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It was truly a life changing thing for me. One thing that hit home for me is that this was not just happening in Atlanta, but that it was happening in Putnam County. Since we got back from Atlanta, my youth group has stepped up and done various community service projects. I decided that I wanted to do my part in helping others. I applied to be a Team Effort mission’s staff member for this summer. Team Effort…

people go to the Fox theatre. They also have to make a lot of popcorn for the people. They make 4 and a half tons of popcorn for people each year. Conclusion Some interesting facts that I found out while researching is that the state capital is Atlanta. I would have never guessed that that was the capital. I thought it was funny how Georgia’s state nickname is called the Peach state. That is what I found interesting about Georgia. I wish I can go there and visit my family. Just not on a school…

in a mysterious place they never been before. They were in a field of talking plants. They decided to take a stroll in the field to see if they can find their way home. Altasia asked one of the plants how to get back to Atlanta. The plant told them in order to get back to Atlanta they need to go and see Ms. Tulip and to follow the rose pedals road, so off they went. When Angelica and Altasia arrived at the plant nursery,…

Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 troops from November 15 till December 21 on a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. It was also known as the Savanna Campaign. The purpose was to scare the Georgia citizens out of the Confederate cause. After he lost Atlanta, the Confederates headed west into Tennessee and Alabama attacking Union supply lines as they went. Sherman's soldiers did not destroy any of the towns in their path, they just stole food and livestock, then burned…

receives about 20 percent less in expenses per student compared to more economically and racially diverse counties such as Gwinnett or Fulton County. In addition, Clayton County is ranked the highest for having the worst teachers and facilities in Atlanta Metro Area. Thus, the teachers that serve lower income and minority youth are usually under paid, over worked, and inexperienced; reason being, is that minorities and lower income students are three times more likely to be taught by a first…

When I grow up want to be a NFL football player, because I love playing football. When I grow up I want to play for the Atlanta Falcons. I want to be there running back, because I like running with the ball in try to get a touchdown. I choose to do this because I love playing,running,and hitting people as hard as I can. A NFL player as a lot of responsibilities,working conditions, and training to do to play. When you are in the NFL it takes a lot of duties and responsibilities. Some…

It talk about what he did and who he worked with. Also about how he led more than 60,000 Union troops to blaze a path from Atlanta to Savannah. This book is based on the people who survived the the Southern Storm to vividly describe the war as it was. The March began with Sherman’s troops leaving the city of Atlanta, Georgia, on November 15, 1864, this war was from Atlanta, Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean. The…

Cratique #2: Fighting back In this movie it talks about how Jim Crow Laws Moved through three cities, Wilmington, New Orleans and Atlanta. At first the cities where doing well and most blacks were striving. Then when whites became to feel threatened by blacks or felt like they were stepping out of their place Jim Crow Laws started to establish. In Wilmington there was a strong middle class filled with whites and blacks. This was one of the largest cities in the state and Blacks were…

Defining “The Mask” of Black African American Women In the book of To Joy My Freedom it all began in the eighteen hundreds in the city of Atlanta. The Black women lived their life working on the field and as house slaves on plantations in antebellum cities that had been strictly under governed rules and regulations over which they had no control. “The black African American women were playfully constructing new identities that overturned notions of racial inferiority that could only be…

personal resources, and the effects of structural racism. My community service experience, includes mentoring/ tutoring school aged youth (ages 6-18) in the Boys and Girls Club program and organizing/ shelving books in the biographies section of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. For…