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    to come. Coupled with the 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles, California, the imagery of the virulent, fatherless black ghettos impacted the decisions of policy-makers and the nation at large. Meanwhile Rev. Leon H. Sullivan’s historical success in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, reclaimed quietly disputed this image. Rev. Sullivan became heavily involved with “economic justice issues for African American workers” and “the expansion of black business enterprises”. He created a job training program that…

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    Educational Psychology from Temple University in 1937. Brodhead became a teacher and the principal in Reynolds School of Philadelphia and in 1949 he then became the president of the American Teachers Association. He was a chairperson of the organization for the Citizens Committee for Integration of Negro Nurses that led to the admittance of black nursing trainees in the general Philadelphia Hospital. Brodhead also finished his dissertation, “The Educational and Socio-Economic Status of the…

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    Benjamin Rush Speech

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    his life to Christ and desired for God to work through him for God’s glory. I have come to admire this man very much. His name was Benjamin Rush. In Benjamin’s early years he suffered the loss of his father. His mother moved her young family to Philadelphia where she opened a grocery store to provide for her children. Determined that her sons would have a good education, nine year old Benjamin was placed under the tutelage of his uncle, Rev. Dr. Finley. Dr. Finely was the principle of an academy…

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    student of the Spartanburg County School District Two community in Boiling Springs, South Carolina. A remote place that did not have much to offer at first glance. This is probably because I am originally from the crowded and industrialized city of Philadelphia. Yet, during the almost decade that I have resided in Boiling Spring, it has become increasingly similar to the hustle and bustle that I left behind. Although Boiling Springs will never truly embody the presence of northern life, the…

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    see how different it is from China, where he is from. Furthermore, he wants to live in a condo because he wants a place that is not to big but not to small. Chaersen wants that condo either in his hometown, China, or wants to live far and stay in Philadelphia. Finally, Chaersen wants a enormous car, like a escalade…

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    use chemical fertilizers (developed by Sir John Lawes), to develop more land: they were less reliant on animals to provide manure for them. The United States slowly developed and slowly integrated. Early urbanization took hold. New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore became commercial centers due to their location near harbors, which facilitated trade and population growth. Cities became the heart of regional markets: urban workers produced goods that people in rural areas needed. Cities…

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    An epidemic is a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease in a community, while a pandemic is a breakout of a disease over a whole country or section of the world. An example of a epidemic is Yellow fever and pandemic is the Black Plaque. Yellow fever epidemic of 1793 is similar to the plague pandemic of the 14th century because the systems they affect, and the way they’re spread with the exception of the area they affected origin of the outbreak. The 1793 yellow fever is similar to the 1330…

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    Maya Angelou's Caged Bird

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    Caged Bird What does it mean to be caged or free? In Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird” poem, she compared the conditions of a caged bird and free bird. The cage bird showed imprisonment and fear. While as the free bird showed freedom and joy. The comparison of these two birds can also be compared with statuses of people lives in the world. For example, Harriet Tubman could be considered a free bird, a caged bird, and both at the same time. First off, Harriet Tubman is considered a caged bird because…

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    viewers and illustrate how artists saw themselves. The Marketview Arts allows an opportunity by having different exhibits throughout the year, so that regional artists can have their work seen by the public. Works in the gallery were chosen from the Philadelphia Sculptors organization. Mirror, Mirror exhibition is an excellent art exhibition that aspiring artists should see, so that they can showcase their work in the gallery. Laure Drogoul is interdisciplinary artist and performer who resides…

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    But Curt arranges her a job interview in one day and when she shows up, it turns out that she gets the job. Chapter 20: She moves away from Philadelphia to baltimore to be near Curt. She gets an apartment in Charles Village. She later finds out that he cheated on her, so she pack her things out of his apartment and leaves. But, later forgives him and get back with him. Some years later she resigns…

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