Malcolm X
.... separation (Islam itself does not encourge or accept racism or racial separation but the Black Muslims group of that time did). When Malcolm was released in 1952, he joined a Black Muslim temple in Detroit, and took the well known name of Malcolm X. In 1958 he married Betty Shabazz, and together they had six
daughters.
By the early 1960s, the Nation of Islam had become well known and Malcolm was their most known and popular speaker. In 1963, however, the Black Muslims silenced Malcolm for his .....
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Marcus Antonius
.... were mostly due to Antony's military skills. Antony then claimed Rome's eastern provinces from Octavian.
In 41 B.C., Antony had become involved with Cleopatra, whom he had met several years earlier in Rome. Mark Antony wanted to gain complete control of Rome and hoped Cleopatra would give him financial aid. They soon fell in love. In 40 B.C., Cleopatra gave birth to twin sons.
Later in 40 B.C., Antony left Cleopatra. Soon after, he married Octavian's sister, Octavia to strengthen his political posi .....
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Marcus Garvey
.... he was to devote his life, the Universal Negro Improvement and Conservation Association and African Communities League (UNIA), with the intention of making Africa “the defender of Negroes the world over. (p.110 Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century”)
Intending to open a school in Jamaica similar to the one organized by Booker T. Washington in the United States, he accepted an invitation to visit Washington’s school at Tuskegee, Alabama. When he arrived in the United States, however, .....
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher
.... of Grantham." (Mayer, 1979) When asked about the part her father had played in her life Margaret replied that "of course, I just owe almost everything to my . . . father, and the things which I learned in a small town, in a very modest home. . . ." (Mayer, 1979)
At the age of fifteen, Margaret had to start thinking seriously about what she wanted to do with her life. The British education system required young people at that age to choose between two totally separate curriculums which they w .....
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Mark Twain
.... Innocents Abroad. This piece published in 1869, poked fun at all the European Cultures that usually impressed many American Tourists(126). After being married in 1870, his humor and satire began to improve. This is when he wrote what is thought to be his best work; pieces like : Roughing It, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi and Huckleberry Finn along with other great pieces. Roughing It, the first piece produced in this amazing part of his life, was merely about his adventures of bein .....
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Martin Luther
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caused the central economy of Spain to grow at the expense of the
colonies. During the duration of this period, the 1500's through the
1700's, mercantilism had a major effect on the economies in the new
world. English speaking colonies were effected by England's policies
and acts. These policies and acts were means of controling the economy
of the colonies in America and strengthen the central government of
England. Dutch traders had the commercial vessel market well cornered
in th .....
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Martin Luther King
.... at last.”
King’s unconditional love for all humans was another value that strongly influenced his character and allowed him to have such excellent leadership ability. King described his meaning of love in one of his many speeches, “A Time to Break Silence”:
“ When I speak of love I am not speaking of some sentimental and
weak response. I am speaking of that force which all of the great
religions have seen as the supreme unifyi .....
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Martin Luther King Jr.
.... in day-to-day living comes into racial prejudice, either given or taken. Dr. King's speech had to be on a level for the common people to completely understand it. He does this by relating himself with the crowd and by using common speech. Overall his argument moves the reader, it makes them fell really human. After reading King's speech the reader realizes we're all the same and there is no need for racial persecution. King has written an argument that has such lasting appeal that it is imperative t .....
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Martin Luther The Great Reformer
.... and drop it.
Martin, however, would not leave it alone and made it his lifes' goal to change this minsunderstanding of God's Word. He wanted to show the Catholic Church where they were wrong in their teaching of God's word. This did not make many members of the church very happy. They truly believed that their practices were exactly the way the Bible and God said they should be. In fact, they wanted Martin to shut up and forget this foolery of his.
Martin believed that he needed to pursue t .....
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Maria Mithchell
.... own. And only a year after that, at the age of eighteen she was offered a job as a librarian at Nantucket's Atheneum during the day when it opened to the public in the fall of 1836. At the Atheneum she taught herself astronomy by reading books on mathematics and science. At night she regularly studied the sky through her father's telesscope. For her college education even Harvard couldn't have given her a better education than she received a .....
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Martin Luther King Jr. 3
.... graduating with honors from Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania in 1951, he went to Boston University where he earned a doctoral degree in systematic theology in 1955.
King’s public-speaking abilities—which would become renowned as his stature grew in the civil rights movement—developed slowly during his collegiate years. He won a second-place prize in a speech contest while an undergraduate at Morehouse, but received Cs in two public-speaking courses in his first year at Cr .....
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Maya Angelou
.... says, “Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom” These two parts of their writings are asking a similar question. Why do you choose to seclude me from you’re world am I something you wouldn’t expect from another human? “Don’t scream about don’t think aloud turn your head now baby just spit me out don’t worry about don’t speak of doubt turn your head now baby just spit me out.” This is a complex way saying why is you disrespected .....
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Michael Crichtons Life
.... he was named Medical writer of the year.
VI. Writing Novels
A. Gave up medicine and took up writing full time.
B. He has written 11 novels.
C. Often refereed as the “Father of techno thriller”.
D. His early works deal with preexisting literary forms.
VII. Prestige
A. His novels have been translated into 24 languages.
B. He has directed seven movies.
C. He is the creator and executive producer of the television series E.R.
D. In 1995, E.R. won 8 Emmys.
VIII. Com .....
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Michelangelo
.... floor, lying on his back on scaffolding, Michelangelo painted, between 1508 and 1512, some of the finest pictorial images of all time. On the arch of the chapel, he devised an intricate system of decoration that included nine scenes from the Book of Genesis, beginning with God Separating Light from Darkness and including the Creation of Adam, the Creation of Eve, the Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve, and the Flood. In order to prepare for this enormous work, Michelangelo drew numerous figure studies a .....
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Michelangeo - Renaissance Man
.... of the gardens and a talented sculptor. Lorenzo saw a marble faun's head carved by Michelangelo, and liked it so much that he invited Michelangelo to live with him in his palace. Lorenzo surrounded himself with poets and intellectuals. Living in the Medici household, Michelangelo had access to the art collection. He also had the opportunity to converse with the younger Medici's. Two of the younger Medici's later became popes (Leo X and Clement VII). His patron Lorenzo died in 1492, and two yea .....
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