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Jonas Salk
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2403.... to the Bronx where he went to school. "His first spoken words were, 'Dirt,
dirt,' instead of the conventional, uninspired 'No, no' or 'Momma.' He was a
responsive child." Dr. Salk was "raised on the verge of poverty." Although
his family was poor, he did do exceptionally well in all the levels of education.
He graduated from Townsend Harris High School in 1929 and then went on to the
College of the City of New York where he received his B.S. in 1934. He finally
earned his M.D. degree in June of 1939 from the New York University College of
Medicine. Jonas Salk was "a som .....
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Jefferson, Thomas 1743 -- 1826
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 672.... then returned to Virginia, where as a member of its legislature (1776--79), he took the lead in creating a state constitution and then served as governor (1779--81); during this time he proposed that Virginia abolish the slave trade and assure religious freedom, but he did not achieve this. He was not very successful in organizing Virginian resistance to the British military operations there and would come under criticism for his lack of leadership. Returning to the Continental Congress in 1783, Jefferson drafted the policy organizing the Northwest Territory and secured the ad .....
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Stephen Bantu Biko
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 876.... the best solution. "His mind was a tool to chisel
out sense and truth and order" (Woods 78). Biko was thoughtful, sensitive and
had a good sense of humor. He was motivated by the search for good and truth.
At the University of Natal Medicine in 1968, he became involved in the
multiracial National Union of South African Students. He was known by peers and
adults as a student leader This organization fought for black rights, except he
claimed that, "the white [were] doing all the talking and the blacks listening"
(Biko 210). Biko wanted the blacks to have as much say and p .....
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The Life Of Abraham Lincoln
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 449.... a year later Thomas fell in love with Sarah Johnstonand shortly after got married. Sarah cared for abe and his sister as though they were her own. The years in Indiana were tough, abe got alot of jobs and became very handy with the ax in which he used to help his father build and reconstruct.
While on the job lincoln read every chance he could, he was interested in law and the life of George Washington.
Lincoin was a powerful young man tought, muscular, and not so hard working. By nineteen he was six feet four inches tall. Despite a relatively small chest and a slim wa .....
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Rosa Parks
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 286.... the bus system by blacks, with Martin Luther King, Jr. leading the movement.
In spite of harassment the boycott continued, and in 1956 segregated seating was challenged in a federal law suit. Parks' personal history has been lost in the retelling of the event. Prior to her arrest, Mrs. Parks had a firm and quiet strength to change things that were unjust. She served as secretary of the NAACP and later Advisor to the NAACP Youth Council, and tried to register to vote on several occasions when it was still nearly impossible to do so. She had run-ins with bus drivers and was .....
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Important African American Figures
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2230.... next few years she toured the country speaking in its behalf. Encountering the women's rights movement in 1850, she also added its causes to hers. During the American Civil War she solicited gifts for black volunteer regiments, and President Abraham Lincoln received her in the White House in 1864; she later advocated a "Negro State" in the West. Sojourner Truth continued to stump the country on speaking tours until 1875. An illiterate all her life, she was nevertheless an effective speaker and was endowed with a charisma that often drew large crowds to her informal lectures. .....
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Robert E. Lee
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 631.... Curtis Lee. Then in 1835 they had their second child, Mary Curtis. Mrs. Lee was put on bed-rest for many months due to illness. They had five more children: William Henry Fitzgerald, Annie, Agnes, Robert and last Mildred. When he was home, they all attended episcopal Church where he was raised. On May 13, 1846 the United States declared was on their southern neighbor. When Lee was 39, he headed for Mexico. Lee's will said that he was worth about $38,750 with few depts. He only had few slaves: Nancy and her children. And they were to be freed "soon as it can be done to .....
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Pompey The Great
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 800.... Pompeys return to Italy in time to
annihilate the remnants of Spartacus's army fleeing from the defeat at Crassus
hands (71 B.C.). For his victory, Pompey celebrated his second triumph although
he still held public office. He got a spot in office by moving into the highest
office of all, the consulship with Crassus as his colleague (70 B.C.). Together
they overthrew Sulla's constitution by giving the plebian tribunes their former
powers and the knights partial control of the law courts.
In 67 B.C., the tribune Aulus Gabinius, by a bill gave extraordinary
military powe .....
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