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Profiles Of CourageJohn F. Kennedy, the author of Profiles in Courage, felt there were many politically courageous people. Kennedy seemed to define courageous as someone willing to risk one's personal assets to stand up for he believes is right and good. Eight different people, including John Quincy Adams, Thomas ...
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Al CaponeE-mail: [email protected]
Alphonse Capone was born in New York City by two parents Gabriel and Teresa Capone. Capone's parents immigrated to the United States in 1893 from Naples, Italy. Capone came from a large family and was the fourth oldest of nine children. (Kobler 10). As a child, ...
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Jim JonesThe mass suicides, that took place under the influence of Reverend , can be explained from a sociological perspective. By looking at how the group dynamics played into the outcome one gets a better idea of the whys? of the massacre. The sociological explanation is but one way to explain this ...
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Alexander The Great, King Of MacedoniaAlexander The Great,King Of Macedonia, is one of history's foremost military leaders.Alexander established an empire that extended from Greece to India.
He was the first to be called "the great". He conquered the Persian empire and annexed it to Macedonia. Alexander was the son of Phillip the ...
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Charles DickensCharles John Huffman Dickens was born in Portsmouth on Feb. 7,1812. He moved with his family to London when he was about 2 years old. Many events and people in his books were based on events and people in his life. He was the son of a clerk who was imprisoned for debt. Even when his father was ...
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The Works And Influence Of Christopher MarloweThere are a lot of great writers in British history. Many of these
writers have had a significant influence on future writing. These writers
not only impacted their time in history, but also today�s time. One of
these great writers is Christopher Marlowe. Christopher Marlowe is one of
the most ...
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Bio On ShakespearThe Life of William Shakespeare England's most talented and well know poet and dramatist was born on April 23, 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon, located in the cetre of England. His father, John, was a glove-maker and wool dealer involved with money lending. His mother Mary Arden was the daughter of a ...
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Edgar Allan Poe 3Through Edgar Allan Poe's magnificent style of writing, he provided the world with some of the most mystifying poems and short stories. Although not appreciated during his time, Poe has gained considerable recognition after his death. James Russel Lowell stated, in a book by Louis Broussard, "He ...
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Andrew Jackson, born in 1767 was a child of poor Scotch-Irish immigrants. He ended up with enough education to be qualified to practice law. Jackson�s father died before he was born. The Revolutionary War started soon after he was born. It was very bloody in the wild and poor country where they lived. Jackson ...
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Catherine II, Empress Of Russia (Catherine The Great)Catherine II, Empress of Russia (Catherine the Great)
Catherine II, or Catherine the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), did
much to transform Russia into a modern country. Originally named Sophie
Fredericke Augusta, she was born in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland), on May
2, 1729, the daughter of ...
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Fredrick DouglassIn August 1841, at an abolitionist meeting in New Bedford, the 23-year-old Douglass saw his hero and his “true friend”, William Lloyd Garrison, for the first time. A few days later, Douglass spoke before the crowd attending the annual meeting of the Massachusetts branch of the ...
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Seperate And Unequal, FredericSeparate and unequal: Blacks and White women.
Many may say that blacks and white women had more in common than people thought they did in the pre civil war era. A point worth arguing is that there are a few similarities and too many differences to list. No matter how you twist reality to make it ...
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Dantes Views Of Chivalry And Warfare - Cantos Xii And XxviiiThroughout Dante Alighieri's Inferno, the warlike and the social concept behind chivalry is one of intense concern for this author from the Middle Ages. What makes Canto XII so important in terms of understanding Dante's feelings on chivalry and war is that the reader is seeing Dante's views on ...
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King Tutankhamen ,or , was one of the youngest kings to reign over any country. "The Boy King" is best remembered for his magnificent funeral treasures, including his elaborate golden burial mask. achieved a measure of immortality through his glittering burial treasures.
was an Egyptian ...
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John Muirwas born April 21,1838 in Dunbar, Scotland. His father owned a store. They lived upstairs over the store. John had two sisters and one brother named David. John's grandfather lived near by.
As a boy John liked to take walks with his grandfather through the country. John liked to climb and ...
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Cyrano De Bergerac And Mother Teresa: Heros??
A hero? We�re expected to write an entire report on a hero? Two actually. Compare and contrast your two chosen people, are they heroes or aren�t they, blah, blah, blah. Three pages on that? How easy! Definition of a hero: batman, superman, or someone of that stature that has either been in ...
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Charles LindberghShortly after landed, he was swarmed by 25,000
Parisians who carried the wearied pilot on their shoulders. They were rejoicing
that , the American aviator who flew the first transatlantic
flight, had just landed at Le Bourget field in France. Having just completed
what some people called an ...
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John Steinbeckwas a famous American author who wrote from the 1920 to the 1940. Steinbeck was constantly moving across the country trying to succeed as a writer. lived a life of constant up and downs, successes and failures before he landed on his feet and became a famous author.
was born in Salinas, ...
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Pablo Picassowas born in Malaga, Spain on October 25, 1881 to Jose Ruiz, and Maria Picasso. Rather than adopt the common name Ruiz, the young Picasso took the rarer name of his mother. Picasso's genius manifested itself early. At the age of 10 he made his first paintings and at the age of 14, completed the ...
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Oliver Cromwellwas an English soldier and statesman who led parliamentary forces in the English Civil Wars. He was lord protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 to 1658 during the republican Commonwealth.
As a general on the parliamentary side of the English Civil War vs. Charles I, Cromwell ...
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A Dictionary Of Modern RevolutThe book ion written by Edward Hyams is a book that has changed my entire view on society, life, greed, and morales.
This book tells the entire life of a famous revolutionary named Ernesto Guevara. Ernesto Guevara is widely known throughout the world as Che Guevara or simply Che. The interesting ...
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The Life Of Sally RideWomen such as Harriet Quimby, the first licensed women pilot, and
Amelia Earheart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, were
unknowingly paving the way for other women, like Sally Ride, in the field
of women in science and aeronautics.
Sally Ride was born in Encino, California on May ...
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Bill Clintonwas born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in the small town of Hope, Arkansas. He was named after his father, William Jefferson Blythe II, who had been killed in a car accident just three months before his son\'s birth. Needing a way to support herself and her new child, \'s ...
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Jackie Robinsonwas one of the best players that proffesional baseball
has ever seen and greatly helped major league baseball accept African
American players that otherwise would not have palyed.
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia
(Hill 1). Jackie's grandfather was a ...
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Ida B. Wells 2“One had better die fighting against injustice than die like
a dog or a rat in a trap.”
- Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells was an important figure in Black American
History. She was born a slave in Mississippi in 1862.
Wells was able to gain an education and, later, became a
journalist ...
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