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    White Policeman On the morning of June 16th I said goodbye to my wife and children‚ then headed off for another day at work. Little did I know that I would be protecting my country and have to stand up against those of our own nationality. We got a call at the station that there was a mob of students congregating at Orlando West School‚ protesting against the Afrikaans Medium Decree. Feeling unprepared‚ I had no idea what we would be facing. After collecting ammunition‚ we drove to Orlando West

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    Professor Crawford English 102 14 April 2011 The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother James McBride was born in 1957 to Ruth and Dennis McBride and was raised in Brooklyn’s Red Hook projects with his eleven brothers and sisters (Bodhos 2). In 1997 McBride’s bestselling memoir The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother was published. The story is uniquely written in double voice with chapters alternating between chapters as the author recounts

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    Betty White is one of the most influential actresses of television history. Born as Betty Marion White on January 17‚ 1922 in Illinois‚ her family moved to Los Angeles‚ California during the Great Depression. She began her career by reading commercials for the radio in 1939 when she was seventeen years old. Betty White then started acting on television shows and movies. Since then‚ she has won several awards and continues to act. Betty White’s autobiography‚ If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won’t)

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    Every four years the citizens of the United States of America come together to vote and elect the President of the United States. Voting in any type of election is important because it voices our opinions in selecting important leaders and officials and overall policies. Voting helps the person to decide what will they see done for themselves in the future depending leader who has the same views as you. The voter also is able to voice their opinion in future policies that will come into effect in

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    heir to the imperial throne. Princip was a member of a Serbian terrorist organization‚ Black Hand. He was trying to spread Serbian nationalism. Instead‚ his reckless act started World War 1. About a month of diplomatic challenges and responses‚ the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Ottoman Turkey) and the Allied Powers (Britain‚ France‚ and Italy) went to war. 2. What role did America have in the war from 1914 to 1917? Pages 617-620 ● At the start of World War 1‚ America was neutral‚ but

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    Future Black Americans of today need to register to vote and make use of their voting rights if they want to see a change to the current state of democracy. In the contemporary world of today Americans are said to be living in the most equal nation‚ one where its citizens are entitled to a variety of inalienable rights‚ one in particular being the right to vote. However this was not always the case. From the times of the late Malcolm X‚ we have not made much progress in our voting affairs.

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    ARTICLE V Suffrage I. What is right of suffrage? The Right of Suffrage (from the Latin word suffragium‚ meaning "vote") is the right of the people to choose their officials as their representatives‚ for a definite and fixed period‚ to whom they entrust the exercise of the powers of government. This right‚ as conferred by the constitutional provision‚ "is not a natural right of the citizens‚ but a political right intended to enable them to participate in the process of government

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    Voting and Young People

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    people and Voting The voting system must undergo a transformation before young people become involved in elections. According to government research (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/) people who are 29 or under were less likely to vote than those who are in older age groups. The results of the same study also found that political interest among young people are decreasing every year. This attitude towards politics can be brought to adulthood and can affect the likelihood of voting. In order

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    however‚ the question of how to measure success in life? In an excerpt from The Norton Anthology of American Literature‚ Booker T. Washington wrote of how he began life as the son of a slave. Nevertheless‚ through hard work and a will to succeed‚ Washington became one of the most revered leaders of the African-American community. I believe success should be measured by the ability of an individual to overcome obstacles as demonstrated through resiliency‚ earning respect from others‚ and learning not to

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    INTRODUCTION-: “ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM” is an online voting technique. It is based on the other online services like “ONLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM” .In this system people who have citizenship of INDIA and whose age is above 18 years of any [censored] can give his\her vote online without going to any polling booth. There is a DATABASE which is maintained by the ELECTION COMMISION OF INDIA in which all the names of voter with complete information is stored. SCOPE-: - This system will increase the voting percentage

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