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    ~Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857 This was a landmark United States Supreme Court case, in 1846 a slave named Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet, sued for their freedom in a St. Louis city court. They had lived with their owner, an army surgeon, at Fort Snelling, then in the free Territory of Wisconsin. The Scotts' freedom could be established on the grounds that they had been held in relationship for long time in a free territory and were then returned to a slave state. Courts had ruled this way in the

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    Northeastern State University John D. Rockefeller Annaz Sprinkle Principles of Management 3183 Bruce Richardson November 5, 2016 Annaz Sprinkle Bruce Richardson MGMT 3183 November 5, 2016 John D. Rockefeller Playing a game of kickball in the street was not the only excitement young children had. Many young children often contemplated what they would become in their adult life. They aspired to be a fireman, astronaut, doctor, lawyer and even a wealthy businessman. Some children eventually

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    the bar the highest for any upcoming rapper. Kanye West was born in Chicago Illinois on June 8th, 1977. His mother and father were divorced when he was just a baby. His Mother Donda West was a Professor at Clark Atlanta University, and the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University. While his Father Ray West was a former Black Panther and was one of the first black photojournalists, and later became a Christian counselor. West began writing poetry when he was just 5 years old, his

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    Radical Republicans envisioned the Freedmen’s Bureau as an agency that would reshape the South by providing food and shelter to freed slaves in the immediate aftermath of the war, regulate black labor as both former slave owners and their freed slaves adjusted to the elimination of slavery, administer justice in any conflicts between African Americans and Southern whites, manage land seized from Confederate office holders and distribute it to freed slaved; and finally, establish schools and promote

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    What are Green Roofs?

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    A green roof is a layered system, partially or completely covering the roof area and with the vegetation being planted directly in the soil media (Stewart, 2013). It is important to have a good understanding about the type of vegetated roofs and their maintenance as a facility manager. This combination of natural and man-made facility is expanding at a dynamic pace and proves to be beneficial in providing sustainability. All the basic stratigraphic composition remaining the same, green roofs can

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    “Great people often receive violent opposition from violent minds” Albert Einstein This quote typifies the conditions in which both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois were challenged with. Not only were they two exemplary examples of African American greatness, but they proved themselves to be two of the greatest leaders of the early twentieth century regardless of race. However, as Aristotle once said “people fear what they don’t understand, and hate what they can’t conquer” thus steps were

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    Widespread Cell Phone Use In the modern-day world, there are about 6.8 billion cell phone subscriptions. Mobile telephones have really changed the way we do things in our daily life. Before cell phones were invented individuals were more interactive with each other. In the late 1900’s, Martin Cooper invented the first mobile telephone. Today we have a variety of mobile phones to choose from such as Apple and Samsung. Widespread cell phone use has definitely affected the world negatively because

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    better off without it. There’s a lot of successful people out there that didn’t attend college. There’s also people that didn’t really amount to anything with a college degree. I interviewed my older cousin named Penelope who is a Junior at Clark Atlanta University. I learned so much from her it’s amazing . I’ve learned some real negative and positive information about college from her. Some positive information my cousin told me really got me motivated for college. She explained to me that there’s

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    will ultimately reflect when the graduate is in search of his or her dream career. My absolute academic goal would be to finish my courses at the Clark Atlanta University and receive an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice then go on to pursue a Master’s degree in the Forensic Science University of California, Los Angeles or Loyola Marymount University. While interning at Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, I learned about the potential career opportunities within the State Capitol of Georgia, I

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    The first part of this project involved picking somewhere to serve the community service hours, so to fulfill my community service requirement for this project I volunteered at the American Cancer Society Discovery Shop, which is a thrift shop in Roseville, CA. Upon my arrival, they took me to the back room where most of the other volunteers were. I witnessed people sorting through donations, cleaning donated dishes and sorting books. The manager said that I would be steaming clothes for the day

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