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    life’s journey in Ashburn, Georgia. She was the fifth born of ten children. She received her education at Eureka High School in Ashburn and she accepted Christ at an early age. Ethel was an adventurous girl and at the age of 22 she and her sister Augusta (Inez), decided to catch a train to Chicago, Illinois in hopes of receiving better lives. Their Aunt Oda Mae Means-Patterson welcomed them with opened arms when they arrived in Chicago. They later found employment and Ethel soon met and…

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    Living in a time period where male supremacy was present and relationships within a black family were deemed less significant than those relationships in a white family, Alice Walker created “Everyday Use” as a cultural critique on society. Through the character Mama, Walker depicts a strong female figure that raises her children and tries to better her family with the skills she possesses. Similarly, the character of Dee (also known as Wangero) reveals the idea of societies impact on in…

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    people in both Georgia and South Carolina. The mouth of the Savannah is where the city of Savannah, Georgia was founded which was the first city in the colony (Seabrook). Today, the river is the primary water source for the cities of Savannah and Augusta (Seabrook). The mouth of the river created a place to build a major shipping channel in 1917 and is still in use today (Seabrook). Additionally, Savannah, GA which was named for the river was where the movie Forest Gump was filmed (“Savannah,…

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    I am a community soccer coach, coaching for Augusta Arsenal Soccer Club, which is a travel team in which I work with boys and girls from all ages. I also coach at Augusta Christian High School and currently have the boys and girls varsity soccer programs. I am also the volunteer soccer director of the Eagles Home School Program, in which I organize all their games, practices and assign coaches for their boys and girls soccer programs. Outside of coaching I participate in a variety of soccer…

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    September 8, 1860, there was a very stormy night. However, the captain was forced to sail through it with the passengers. A few hours later a small ship named the Augusta collided with the Lady Elgin. And the reason is because in 1860, they did not have navigational laws, so the ships did not have a route to get to there deinsertion. But the Augusta was not harmed but they did not think to stop because they did not think the Lady Elgin was harmed. But the Lady Elgin had a small hole on the side…

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    Arthur Miller is one of the popular authors of the 20th century (“Arthur Miller”); having sold over 250 million books, his contribution to literature is extensive. He has a lot of novels, plays, and fiction stories written. He became a well-known writer after writing the play Death of a Salesman. An interesting thing about his career and the play is that he wrote Death of a Salesman in just one day and won three awards from it (“Arthur Miller Facts”). In the play, Death of a Salesman, Arthur…

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    learned at the Geospatial STEM Academy. This project will consist of helping Grow Harrisburg and my local farmers market named Augusta Locally Grown to determine how many people they serve using data already collected by the organization to perform a density analysis. The project will also include using the ArcGIS Collector app to pinpoint all the raised bed projects Augusta Locally Grown has done in the area. Surprisingly, this data collection will be very similar to what my team did for…

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    Women are Powerful The Harlem Renaissance was a ground breaking time period full of artistic development in literature, fine arts, theatre, and music. The African Americans in the United States grew in popularity but still many civil rights problems were still occurring. Many great people from all around gathered and made a difference in the United States and fought for what they believed in. Times started to change and the African American population knew that they had to take a stand. They…

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    The first amendment is the nucleus and appears to be the root of various political affairs in today’s modern society. From freedom of speech to the controversial subject matter of abortion; the first amendment contains multifarious deficiencies and is a profoundly disputed topic. Discrimination is one of the monumental aspects associated with this misconstrued amendment. Debate is very prevalent on the matter of whether it or not it should it be deemed unlawful for citizens to discriminate…

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    The Big South Conference was founded on August 21st, 1983. When Charleston Southern Athletic Director and Augusta President George Christenberry started recruiting members into the conference and they brought in Augusta, Charleston Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolina, and Winthrop joined the newly formed conference (Big South). Dr. Edward M. Singleton was then named as the leagues first Commissioner. Singleton then continued to add members to the conference such as Armstrong State, Radford, and…

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