Biographies
Study the biographies of people who have significantly influenced global change. Such people have appeared at all times throughout human history to give the world something new and unexplored.
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Rosa Parks
On December 1st 1955, Rosa Parks was faced with the decision to give up her sit to a white man. When she refused, she was arrested and fined. The incident with Rosa led the bus boycott to began, where Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands of blacks to boycott the buses and walk to work. Eventually, Rosa Parks became a legion in civil rights and African American history. She also was awarded Presidential Medal of
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks By: Chip Gray On December l, 1955, Rosa Parks got on the bus because she was feeling tired after a long day at work. She was sitting in the middle of the bus, which she wasn’t allowed to do. After a while a white man got on the bus and told her that her and some other people to get up because the white part of the bus was full. All the Black
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Rosa Parks
One of the most infulential and inspirational women of all time was Rosa Parks. By one action she helped change the lives of a majority ofAfrican Americans and more importantly society as a whole. Rosa Parks sparked the attention of America when she refused to settle for the black (lower class)standards. Not only did she help change the lives for many African Americans but she helped equality for all men and women in the
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a central figure in the United States civil rights movement. Her full name was Rosa Louise McCauley Parks. She ived in Tukegee, Alabama. On February 4, 1913, Rosa Parks instigated the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott of 1955 to 1956. She did this by refusing to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger as required by law. Although secretary of the local branch of the National Association for
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Ruby Bridges
In 1960, the federal court ordered the desegregation of schools in the South. Some people believed that if enough people refused to cooperate with the federal court order, it could not be enforced. Some fired school employees who showed willingness to seek integration, they closed public schools rather than desegregate, and boycotted all public education that was integrated. In the Spring of 1960, New Orleans was finally forced to desegregate and Ruby Bridges, as well
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Ruby Briges
Ruby Bridges played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. Ruby was born September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi. A year later, her family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. At that time, people wanted to keep blacks and whites separate because whites didn’t think that blacks were as good as them. For example, blacks and whites had separate drinking fountains, blacks had to sit in the back of buses, and blacks and whites each
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Running on Faith (eric Clapton Biography)
When comparing my free write with the writing diagnostic prompt, it gave me a chance to reminisce on how I became a scribe. To know how to write, one also needs to know how to read. My reading abilities, like most of my peers started in pre-school learning the ABC’s. After learning the basic’s it was in infinite sprint to soak up the knowledge of the world. Over the years, I can credit my parents,
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Russ Feingold
On March 2, 1953, in Janesville Wisconsin, a United States Senator was born. He was named Russell Dana Feingold, and he grew up shaping, and discussing his political views around the dinner table with his father, Leon, a founding member of Wisconsin’s Progressive Movement. 51 years later, Feingold is a third term U.S. Senator known for work both on Campaign Finance Reform, and on other issues critical to the people of Wisconsin. Feingold first
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Ryan Seacrest
Ryan: [reading from an email that he received from a fan] "...Hey Ryan, I just want to let you know that your show is great. I listen every morning. I also have a question. I heard Dorothy and Jillian (sp?) from Good Day LA saying that you are single.." She says, "Is that true? You're probably thinking I'm a total stranger, why would I tell you, but like I said I listen every single day.
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Saddam Hussein
Saddam De Facto Saddam Hussein was unarguably the world’s most feared and powerful leaders. He ruled with an iron fist, his actions have caused fear and hate among the Iraqi citizens he ruled and people around the world. He ruled by oppression, with supremacy, committing atrocious acts such as testing chemical and biological weapons on the innocent civilians of his own country. During his time in power, he blatantly violated nearly all the United Nations
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Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-10/4/1226) was born into a well-off family unit at Assisi, Italy, the son of a wealthy merchant named Pietro di Bernardone. Francis received little formal education and during his formative years. As an adolescent, he was all the rage, attractive, appealing and was mostly preoccupied in having fun; enjoying practical jokes and was usually the central source of entertainment of the party. Francis was brought up in luxury and cheerfulness. He
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Saint Joan of Arc
St. Joan of Arc Born in 1412 into to a deprived family, Saint Joan of Arc was set to become a heroine in the town of Domremy. Joan was a daughter to Jacques d’Arc, a hardworking farmer, and her mother, a gentle kind woman. Born into peasantry, her mother often taught her practical things, such as sewing. As a child, Joan enjoyed praying at the shrines of Our Blessed Mother. During the time of the
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Saladin
Saladin or Salah al-Din, or Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi (Arabic: صلاح الدين الأيوبي, Kurdish: صلاح الدین ایوبی) (solaah-hud-deen al-ayoobi) (c. 1138 - March 4, 1193) was a twelfth century Kurdish Muslim general and warrior from Tikrit, in present day northern Iraq. He founded the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt, Syria, Yemen (except for the Northern Mountains), Iraq, Mecca, Hejaz and Diyar Bakr. Although he is known worldwide as Saladin his real name was Yousuf. Saladin is renowned in
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Saladin
Salah al-Din Yusuf bin Ayub or Saladin as he more commonly known was born in 1138 A.D. The meaning of his Arabic name is "righteousness of the faith." As a child Saladin was a studious boy who studied the Koran as well as poetry. He was known to love studying the Koran and other literature more than joining and fighting in the military. At the age of fourteen, he entered into the military service of
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Salman’s Profile
He made a name for himself with soft-spoken, romantic roles. Lately it seems like Salman Khan's mission in life is to prove what a very good actor that makes him. Son of scriptwriter Salim Khan (who co-wrote classics like Sholay, Deewar, Zanjeer, and Mr. India), Salman shot to fame as a gentle Romeo in the 1989 blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya. He then went on to star in some of the biggest hits of the 90s,
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Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali, the talented surrealist painter was born May 11, 1904 in Figueras, Spain. He was the second of three children in his family. His parents believed him to be the reincarnation of his older brother who had died just nine months before Salvador was born. Dali said later in life that he often felt like he and his dead brother were one when he painted. His parents were very indulgent through out his childhood,
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Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali, was born Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech at 8:45 a.m., Monday, 11 May 1904, in the small town, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, of Figueres, Spain, approximately sixteen miles from the French border in the principality of Catalonia. His parents supported his talent and built him his first studio, while he was still a child, in their summer home. Dali went on to attend the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts
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Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali was born into a middle-class family on May 11th, 1904 in Figures Spain. In 1921 he entered the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid where he made friends with Federico Garcia Lorca, Luis Bunuel, and Eugenio Montes. He pursued his personal intersest in Cubism and Futurism. In June of 1923 Dali was suspended from the Academy for having indicated the students to rebel against the authorities of the school. He was
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Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali, was born Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech at 8:45 a.m., Monday, 11 May 1904, in the small town, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, of Figueres, Spain, approximately sixteen miles from the French border in the principality of Catalonia. His parents supported his talent and built him his first studio, while he was still a child, in their summer home. Dali went on to attend the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts
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Salvador Dali
The life of Salvador Dali was one of much eccentricity, but he was also one of the most influential painters of the twentieth century. The story of his life is an extremely interesting one, and greatly inspired his artwork. Dali’s childhood and his growing up process had a lot to do with the man he would become later in life. He had a brother who was born before him, who had the same name. He
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Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali was a very important Spanish painter. He was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueras, Spain. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid and was expelled from the academy for indiscipline reasons in 1923. He as also a sculptor, graphic artist and a jewelry designer. His unusual pictures made him one of the most publicized figures in modern art. Dali passed through many phases of art. He painted his art
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Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali Born into a middle-class family, Salvador Dali studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he mastered his academic techniques. Dalн also pursued his personal interest in Cubism and Futurism and was expelled from the academy for indiscipline in 1923. He read Freud with enthusiasm and held his first one-man show in Barcelona (1925), where he exhibited a number of seascapes. He wrote the screenplay for Buсuel's “Un Chien Andalou”, which
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Salvador Dali Biography
Salvador Dali By: Jacob Rivera Perhaps one of the world's greatest artists is the Hispanic artist Salvador Dali. He won Many awards and became very successful in his work as an artist. And Salvador Dali is also one of my favorite artists of all time! . Salvador Dali, was born Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech at 8:45 a.m., Monday, 11 May 1904, in the small town, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, of Figueres,
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Salvador Felip Jacint Dali
Salvador Felip Jacint Dali Domenech was an important Catalan painter, best know for his surrealist works. His art shows a dream world in which normal objects are transformed in bizarre and irrational fashion. Dalн portrayed these objects in precise, realistic detail and usually placed them within bleak, sunlit landscapes(VirtualDali, Google). Dali’s political stance was the source of much controversy. Early on he affiliated himself with the surrealist movement in Paris, a group that interpreted their
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Salvation by Langston Hughes
Salvation “Salvation” is the story of a young boy name Langston Hughes who has an experience of revelation at his aunt church. It was once of those night at town where the church invite all the kids from town to go to church to be save by Jesus Christ. Langston Hughes and his friend Westley decided to go to church with Aunt Reed, it was going to be one of those night where everybody
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Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke was one of the most important soul singers in history -- he was the inventor of soul music. Cooke was one of the most popular performers in both the black and white communities. He was also among the first modern black performers and composers to venture into the business side of the music business, when he founded both a record label and a publishing company as an extension of his careers as an
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Sam Mansom
Types of TPCS 2.1 Arbitration approach =listen to arguments from disputing parties & making a binding decision (e.g., manager give more focus on agreed policies/procedures as a basis for conflicting parties making compulsory decisions ) 2.2 Inquisition approach = control discussion about the conflict & decide how the conflict resolution process will be handled (e.g., manager decided based on agreed policy/procedure – top down approach) 2.3 Mediation approach = manage the process & context of
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Sam Walton
Sam Walton a small-town merchant who had operated a variety of stores in Arkansas and Missouri, Walton was convinced that consumers would flock to a discount store with a wide array of merchandise and friendly service. When Sam Walton opened his first Wal-Mart Store in 1962, it marked the beginning of an American success story that no one could have predicted. Wal-Mart is a place where prices are low and value and customer service are
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Sam Walton
Sam Walton was born on March 29, 1918 to Thomas Gibson and Nancy Lee Walton near Kingfisher, Oklahoma. In Oklahoma, they owned and lived on a farm until 1923. The Walton's then decided that the farm was not profitable enough to raise a family on. So, Sam and Jame's (Sam's younger brother born in 1921) dad decided he would go back to being a Farm Loan Appraiser. Once this job started the Walton family moved
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Sam Walton
Sam Walton a small-town merchant who had operated a variety of stores in Arkansas and Missouri, Walton was convinced that consumers would flock to a discount store with a wide array of merchandise and friendly service. When Sam Walton opened his first Wal-Mart Store in 1962, it marked the beginning of an American success story that no one could have predicted. Wal-Mart is a place where prices are low and value and customer service are
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