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book called I know why the caged bird sings. She was an author, civil rights activist, poet, writer, and directed. Maya Angelou has gotten many awards. She won three grammys. She got awards of best spoken word, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and National Medal of Arts. She also recited her poem “On the Pulse of the Morning” at Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993. In beginning, Maya was born as Marguerite Anne Johnson on April 4th, 1928. In St. Louis, Missouri. Her father was…

assigned to his first unit in the 187 Airborne Infantry Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. b. In his career Schwarzkopf went on a number of deployments, one of the most notable being Vietnam. During his tour in Vietnam, he earned multiple medals for his acts of heroism. According to the Academy of Achievement, “When…

During the fifteenth century, Florence was filled with artistic, humanistic, technological, and scientific achievements, in the midst of a period known as the Renaissance. Founded on the rediscovery of the classical world, Renaissance culture focused on hero ideals and promoted the study of the liberal arts, largely centering on the individual’s intellectual potential. At this time, Florence was influenced largely by the powerful Medici family, who had political and financial influence over most…

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Early into the text of ‘Regeneration’ we are taught about what is known as the “soldiers’ declaration”, written by Sassoon, who was a very strong-minded man who said, “I believe the war is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it”. However, to most working class soldiers it could be viewed that this statement portrays him as “wrong and wimpish” by cause of the fact that they were just not expected to do that, but this is contradicted as if you went to war and you were…

The time has come for the International Olympic Committee to decide who will host the 2028 Summer Olympics. There are many options for a host city, but the best option is Sydney, Australia. In Sydney, there are many things for tourists to do in their free time, there is infrastructure already built for the different events from gymnastics to swimming, because Sydney has hosted the Olympics once already, and it is an overall safe city. Australia has been the host for two previous Summer Olympic…

sacrificed so much for me, and I know for a fact that she is the one person I can rely on for anything. Melinda Luong is a name I will always smile to and she is the one who is determined to make my life successful and prosperous. My mother deserves a gold medal because she is a hardworking mother of three who will always put her family’s needs in front of hers. She has fought through the communists of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia for many years. Her story and childhood inspire me to become a…

also awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2001. The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured Peoples in Spingarn Medal for his outstanding autobiography in 2007 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. In 2010, Lewis was awarded the Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama for his heroism in the Civil Rights Movement. The Medal of Freedom is the highest award that can be given to a civilian. In 2016, Lewis won the National Book Award for the third book in the March…

The country of Cuba has a lot of great features. The leader of Cuba is Raúl Castro. The official currency is the Cuban peso. It is divided into 100 centavos. Pesos are divided into 1, 3,5,1,20,50,100. The Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC) was founded by the Cuban financial authorities to take out all foreign currencies from circulation, and offer an alternative that is equal to US dollars. It replaces the dollar as currency where previous dollars were quoted in places such as hotels, restaurants and…

the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. Italy has taken part in all the Winter Olympic Games, winning 114 medals, and 577 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. Italy has won a total of 243 gold medals which makes them the 5th most successful country in Olympic history, after the USA, the Soviet Union, Germany and Great Britain. Italy has the sixth highest medal total of all time with 691, following the previously mentioned nations and…