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    Similarly, I came from a bilingual home, which is connected to her life and this story. I and my parents were immigrated from Srilanka to Canada. My parent does not speak English and I am not fluent in English as the student who was born in here. Since my life relates to Amy’s life, I chose her for this assignment. She was born in Oakland, California in 1952.Her parents are John Tan and Daisy Tan. Her father was an immigrant who became an electrical engineer and a Baptist minister, emigrated to the

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    The United States Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, and Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802, are all important documents in our nation’s history and religion. These historical documents were the biggest influence in our country and they continue to shape our powerful nation. In comparing these documents, I will decipher the differences between what the signers of the Declaration of Independence and what the U.S. Constitution thought about the separation of the

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    America Throughout its history, the United States has characteristically remained a country of two things: a country of immigrants, and a country of unmatched religious diversity. And yet when compared with the rest of the world – where these two very factors alone have so often engendered horrible religious wars and decades of enduring conflict – the history of religious conflict in the United States seems almost nonexistent. That is not to say the United States has been immune to its share of conflict

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    The Civil Rights Movement, also known as the American Civil Rights Movement and other names, is a term that encompasses the strategies, groups, and social movements in the United States whose goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans and to secure legal recognition and federal protection of the citizenship rights enumerated in the Constitution and federal law. The movement was characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance. Between 1955 and 1968, acts

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    the United States and he is well known as a popular human rights icon today. As a Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King also led the 1963 March on Washington, where he also delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he raised public concern of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest public speakers in United States history

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    Jackie Robinson contributed to change the united states during the civil rights movement by changing the racial ways in sports and broke the color barrier. Robinson, Jackie (1919-1972), was the first African American to play modern major league baseball. Robinson was an outstanding hitter and finished with a .311 lifetime batting average.“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.”. A quote from baseball stars Jackie Robinson. “which

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    His Grandfather, Adam was the pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church which is the church where Martin would later be the Baptist minister and assistant pastor. He took piano lessons from his mom and enjoyed playing sports such as baseball and football. While King was growing up he knew that black men were not granted the same rights as white people. He knew they couldn't drink the same water,sit in the same seats, or use the same bathroom. He graduated from Booker T Washington high school in 1944. Later

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    be assumed that Christianity shaped slave culture in several ways such as developing a common bond among slaves. At the some time, it could also be argued that slavery altered Christianity in various ways including the formation of Methodist and Baptist denominations. However, these were not the only manners in which both cultures had an effect on each other. Black converts dramatically increased the number of Christians in the New World. The ideas instilled in slaves by Christianity gave some slaves

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    First Assembly Christian School in Memphis, Tennessee, holds a Ph.D. in United States history and a M.Ed. in educational administration, and is also an ordained minister in the Assemblies of God having served in various positions since 1981. Dr. Newman’s credibility on the subject of race, gender, and economic issues in the Assemblies of God church is noted in his book, Race and The Assemblies of God Church: The Journey from Azusa Street to the “Miracle of Memphis”. With the genre of his book as

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    1. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. Martin Luther played a huge role in creating the civil rights act in 1964 and the voting rights act in 1965. He also played a massive role in ending the legal segregation of the African-American citizens. He received a noble prize. Martin had

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