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John Calvin

Joe Cabrera Western Civ October 9, 2012 John Calvin was born on July, 10th, 1509 he died in Noyon, France, he died May 27[th]1564. He was raised in a firm Roman Catholic family. John's father, Gérard Cauvin was chosen by the Bishop to be the administrator of the Cathedral of Noyon. His ...

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Jo Ann Gibson Robinson

Who was Jo Ann Gibson Robinson? Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist and educator. Although she was not as well known as Rosa Parks or Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jo Ann Robison was the individual most instrumental in planning and publicizing the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. She ...

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Franklin D Roosevelt

Weston Parker World Civilization Extra Credit April 10, 2012 Franklin D Roosevelt Faced with the Great Depression and World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt, nicknamed "FDR," guided America through its greatest domestic crisis, with the exception of the Civil War, and its greatest foreign ...

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Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then ...

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Barbara Jordan

Sterlin Hector 6-25-12 Barbara Jordan This person has influenced Texas is someone that I think, has worked her whole life for. This native Texan worked hard all her life to become a positive role model. Miss Jordan did not set out to become a hero or a leader on purpose, but she knew what ...

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Benjamin Franklin's Career

Benjamin Franklin's Career He had many jobs in his life. He was a philosopher, inventor, musician, politician, writer, scientist and diplomat just to mention a few. Benjamin Franklin was a great leader in the American Revolution, helped to write the Declaration of Independence and was one of ...

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Jeffrey Samuel Corwin

Jeffrey Samuel Corwin Conservationist, wildlife biologist and television host Jeffrey Samuel Corwin was born in Norwell, Massachusetts in 1967, where he attended Norwell High School. Corwin has bachelor of science degrees in biology and anthropology, from the University of Massachusetts ...

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Christopher Columbus

Justin Shin 10/8/12 Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was born on October 13, 1451 at Genoa, Italy. His father was famous for weaving and political business, so Christopher took his job until the age of fourteen. This was when his life as a sea voyager began. During his whole ...

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C.S. Lewis

Kayla Rosser Mrs. Dunn Advanced English 12 September 9, 2012 C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis, formally known as Jack Lewis, was born in Belfast, Ireland on November 29, 1898. He was the second son of Albert Lewis, a lawyer, and Flore Lewis, a mathematician. Lewis is well known as a novelist, ...

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Pocahontas: The Algonquian Indian Princess

Pocahontas: The Algonquian Indian Princess Many people know Pocahontas from the Disney film that came out in 1995. Disney portrays her to be a carefree Indian girl who falls in love with an Englishmen named John Smith who had a dog named Percy. However, Percy was actually a colonist who ...

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Princess Ka'iulani

Princess Ka’iulani Princess Ka’iulani was the first half Hawaiian and half foreign, Scottish, direct heir to the Hawaiian throne. Her uncle, King Kalakaua, had nine other siblings that all died or remained childless, leaving no direct heir to the throne until his sister Likelike had a child ...

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Martin Luther King, Jr

Jillnell Gobert December 8, 2012 CWV-101 Professor Pasley Martin Luther King, Jr., original name Michael King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. -- died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee), graduated from Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., ...

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Thomas Edison

Samantha Barnes Mr. Elder Period 3 & 4 February 10, 2013 Thomas Alva Edison Thomas Edison could probably be properly called Mr. Electricity because of the many inventions and millions of dollars that he used and invested with electricity. From the invention of the light bulb, to the invention ...

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Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee For some Robert E. Lee is an almost God like figure. For others he was unreasonable. Robert E. Lee was born January 19, 1807 in Statford, Virginia. Robert was the fourth child of a Revolutionary war hero. Robert was accepted to the United States Military Academy and graduated ...

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William Blake Biography

Sally Rozumalski February 6th 2013 English period 1 Poet biography William Blake not only a poet, but he was also a painter, engraver, printmaker, and most notably a visionary. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a key figure in the history of both the poetry ...

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Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks Hughes/3[rd] 2/19/13 By: Karli Morgan Nicholas Sparks is famously known by many people around the world. Although he wrote many novels he is mostly known from his novel The Notebook, which was published in 1996. Sparks is a man that writes romance novels and is known for ...

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Ronald Reagan Biography

Michelle Chai #2 Literature 8B January 5, 2012 Book Title: Ronald Reagan Author: Michael Burgan Biography of: Ronald Reagan Publisher: DK Publishing Early Years: Ronald`s father, Jack, was born in Fulton, Illinois, in 1883. He was a salesman in several Illinois cities. Ronald's mother, ...

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T. Boone Pickens

T. Boone Pickens T, Boone Pickens is a legend in the oil business. He was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma in 1928. He found Mesa Petroleum in 1956 which became one of the largest independent Oil companies by 1981. Mesa Petroleum was sold to Parker and Parsley Petroleum in 1997 and T. Boone ...

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Case Study of Barbara Streisand

Abstract For as long as I can remember, Barbra Streisand has been a woman that has fascinated me, and is someone through whom I have been able to find a great deal of admiration, both as an individual and as a performer. Above all else, Streisand has been my role model from the time I first ...

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Malcolm X

LEADERSHIP 3 SEMINAR: The Political Economy of Leadership and National Transformation LECTURER: DR. LLOYD AMOAH BOOK REVIEW ON THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY MALCOLM X DUE: 27TH APRIL 2011 . "By any means necessary. I'm for freedom. I'm for a society in which our people are recognized and respected ...

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Nelson Mandela

In this paper, I will argue that the segregation in Apartheid and the gender segregation were what helped lead South Africa into a more successful country. Without the obstacles holding back Nelson Mandela, he would have never gotten as far as he did. That man was a role model for all blacks, ...

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Malcolm X

TUCKER AMERICAN HISTORY 3A Malcolm X The Early Years Tyson Wilson 3/4/2013 "I don't call it violence when it's in self-defense. I call it intelligence." That was Malcolm X's life motto. If someone throws a rock at you, then you pick one up and throw it right back. Malcolm X was an ...

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Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone By: Kyle Williams Daniel Boone was born November 2, 1734 in a log cabin in Berks County, near present-day Reading, Pennsylvania. He is one of the most famous pioneers in United States history. He spent most of his life exploring and settling the American frontier. Boone rarely ...

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Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis (rough draft) Born in Kentucky, Jefferson Davis lived from June 3, 1808 to December 6, 1889. He attended Transylvania University, graduated West Point, and became an American statesman and leader of the confederacy during the civil war, which he served between 1861-1865. He ...

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Malcolm X

It is tempting to speculate how the radical politics of the 1960s might have played out had Malcolm X not been assassinated on February 21, 1965. The campaigns for civil rights, for the liberation of people of color domestically and internationally, against the war in Vietnam and other instances of ...

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