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    Gardner Calvin Taylor was conceived on June 18, 1918, in Baton Rouge, La., to the Rev. Washington M. furthermore and Selena Taylor. His dad, conceived in 1870 to liberated slaves, was a Baptist minister and passed on when Gardner was 13. He was raised by his mom, who was an instructor. He went to isolated schools and experienced his childhood in a city so focused on keeping races separated it showered pesticides to murder mosquitoes just in white neighborhoods, stopping at the edge of black…

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    Before all he did before the marches the speeches the threats aimed at him he was a child. Martin Luther king had two siblings older sister Willie Christine King and a younger brother Alfred Daniel Williams King. King’s father regularly ripped him till he teenage years but it was not unheard of. King’s mother took him to sing in church choir since she was an accomplished organist and choir leader.When King was younger he befriended a white boy but they were torn apart when the boy’s father put…

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    Then he completed his Ph.D. and received his degree in 1955. Then on March 2, 1955, a fifth teen year old girl, a pregnant 15-year-old girl, refused to give up her seat on the bus and was arrested because of it. She was obviously black. Since the girl was pregnant before 18, the civil rights movement had to get Rosa Parks…

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    American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual, having won 22 Oscars from 59 nomination's. In the 1950's, Disney expanded into the amusement park industry, and in 1955 he opened Disneyland. This is were he started his journey of families getting together. He started as film producer in 1966. He was an pioneer of the American animation industry. Walt Disney was known for the creativity of cartoons. He holds…

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    Peaceful Protest Essay

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    How far was the peaceful protest responsible for the successes of the civil rights movement in the years of 1955-64? During 1955-64 USA was still going through racial inequality between whites and blacks. Black campaigns such as Student non-violent coordinating committee, felt that the civil rights movement was too slow and hence needed something to boost them up in order to succeed what they first rose up for, which was desegregation and equality for all. King was a highly charismatic and a…

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    On December 5, 1955, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began and lasted over a year. Four days prior to the start of the boycott, Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man on a bus. As a result of the closeness in timing between both events and the large focus on this particular arrest, many believed it to be the reason behind the boycott. To this day, history books are placing more emphasis on Rosa Parks’ arrest than on the reality behind the success of the boycott.…

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    change your future, which is the emphasized as the main theme of the movie. The main character, Marty McFly, accidentally travels back to the year 1955, where he accidentally meets his parents. By meeting his parents he creates a catastrophe in the space-time continuum. Throughout the movie, Marty McFly focuses on fixing the problems which he made in 1955 to prevent unprecedented events from occurring as he travels back to the future. Furthermore, the dialogue is used consistently in the movie.…

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    Research by John Lanska and Douglas Lanska (2012) stated that the disease was first described by John Todd in 1955. They mentioned that Todd named it after Lewis Carroll who fabricated the story of "Alice in Wonderland". The disease was named after the story because the character Alice fell into an abyss that was a portal to another world where eating and drinking can make you miniature or gargantuan. The effect of AIWS is similar. It can stimulate headaches and visual perceptions such as…

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    On January 15th, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. (his birth name was originally Michael King, Jr.) was born in Atlanta, Georgia. The parents of this remarkable man were Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., a highly religious man, and Alberta Williams King. He had a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King, born July 30th, 1930, and one elder sister, Christine King Farris, born September 11th, 1927. When King was only 6, his father took a trip to Germany, and once he returned from his trip, was…

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    The mathematician that i pick was Albert Einstein March 14, 1879- April 18, 1955 . He was a very smart and intelligent man who had many great ideas that has had an impact on the world today. The reason i picked him is because although he had a slight disability, he was still very successful in life and was one of the most known people from the past. Not only was he wise in math, but he was also very wise in mathematics. Albert Einstein had a very different but unique personality and way of doing…

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