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    Sadly, the education system is failing these students by limiting their knowledge of powerful, and inspirational African Americans in history that could serve as role models to these lost adolescents. The average African American student is not exposed to these role models until college, but many of these students lack the initiative to make it this far and will never learn that success…

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    Privilege, An Illusion

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    The video looked at the issue of race in America throughout history. In the video we learned how race is just a social construct and it has been created to give those in power privileges and the ability to oppress those who aren’t. The video went into detail explaining that race started back when there was a labor…

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    conversation. This one key player can be compared to the government during the Reconstruction period. This time period dates back to just after the Civil War and is often known as one of the worst times for the country. While the U.S. was once again united, there was still a divide between the whites and the blacks. During Reconstruction, equal rights were ignored by the government and blacks continued to hate life in America. Reconstruction was like a dinner party because topics of…

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    Country Songs

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    July 4, 1776 marked a momentous occasion. On this day, a nation began that would eventually become the planet’s leading power. The United States braved the fires of the American Revolution and endured a bloody civil war, but Americans are far from cleared of civil issues. Specifically, In You’ve Got the Wrong Song: Nashville and Country Music Feminism, writer Claire Miye Stanford delves into the modern issues of the feminist movement and its relationship with country music. Country music has…

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    Dighton Rock

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    Who Really Discovered “The New World?” What if Christopher Columbus wasn’t the first European to visit the North America? What if everything that has been taught about the pilgrims and Indians and the Mayflower is a lie? Who really “discovered” The New World? The answer may lie inscribed in a seemingly ordinary boulder also known as Dighton Rock. From the ancient Phoenicians to the Native Americans, from a Portuguese Scouting ship to the Norse Vikings, there are many speculations about where…

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    Guadalupe County has voiced their demands and the residents are in favor of secession and as their representative, the vote will be cast to secede. The citizens of Guadalupe County Texas have made this vital decision concerning the future of their state because they ultimately feel it is necessary for their wellbeing. The reasons that Guadalupe County residents have asked the vote for secession to be cast is because their basic needs are not being met. They at a minimum require domestic…

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    farming, processing and manufacturing and/or the packaging and distribution of products. In this project is going to talk about company use agribusiness in its work the company called John Deere, John Deere Company it has found since 1837 and its history has seen a great many changes in its business, its products, and its services. What is the product and services of the company? John Deere manufactures a lot of products with several models for each item and they are divided for so many careers…

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    Leffler And The Cold War

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    in China and the nations of the former Soviet Union has amplified the research on the history of the Cold War. The conventional perspective of the Cold War maintains that the war started as a result of the ideologically motivated expansionism of the Soviet Union and the relative slowness of the US to respond to the global threat coming from Kremlin (McCauley).McCauley and Leffler suggest that the present state of research enables us to comprehend crucial similarities between similarities between…

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    Bevin Alexander and he has been studying military history. He was a marine during the Korean War, so Alexander had a firsthand account of that time period. This book is written mainly about the conflict between General McArthur and President Harry S. Truman. Alexander viewed some of MacArthur’s views differently than Truman’s, mainly the arguments that McArthur made during the Korean War. By breaking down the events while they happened Alexander states his views on who was right and who was…

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    The conventional way of thinking of a powerful, famous, substantial, meaningful, and historical speech in the United States of America, is to associate it with “I Have A Dream”. A speech written and delivered by the Baptist minister and social activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, from mid 1950’s until his death in 1968. As reported by “King speaks to March on Washington”(2010), the great and legendary Dr. King expressed his speech on…

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