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any circumstances, even if it mean death. Malcolm X was a human rights activist and an American Minister (Teaching American History). He was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, in poverty and he died at age of 39 on February 21, 1965 in Washington Heights, New York city as an icon. His story is truly inspiring and anyone who knows one thing about him is familiar with his extreme bravery (Carson, Clayborne). He was not only a powerful civil rights leader, but he also told his

company Starbucks when established in 1971by three founding members; it was known as Starbucks Coffee, Tea and Spices. They were not selling beverages instead they sold coffee beans. By the next year itself they opened a second one in same Seattle, Washington. In early 1980 the management change took place while one of the founding members left Starbucks and Jerry Baldwin became a CEO. When Howard Schultz joined the company and took charge of marketing and overseeing the retail stores in two years

Henry Hudson in 1609 while working for the Dutch East Indies Company. New Amsterdam, as it was then known, was settled in 1614 by Dutch fur traders and became the most important port in America. (Reed, 2011) The two rivers flowing on each side of Manhattan grant easy access to the ocean, and Henry Hudson remarked that the harbor was the best natural harbor he had ever seen in the world. For hundreds of years the city has been at the epicenter of world trade, and immigration to the new world. Millions

during World War II. They were using and piecing together new scientific understandings to being working on a way to counteract the alleged German atomic bomb project, this plan was known as the Manhattan Project. The Nuclear Weapon Archive states: “Despite its official founding in August, the Manhattan Project really began on September 17, 1942 when Col. Leslie Richard Groves was notified at 10:30 a.m. by Gen. Brehon Somervell that his assignment overseas had been cancelled. Groves, an experienced

Crack’s Effect on New York City In the summer of 1985, New York City was introduced to the drug crack. The ensuing seventeen years have culminated into some of the most turbulent, and crime ridden years in the history of New York City. Crack is the street name for a form of cocaine introduced in the mid-1980s. Crack is smoked, rather then sniffed through the nose, or injected, which are all other ways to use cocaine. Users of the drug inhale the vapors that are given off when

Immigrants are the backbone of New York City. They make a significant portion of the city’s population. Similarly immigrants have been flooding into the city for decades, contributing to the city’s social and economic diversity. This can be seen through the abundance of immigrant restaurants, businesses, and communities. Furthermore, one can hear a copious variety of languages and can immerse themselves into the melting pot that is New York City. Immigration has a tremendous impact on New York City

Immigration in New York I was born 23 years ago in the Dominican Republic, an island located in the Greater Antilles. There is a saying from my country that goes "Mi tiera mi corazon" meaning my country my love, which explain exactly how I felt about the Dominican Republic. To me the Island of Santo Domingo is the greatest in the World; there are beautiful people, gorgeous weather and all the mangoes I could have eaten. Then one day my parents gave me the bad news, they were moving to this place

said “It is the most documented even in human history.” (Boxer, 2002). The bright blue sky of that fateful morning soon turned to grey. Smoke and ashes perforated the lungs of escaping people as they scrambled to get to safety. The streets of Manhattan, earlier bustling with automobiles now was a sea of fearful people. They ran as fast as they could, trying to escape the inferno, trying to imagine exactly what had just happened to them. Many were unaware of two planes, many thought it was perhaps

Many people seem to think that successful people possess extraordinary qualities that set them apart from the rest. It is little known that their “[…] success is not exceptional or mysterious. It is grounded in a web of advantages and inheritances, some deserved, some not, some earned, some just plain lucky-but all critical to making them who they are. The outlier, in the end, is not an outlier at all" (285) just normal human beings who are given extra tools to work with. These tools are the components

Fashion has always made a major impact when it comes to fashion designers and the way they have changed and influenced the way people dress from all over the world especially designers from France, Germany, Italy and Japan. Even though some of the most successful fashion designers all hail from overseas, Ralph Lauren is the exception out of the bunch with him coming from America. With his fashion line, Ralph Lauren has captivated the fashion world and pop culture with his innovation in luxury clothing