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    Apache Kid Research Paper

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    The Apache Kid was one of the most notorious and fiercest Apache outlaw in the Wild West. He is a White Mountain Apache, later became a renegade. He was most active in the states of Arizona and New Mexico and the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua. Named Haskay-Bay-Nay-Natyl, the Apache Kid got his name due to wrong pronunciation of his name. He was recruited to the U.S Cavalry as Scout to fight his fellow Apache. Then after two years promoted to a sergeant. In his early days, he was…

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    from it. The Little Rock Nine demonstrated this when the group of African American students struggled to integrate into an all white school as the other students harassed them. While in order to be fair, children of all races need to receive the best education possible,…

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    Bobby John: A Short Story

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    I was beginning to get nervous. Bobby Joe was on his knees praying, George had just called and said he was on his way over, and it finally had hit me that I was getting into something much larger than I’d originally thought. Let me be blunt, I’m not a great Christian. I try to live a good life, I don’t drink much and never get drunk, and I’ll profess that I believe the Lord is my savior and died for my sins. Besides that, my logic takes over and I question too many things. Take, for…

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    importantly challenges of diversity and racism. Throughout the years that diversity has begun to deteriorate and the country has at last become closer to one. The Little Rock Nine, a group of nine African American students who became the first to integrate into and all white high school contributed to the deterioration of that diversity. Although the Little Rock Nine encountered a lot of suffering and diversity, they fought through great obstacles to bring the world into unity and helped expand…

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    of the first nine african-americans to attend an all-white high school.The evidence from the text is where it stated, (pg.1,par.16) ¨I felt proud and sad at the same time. Proud that I lived in a country that would go this far to bring justice to a Little Rock girl like me, but sad that they had to go to such great lengths. Yes, this is the United States, I thought to myself. There is a reason that I salute the flag. If these guys just go with us this first time, everything’s going to be okay…

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    The Battle of Little Bighorn In the land of the Black Hills, gold was discovered by white settlers. This event took place in the 1870’s in Dakota Territory. The chance to get rich was now for the American settlers, but the only problem was a Native American tribe called the Sioux occupied this land. The United States Government saw this as a problem. On January 31, 1876, the government urged the Sioux leader named Sitting Bull, and his people to give their land away to white settlers and…

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    Little Rock Nine

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    The Little Rock Nine is a group of African Americans, who were chosen to integrate a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. The names of the nine are Thelma Mothershed Wair, Elizabeth Ann Eckford, Gloria Ray Karlsmark, Jefferson A. Thomas, Melba Patillo Beals, Ernest Green, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Minnijean Brown Trickey, and Terrence D. Roberts. Prior to their enrollment, black and white students had to attend separate schools. Majority of the white citizens did not like the plan. Some threatened…

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    and their five-year-long search to find his niece after she is captured and her family killed by the Comanche Indians. Little Big Man is a “revisionist” western. It tells the story of Jack Crabbe, a 121-year-old man asked to tell his story about his life, which includes being captured and raised by the Indians and living in a white society with a variety of jobs leading him to Little Big Horn. Each film has distinct similar and different themes that make them a revisionist and classic western,…

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    Peter Pan Quotes

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    “All you need is faith, trust, and a little pixie dust.” This is a quote from Peter Pan a fun, energetic boy that never grows up. With Peter Pan’s story there’s scads that goes into it, some of these points are where he originated from, why he never seems to grow up, and why Captain Hook wants to see him dead. I know it may seem captivating that Peter doesn’t age, but that’s not all of his “talents”. At just seven days old Peter Pan fell out of his crib and just flew to a mystical place called…

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    What Is The Giver Ending

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    were ups and downs Like when Jonas was elected to be the next receiver that was like the highpoint a low point was when the jonas watches the release. The book was suddly but exciting it was the perfect book for any kid who wants a book that has a little bit of everything. The end of the giver was complex, but wasn't hard to follow yes, Jonas went down the hill we all know this if you read the book, but you don't know where he went or if he survived the last thing he said was ‘’Behind…

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