Madam C. J. Walker “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations….I have built my own factory on my own ground.”----Madam Walker 1912 (“Madam CJ”). Sarah Breedlove born on December 23‚ 1867 in Delta‚ Louisiana‚ who later came to be known as Madam C. J. Walker. Her parents Owen and Minerva Anderson Breedlove
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Alice Walker: Writings on Race David Turley Lib. 316 Annemarie Hamlin 02/22/2010 Alice Walker: Writings on Race Alice Walker has spent her adult life writing about gender and race. Walker’s achievements include the Pulitzer Prize‚ the first African-American woman recipient of the National Book Award‚ and numerous other literary awards in her life (Walker‚ 2009). She has spent her life’s career engaging in activism and helping
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Alice Walker My research paper is on Alice Walker who is still living‚ at the age of 72 years old. Alice was born February 9‚ 1944 ‚ in Eatonton‚ Georgia. Alice grew up poor with her eight brothers and a single parent‚ her mother. Her mother worked as a maid to take care of them. Alice was soon injured‚ she was shot in the eye with a BB gun by one of her brothers. Alice started working as a social worker‚ teacher‚ and giving lectures as a profession. She also worked as the Black History consultant
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The Great Cal Ripken Jr In the book My Story by Cal Ripken Jr and Mike Bryan‚ it shares the stories of the great Cal Ripken Jr. Cal Ripken is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Cal played on the Baltimore Orioles from 1981-2001 and was nicknamed Iron Man. The book talks about his successful life and the obsticals that he had to pass to get to being a Major Leaguer. Cal Ripken Jr was born on August 24‚ 1960 in Havre De Grace and was raised in Aberdeen Maryland
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Born on May 18‚ 1889‚ American engineer and chemist Thomas Midgley‚ Jr. was controversial for two of his discoveries. One‚ he discovered the Freon while working for General Motors in 1930. He intended it to be a safe non-toxic refrigerant to be used in household appliances‚ to replace the dangerous refrigerants used before like ammonia and propane. Freon and other CFCs soon replaced the various toxic or explosive substances previously used as refrigerants‚ and were later used in other applications
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JOHN FORBES NASH JR. CLARKE R. REECE MATHMATICS PROF. KEVIN DENT 08/03/2012 John Forbes Nash Jr. was born June 13‚ 1928 in Bluefield‚ West Virginia. Mr. Nash Jr. is an American mathematician who won the 1994 Nobel Prize for his works in the late 1980’s on game theory. Game theory is the study of strategic decision making or more formally known as the mathematical models of conflict and cooperation between intelligent and rational decision
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Lahug‚ Cebu City A book review on John L. Gokongwei Jr. “The Path of Entrepreneurship” by: Marites A. Khanser In Partial Fulfillment For the Requirement in MGT 202 – Organizational Behavior Submitted to: Dr. Neri R. Gantuangko Submitted by: Pete Anthony Polo March 2009 Summary of the book and its contents This book is about a rich Chinese-Filipino businessman John Gokongwei Jr. who built his companies into a highly diversified and large business
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Donald Marshall Jr. Facts Of Donald Marshall Jr. Shortly before Midnight on May 28‚ 1971‚in Sydney Nova Scotia Donald Marshall‚ Jr.‚ a 17-year-old Micmac‚ and Sandy Seale‚ a 17-year-old Black‚ met by chance and were walking through Wentworth Park in Sydney when they met two other men‚ Roy Ebsary‚ 59‚ a former ship ’s cook‚ and James (Jimmy) MacNeil‚ 25‚ an unemployed laborer. Marshall and Scale had an altercation with Ebsary and MacNeil. Which triggered a deadly over reaction in the drunken
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Is Martin Luther King Jr. Really a Hero? What would it be like if no one fought for us‚ but what if someone did… so much that they risked everything? Martin Luther King Jr. is my hero and I’m gonna show you how. Martin Luther King Jr. expanded the rights for all people‚ said what was right in front of thousands of people (even though they could have treated him bad for so)‚ and King sacrificed his own safety for others. So‚ one reason why I say King was a hero is‚ because he was determined to
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Angus Cartwright Jr. Case Write Up Introduction It was 1995. Mr. Angus Cartwright‚ the financial advisor based in Arlington‚ Virginia had to make recommendations to his two clients: John DeRight and Judy DeRight‚ who both require 12% return on investment but different types of investment in their different life stages. The four properties that Cartwright was looking at are: 1) Alison Green‚ an existing garden apartment based in Montgomery County‚ Maryland; 2) 900 Stony building‚ an existing 5 story
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