CE: You came into the season with very high expectations. You have a young team‚ but that hasn’t been an issue. At this point in the season‚ has the team met your expectations? MK: I think we have done what we should have been doing. We’ve met those expectations‚ but we still have higher ones. Our goals are to continue to get better so that we are focused and have a drive towards a chance to compete for a section title‚ not just a league title. We know that we are always going to compete for that
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Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad’s "conductors." During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. And‚ as she once proudly pointed out to Frederick Douglass‚ in all of her journeys she "never lost a single passenger." Tubman was born a slave in Maryland’s Dorchester County around 1820. At age five or six‚ she began to work as a house servant. Seven years later she was sent to work in the fields. While she
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Texas v. Johnson (1989) In 1984‚ following a protest march through the streets of Dallas‚ Texas against the policies of the Reagan Administration‚ Gregory Lee Johnson was handed an American flag. Outside the Dallas City Hall‚ Johnson through the flag onto the ground‚ poured kerosene on it‚ and set fire to it. Many protesters around Johnson began a chant of‚ "America‚ the red‚ white‚ and blue‚ we spit on you!" While many protesters agreed with what Johnson had done‚ there were several others who
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The Incidents of Harriet Jacobs My cultural background stems from both my American and black/Caribbean heritage. Throughout American history‚ there has a constant problem within the realms of race and sex‚ and for a long time‚ prejudice was a fundamentally core belief of the good old USA. The theme of constant oppression in America is what lead me to Harriet Jacobs’ narrative. Harriet Jacobs was a former slave‚ turned female abolitionist. If you know anything about the history of America‚ you
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Harriet Tubman was an extraordinary heroine. She was a powerful woman who used her strength to assist others to a more improved life. Harriet was born a slave‚ she was an extremely hard working slave‚ even through tough situations. However‚ she was not treated properly compared to the tremendous work she did. Lastly‚ after Tubman ran away she made her knowledge useful by helping others runaway. Harriet always did the best of her ability. Harriet was a phenomenal slave that went through several
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Johnson Vietnam War New president Lyndon B. Johnson inherited a difficult situation in Vietnam‚ as the South Vietnamese government was in shambles and the Viet Cong was making large gains in rural areas of the South. Although Johnson billed himself as a tough anti-Communist‚ he pledged to honor Kennedy’s limited troop commitments in Vietnam. The ensuing political instability in South Vietnam persuaded Lyndon B. Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to further increase U.S. military and
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad I am sure everyone has heard about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad at least once in their life; most people have learned about it in elementary or middle school. When I first learned about it‚ I always thought it was an actual railroad that was underground. Eventually‚ I learned that that was not true; it was just a metaphor. “It was symbolically underground as the network’s clandestine activities were secret and illegal so they had to remain
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Brilliant‚ hidden‚ and mathematician are three words that describe Katherine Johnson. Many people believe that Katherine Johnson was just a smart woman at NASA‚ but she was so much more. As a well known mathematician for NASA‚ Katherine Johnson showed Americans that African American women are just as useful as white women. She left a lasting legacy as an extremely intelligent hidden figure. Katherine Johnson’s childhood was one of many contributing factors that helped her get to where she is
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Harriet Tubman‚ an American abolitionist‚ aka the Moses of her people was an escaped slave that worked in the Underground Railroad. She freed around 1000 slaves. On her off time she worked as a humanitarian. Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County in 1820. She deceased in Auburn‚ NY on March 10‚ 1913. The birth name of Harriet Tubman was Araminta Ross. She was also nicknamed Misty and Moses. Harriet Tubman was married to two husbands‚ not at the same time however. Their names were John
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Although President Kennedy wasn’t in office for very long‚ his actions in and out of the whitehouse are legendary. When President Kennedy took the oath of office in 1960 he wasted no time in cleaning up America. Several bills were enacted in President Kennedy’s tenor. A lot of the major ones had to do with crime control. A lot of President Kennedy’s bills were targeted at organized crime. Bill S1653 was singed into action on September 13 1961. This was an interstate travel bill. The bill made it
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