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    a great musical career, and can always depend on his fans to make him feel better. Bryan may not have had the best life, but his music career has increased greatly through his years as a musician. Luke Bryan was born on July 17, 1976, in Leesburg Georgia. His real name is Thomas Luther Bryan and is the son of LeClair and Tommy Bryan. Bryan is a young son of a farmer with two other…

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    My leadership crucible did not take place in my military leadership tenure but as senior in college at North Georgia College and State University. The experience of serving as a fraternity president during a time of probation helped shape me into the organizational leader I am today. My fraternity experienced an unfortunate alcohol related event leading it to serve a one-year probation period. At the same time, my peers elected me as President of the fraternity to lead it during this time of…

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    was born on March 19th 1925 in Savannah Georgia. Parented by Regina and Edward O’Connor, she grew up heavily influenced by Roman Catholicism causing her to become isolated from the outside world. O’Connor began education very early, attending the city’s parochial school because a Catholic school could not be financially supported in that area. She was an exceptional student who lacked many social skills. However her family soon moved to Milledgeville, Georgia where she attended Peabody…

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    Alice Walker Biography

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    Walker lived a simple life. According to a statement Walker wrote in the World Authors she explained, “The house in which I was born was small, of unpainted wood, and stood beside a dirt road that wandered through the backwoods of Putnam County, Georgia”(Biography Reference Bank 2). Her parents Willie Lee and Millie Tallulah Walker are part of the reason Alice started to become invested in writing. Her father only made about 300 dollars every year with sharecropping, a system of agriculture in…

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    SB 1070 prohibits people to drive cars and to register vehicles under their name. They have to show their papers when enrolling at any college or university, to open a business, to buy a car, to register a vehicle, etc. When people get injure at work the law prohibits undocumented employees for receiving workers benefits. Police officers who are in charge to enforce the law and refuse to do it, will…

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor, activist, humanitarian, and a great leader for the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His legal name was Michael King and so was his fathers but the reason they changed their names is to honor the great reformer Martin Luther. King made a friend with a white boy when he was six and the father found out and he told his son to never be friends with Martin every again because of his color. King fell into…

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    On January 15th, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. (his birth name was originally Michael King, Jr.) was born in Atlanta, Georgia. The parents of this remarkable man were Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., a highly religious man, and Alberta Williams King. He had a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King, born July 30th, 1930, and one elder sister, Christine King Farris, born September 11th, 1927. When King was only 6, his father took a trip to Germany, and once he returned from his trip, was…

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    On April 17, 2015, a protest group, which included Eric Sheppard, walked on the American Flag in the front of Odum Library at Valdosta State University. This was in an effort to protest racism in our country. Shortly after, a local veteran, Michelle Manhart, was detained for taking the flag from the protest group in what was her attempt to be able to dispose of the ripped flag properly. She was not charged but was banned from VSU in the future (ValdostaDailyTimes). I could not believe what I was…

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    King Jr Characteristics

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    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., also known as King, Michael Luther, Jr. was born January 15th, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and assassinated April 4th, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee (Luther King Jr., 2017). Martin Luther King Jr. was originally names Michael then changed his name to Martin. Martin Luther King Jr. was the son of Martin Luther King, who was a minister, and Alberta Christine King- Williams, who was a teacher. Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott, who was a concert singer, June 18th,…

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    today is Thread gill Elementary School in Greenwood Ms. Morgan won a state wide drama competition at the age of 12. He performed in a radio show in Nashville, Tennessee. Morgan graduated in 1955 and turned down a drama scholarship from Jackson State University. He went into…

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