The first known African American to arrive in Texas was named Estevanico. In 1528‚ he was brought to Texas as a slave. It took the efforts of many people of many different races to make Texas what it is today and to help the state slowly move forward from the dark days of slavery‚ racism‚ segregations‚ and oppression. Along the way‚ African American Texans have contributed to the culture of the state‚ and many black Texans made historical contributions as well. All of African American Texan’s history
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Mao was a Chinese communist leader and founder of the People’s Republic of China. He was responsible for the disastrous policies of the ’Great Leap Forward’ and the ’Cultural Revolution’. Mao was born on 26 December 1893 into a peasant family in Shaoshan‚ in Hunan province‚ central China. After training as a teacher‚ he travelled to Beijing where he worked in the University Library. It was during this time that he began to read Marxist literature. In 1921‚ he became a founder member of the Chinese
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the greatest mass movements in the World’s history. As a leader‚ Gandhi utilised religious principles in order to inspire people to fight colonial oppression in India. Mohandas demanded to study law in Great Britain; however‚ his caste (social rank) did not allow him to travel abroad‚ so when he refused to comply he was expelled from the caste of merchants. Despite the fact that Gandhi was expelled from the caste‚ he still kept continuing with his first step to becoming a lawyer to help gain independence
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When he lived: Georges Cuvier was a famous French naturalist and zoologist who lived from 1769 to 1832. Where he was raised‚ educated‚ and employed: Son of an upper class Swiss Guard Lieutenant Jean Georges Cuvier‚ Georges was born to Anne Clémence Chatel in Montbéliard with the formal name Jéan Leopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier. Georges was taught at home by his mother and excelled academically. As a ten year-old‚ his interest in natural history was sparked by a copy of Gesner’s Historie Animalium
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When the Renaissance comes to mind‚ who is mainly thought of? The rich‚ white‚ Christian‚ “Renaissance man‚” but in truth‚ there are many Renaissance men who weren’t white‚ Christian‚ or even men at all. The Renaissance was a time of invention‚ learning‚ and humanist thinking. Many of the contributors to the Renaissance were minorities who‚ despite being mistreated and oppressed‚ found ways to further thinking and art. Countless Jews‚ Africans‚ and women helped further the Renaissance. Many Africans
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Augustine was born in 354‚ he had a Christian mother named Monica and a pagan father‚ Patricius‚ who was a Roman official. Even though he grew up in a Christian household he still managed to stray away from Christianity and was not baptized until he became an adult. For that to happen he had to go on his own journey‚ which had a big impact on his decision of converting to Christianity. Some of these influences hold more weight than others but on Easter vigil‚ April 24–25‚ 387 he converted himself
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commitment to nonviolence continues to be an inspiration and source of hope for oppressed people around the globe. His mission is continued during present day and the impact he had on India is still felt. Gandhi strived above all for Indian Independence “I did all this in the full belief that acts such as mine must gain my country an equal status in the Empire”(Lerner). Satyagraha remains one of the most prominent philosophies in freedom struggles throughout the world today‚ and Gandhi’s actions inspired
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At the age of six Michelangelo’s mother passed away and initially his father did not approve of his chose career path. At the young age of thirteen‚ Michelangelo became an apprentice of the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio who was well known for his murals. After a year of apprenticing Mr. Ghirlandaio‚ Michelangelo begin to catch the
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justice; for his brilliant alliance with Archbishop Mannix‚ where he progressed from the status of a young disciple to being suspected‚ inaccurately‚ of exercising an excessive influence over an ailing and declining archbishop”. An explanation as to how the person helped build
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organist in this time period. From the age of nine‚ J.S Bach was orphaned both of his parents had died and was adopted by his brother’s name Christoph who was an organ player. Christoph taught Bach’s how to construct organs from the frequent repairs that had to be made to the church organ. For the most part‚ Bach was self-taught by copying music in order to learn the musical style and to get music. Later in 1707‚ Bach was hired by a church in St. Boniface
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