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    Bostick US History (Period 4) May 31‚ 2013 Black Panthers One of the biggest contributors to help develop civil rights in the United States was the Black Panther Party. This civil rights movement created by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland‚ California of 1966 was considered to be the “greatest threat to the internal security of the country” (US History 13.3). This party was created to specifically focus on self-defense especially from police brutality. Section 1: Background information:

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    This story takes place in San Francisco‚ where the Tang people worked for the Demons. Americans were referred to as Demons and Chinese people were referred to as Tang people. Only men could go workin San Francisco‚ while mothers stayed in the MIddle Kingdom taking care of their families. Men sent money to their families‚ and only got to see them about every five years. Moonshadow meets his father and the rest of the company. He meets some of his family members and his father’s friends. He learns

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    teams to be publicly owned fans would have to show equal support for every team. This make sense because a team like the Dallas Cowboys‚ who are already worth $4 billion‚ would sell more stocks than the Oakland Raiders ‚ who are only worth $1 billion. The reason that is incorrect is that even the Oakland Raiders‚ making the lowest reneuve of any team‚ still makes more than enough money to support their franchise coming from their fans. The Raiders make 285 million dollars a year coming from fans in some

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    Ph.D. Program Guidelines

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    G #: First Name: Last Name: Department: Department Chair: Ph.D. Program: Start Date: 7/5/2010 I. PREPARATION: 56 Course Credits – Approval Agent: Dept. Chair Cr Course Term/Year University/College Degree Program Grade P R E V I O U S C O U R S E S

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    AFL which was a rival football league completely merged to create a 26 team league (Football History 1967 and 1970). In 1980‚ the Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl‚ the Oakland Raider won it in 1981‚ and the San Francisco 49ers won the Super Bowl in 1982(The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica 6). Also in 1982 the Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles (Relocation of Professional Sports Teams 1.2.3). In 1983‚ the playoffs in 16 teams instead of the normal 12 teams because the regular season was

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    1997) In the movie‚ using “Moneyball” theory to win The World Series was the direction of the team‚ trying their best with assertive personality to reach the goal was the intensity‚ and the determination that they never give up before turning the Oakland Athletics around was his persistence. The motivation Beane installed in the organization led it to a successful baseball team during the season and won lots of games. Without motivation‚ the team might give up early and could not have went deep into

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    The overbearing presence of police and probation officers throughout the lives of young men in Oakland creates a net-widening effect whereby juveniles are at an increased risk of arrest through the sanctions imposed for non-criminal behavior in schools and the presumed criminality of these youths by the police‚ schools‚ and community members. Rios’

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    and reliable information‚ this site provides pictures and examples of books and playground equipment young children may have read and used during the 1930 ’s. Lay‚ Elizabeth ‚ and Joel Wing . "Depression Era: 1930s: Education." Oakland Museum of California. Oakland Museum of California ‚ n.d. Web. 9 May 2013. . Composed for the research of teachers and students‚ this library website has much useful information about life and education in the 1930 ’s. By no means was there equality in education

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    II. Walmart is good A. Walmart can be good. Opening stores where there’s nothing can help a town. An example is Oakland; this town was on its edge of becoming a ghost town‚ until Walmart came to town. “I think this is a benefit because there was nothing out here‚” (Mike Breuner‚ of Oakland.) Robert Turner‚ from Oakland agreed. “I think this is just great‚ out here‚ where people are struggling to find work‚ a job at walmart is better than no job at all. In an area

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    History of Huey Newton

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    many other civil rights leaders who were religious Southerners‚ from middle class and well-educated families‚ Huey P. Newton was a working class man from a poor urban black neighborhood. Born February 17‚ 1942‚ in Oak Grove Louisiana‚ Huey moved to Oakland‚ California when he was just two years old. During childhood‚ remarkable quick wit and strength earned him the respect of his peers and the reputation of being a tough guy (Seale 40). Upon his enrollment at Merrit College

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