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Black History Essays and Term Papers
Rocky MarcianoOn Sept. 1, 1923 Mr. and Mrs. Pierino Marchegiano of Brockton, MA became the proud parents of a lively twelve pound baby boy. The child was named Rocco Marchegiano, but the world would one day know him as the legendary boxer .
When "bambino Rocco" was 18 months of age, he contracted pneumonia. ...
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Frank O Haras The Day Lady DieIn his poem, "The Day Lady Died", Frank O'Hara refrains from using all the conventional patterns of elegiac poetry. Instead of the common reflection of grief, utilizing tragic laments and a recount of greatness now gone, O'Hara's seemingly ordinary poem very subtly evokes a sense of loss. At ...
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Biological WarefareImagine sitting in a subway car on the way to the office for another day of work, when suddenly you can not breath. You look around and notice that other people around you are having the same problem. You push and shove other people aside to try and get to the door, but the doors are sealed ...
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The Short Story Of Night - A C"The Short History Of Night" by John Mighton fervently seeks to expound upon the idea that societal disorder will eventually affect all levels of society despite any purposeful attempts to be detached, whether physically, using status or otherwise. Throughout many facets of the play this thought ...
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The 1920'sThe 1920s may have begun on a note favoring the consumption of wine, but it also opened on a threat to liberty and capital punishment for political syndicalism. In the spring of 1920, a typesetter and anarchist named Andrea Salsedo was arrested in New York City and held without counsel for eight ...
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Domestic ViolenceFound at the scene of the crime two dead bodies stabbed brutally, and left
to die at their house. This was the story that shocked the country in 1991.
This was the start of the O.J. Simpson domestic abuse case that is still going
on today. Unfortunately events like this happen many times over ...
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Abortion: Pro-life - Reilyism SpeechThe founding of entire nation was forged on the principle that all men
are created equal under the law. This is the essence of our Declaration of
Independance and the philosophy behind the Constition. We, through history,
have made certain that ALL people in this country have equality before ...
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John F. Kennedywas the 35th president of the United States (1961-1963). He was the youngest person ever to be elected president. Also, He was the first Roman Catholic president and the first president to be born in the 20the century. He served in World War II on PT boat. He also helped to solve the Cuban ...
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Bill Brady On Violence In AmericaMurder is the still number one cause of death for young African Americans males. This high number of death means that we have to start keeping these young people alive by reducing the level of gunfire and terror among the young, in schools and cities.
Violence is not confined to a street corner ...
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Cleopatra VIICleopatra was the last queen of Egypt. She was born in 69 BC and died in 30 BC by committing suicide. She had two husbands, Ptolemy XIII and Mark Antony. She also had an affair with Caesar. In spite of all her love affairs and the wars during her reign, some people still think Cleopatra was the ...
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SesxismFeminism And Gender Equality In The 1990's Overall, the rights and status of women have improved considerably in the last century; however, gender equality has recently been threatened within the last decade. Blatantly sexist laws and practices are slowly being eliminated while social perceptions ...
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Abbey, And His Fear Of ProgressThe day that the gray jeep with the U.S. Government decal and "Bureau of
Public Roads" on it, Edward Abbey knew that progress had arrived. He had
foreseen it, watching other parks like his, fall in the face of progress.
He knew that hordes of people and their "machines" would come (Abbey ...
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Computers And CrimeComputers are used to track reservations for the airline industry,
process billions of dollars for banks, manufacture products for industry, and
conduct major transactions for businesses because more and more people now have
computers at home and at the office.
People commit computer ...
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Louis Armstrong’s Influential CareerLouis Armstrong was the most successful and talented jazz musician in history. His influence and expansive career continues to make waves in the jazz world. That is what made him become what he is to many today – a legend.
Born on August 4, 1901, in the poorest section of New Orleans, Armstrong ...
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"Schlesinger's Canon Vs. My High School's Canon"In school, whether it be at the high school or college levels, there are
usually lists of books thought as being essential reading. Arthur M.
Schlesinger, Jr.--a Pulitzer Prize winning historian--calls this list in his
book The Disuniting of America, a "canon" or "canonical literature." A ...
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The Music Of Louis Armstrong“Louis Armstrong was the epitome of jazz and always will be” (“Louis Armstrong Quotations” Np). This quote, by Duke Ellington, is the frank truth about Louis Armstrong. Jazz is a form of music that has been defining itself over the ages. This music form is one that has become an American ...
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The Debut Of Television In AmericaIn April of 1939 the New York World’s Fair opened just east of the metropolis. The theme of the fair was, “Building The World of Tomorrow.” “The World of Tomorrow was a search for a usable Future (with a capital “F”), and while it added fuel to the fire of the American cultures of consumption ...
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Nostradamus's PropheciesFor four centuries have inspired fear and controversy. His followers say he predicted the French Revolution, the birth and rise of Hitler, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He predicted some of history's most monumental events, from the Great Fire of London to the launch disaster of the ...
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El Toro BravoBullfighting is a spectacle and a tradition that has evolved through out history. Many centuries ago the bull () lived on the Iberians Peninsula in Spain. Many different cultures have change the way of bullfighting. It started out for fun by the Iberians. They called the bull Ibiricus Taurus ...
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Animal Farm: Struggle For PowerThis story is the basic story of how a farm goes from bad ownership by humans, to bad ownership by pigs. There is a definite show of communism, the display of one party taking complete control of the land, making all the rules, and making all the decisions, being as biased as possible. The ...
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