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    Gaelle Medidor Civil Rights Activist February 22, 2017 Ruby Bridges Ruby Bridges is famous for doing something most of us take for granted today: going to elementary school. But that simple act by one small girl played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. Ruby Nell Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, and grew up on the farm her parents and grandparents sharecropped in Mississippi. When…

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    Katrina made its second and third landfalls in the Gulf Coast area on August 29, 2005 as a Category three hurricane. A neighborhood TV channel reported New Orleans was encountering broad flooding due to a few levee breaks, the city was without electricity, and there were a few cases of massive damage in the area. In brief timing, whole neighborhoods were engulfed in water. Due the rapid flooding, numerous residents became stranded, long after Hurricane Katrina had passed, and could be seen on…

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    Growing Up In New Orleans

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    Growing up in Louisiana has been a part of my life. Before moving back to Virginia in the 7th grade, we resided in Louisiana for about 7 years. We would travel to New Orleans very often for various sporting events that my siblings and I would participate in or we would go to watch the New Orleans Saints or the New Orleans Pelicans play. New Orleans has so much to offer that for all ages. Many people may think that New Orleans is only for adults but there are some kid-friendly things to do.…

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    New Orleans, a city founded in the middle of nowhere, is a city that has had to work to exist. New Orleans was doomed from its conception to be a place like no other, considering that the person it was named after had a reputation all his own. The Duke of Orleans was a man that lived by his own standards, completely apart from society, so much so that John Law predicted his death by saying that, “he was going to die of pleasure.” American, but not quite American, the city continues to stand out…

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    Tim Burton Movie Analysis

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    Sade Adu, a singer and songwriter, said, “I think you only really feel like an outsider if you’ve been an insider.” Her quote sinks deep with people everywhere because of its relatable meaning. Like many people in the world, growing up, Tim Burton felt that he was an outsider attempting to fit in with normal people. His troubles with being different and his childhood make large impacts on his style and the way he directs his movies. He uses a variety of cinematic techniques to portray ideas…

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    New Orleans Research Paper

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    population (“Wikipedia”). It is well known for its distinct French and Spanish Creole architecture, and its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage. Also, New Orleans is famous for its cuisine, music and its annual celebrations and festivals, such as Mardi Gras, dating to French colonial times. Post-Katrina, the city is still the most attractive…

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    A food routine analysis of my family would be a food routine based on not only Midwestern routine, but also the routine in Northern Minnesota of an immigrant family from Italy. My mother was born in, and spent most of her life in the Midwest, and my father was born in Northern Minnesota to a traditional Italian family that had immigrated to the United States only a generation prior. When I look at the routines that have emerged from the union of my parents, I see something that is varied.…

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    Race Inequality

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    photography Luster was able to give these prisoners a voice. It was also a way to expose the issue of Louisiana having the highest incarceration percentages in the United States. A photo that caught my attention was of Zelphea Adams in his version of a Mardi Gras Parade costume. The prisoners were able to use what they had at their disposal to prepare for their photo and I saw Adam’s portrayal as the most creative and unique. He was born in New Orleans and chose to depict his deep ties to the…

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    Nikki, a very accomplished and well-known con artist takes an amateur con artist, Jess under his wing. He teaches her some tricks to pulling off a successful con. As Nikki is getting ready to pull off a big con he and Jess become romantically involved. Following pulling off a big con in New Orleans, Nikki decides to let Jess go because he realizes that his living his life of being a liar and a cheater while trying to maintain a long-term relationship did not mix well. Fast forward three years…

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    (footnote) The defence force demonstrated supporting LGBT in 2013 by allowing volunteers to march in uniform in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras for the first time. (footnote) Additionally in 2013, Federal protections for LGBT individuals were introduced in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to provide protection from discrimination on the basis of attributes of sexual orientation and gender…

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