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    Mlk a Longstanding Legacy

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    A Longstanding Legacy Dr. King was born into the climate of the American Civil Rights movement in Atlanta‚ Georgia on January 15‚ 1929. His grandfather was the founder of the Atlanta Chapters of the NAACP‚ and his father was the Pastor of the Eboniza Baptist Church where he worked as a Civil Rights Leader. Dr. King attended Morehouse College and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1948. Dr. King married Coretta Scott King in 1953. After graduating with honors from Crozer Theological

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    8th Grade Legacy

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    have encountered think about you? Will they think of you in a positive way or a negative way? The way in which you are remembered is your legacy. Some people will have respectable legacies‚ while others won’t. It is up to you what type of legacy you have. I hope that at the end of 8th grade‚ I will have a respectable legacy. To leave behind a honorable legacy‚ I will have impacted the lives of people around me in a positive way. By the end of the 8th grade year I hope I will be viewed as someone

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    Aids in Africa

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    Is there a price for life? If so what is it? The issue here concerns South Africa ’s growing HIV/AIDS patients. The world non-the-less isn ’t doing much about the situation that only seems to be getting worse. South Africa already has the highest growing HIV/AIDS rate in the world. The pharmaceutical companies offered very little medical donations or help; they ended up doing quite the opposite. When South Africa attempted to import generic versions of the needed HIV/AIDS drugs because of their

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    Che Guevara's Legacy

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    from Che and clearly understand his position and influence on the world we live in today. The fate of his legacy is dependent on his representation as a human in history. To insure that he is analyzed fairly it is necessary to be informed on both the positive and negative actions throughout his life. As well as clearly understanding the biases that Loewen’s idea of heroification has on his legacy. The

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    Du Dubois Legacy

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    He resigned in 1934‚ but later returned to the NAACP as director of special research from 1944 to 1948. There‚ too‚ he published his most important historical work‚ Black Reconstruction in America: An Essay toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America‚ 1860-1880 (1935)‚ and Dusk of Dawn: An Essay toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept (1940)‚ his most engaging and poignant autobiographical essay since Souls of Black Folk. During the campaign

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    Darwin's Living Legacy

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    Darwin was not the first to suggest that life has evolved over time. In fact‚ there has been other researchers suggesting there theory. For instance‚ during 610-546 B.C. a Greek philosopher named Anaximander was one of the first to suggest that life-forms evolved from fish in the seas for this he went through a process of modification once established on land. Also‚ in the year 1735 Carl Linnaeus published his book‚ Systema Naturae in which he outlined a method for classifying all organisms. Darwin’s

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    moment we die‚ each and every one of us carries a legacy. Whether we like it or not‚ the lessons learned and labels worn by our ancestors are passed down to us. Although the legacies of our ancestors do not define us‚ our reactions and what we choose to do with these legacies do have a large impact on our lives. Some people choose to honor their legacy‚ some try to forget their legacy‚ and others make an effort to either erase or change their legacy. In August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson‚ Berniece struggles

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    European Influence Between 1400 - 1800 in the Americas (Africa and Asia) The years 1400 - 1800 were a time of exploration and discovery. It was a time when Europe attempted to dominate the whole world. The building of huge‚ sturdy ships‚ known as caravels‚ helped them sail around the world easily to discover new lands by constructing ports and empires in Asia‚ Africa‚ North America‚ and other such regions. Some of their many motives were to spread Christianity among the people they invaded‚ and

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    Poverty in africa

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    poverty never seems to go down‚ despite decades of work by African governments and NGOs‚ outside NGOs‚ and foreign government aid programs. What causes this entrenched poverty‚ on a continent rich with natural resources? Unfortunately‚ poverty in Africa doesn ’t result from just one or two causes. There are a number of different factors at work‚ all interacting with one another‚ and making the problem of entrenched poverty extremely difficult to solve. Some of the major causes of poverty include:

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    The Scramble For Africa

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    The Scramble For Africa After the Berlin conference‚ European powers occupied and colonized areas in Africa‚ in order to gain resources. But many Africans weren’t too happy with the idea of the Europeans coming in and controlling them. During the scramble of Africa‚ the actions and reactions of Africans was that some surrendered their territory and control over to the Europeans‚ while others rebelled against them. Others tried to appeal through religion and believed culture would give them

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