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The neighborhood of Flatlands, on central Brooklyn, is a densely populated community, which contain an estimated about 206,963 people. As suggested by the following data, this community is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse in the Brooklyn county; for which 59.6% are Black, 29.2% are White, 2.6 %are Asian, 7.1% are Latino, and 1.5% belong to other racial identity (possibly the recent influx of Orthodox Jews). Due to so richly diverse composition, and the fact that, 39.0% of the local

Killian Miller History 201 PLACE PROFESSOR 'S NAME HERE 28 September 2014 Benjamin Franklin: American Innovator Few names are more monumental in American history than that of Benjamin Franklin. His legacy has stood the test of time, mainly because Franklin’s achievements were unprecedented for the time in which he lived. An integral figure of the American Enlightenment, Franklin was (and still is) wildly popular, due to the magnitude and frequency of his discoveries and his consistent undertakings

the embodiment of an America Dream. Rudy climbed the political ladder and now lies as president-elected global chair of cybersecurity (CNN Library). People who are in the public eye and in politics are at times involved in a scandal or multiple scandals. Scandals have been present since the beginning of time and can very much affect your credibility and your public response to any of your further doings. Rudy Giuliani did experience a similar scandal to John Proctor from The Crucible and many others

originally supposed to be a be a hopeful, industrial city thought of by William T. Love in 1894, that would have a thriving community and would also produce cheap electrical power using the rivers there (Excerpts taken from the Love Canal exhibit, Library of the University of Buffalo). Later on it would become a dumping ground of chemical and toxic waste for the Hooker Chemical and Plastics Corporation, that would then be sold for only one dollar to the Niagara Falls School Board, have houses and even

schools, or states responsibility to decide what is displayed for the public, no matter the audience. Although some reasons for banning books are understandable, a child should not be shielded from the reality of the world, because an adult does not like what it says. An example of this is “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Today, there are many requests for the removal of this book from schools and public libraries due to the “stereotypical depictions of African Americans and use of

give to the world. She lives in the upper end of New York City, as apart of the medical field. Rebecca just has one problem, she cannot find a Man that has good potential...Sometimes it makes her gloomy when she spots her bestfriend with her boyfriend out anywhere in public. Also, her biggest fear is not being able to find love. One chilly October morning in New York City, Rebecca found a little cafe, right around the corner from her favorite library. One thing she loved about this cafe, that is

The Gilded Age was Twain’s first attempt at writing a novel, and the experience was enough fun that it led him to start writing Tom Sawyer. In March of 1885, the Library Committee in Concord, Massachusetts, said that Mark Twain’s book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was banned from all the town’s public library. The committee didn’t like the author’s rough language and the use of bad grammar. One of the members said “the book is of a class that is more profitable for the slums than it

The neighborhood of Flatlands, in central Brooklyn, is a densely populated community, which contains an estimated about 206,963 people. As suggested by the following data, this community is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse in the Brooklyn county; for which 59.6% are Black, 29.2% are White, 2.6 %are Asian, 7.1% are Latino, and 1.5% belong to another racial identity (possibly the recent influx of Orthodox Jews). Due to so richly diverse composition, and the fact that, 39.0% of the local

Because libraries hold information that is easily accessible, libraries should continue making efforts to modernize and stay open since there are local ones everyone can get to. Libraries have been an important part of education since Benjamin Franklin founded the first one in 1731, since they have been able to stay modern all of this time they should continue to modernize and make efforts to be relevant. There is no bad area of a library they are meant to be for the citizens benefit and keep people

Cynthia Chockalingam Mrs. Kalwasinski Language Arts 5 January 16 The Existence of Censorship in School Libraries Whether books should be censored in school libraries is a serious, current problem. Many individuals believe that censorship should be enforced in all school libraries. School books should be age appropriate, follow the curriculum, and it should include a balance of all viewpoints. At times, books can be atomic bombs, taking away from the community, leaving families broken. As Mae West