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- 15041: Ebonics A Bridge To Help Black
- ... were given a mini-course in ebonics during the first two weeks of class. The mini-course described the rule-governed nature of ebonics and its ten components: syntax, grammar and vocabulary, as well as world view, semantics, intonation, favored generes, learning styles, teaching styles, and speech acts (such as mocking). The students were then taught freshmen composition methods. Later, they tested higher than the white students on a written proficiency ...
- 15042: Gwendolyn Brooks
- ... at first seems a shallow attempt at poetry, "The Boy Died in My Alley" develops into an incredible exploration of enfeeblement. Brooks power comes again from her ability to bring the reader into a human world, with human characters. It explores the pain one person feels, and the hopelessness spawned from it. Although relatively few people live in an area where crime is so rampant as in "The Boy Died in ...
- 15043: Grover Cleveland
- ... New Jersey on March 18, 1837. He was the first Democratic President who served two terms that did not directly follow each other. He also was the first President who was elected after the Civil War. Grover Cleveland was born the son of a country minister whose name was Richard Falley Cleveland. His mothers name was Ann Neal Cleveland, the daughter of a publisher. Grover Cleveland was the fifth child in ...
- 15044: Frank Lincoln Wright
- ... firm. When Wright left the company, Sullivan's quantity of contract declined quickly. Sullivan soon ran into economic troubles and his international reputation dwindled by 1920. Sullivan was soon reguarded as worthless to the architectural world. He resorted to alcoholism and died in 1924 without regaining the glory of what was held in their early years of Chicago. LIFE AFTER THE FIRM Wright quickly built up a practice in residential architecture ...
- 15045: Amazing Grace A Book Report
- ... their lives, but after living there for so long, it would almost be virtually impossible, almost the same as a prisoner who has spent fifty years in prison trying to become part of the outside world. Another solution is to talk to these people, learn about them, let them get through to you, and to help them in anyway possible, but this too is hard to do. There is no definitive ...
- 15046: Jackie Robinson
- ... Rickey, and his son Jackie Junior who died in a car accident at the age of 24 (Hill 2). Near the end his life, Robinson was invited to throw the first pitch of the 1972 World Series. He died of a heart attack ten days later at the age of 53 (2). Jackie Robinson was a great baseball player and an equally great civil rights leader. Although he never got to ...
- 15047: Antigone 2
- ... day. Many times you hear in the news of a particular reader or country that refuses to give in or give up their pursuit of something because they don t want the rest of the world to think that they were a weaker nation. It is a common theme in today s society. The play Antigone by Sophocles is a great play. In it Sophocles uses many features that would classify ...
- 15048: Biography of William Hearst
- ... In 1895, William moved to New York City and bought the New York Journal and made it a success. New York became the headquarters for the Hearst Corporation. He competed directly with The (New York) World which was published by Joseph Pulitzer. Soon he purchased other papers and magazines. Thirty years after managing the Examiner, William owned 25 daily newspapers and magazines. The Hearst eagle became his trademark. He started the ...
- 15049: Joan of Arc
- ... she was capable of saving France and she was given a large French army to lead. The army she was given won many wars against the English and helped the French in the Hundred Years' War. This gave her a place of honor next to the king in the Cathedral. Charles was against any further battles against the English. In 1430 Joan fought the English again at Compiegne, but this time ...
- 15050: Stephen Biko
- ... sake of others. However, Stephen Biko was not the only hero in this film, there was someone else. That someone was Donald Woods; he was an important reason why Stephen was heard all over the world because of the help he provided in getting the information out to other countries. To this day, Mr. Biko is considered to be a true hero, even after his death.
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