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    My Experience in the Charles H. Wright Museum

    Railroad it was something to experience seeing how Harriet help those escape. The Ring of Genealogy was amazing to see all those symbols inside the ring of genealogy . You have to see and hear the story about it to really feel the effect of how these people whose name is on the nameplate made an impact in our society. Refection on the experience PART I Going back in the past seeing how people of color were treated as if they wasn’t human.; made me aware of what price was paid for me to have

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    Brown V. Board Of Education Case Study

    walk more than 2 miles to go to a segregated school. Until the Brown v. Board of Education case came. People were standing in line like it was Black Friday to be apart of that amazing change in history. Racism is when one group of people is treated less fairly than others because of their race. After the Civil War African Americans were granted freedom, however, that didn't pass by most people in the country. They would make sure these freed slaves and their children couldn't participate in elections

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    Unkown

    imagination. Art in it self has many form such as glass, plastic, fabric and many more of its undesirable materials not just paint. To some art is limited to only that the eye can see not noticing the in-depth of its message or meaning. Art forces people to take a closer look at social issues or events that take place in our communities that have both negative and positive effect on our society for example the xenophobia attacks . In all art in my opion is based on its form, for example George Pemba

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    Atticus Showing Courage In To Kill A Mockingbird

    courage no matter what the odds are. This can be seen many times in the book and even in real life. Take for example some courageous people like ghandi. He was a person who had a lot of courage standing up for his beliefs, Courage can be found in the book many times. One of the many times was when Atticus was sitting at the front door of the jailhouse. A whole mob of people came up to him demanding that he move so they can get Tom Robinson. The mob had intended to break into the jail house, grab Tom

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    Race

    her story with deep compassion and, for all its starkness and tragedy, it is a work of great beauty and inspiration." Barry Ronge, The Sunday Times (South Africa) "The journey to racial tolerance, which some people take for granted, has not been easy and over the years many people have struggled with the idea of accepting others as equals. It is within this context that all South Africans should be happy that a movie has been made that tells this story of race and racial tolerance which, thankfully

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    Central High: Segregation In The United States

    Nelson Mandela once said, “People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite”. Quotes show meaning and power. Their more than just words coming from someone's mouth. This quote showing how in the 50’s and 60’s there was hatred. Everywhere in the streets there wasn’t any respect or any kindness. And what was the cause of this? Just because of what skin color you had. This showed superiority for only

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    Crash

    Crash is the perfect analogy of how we as a human race deal with life, people and our own experiences. Physical characteristics and racial differences may be interpreted as two distinguishing traits that separate us. I think it's what keeps us apart. The writers of Crash managed to extend my viewing experience beyond the 90 minute film, thus forcing me to analyze my own prejudices and racial stereotypes towards others. I always thought that racism occurred as a result of a person's upbringing.

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    Csr Program

    Fernando and his son built Dilmah branch which has been famous in 90 countries (dilmahtea.com/sustainability, 2013) .The name of tea included his name and his son: Dilhan and Malik. Dilmah.It took Merrill 38 years to launch the brand in 1988(The amazing story behind Dilmah tea, 2010. Today, Dilmah is the only tea company control the entire process from growing tea, tea time delivery of products to consumers. (dilmah.vn, 2010) Their objective is using only freshly picked in the garden, make sure the

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    Malala Yousafzai

    Malala Yousafzai the Influential Communicator and Education Activist Abstract This paper is about an amazing 17 year old girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for championing the right of girls to receive an education. Many have asked “what are the qualities of an inspiring leader?” Research shows that leaders create enthusiasm, empower people, instill confidence and inspire the ones around them. In early 2009, Malala Yousafzai started by blogging about life under Taliban rule and that

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    Althea Gibson And Arthur Ashe: A Hero

    Imagine you are a black person, in the 1900’s. Think about the certain things you could do because of your skin. The limited places you could go, the separated water fountains, always going to sit in the back of the bus. That’s what it was like to be black back then.With sports, things were worse. Blacks couldn’t play in certain tournaments, but that all changed with the U.S. Open, a tournament where blacks and whites compete. In that tournament, two blacks, Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe, competed

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