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    Law enforcement claims that Peters a drug wholesaler, and Arturo Beltran Leyva had a relationship. Craig Petties (Race Car aka Kansas) is an African American male who was born in Tennessee. He was raised in the Riverview – Kansas neighborhood by a hard working mother who lay a spiritual foundation. Religion played a critical role in his life. Nevertheless, Race Car dropped out of high school and started dealing drugs at 19. He met a member of the Beltran Leyva family, La Barbie. Over the years,…

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    The person who I chose to research more information on is, Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. but he identifies himself as aka: ‘Snoop Dogg’. American Rapper/Record producer and Actor, Entrepreneur. He was raised as a Baptist, then he converted to Mormonism, then to Islam and now currently his religion is Rastafari religion • Aka: Snoop Dogg was born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California, US. • He was raised Baptist, starting his musical career by playing the piano at the local Baptist church.…

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    On April 3, 1964, human rights activist Malcolm X gave the speech “The Ballot or the Bullet.” The speech was delivered in a time of political upheaval, when discussions of racial equality and integration between white and black people were becoming popularized and increasing in frequency. Malcolm X himself suffered much turmoil leading up to the speech; after the assassination of John F. Kennedy and inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, Malcolm X, refusing to give condolences to the Kennedy family…

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    important characters. The first character I will tell you about is Elijah Freeman. Elijah is the main protagonist of the story. He is is 11 years old and is the first child in Buxton to be born free. The story is written in 1st person and it is told from his perspective. Elijah is best friends with Cooter Bixby. Elijah is best known for being skilled at “chucking stones” and throwing up on Frederick Douglas’ suit as a child . Elijah is also shown to be very gullible throughout the book…

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    The Code of the Street by Elijah Anderson is a theory developed by Anderson himself that demonstrates the explanation of the high rates of violence and the life of inner-city people, mainly African-Americans, living in Philadelphia. In some of the most economically depressed and drug- and crime-ridden pockets of the city, the rules of the civil law have been severely weakened, and in their stead a “code of the street” often holds away (Anderson 9). The “code of the street” is known as a set of…

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    Xavier need to kill Elijah? The differences between the two caused Xavier to grow more and more afraid of Elijah. Elijah’s shadow kept growing and nothing was going to keep it in check. His true self is shown despite the persona he puts up. Even when Elijah smiles, Xavier can tell that he is faking it. Xavier is the only person who can read Elijah and understand him. When Niska sends the letter and Xavier misunderstands the message, thinking that Niska told him to kill Elijah, he has to overcome…

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    After reflecting on the care God gave to Samuel, Elijah, and Elisha, I believe that God’s care for these individuals started at the very beginning of their lives being known. In some cases like Samuel’s, his mother Hannah desired to have a child and the Lord provided such blessing. 1 Samuel 1:27 says, ”I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him.” (New International Version) In gratefulness of God’s blessing Hannah returned Samuel back to God, in reason of her…

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    Who is Elijah Doughty? Well, the more appropriate and unfortunate question is, who was Elijah Doughty? How could a normal August day, in the small town of Kalgoorlie, end in tragedy for such a young boy?This is Remembering Elijah Doughty. As the story broke, of a 14-year old Kalgoorlie boy passing away, in a collision between a Ute and a small dirt bike (which the boy was riding) the country was shocked. As the day progressed, more information surfaced about the driver of the Ute and how this…

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    creation of celestial maps that showed an exponential number of stars in the heavens, adding to the awe of a sphere that is millions of miles away and beautiful beyond compare. Star atlases became a way of conveying information about the heavens, and Elijah H. Burritt's, "The Geography of the Heavens, 1856 (Cover-title: Atlas designed to illustrate Burritt's Geography of the Heavens), edited by Hiram Mattison and first published in 1833, is a 6-chart atlas that illustrates the mapping of the…

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    The breathtaking book, Elijah of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis, throws twists and turns at you in many ways. During the 1600s, slavery began. This was a time period when Caucasian Americans commenced purchasing African Americans for the sole purpose of slavery. This forced black Americans to do things that they didn’t want to do such as working on farms and cleaning homes for no money. In the novel, eleven-year-old Elijah had to go through his family being separated and slavery occurred. In…

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