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    Heroes do exist. Even if no one in a cape wearing spandex appears to save society when prejudice and wrongdoings occur, there are some that emerge to do just that in more discrete ways. The heroes of today go unnoticed by many and work tirelessly to protect the world from itself. When these mysterious workers are brought into the public eye, they do not receive the praise they deserve. They are, instead, attacked by those in power and labeled as threats. Aaron Swartz was one of these heroes,…

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    When the American Revolution broke out, the colonies in rebellion did not have a standing Army. Instead, the revolutionaries formed an inexperienced force of colonial troops, mixed together from different New England militia companies. They did not have a unified chain of command. The volunteer militia were supplied, led, armed, and financed by the colonies they grew up in. The U.S. Army was made on June 14, 1775 by the Continental Congress as an army that was unified so the colonies could…

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    was killed when an artillery shell hit him near the front lines in France. The Favre Baldwin Post American Legion was named after him. When the war ended, there was a delay in getting bodies of soldiers home, which started in 1920. On February 13, 1920, “Certificates of Merit from the French Government to Smith County men who fell in France have been recieved by the Favre Baldwin Post American Legion.” Around September 15,1920 is when the removal of bodies from France…

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    African Americans have struggled with equal rights since the beginning of the United States of America. They were treated as if they were less than the Europeans. Jim Crow laws are the laws that allow African Americans to be treated in this way. Many court cases were fought to reverse the treatment of Blacks in everyday life. The civil rights movement was started in the 1950s to change the way African Americans were viewed. TREATMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS In the history of African…

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    "The NAACP’s Thurgood Marshall knew that, in the white supremacist Southern courts of the mid-20th Century, any black man accused of sexually violating a white woman was certain to be found guilty."(Cerf) As a result this is what happened in the case of the Groveland four. This statement can be supported, according to the multiple killings of black men in the South of North America. Many individuals (especially white people) claimed that any black man who violated a white woman, that black man…

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    London-to-Australia race. This began her multiple enrollments for races, in which she will have won several competitions in ’38, ‘39, ’40 and ‘41. This will have earned her to travel to England to scrutinize the "Wings for Britain" program, a system that ferried American built aircraft to Britain. During World War II, 1943, she was delegated to the General Staff of the U.S. Army Air Forces to instruct all stages of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program. Jacqueline's last major…

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    Geronimo: A True American The brave Bedonkohe Apache leader Geronimo was able to accomplish many astonishing feats before he died at the age of seventy-nine in 1909. Some of these achievements include continuing his journey of bettering the lives of his people despite his own family being murdered when he was only twenty-nine (27). Geronimo fully embodies the hard-working and no excuses attitude that many Americans strive for. Geronimo in many ways possesses the same moral code and ideas that…

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    During the American Revolutionary War which was fought principally in the American colonies from 1775 to 1783, there were many factors which contributed to the blooming American nation’s ability to be victorious over the British and gain independence. Some of these numerous factors include the distance between America and Great Britain, the formal and informal Franco-American Alliance, and Britain’s reluctance to fight an expensive war versus America’s intense desire for freedom and dedication…

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    Everyone Has a Little Malcolm in Them: Malcolm X’s Leadership On November 10, 1963, Malcolm X delivered his best known speech at the Northern Negro GrassRoots Leadership Conference in Detroit, Michigan. One of his most famous lines from his speech, “Message to the GrassRoots” states, “Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.”(“Americas | Malcolm X: Key quotes”) Malcolm X was one of the most famous leaders of the…

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    described in Document 5, numerous African American Virginians battled at Valley Forge, many died by starvation or from the cold. Around 1778, as mentioned in Document 5, the black Virginians that survived were marching alongside the whites. At that time, The Rhode Island’s Black Battalion was created, because the state didn’t have enough white soldiers to fight in the Continental Army. Most southern states did not allow the recruitment of African Americans as soldiers, however, did not object…

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