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Henry William Ravenel was a slave owner in the early to mid-1800s. While he managed a plantation, Ravenel became an important self-trained naturalist whose studies of American fungi achieved international renown. However after the civil many slave owners were unable to provide for their families. In order to support his family Ravenel sold seeds and parts of his collections of fungi to collectors. He later worked as a naturalist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Life for people living in…

Being a “Real Nigga” is a lifestyle, one that’s dangerous and also violent. The violence is usual towards one black male to another. To follow up the question OG Macon asks, he adds “When everyone is aware that it 's niggas these niggas killin”. It’s obvious who does most of the killing. The lifestyle of a “Real Nigga” is often linked to more deaths of black males than any other cause. The movement black lives matter…

The Evolution of the Trope of Flying In Morrison’s Song of Solomon Flying is a trope which is depicted prominently in Toni Morrison’s book Song of Solomon. This trope appears in the book as a branch of magic realism and it provides the magical element within harshness and tepid realism. The trope unites all the different elements of the story together throughout the entire book. Obviously, flying is an important clue in the book and it is used for both literally and figuratively as a way to…

Everyone wants to know who committed the murder. Did you know brain fingerprinting is a process that could help? It could be used for remembering things you have forgot. Brain fingerprinting is a forensic science technique that uses electroencephalography to determine whether specific information is stored in a person's brain by measuring electrical brain waves and recording a brain response known as a P300-MERMER. MERMER is abbreviated for Memory and Encoding Related Multifaceted…

Perseverance means not giving up on goals when they become challenging. I have had perseverance in the past by trying out for school sports teams even when I doubted myself. Although, I overcame the doubt and now my biggest accomplishment was my goal. I made the Reagan High School lacrosse team. Jackie Robinson showed integrity by doing what he did best, playing baseball. He is famously known as not only a ball player but the first African American to play major league baseball.…

Abraham Lincoln, along with other leaders we look up to like Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, and George Washington were all influential people, all did something to change the world, and each one of these people also dealt with a considerable amount of flaws. Every one of them were ordinary people prone to good and bad intentions and making mistakes and learning from them. We are often told to ignore the wrong doings and look the other way. As humans, we enjoy focusing on the good these people…

Math/Sci English 11 ~ AP Literature Ms. Clopton Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Seminar Focus When creating your seminar questions, use the ideas below to help guide you. You may incorporate these themes into your questions in any way you see fit, but you must include them in some way. You need to create five questions in total. You also need to answer two of these questions in microtheme form with textual evidence for support. 1) The various uses of the symbolism of flying and their…

For centuries museums have been seen as powerful cultural, educational, and financial institutions that uphold the morals and ethically obligations bestowed upon by their community and peers. For the most part they are, especially when things are going well and the museum’s budget is in the green, but issues with ethics tend to arise when museums fall in the red. When some museums find themselves in financial strains the try to fudge the lines within the rules they promised to follow or they…

Earlier Life Janie Porter Barrett was an American welfare worker; she was born August 9th, 1865 in Athens, Georgia and died August 27th, 1948 in Hampton, Virginia. Barrett grew up in the cultured Skinner family home, where her mother worked as live-in housekeeper and seamstress. Barrett was educated along with the Skinner’s children, where she learned mathematics and literature. Once Barrett’s mother got married and moved out of the Skinner’s home, Barrett continued living with the Skinners.…

Cultural Diversity in Elementary Education According to the Alabama Course of Study, cultural diversity is imperative when it comes to the success of the scientific community. People from all different ethnicities, religions, nationalities, groups, and races have contributed to the world of science and the many groundbreaking discoveries over the course of many centuries. In order for science education to be successful in the elementary classroom, students must find relevance in what they are…