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- 6631: Martin Luther: A Biography of Martin Luther (1483-1546)
- Martin Luther: A Biography of Martin Luther (1483-1546) Luther was born in Eisleben, Germany, the son of Hans Luther, who worked in the copper mines, and his wife Margarethe. He went to school at Magdeburg and Eisenach, and entered the University of Erfurt in 1501, graduating with a BA in 1502 and an MA in 1505. His father wished him to be a lawyer, but Luther was drawn ...
- 6632: Amiri Baraka
- ... Baraka then grew in notority when he won the Obie, awarded by the Village Voice newspaper, an off-Broadway award, for his play, Dutchman. With his new found reputation, Baraka opened the Black Arts Repertory School in 1964. The institution became one of the most influential theatre/schools within the BAM and brought music, art, poetry and drama to the street corners of Harlem. It was during this time that Baraka ...
- 6633: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... for her may have stemmed from her kindness toward him at a time when he felt more "tolerated than desired, suffered rather than sought." (James A. Harrison, p.xiii vol.7) He was at a school in Richmond, Va. where, compared to the other boys, he was genetically lower class. It did not matter that he had more mental or physical prowess than them, he simply did not have the genealogy ...
- 6634: Malcolm X
- ... from the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm's mother suffered a nervous breakdown and the eight children were taken by the welfare department. Malcolm was sent first to a foster home and then to a reform school. After the eighth grade, Malcolm moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked at various jobs and eventually became involved in criminal activity. In 1946 Malcolm was sentenced to prison for burglary. While in prison, Malcolm ...
- 6635: The John Scopes Trial
- ... Liberties Union agreed to help teachers. Once the ACLU heard of Scopes' trouble, they decided to pursue this as a test case. A local engineer recommended that the ACLU help Scopes. Scopes was arrested in school and sent to a appear before a grand jury. Three-time Democratic Presidential candidate and religious fundamentalist, William Jennings Bryan, was sent to work for the prosecution with A.T. Stewart. Clarence Seward Darrow, a ...
- 6636: Martin Luther The Great Reformer
- ... His Will. That is exactly what Martin Luther did later on in his life. When Martin grew older, he became a monk in the Catholic Church and earned his way up in rank through devotions, prayer, and hard work. Martin soon became a priest within the Catholic Church. Martin was a firm believer in God's word and soon began teaching others in the classroom. As Martin continued to read and ...
- 6637: Sinclair Lewis
- ... Isabel Warner. During his childhood he became very introverted since he didn't have many friends and he became interested in writing. In 1902, Lewis entered the Oberlin Academy in Ohio. He later left this school and enrolled in Yale. During his time in Yale University, he became the editor of the "Yale Literary Magazine". For two summers he worked on cattleboats. On his other summer vacations he went to England ...
- 6638: Martin Luther King Jr. 3
- ... in organizing SCLC. Shuttlesworth believed that the Birmingham police commissioner, Eugene Bull Connor, would meet protesters with violence. In May 1963 King and his SCLC staff escalated antisegregation marches in Birmingham by encouraging teenagers and school children to join. Hundreds of singing children filled the streets of downtown Birmingham, angering Connor, who sent police officers with attack dogs and firefighters with high-pressure water hoses against the marchers. Scenes of young ...
- 6639: Character Development in Dead Poets Society
- ... Charlie Dalton, the reader assumes that he is handsome and ?preppy?. The reader creates a picture in his (or her) mind of a very attractive, Matt Damon-type (he is so hot), above average high school male. Contradictory, in the movie, Charlie is shown as a rather average, scholarly gentleman, leaving no room for the imagination take over. Also, Knox Overstreet is described in the novel as a curly-headed, athletically ...
- 6640: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... This idea applies very well to Erich Maria Remarques novel All Quiet on the Western Front. In this novel, the author uses excellent imagery and descriptive writing to portray the lives of several German school mates who are eventually destroyed by World War I. Ramarque's purpose in writing this book was to display the hidden costs of war. The physical aspects of death and wounds did not begin to ...
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