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    Life has many instances in which one must choose whether to stand apart from the group and disagree with his peers or to nod vehemently in agreement and quickly seek security as a part of the group. Many choose to follow the crowd because of the fear of rejection. They hang tightly to the bumper of the car of acceptance not worrying of the cuts and scrapes they are suffering as they struggle to hold on. Others painfully watch the car drive over the horizon and reassure themselves continually that

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    Thomas Nelson Page wrote “ How the Captain Made Christmas.” He was a lawyer and an American writer. He also served as the U.S ambassador to Italy during World War 1. He is best known for his role as literary spokesman for the glories of the Old South. He began writing while at the University of Virginia and from there he joined the Jefferson Literary Society. He based some of his stories off his life, but not all of them. He wrote a popular boy's book called Two Little Confederates. He fictionalized

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    What 's A Name?

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    stroll around the streets of Nelson, do we ever look up at the blue signs, wondering the stories behind these names that roll off your tongue so everyday? Do you stop to picture Nelson, 170 years ago, imagining the people that walk the same path to work as you everyday, down Trafalgar Street? These steps that the first settlers of Nelson made, have shaped our city, creating the perfect base for following generations to make change upon. As generations have occupied Nelson, the names of these streets

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    Nelson Mandela and His Search for Equality

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    equality Nelson Mandela fought through racism, imprisonment, and social inequality all in an effort for equal rights for African Americans in South Africa His efforts provided hope and pride for African Americans in South Africa that things could and would get better for them in the future. Mandela was far from perfect and had many issues he had to deal with publicly and personally. Mandela struggled with racism and social injustice throughout his life and seemed to just brush it off. Nelson Mandela

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    Apartheid was the slogan for the National Party, representing Afrikaners. The slogan was a platform of racism and segregation. This policy cruelly and forcibly separated people, and had a fearsome state apparatus to punish those who fought against it. What made the policy unique was it made segregation part of the law (History.com Staff). Apartheid was seen as worse than segregation because it was introduced in a period when other countries were moving away from racist policies. All Government

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    Nelson Mandela Apartheid is “a former policy of segregation and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups in the Republic of South Africa” (Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, n.d.). When you hear the word apartheid, you automatically think of Nelson Mandela, the most influential man in the fight for human rights for black South Africans. Mr. Mandela was a Visionary and Ethical Leader. His actions, decisions and behaviors lead to the end of apartheid and the creation

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    connect with Feb being black history month and BET TV network did something involving a famous black person in connection with the month. That is a six part miniseries called Madiba which involved the detailed story of Nelson Mandela starting Lawrence Fishburne and premiered on Feb 1st. Nelson Mandela was a huge

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    Nelson Mandela was a great leader during a time of oppression towards nonwhites in South Africa. He led a peaceful resistance to end apartheid in his country, which led to his first arrest and time doing hard labor (Pechey, 2008). This strategy was not working and Mandela approved of tactics involving violence against the government in order to end apartheid and to create a democracy that would grant rights to all people regardless of their race. His shift from a peaceful resistance to a violent

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    Essay on Nelson Mandela: Standing Firm

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    Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo, a village in the Transkei, on July 18, 1918. The definition of Rolihlahla actually means “pulling the branch of a tree”. After the passing away of Nelson’s father’s in the year 1927, Mandela became the ward of Jongintaba Dalindyebo, the Paramount Chief, to be developed to grasp his place in high office. As a result of listening to the elder’s stories of his ancestor’s valor during the resistance wars, he aspired too of creating his own significant addition to the

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    provides enough to satisfy every mans need but not every man’s greed - M.K GANDHI “Earth provides enough to satisfy every mans need but not every mans greed.”- is a famous quote Mahatma Gandhi, which elucidates that nature and earth has enough resources to satisfy humans basic requirement but it doesn’t have enough to satisfy everyman’s greed as greed in endless . It is necessary to conserve our resources because in absence of the same the population of the

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