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    America has always been depicted as an amiable place to live in. Generally, foreigners would picture America as the perfect place to raise a family and lead a joyous life. In their mind, the idea of the perfect fifties’ family household still holds true. Nevertheless, this image was quickly shattered, as the adverse and hostile environment that surrounded them proved to be more difficult than imagined. One of the biggest mistakes that they failed to recognize was the atrocious, random, murder of

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    major concern in the area of Caddo-Bossier Parishes, especially in the last month where the Red River crested at close to 37 feet on 11 June. This caused the shutdown of major highways, moved people out of their homes, and the Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, declaring a state of emergency. This has been the highest the river has been in 70 years and is going to have a lasting effect on the 450,000 people that live in this area. (Jones, 2015). The Red River in the Shreveport area has crested 16

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    and Huey P. Newton stood up and fought for justice, equality and freedom for our people in this country. Huey Percy Newton was born February 17, 1942 and died August 22, 1989. He was an African-American political and urban activist who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15, 1929 and died April 4, 1968. He was an African-American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement

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    Liesel is looking out of the kitchen window in her home at 33 Himmel Street, hoping that something exciting would happen on that currently drab day. Suddenly, a creature swoops down from the sky, landing in front of her house. It’s probably just a bird, Liesel thinks. The supposed bird then stands up bipedal. The bird was not a bird at all. It was a HUMAN. Liesel 's eyes widen and she crouches underneath the window, trying to recollect her thoughts. A human just fell from the sky. That’s only something

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    On August 22, 1924 the famous orator Clarence Darrow, dubbed “the attorney for the damned.” begins his 12 hour-long closing arguments, for the most covered news story since World War I. Darrow mixes ethos and logos appeals, bringing tears to the eyes of the judge and many in the courtroom, to serve justice by saving his clients, Leopold and Loeb from the death penalty. Darrow implores the Judge to spare the lives of Leopold and Loeb. As Darrow said, “I am pleading for life…I am pleading that we

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    The Black Panther Party formed as a result of Black Nationalism which came from a multitude of events that began to form decades before any mention of The Black Panther Party. To even begin to understand a group such as this, one must first attempt to grasp the historical context which lies behind them. Blake (1969) asserts that the initial onset began back in 1619 when the first of the colonial settlers accepted a number of captured Africans which were to be used as servants leading to the period

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    Starting near the middle of a four-year-long stalemate, McQueen’s triptych follows the routine of a prison guard, Raymond Lohan, the introduction of a new, IRA, “non-conforming” prisoner Davey Gillen into the “dirty protest", and culminates with Bobby Sands, the IRA commanding officer inside Maze who volunteers to be the first of many prisoners to go on a hunger strike for SCS, and is the first to die sixty-six days later. Through visceral scenes depicting extraordinary situations, Hunger reminds

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    The 1960s Of The 1960 ' S

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    foundation for many of the activist groups that would drive the Civil Rights Movements and social changes for the rest of the twentieth century. Among these groups was the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. In October 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense and soon thereafter drafted the Ten Point Platform which drove the ambitions of the party. The points were: 1. We want freedom. 2. We want full employment for our people. 3. We want an end to

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    The Honorable Governor Bobby Jindal is an outspoken opponent of Affordable Care Act and has composed is own version in Louisiana. The impact of ACA will be assessed. The Office of Public Health Center for Community and Preventive Health will be assessed on how it is organized to accomplish its statutory objectives. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is led by Kathy Kilebert she was appointed Secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals by Governor Bobby Jindal. Her educational

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    My Favorite Hobby

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    I have always been a visual learner. That is why I am great at Math: Teachers usually work with the student, writing the problems on the board and solving them. It is the opposite for English: English teachers do not give examples of how to write or put ideas together. Watching someone do something is easier for me. That is how I learned to cook at such a young age. As a child, my parents never physically taught me how to cook. I would watch my Mom and Dad cook dishes that are native to them. I

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