THE HISTORY OF GEE’S BEND‚ ALABAMA" Draft Article by Kyes Stephens Alabama Online Encyclopedia The community of Gee’s Bend (whose official name is Boykin) is situated in Wilcox County in West Alabama in the bend of the Alabama River. Directly across the river from Camden‚ and southeast of Selma‚ Gee’s Bend has one road into the community. Gee’s Bend is in the Black Belt region of Alabama (an area that draws its name from the soil and the race of the predominant inhabitants). The majority of Native
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I am all for British Imperialism because without British Imperialism we wouldn’t be where we are today. There would be no America‚ and the world would be a completely different place. Instead of speaking English right now we could be speaking French‚ Spanish‚ German‚ Italian‚ or even Chinese. Culture and ideas were spread across the British Empire to and from Britain. At the time of the British Empire‚ all of the countries in the world were trying to acquire more land and resources in an attempt
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Health Insurance Health insurance is defined as insurance that covers any medical expense such as physical checkups‚ radiology and blood tests‚ and surgical expenses. It also covers the cost of medicine and reimburses for medical expenses. Many people were uninsured until 2008 when President Obama was elected. He began an insurance plan called ObamaCare which made it cheaper and easier to have health insurance compared to private insurance companies. The amount of Americans having insurance has
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Branta canadensis. Batman has the Joker. Superman has Lex Luthor. And Spiderman has the Green Goblin interfering with his good intentions. For me‚ my archenemy is Branta canadensis‚ more commonly known as the Canadian Goose. Yes‚ the Canadian Goose. A few years ago‚ my sister had a dance competition at the University of North Florida (UNF). During break‚ as we walked the campus‚ a gaggle of geese was gathered near one of the walkways‚ so jokingly I raised my arms‚ turned toward the geese‚
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Enrique’s Journey takes place in Central America when a Honduran boy‚ named Enrique‚ decides to go on a quest in search for his mother who moved to the US in hopes of a better life and also a way to provide for her two children. Many Central American mothers make the trip to America to send money back to their children to give them better lives than they could give them if they stayed in their native land (Nazario‚ xi). As Americans‚ we probably don’t understand the full extent of how abandoning
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Ha has to move to a new country; like other refugees‚ they have challenges like having to move from their homes‚ which sometimes makes them feel inside out. When Ha and her family moved they left behind‚ “Ten gold-rimmed glasses Father brought back from America…”(Lai‚57). They have to leave their home because they want to go to a safe place to live‚ and they chose to only take so much with them. The items that they took were‚ a shirt‚ a pair of pants‚ three pairs of underwear‚ among other things
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What are trenches? Trenches are a small part of the army. One of the most dangerous places in the army. Why were they there? It gives protection from powerful artillery and firearms. IT was not a new idea it had been used in the U.S civil war‚ Russian Japanese war‚ and other wars. It began around September 1914 and ended when the Allies made a attack that began in late July 1918. By November 1914 there were continuous line of trenches covering 400 miles from switzerland to the north sea they
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American Football came from the English game of rugby‚ American football was started in 1879 by Walter Camp‚ player and coach at Yale University. Objective: To score more points than the opposing team by the end of the time. Basics: * There are two 11-person teams that play against each other throughout the game. * The game lasts for 60 minutes‚ split into four quarters of 15 minutes each. * At the end of the 1st half or the 2nd quarter‚ there is a break‚ and the game continues after
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While I am reading the book ringer‚ I am tired‚ bored‚ and hungry. Wire what she was thinking about using this book‚ I couldn’t of certain‚ and I honestly didn’t care. I feel like the book would never end. The clock has slowed down and looks unmoving . I look around at everything that is hung on the wall‚ trying to distract myself. I glanced down at The book to find out we have only read 10 pages. This book is on ending. Then everything went silent and all you could hear was the clock slowly taking
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The pantheon is made up of two principal parts; the porch; which is a highly idealised and more greek interpretation and the circular building which is much more Roman in it’s display. The pantheon follows traditional Roman architecture designed with a portico held up by eight Corinthian columns almost 12m high. The monolithic columns shafts are made of Aswan grey granite contrasted with the white pentelic marble of the capitals.The porch is supported by these Corinthian columns and is made out
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