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    wasn’t until the infamous Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 that weight and emergency was given to racial issues of the time. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a 381 day-long protest in Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ that galvanized the American Civil Rights Movement and would see the involvement of 4200 African-Americans. Up to 1955‚ Montgomery‚ like other states‚ had laws and regulations that were discriminate towards the black community. With 60% black women working in domestics‚ and 50% black men

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    No.5 in C minor‚ Op.67 Tempo - Beethoven has a sort of obsession with the metronome and used Maalzel metronome markings for all his compositions. The first movement‚ "Allegro con Brio" ‚ is very fast paced. The second‚ third‚ and fourth movements ("Andante con Moto"‚ "allegro"‚ and "Allegro") are also very fast paced. But the fourth movement is a little bit slower than the others. The tempo in the traditional symphonic performance is much slower than the tempo in the contemporary performance.

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    ‘Here’ is a sprawling‚ moving and often majestic poem that takes the reader on a strikingly visual journey through the countryside and the town‚ before finally ending up on the coast. Larkin uses long‚ flowing sentences which add a sense of continual movement; these sentences are full of rich imagery and description which fully immerse the reader in the poem. The poem is titled ‘Here’‚ yet in the first three stanzas the poem takes in various locations and never stands still; the reader questions where

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    reminder of our own mortality. By close examination of the ambulance and its literal movement it is possible to gain a greater understanding of how the ambulance serves as a metaphor of death and the idea that it is ubiquitous; it is indiscriminate; it is inevitable. In the first stanza‚ Larkin immediately makes clear the ambulance’s symbolic substance with the description of the ambulance and its literal movement through the city. The alliterative simile‚ ‘Closed like confessionals’ suggests the

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    from "long‚ long..." until the end‚ in order to illustrate the prolonged and slow dying. He describes the death "at summer’s pace;" a lazy and dawdling movement that disregards its blooming surroundings. He shows that death is unavoidable‚ and is continually occurring‚ even at supposed joyful moments. However‚ Larkin also ends the poem with movement‚ to show that death‚ although inevitable‚ is not necessarily final‚ and that there is potential for an afterlife. The repeated reference to white also

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    finally ending in the coast. Larkin’s frequent use of enjambment gives the poem a sense of continual movement‚ so in fact the reader questions where ‘Here’ actually is. The first word of the poem “Swerving” leads to an immediate physical sense of movement within the poem. However it is not the traditional vehicular movement‚ cars trains and other man made devices do not simply ‘swerve’. The movement in Here is immediately free and unrestrained as the “rich industrial shadows” are left behind. Larkin’s

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    degradation of American progress and development‚ a sudden spark ignited the flame that was known as the era of reformation. Various reform movements grew from the ground up after a realization occurred in Americans that modifications needed to be made. Groups of people gathered together to improve upon education‚ women’s rights‚ and temperance. One reform movement that has had lasting consequences on American culture was the education reform. Before the Market Revolution‚ education in America was weak

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    ceramic‚ premium quality titanium and highly resistant rubber – a perfect marriage a great eye-stunning presentation of timepiece mastery. Carl F. Bucherer watchmakers rose on the challenge meticulously engineering this watch’s intricate automatic movement and also the high-tech ceramic bezel only using high-quality standards to fashion its form.http://www.fashion-luxury-bazaar.com/. Typically recognized for their racer aesthetic themed watches‚ French BRM (Bernard Richard Manufacture) has recently

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    The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union to not only reform social and political change for women‚ but to teach women how to conduct themselves in the new society. She often referred to these teachings and trainings as the “WCTUniversity” where women learned how to think on their feet‚ speak in public places‚ and run an organization. However‚ their main objective for organizing the union was to ban the consumption and sale of alcohol. The union believed alcohol was one of the leading‚ contributing

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    segregation. The NAACP was a big help during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Parks was a secretary for the NAACP. The NAACP had helped to create new ideas that can stop segregation. E.D Nixon was a proud leader of the NAACP during the Civil Rights Movement. Nixon fighting for segregation was the only way to be heard.The NAACP was able to win cases that showed the African Americans were people and they will fight to be seen as

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