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Search results 781 - 790 of 949 matching essays
- 781: Michael Jackson
- ... an $18 million contract was signed between Michael and Entertainment Properties Inc., which will manufacture a line of clothing for children in need. He joins a campaign to stamp out racism by lending his name to the NAACP’s endeavor to challenge widespread discrimination against Black artists. In 1987 he donates 10,000 to the Children In Need Appeal in Britain ...
- 782: Women Who Changed the World: Rosa Parks
- ... King Jr. Award (1980), as well as an honorary degree from Shaw College. I think that without Rosa Parks or any other men or women who tried to stop the racism against blacks has helped our nation in a big way. Without these people our world would be prejudice and racist.
- 783: Muhammad Ali
- ... he was still discriminated by the white society. In anger, Ali decided to throw his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio river, as a protest against what he perceived as racism in his hometown. At this point Ali wanted to take a stand against the discrimination of the blacks in the US, and did so by his actions. By the age ...
- 784: Jesse Owens
- ... he should be looked up to. He stood up for what he believed and had respect for who he was. I look up to him because I think that the racism in the world has been reduced because of people like him. I think he has made a great contribution to everyone. "When I came back, after all those stories about ...
- 785: Duke Ellington: An American Legacy
- ... come, That would be difficult being the son of a butler and black(The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz,330); in a time when Negroes had many obstacles including the racism that plagued the United States. About ten years after he started to play piano, he made his professional debut. It was nothing glitzy just a pub in uptown(330). Back ...
- 786: Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... year older sister. In my opinion this could have had a major effect on King's life by encouraging him to learn faster and better. Martin was first exposed to racism at an early age, (probably six, none of my sources specified his exact age at the time) when he was not allowed to play with some white friends of his ...
- 787: Martin Luther King Reflection Essay
- ... that the white man was the "devil". King was a major attribute to the civil rights movement. Eventually the civil rights movement led to some freedom for blacks, even though racism still exists today, and most laws were passed due to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 788: Mohandas Gandhi
- ... the nation of India as we know it today. Without him, the Indians might still be held under British rule. Without him, many might not have been inspired to fight racism or imperialism non-violently.
- 789: Biography of Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... year older sister. In my opinion this could have had a major effect on King's life by encouraging him to learn faster and better. Martin was first exposed to racism at an early age, (probably six, none of my sources specified his exact age at the time) when he was not allowed to play with some white friends of his ...
- 790: The Writings of Pat Conroy
- ... story of his battles with illiteracy and the school board (Burns 1). It also tells about his graduation from college and being filled with liberalism and a desire to erase racism in the South. When he began writing the book he saw it as a chance to show his disapproval of the South Carolina school system. He told an interviewer, "When ...
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