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During the Populist and Progressive Era, various African American leaders attempted to spark a movement in the direction of civil rights for blacks. Although failing to rally momentum in its early years, radically different views were thrown out by those deemed important to the movement. Two African American leaders of the Era, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois presented their own ideas for the black community on how they can improve their lives alongside the whites. Washington advocated…

The Shadows of the Silhouettes Through the Art, the artist is capable to express his deepest feelings and ideas. The Art is a valuable tool that allows the artist to manifest or communicate emotions. The artist through his work can reflect hatred, abuse, love, happiness, peace, and many other feelings that can be reflected in a painting. Where its creator with his work, transmit to the audience a hidden message to interpret or decode. Have you ever imagined the world without art? Throughout…

The most important trait of Dayton Moore is his ability to be an impactful leader and set this franchise up for success. Dayton is a dynamic character in the book because he changes a lot from being a kid to a college baseball player and from an Atlanta Braves scout to the Royals…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., born on January 15, 1929, grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, the heart of the racist south of the United States. King, throughout history, is known as the leader of the Civil Rights movement with his peaceful protests and marches, and powerful voice during his speeches. But growing up the son of a pastor, he was sensitive kid in the comfortable middle class of African Americans, but was well aware of the Jim Crow laws that separated him and other black people from the…

hungry they would go to Catfish Kitchen which had all you can eat Catfish and Fried Chicken. The football players usually went places that weren’t too far away or the Piccadilly Cafeteria. They waited to go to Harry’s Steakhouse until after the games. Atlanta was a great city. They went to The Fox Theater most of the time. If you were a Varsity Football player during that time you would have your picture hanging in the Fox. They also earned free passes to the Fox. They went to The Rialto as well…

An Introduction to the Topic According to the Atlanta Public Schools website, in 2018 62% of new jobs will require some post-secondary education (Why the Common Core? Section, para. 3). This means that more than half of the jobs available in the next few years will require something that a lot of people are unable to obtain. For some they may not feel that they are not “smart” enough to attend college after graduating high school because of the grades they received in high school. If…

one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." — Martin Luther King, Jr. / "I Have A Dream" speech, August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia and he was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee the day after his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” speech and was shot on his balcony. His parents were Michael King Sr. (1899-1984) and Alberta Williams King (1926-1974).…

activities which helped me so much. One of the things he signed me up for was Youth of the Year. Youth of the Year is program were one teen from each Metro Atlanta Boys and Girls Club come together to work on writing skills, business skills, public speaking, and good sports mention. And you also complete with each other to represent Metro Atlanta Boys and Girls Club at State. To me, at the end I didn't care about winning, because I had met some great friends and…

16 month old Jasmine was abducted on Christmas Eve from Greyhound's bus station. A young woman approached Mrs. Anderson, which was struggling with her baggage and offered to help her by holding Jasmine. Later when Mrs. Anderson looked up, the woman had vanished. Ms. Matthews, who had just gotten out of prison, took off with Jasmine. She was going to visit her boyfriend and his family for Christmas but lied to them about having a child while in prison. Ms. Matthew's boyfriend's family saw the…

Lonnie G. Johnson Lonnie G. Johnson was a famous man for many things. He was born on October 6, 1946 in Mobile, Al. Early in his life, he started to build things out of scraps from a junk yard. Lonnie’s father was a skilled handyman who taught his children to make their own toys and that’s basically where his passion for making toys came from. When Johnson was just 13 years old, he took a lawnmower engine and attached it to a go-kart he made from old scraps at a junkyard, and raced it up and…