Little Rock Nine decide they would step up and stand for what is right‚ desegregating schools. Second‚ in 1954‚ the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown that segregated schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution‚ which guarantees “equal protection of the laws.” African Americans and many others
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America would be much different if the Bill of Rights was not in the Constitution to protect the rights of the citizens. Amendment nine gives a lot of rights to the citizens in the Bill of Rights. The ninth amendment protects the rights of the citizens that are not listed in the Constitution and in the Bill of Rights. The ninth amendment in the Bill of Rights says‚ "The enumeration in the Constitution‚ of certain rights‚ shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
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Justice Gary Gilmore’s letter to Nicole: The extract from Norman Mailers documentary novel‚ “The Executioners song” is about a letter that Gary Gilmore wrote to his girlfriend Nicole. He wrote the letter when he was in jail‚ for killing two persons. He wrote the letter after he had spent 22 years of his life in prison. The letter is from August the third‚ 1979. The letter starts with Gary telling about Nicole and her love and how he was not prepared for the kind of honest open love she gave
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Gary Larson is the creator of the enormously popular cartoon The Far Side. The cartoons unique style and creative style has helped it to become one of the most recognizable and popular cartoons of all time. Gary Larson was born August 14th 1950 in University Place‚ Washington (near Tacoma‚ WA) to Verne and Doris Larson. As a child he enjoyed drawing and biology as well as playing the guitar. He graduated from Curtis Senior High School and then attended Washington State University where he earned
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Speak Your Mind‚ Even if the Voice Shakes To make a difference in life‚ you have to have courage. Most people have the ideas of making a difference‚ but don’t have the courage to do anything about it. In the story NightJohn by Gary Paulsen‚ NightJohn shows us how to have courage‚ when everyone else would turn the other way. Foremost‚ NightJohn had escaped from slavery already‚ but came back to teach slaves how to read and write (page 55). NightJohn could’ve just stayed in the North where it was
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Gary paulsen Alejandro Carrillo Gary paulsen born minneapolis minnesota on May 17‚ 1939-present in his lifetime he became known as an author‚ but it wasn’t always this way. Gary Paulsen as a child lived with his grandmother until age seven Paulsen then went to live with his parents in Manila‚ Philippines. While living with his parents who continued to argue‚ Paulsen was frustrated and decided to leave at age 14 working odd jobs at a young age Gary in his early years worked odd jobs like;
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Gary Soto Essay Juan Martinez Gary Soto was born on April 12‚ 1952 in Fresno‚ California and is a Mexican-American author and poet. Gary’s parents are Manuel Soto and Angie Soto. In his youth‚ he worked in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley and in factories in Fresno. Gary’s father died in 1957‚ when he was five years old. His family struggled to find work and he had little time and encouragement for school‚
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Once upon a time‚ there lived a man and his family. One day‚ he woke up in the morning to find his son very sick. His wife told him that he should send the boy to hospital but he refused. The man told his wife that his son would soon be well. He went to a herbalist for some herbs‚ but anytime the boy took the herbs‚ it rather worsened the case. Every day the boy got very weak and anytime the man’s wife told him to take the boy to hospital‚ he told her that the boy would soon be well. After some
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In the book The Brooklyn Nine by Alan Gratz the main character is Felix Schneider and he is trying to be the fastest boy in america.Felix lives with his Aunt and Uncle and he runs cloth to large companies. Then Felix gets caught in an explosion and his legs get all burned up. Felix’s Uncle also loses his job so they have to use the money that Felix safed to bring his family to America. Throughout the story Felix helps people by being Brave‚smart‚ and responsible. Felix is very brave throughout the
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Gary Ridgway was born on February 18th 1949 in Salt Lake City‚ Utah. He was born to his mother Mary Steinman and father Thomas Ridgway. Gary was raised in McMicken Heights‚ Washington and had an abnormal childhood overshadowed by a bad and unpleasant relationship with his mother. Gary was a bed-wetter and was believed to be very unintelligent with a very low IQ. He had trouble in school with poor grades. Gary first attempted homicide in around 1966 at the age of sixteen years old by luring a six
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