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    tensions at the All Star Bowling Alley there was a lot of conflict, the Orangeburg Massacre on February 8th, 1968 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, at the South Carolina State college. Prior to the Orangeburg Massacre The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a very strong act that hit some people on the good side and others not so much. In Orangeburg, South Carolina The owner of the All Star Bowling Alley, Harry K. Floyd, was hit on the not so good side. Harry K. Floyd had said that the Civil Rights

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    The topic for my stakeholder research paper is performance enhancing drugs. My research is the affects of performance enhancing drugs on athletes and how it affects society. The stakeholders for the research paper are the professional athlete, the college athlete, governing bodies and the fan. The effects of drug use on the professional athlete can cost them their career and also their lives. The college athlete wants to become the fastest or the biggest and nevertheless don’t view performance

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    Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896" (1 University of South Carolina). His parents were Edward Fitzgerald and Mollie McQuillan Fitzgerald (1 University of South Carolina). Fitzgerald was

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    Derham Jr. Case Study

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    Derham Jr. was born to parents Derham Sr. and Candace Cole in Columbia, South Carolina (votesmart). From his birth, Derham Jr. had great shoes to fill. His father, Derham Sr., represented Spartanburg in the South Carolina General Assembly (sccourts.org). Not only representing the thirty-second district in South Carolina, Derham Sr. was also elected as honorable Resident Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit (sccourts.org). The standards were set high in Derham Jr.’s house. Partially the reason the

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    South Carolina Dichotomy

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    The University of South Carolina likewise alluded to as USC, SC, Southland Carolina, or just Carolina is a semipublic, co-instructive examination lincoln arranged in University, Southmost Carolina, Amalgamated States, with heptad satellite grounds. Its grounds covers more than 359 sections of land 145 ha in downtown University not a long way from the Southwestward Carolina Verbalize Accommodation. The University is classified by the Philanthropist Foot for the Development of Ism as having rattling

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    Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI) Roger Williams University is a private liberal arts university founded in 1956. It was originally a branch of Northeastern University that the YMCA later took control over. The university was then named for one of the state’s founders, Roger Williams, who was one of the first abolitionists in North America. The university has hosted notable speakers such as Khaled Hosseini, David Trimble and Bob Geldoff. Today it boasts more than 3,500 students and 5 academic

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    run. Below, University of North Carolina at Charlotte a public college and Lenoir Rhyne a private college are compared and contrasted. Lenoir Rhyne is a private university located in Hickory, North Carolina. It was founded in1891 by four Lutheran pastors (originally called Lenoir College) that are affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Lenoir Rhyne has three campuses located in, Hickory, North Carolina which is the main operating campus, Asheville, North Carolina, and Columbia

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    Senator Lindsey Graham was born in Central, South Carolina on July 9, 1955. His parents were the owners of a local bar and liquor store in the town of Central and after high school he attended and graduated from the University of South Carolina, which made him the first person in his family to attend college (McNamee). His childhood was somewhat tough because his family had money issues and because of that he had to do some local odd jobs as a child to help support his family financially (Raju).

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    time depicting the college or university of their choice whether there are going to attend a Historical Black College or University, Predominantly White School? As a future educator, I made a commendable choice to attend an HBCU because they are still needed today for successful individuals. Although some African- Americans forget the journey that our ancestors had to go through so we as African-American can have a better education from an accredited college or university. During the time period of

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    Shaw and he is the Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Shaw is also the president of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists and he is very proud of his position. Dr. Shaw opened up the meeting with introductions and I was shocked to learn about his undergraduate education. Shaw received his bachelor’s from Howard University, one of the best historically black universities in the nation. During his undergraduate studies, Shaw studied sociology

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