the society is to see his position that he holds after a certain merit or biological. The society has
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