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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Friendship is one of the most valuable things in life. Based on Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary‚ the definition of a friend is‚ “A person whom one knows‚ likes and trusts.” Because there are many different types of friends that people want or need‚ the meaning of a ‘real friend’ depends on their ideas. However‚ my personal opinions of characteristics that make a good friend are being honest‚ loyal‚ and polite. Honesty is an essential characteristic of a true friend because it is one of the criteria
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television after a long day. My most comfortable place‚ as well as many others‚ is the living room. It provides a relaxing‚ pleasant feeling as I am able to lie down on the couch‚ study‚ read a book‚ watch television‚ and more. Anytime I feel irritated or annoyed‚ the living room is the best spot to comfort me because of its quietness and calmness. It provides me with a huge variety of things to do and could placate me during a bad day. I am able to do many things in a living room. It provides a
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The quote “ Listen‚ Sam‚ If it was nature‚ nobody wouldnt have tuh look out for babies touchin’ stoves‚ would they? ‘Cause dey just naturally wouldn’t touch it. But dey sho will. So its caution. “Naw it aint‚ its nature‚ cause nature makes caution. It’s de strongest thing dat God ever made‚ now. Facts is its de onliest thing God ever made. He made nature and nature made everything else.” has more depth and meaning then the surface. Its mostly talking about human nature. It’s the way humans act or
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When I think about my school year‚ many things come to mind. I think about the friends that I’ve made. I think about the highs and lows that have happened.I also think about how I’ve grown personally. My 7th grade year at CMS was full concepts learned‚ memorable experiences‚ and personal growth. This year I have learned many concepts. One thing I learned is inequalities. I learned inequalities from Mrs.Pilato’s 3rd period math class. She helped me learn more important things. An example is 3y-3>12
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I saw the poster that my English teacher brought in to class this week‚ it said write a composition about ’’a hero that you most admire’’. I thought for a second who would it be. It didn’t take me long to choose my very own mom. Well‚ to start off‚ my mom was not born anywhere near Ireland. She was born on the other side of Europe; Kraslava‚ Latvia. She grew up during a time when making
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In summer school‚ we all learned a lot of different things such as writing‚ reading and doing annotation work. Everyone one needs to learn how to do this all because you are not always going to have someone there to translate or read to you and tell you what is say. Reading and Writing are two of the most important things to learn about because in this world you are going to have to read something or write things to other people and what if you do not know how to do that?. Then you would be screwed
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PROPOSAL For an International Celebration of world Youth Week in Dec‚ 2011 “Growing up in a challenging world” This proposal is suggesting that “Growing up in a challenging world” is a suitable theme for International Celebration of world Youth Week which will be held in Dec‚ 2011. The proposal comprises two parts; the former part introduces the strength of this theme‚ in regards to its relevance to Hong Kong and the latter part covers the details in the week‚ including the issues that can
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Medgar Evers Medgar Evers was a civil rights activist whose life was cut short due to the racism and discriminations towards blacks in his time. Medgar Wiley Evers was born on July 2‚ 1925‚ near Decatur‚ Mississippi. He grew up on a small farm that his father owned along with 5 other siblings. Evers strived to get his diploma by walking 12 miles to and from school every day‚ until 1943‚ when Evers was inducted into the army along with his brother Charles Evers. He fought during WWII he was honorably
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particular league most likely fall into one of three possible categories. The first category are those being the players who are trying to get noticed by a Major League team. The second category of players are those who may have previously played professional ball‚ and for whatever reason do not anymore‚ but wish to keep playing at a competitive level. The final category are those players who simply love the game‚ and will play anytime and anywhere. This last group of players most likely have other “real”
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