Rosa Parks was a black seamstress in Montgomery‚ Alabama. She was arrested for being courageous in 1955. While fed up with white racism; she did not give up her bus seat to a white man. This preceded to the Montgomery bus boycott against the city’s bus system which Martin Luther King Jr. led. Ida B. Wells was the first African American to file a suit against discrimination after she was denied a seat on a railroad car for being black. She also founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement
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The world has witness great musicians who have left their marked in the music industry‚ but Duke Ellington revolutionized the industry with his music and showed the world a different type of style. Duke Ellington described his music as "American Music" rather than jazz‚ and he enjoyed to describe those who try and mimic him as "beyond category”. He is still one of the most influential figures in jazz‚ if not in all American music and is widely recognized as one of the twentieth century’s best known
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When it doesn’t‚ the structure acts like a bungee cord and pulls the organization back to its old strategy. Strategy follows structure. What the organization does defines the strategy. Changing strategy means changing what everyone in the organization does. When an organization changes its structure and not its strategy‚ the strategy will change to fit the new structure. Strategy follows structure. Suddenly management realizes the organization’s strategy has shifted in an undesirable way. It appears
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The Process of making Doritos Juan Gonzalez Pedegree II teacher: Alana Olson Is it good or bad for health? That’s a question many people say to themselves‚ but the truth is that whether bad unhealthy or not‚ Doritos has become part of people’s daily life when it comes to grocery shopping. Probably when Arch West created the Doritos idea‚ he never tought that it would become what is now; because from 1990’s until now (and counting) are the most famous
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Duke Ellington definitely stands in my mind as one of the more important and productive musicians of this century. One of the first black band leaders‚ and one of the most innovative‚ the Duke wrote music of all types and styles from solo jazz piano pieces to 16 piece pop songs to symphony orchestra pieces. His wide range of composing styles is seen in his collaborations with prominent performers‚ two of which are John Coltrane and Frank Sinatra. He was born in 1899 in Washington‚ D.C.‚ and came
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Creating of the constitution In creating the Constitution‚ the states had several different reactions‚ including a rather defensive reaction‚ but also an understanding reaction. As a document that provided the laws of the land and the rights of its people. It directs its attention to the many problems in this country; it offered quite a challenge because the document lent itself to several views and interpretations‚ depending upon the individual reading it. It is clear that the founders’ perspectives
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character is skin deep and based on an individual’s actions. In the novel Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ the Duke and the King are two flat characters that have a one track mind based on bad intentions. To begin‚ the duke and the king are a pair of conmen that are running from a mob of people that they have swindled. They encounter the protagonist‚ Huck Finn‚ and are carried away on a raft. The Duke and the King are the drollest people in the novel‚ the most despicable and the most fraudulent. Firstly
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with this letter you will find your child’s Smarter Balanced test results. These results report your child’s performance on the English language arts and mathematics sections of the Smarter Balanced test that was administered in March 2017. For more information about the Smarter Balanced test‚ please visit the Connecticut State Department of Education website at www.sde.ct.gov. In the search box in the upper right hand corner‚ enter Smarter Balanced Parent Guide. It is important to remember that these
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Tikemo Higgins 12:30 Duke Ellington Duke Ellington was born Edward Kennedy Ellington on April 29‚ 1899 in washington D.C. And died may 24‚ 1974 at the age of 74 in new york city. Edward was an american composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader of orchestras. His career and hard work spanned over 50 years‚ leading his orchestra from 1923 until his timely death. Ellington though widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz‚ he himself embraced the phrase” Beyond Category”
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A Balanced Ecosystem - An Aquarium The term ecosystem describes both the living and non-living components of an area that interact with one another. All the components are inter-dependant in some way with each other. An ecosystem may be aquatic or terrestrial. In an aquatic ecosystem rocks are needed for shelter and plants provide oxygen for fish. An ecosystem is balanced when the natural animals and plants and non-living components are in harmony- i.e. there is nothing to disturb the balance.
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