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    place is seen as a place of refuge for the old man and the older waiter, who face down the barrel of existential depression. Their fear of ‘nothing’, described by Baker as being “so huge, terrible, overbearing, inevitable, and omnipresent that, once experienced, it can be never forgotten”, can never be truly alleviated, only stymied (Baker). The clean, well-lighted place serves in this capacity for the characters, but is additionally a symbol for similar places within reality. The troubles of…

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    Short Life, Lasting Impact “Some kids wish to be a cowboy, to be a princess, to be a chef, or a farmer, while other kids wish for a cure so they can grow up (Joe Wasser)”. Kyle Baker was one of the kids with the wish for a cure to demolish the sickness that ended up taking his life. Just a boy from Searcy, Arkansas who had to take on the world to overcome low survival rates of Pleomorphic Sarcoma, the monster that hid below where anyone could see. It was finalized that CIC-DUX4 Positive Round…

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    James Partrick is a DJ, curator, author, and educator. He curates and develops electronic music and art festivals and events. He has also won many awards including the American Composer Forum- MECA award. He also develops music production, composition, and sound design curricula for Dubspot in New York City and the Institute of Production and Recording in Minneapolis. He is also the owner of the Slam Academy that students take the electronic music training. James Patrick started the article…

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    one spirit; worship in spirit and in truth; and if daily adoring, imploring, and living the divine Life, Truth, Love, thou shalt partake of the bread that cometh down from heaven, drink of the cup of salvation, and be baptized in Spirit,” wrote Mary Baker Eddy in 1898 (Christian Science Versus Pantheism). Mrs. Eddy (as she is colloquially referred to by her followers) was the woman who came to found the Christian Science religion, based on the metaphysical New Thought movement, in 1879…

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    Josephine baker was born on June 3,1906 in St.Louis, missouri and died April 12,1975. Josephine was a spy in world war II which was very helpful to france. Josephine was a dancer, singer and a spy. In the 1950s and 60s she was fighting segregation and racism in the united states but still focused on her career. After her career with dancing was going well she adopted 12 children called the rainbow tribe. Today i am going to take you through a journey of josephine’s life and accomplishment.…

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    In the article “Speech at The March On Washington” by Josephine Baker and “Letter From Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. both argue about discrimination and making a solution with non-violence such as protesting. To achieve true freedom, you must practice non-violence in order to protect your rights. To begin with, in order to achieve true freedom one must protest peacefully. According to the text “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Baker states “We must come to see that, as the federal…

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    In the articles “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and “Speech at the March on Washington” by Josephine Baker both mention the only way you can achieve true peace is through non-violence. It is true that the only way to have true freedom is through nonviolence. First and foremost, in the source “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. argues that his people are using nonviolence over violence. Lines 382-384 King states “Rather, I have tried to say that…

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    Jazmine Lopez Ms. Overton English lll 23-2-2024 Black History Project Ella Baker once said, “Strong people don’t need strong leaders”. In particular, that means the goal of becoming a leader, an educator, or an organizer, is not to be the strangest, the most overpowering, or even the most knowledgeable. Ella Josephine Baker was an African American civil rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned more than five decades. In New York City and the South, she…

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    the March on Washington" by Josephine Bake and "form Letter to Viceroy, Lord Irwin" each passage shows many examples of equality, and how non-violence can bring equal rights. To achieve true freedom one most use non-violence means in order to find a peaceful solution. To begin with discrimination people should respect the religion or color of the person and not make them less. Based on the "Speech at the March on Washington" by Josephine Baker on lines 42-45, Baker expressed "I tell you I…

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    The purpose of ending slavery was to give black people the independence to have power over their own lives without the authority of White Americans. This independence was capable through constitutional amendments but only to an extent. Without having legal power over black people, White American found different ways of maintaining social control. According to Sociologist Turner, Singleton and Musick, the need for the social controlled system of a caste-like system developed on the basis of…

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