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...The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic Monthly magazine. Du Bois drew from his own experie...

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...f the Military . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 AaBram G. Marsh 21 Remarks at the Department of Justice African- American History Month Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Eric Holder SECTION IV: SOCIAL POLICY PERSPECTIVES 2010 22 Ideological Perceptions and Civil-Military Relations . . . . . . . . 423 Rachel Milstein Son...

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...tion accommodated one of the largest and most singular treasury of Islamic history and culture around—costumes and traditional Saudi Arabian garb on d... ...something so fascinating and beautiful and not be able to touch a piece of history every day? Well, no one—not even the toady and acquisitive Lundquis... ...-year internship at the Brooklyn Museum ... volunteer at Museum of Natural History..." Therese had unconsciously nodded at the director ticking off he... ...y..." Therese had unconsciously nodded at the director ticking off her job history before the woman glanced up at her again. "Very impressive." "Thank... ... least of which was learning from this Turner fellow's CNN station and the History Channel what struggles were underway and amidst in his homeland and...

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...take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking direct h... ...lly until Mergenthaler built his Linotype. But Ottmar’s name fell through history’s cracks. 18. ―The Eighth Wonder of the World‖ Although as lat... ...p to the start of the Epilogue. This is because my own perspective on the history of the written word is tied so powerfully to the history of eBooks... ...dford‘s perspective that gives weight—well-deserved weight—to portions of history he has pulled out from shadows of the past. Mr. Bradford starts wi... ...revolution got underway, those experiences set me looking into the hidden history of information technologies that preceded the present Age of Cyber... ... the reality of segregation at that time and funded separate libraries for African-Americans. Although access to stacks containing reference materia...

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... king it's still not the top. How many kings have fallen throughout — — the history of human civilization? Last I checked, kings and queens of our cu... ...ers, domineering and controlling, and their actions pervasive throughout the history of Korean culture. Korean men have furious tempers. If you don't... ...tball player; every person in China claims that he's the best center in the history of the NBA, yet he's never won a NBA championship, let alone win... ... and ” grandparents are rather silent when it comes to sharing their family history and background. It's the same way with Gabriel. He doesn't know ... ...cans were made slaves by early Anglo-Americans? You won't find that in your history books because they want you to think that Americans have always ...

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...The newspapers of Hawaii form a unique role in the history of Hawaii and of American journalism. In a period of 165 years, from 1834, when American Protestant missionaries introduced the Hawaiian language Lama Hawaii (Hawaiian Luminary), to the present, newspapers have spann...

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...There are several ways to classify newspapers. In Shaping History: The Role of Newspapers in Hawaii (University of Hawaii Press, 1996), I placed newspapers within four major categories: establishment, opposition (or alternative), official, and independent. Establishment papers repr...

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...Illiterate tribes of nomad herder-hunters unite under Genghis Khan and then take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. -- 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking direct human contact between Europe and China just in time to let InfoTech wonders from the East nourish the Renaissance. -- 11. The Missing Keys to Science Che...

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...take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking direct h... ...lly until Mergenthaler built his Linotype. But Ottmar’s name fell through history’s cracks. 18. ―The Eighth Wonder of the World‖ Although as lat... ...to the start of the Epilogue. This is because my own perspective on the history of the written word is tied so powerfully to the history of eBooks... ...dford‘s perspective that gives weight—well-deserved weight—to portions of history he has pulled out from shadows of the past. Mr. Bradford starts ... ...revolution got underway, those experiences set me looking into the hidden history of information technologies that preceded the present Age of Cyber... ... the reality of segregation at that time and funded separate libraries for African-Americans. o DDC cards in catalog drawers enabled patrons to find...

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...t Grid -- 32 Air Conditioning from Seawater -- 36 America’s Most Diverse State -- 38 Local Economy -- 40 Hawai‘i’s Ties to the APEC Economies -- 42 A History of Innovation -- 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sciences -- 48 Turning Science Into Practical Inventions -- 56 Winners of the Hawai‘i Business Innovation Showcase -- 60 Breakthroughs in Health and Medicine -- 68 Ha...

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...se State 38 Local Economy 40 Hawai‘i’s Ties to the APEC Economies 42 A History of Innovation NATURAL SCIENCE 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sc... ... HAWAII BUSINESS We’re proud to be “America’s Best Bank” , with a year history of helping businesses throughout the Pacific navigate their way to ... ...at unifes Hawaiians, one begins to understand the cultural importance of history, inclusiveness and sharing, education and organization, a traditi... ...iety, who navigate the eternal, ever-changing Pacifc Ocean. Mo‘olelo, or history One way to immerse yourself in Hawai‘i’s history is to visit ‘Iola... ... can mean completed, smudge, moist or skirt.” Another must-see place for history bufs is the Bishop Museum. The New York-born banker Charles Reed ...

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...004) English Biochemist 63 JAMES D. WATSON (1928 -) American Biochemist 63 CLOSING STATEMENTS 64 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 67 WHERE MUCH OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE STARTED WITH THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF SCIENCE ABSTRACT ON THE GENESIS OF AN ORDERLY AND SYSTEMATIC UNIVERSE 68 THE STORY OF THE CELL AND BIOLOGY 73 BIOLOGY AS A SCIENCE 73 BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATIO...

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...ny Kelley, a brilliant composer, not only educated me in composition and the history of musical borrowing but co-taught a class on musical borrowing t... ...spired and informed by colleagues and students in computer science, English, history, and political science. But the work I am describing here is—as t... ... rules that define prop- erty in the information age. It is that problem, its history, philosophy, and politics that I try to sketch out in the pages a... ...rvaluing the public domain and the information commons at the very moment in history when we need them most. Academic articles and clever legal briefs... ...1930s, or the films of the Second World War, or footage on the daily lives of African-Americans during segregation, or the music of the Great Depressio... ...gree with him from quoting his autobiography in dis- cussing his life. If an African-American author wishes to tell the story of Gone With the Wind fr... ...s watching pictures of a flooded New Orleans, seeing pleading citizens—mainly African-American—and a Keystone Cops response by the Federal Emergency Ma... ...e television played certain images over and over again. People—again, mainly African-Americans—were portrayed breaking into stores, pleading from roof... ...ific verbal and musical references, and, for much of the century, cutting the African-American artists out of the profits in the process. There is anoth...

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...uld it vary? 19 Should every rule be universal—never changing through history? The Ten Commandments are such a universal moral code. What if Hit... ... devil? Global warming is an alarmist misreading of a natural blip in the history of climate. There is no overpopulation problem—there is plenty roo... ... not depend on an air of confidence or a posture of certainty. Throughout history progress has been stymied because ignorant people have been in lead... ...k. Although Marx based his ideas on atheism and the dialectic of economic history, neither of which is provable, it seems that in today‘s world indi... ...major you are preparing for your occupation. When you take courses in art history, music appreciation or tennis you are preparing to enjoy your non-w... ...rs as your older population. This might be because more are educated. And African-Americans, who have less education on the average, have twice the n... ...ssions. ―We have increased the rights of deserving minorities, such as African-Americans and Hispanics, while concurrently expanding the rights o...

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... factor in the minds of the Oriental leaders whose multi- 9 millennial history is not based on the pragmatism of profit found in the West. But, as... ...ians, particularly to Chinese and Indians. It has been obvious throughout history that we all want our families and our societies to be as similarly... ...rn the languages. They are also tested on their knowledge of our customs, history and philosophy. Then they have to be ready to immerse themselves i... ...ible negative effects have been eliminated through counseling. Is there a history of diabetes, cholesterol or heart problems, Alzheimer‟s, cancers. I... ... At any time we can tell where they are. The chip has all of their medical history. If there were a crime, it can put them at the scene of a crime, o...

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...Oh shit. Oh, hell no. This isn't happening. "We've got one victim down ... African-American male, early twenties ... wounds to the chest and abdomen..... ...of the funeral home flashed through his memory. He was dead. He was really history. Kelly closed his eyes tight, mumbled "No" again. "See? I told you ... ...ow how strong it was, how healthy, how athletic, how capable. What was her history with the Latin homeboy? From his memory of her reflection in the mi... ...ble. There's no explanation for these things ... weak blood vessel, family history, physical fitness ... they just happen.... The important thing now ... ...w Fairfield: A Lakeside Town. Tyler had gone into a run-down of the town's history, explaining how it had been a logging town for nearly two- hundred ... ...er who arched a brow and said, "Oh?" "Just filling Dagny in on some family history." "Oh boy." Tyler rolled his eyes as Kelly shared a conspiratorial ... ...ed the farmhouse, turned to Kelly. "And you? What's your background?" "I'm African-American. My family's originally from the south. Georgia, to be spe... ... a brow as she stood and put a hand on a hip. "Hmm. I believe I do see the African-American background you were telling me about." "Cut the dallying. ...

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... learn and how we perceive things that I don‘t want to confuse you. I could probably start at a hundred different points, but let‘s go back in histor... ...ed on modern neuroscience. But there is no question that his insights were critical to Western thinking. He was one of the great minds of our histor... ...rtainly there are things that need to be learned by rote—spelling, writing, the multiplication tables, and so forth. But video games can teach histor... ...e you?‖ —―Certainly not. But you would have to admit that a huge number of believers in every religion haven‘t studied the theology or histor... ...as.‖ —―Whether secular or religious, convincing the rabble that they will be holier, smarter or richer is a common method of changing histor... ...t least two weeks. The fewest depressive episodes were in the age group of 45 to 50. The highest number of episodes were recorded in women of Africa...

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... Pg 598 Inflation Pg 607 Modern Racism Pg 609 Ego-gratification Pg 625 History Pg 694 The Unclearness of History Pg 694 Wisdom Pg 697 In... ...210 Human Wisdom Pg 1220 Bicycle Cards Pg 1221 Intelligence Pg 1224 Pre-History and Ancient History Pg 1266 Burial of the Dead Pg 1268 Deca... ...cious Pg 1393 Social Form and Function Pg 1395 The Power of Myth Pg 1397 History and Myth Pg 1398 Midas and Croesus Pg 1401 Progress and Ret... ...Possession and Violation and Poison Pg 1794 The Growth of Poison Throughout History and Undead Evil Pg 1795 The Reason for the 7 th chapter Pg ... ...y splitting into Time, Space and Energy explains the entire 1 st half of the history of the Universe which Science calls the Big Bang. No sci...

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...n plastic bags to be Chucked out, so to speak. Oh, there it is behind the History of the Peloponnesian War, obscure to the factions of the divided s...

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...t Tony Blair would do in retirement, whether Americans would ever elect an African-American president, and on and on, with- out a single reference to ... ..., as it currently exists. There are many references on the Internet to the history, application, and case law on jury nullification. Two major sites ...

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... Sang Huin lost the address book and key chain from the souvenir shop at the history museum Sung Ki had given to him. He lost both by leaving them in ... ...le, she thought, did not camouflage their barbarity in "goodness." Early in history, except for notable flare- ups, Germans were aware of their barba... ...All one had were one's concoctions of plausible scenarios about the person's history and how he or she might behave from empirical personal experience... ...o one's whore. She just painted and studied toward a Master's degree in art history, passively delegating the obstructive clutter of motherhood and a... ...e hour and yet he had no career aspirations. His Bachelor's degree in music history was worthless. He probably had no special aptitude for teaching ...

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...This collection recognizes Black History Month, February 2007. Two excellent resources for public domain African American writing are http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/African_American_Writers_%28Bookshelf%29 African American Writers (Bookshelf) and http://www.b...

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... academy because of academic deficiencies. Henry Ossian Flipper graduated from West Point as a Second Lieutenant in June of 1877 earning his place in history as the first African American to do so. No other men of color would accomplish the same for another decade. His first permanent duty assignment was to the famed 10th Calvalry Regiment. Since the academy’s founding on ...

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...a good summarization and interesting account of the life, values and politics of Lincoln. Cautions: Chapter 7 contains a single use of an epithet for African-Americans in a quotation from a British magazine. Chapter 8 ends with an example of a stereotypical Southern black dialect which many may find offensive. (Summary by John Lieder.)...

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...ne at times (a weakness of some Abolitionists), The Narrative of Sojourner Truth remains a moving and historic document, chronicling the struggles of African-Americans under slavery and the life of a truly remarkable woman. (Introduction by Marc Kockinos)...

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...First published in 1933, the thesis of Dr. Woodson's book is that African-Americans of his day were being culturally indoctrinated, rather than taught, in American schools. This conditioning, he claims, causes African-Americans to become dependent and to seek out inferior places in the grea...

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...a world where the white folks are gentlemen by day and Ku Klux Klanners at night. Marion Junction is in Dallas County where as late as 1963, although African-Americans made up over 57 percent of the total county population of 57,000, only 130 were registered voters. After graduating from Dunbar High School in Bessemer, Alabama, in 1937, Boggs took the first freight train n...

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...Here are the words of the pioneer African-American activist Maria Stewart. Stewart began writing and lecturing against slavery in the early 18302, despite pressure from peers to keep silent, and became a contributor to William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist ne...

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...kins, despite an impressive record of productivity and creativity as a novelist, playwright, short fiction writer, editor, actress, and singer, is an African-American woman writer who has essentially been consigned to the dustbins of American literary history. Though contemporary with Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Charles W. Chesnutt, and Paul Laurence Dunbar, Hopkins is o...

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Published in Black-Workers Remember: an oral history of segregation, unionism, and the freedom struggle by Michael Keith Honey, pg. 20-23.

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...s the country and soon becoming the most successful film in North American history. In 1978, Lucas began production of the second chapter of the trilo... ...assic story of good against evil. It is the same story told throughout the history of man but with a futuristic spin added to it. It is the combinatio... ...e obstacles we must overcome to fully achieve this freedom. Throughout our history, short as it may be, Ameri- cans have overcome many social obstacle... ...ive un- defeated teams, and 239 all-time victories (second in Division I-A history). Love him or hate him, he is one of the best coaches ever. So what... ...orts, 1997. Fitzgerald, Francis J. Greatest Moments in Penn State Football History. Louisville, KY: Adcraft, 1996. OBrien, Michael. No Ordinary Joe. N...

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...e was on September 1, 2001 under the lights for only the sixth time in the history of Beaver Stadium. Although it was still warm, I froze, and told my... ... that startles us just as much as had the unexpected noise. He is an older African-American man. His grayish-white, prickly beard adds a sharp contras... ...meteries, and buildings of different purposes and are widely known for the history-shaping events that took place there. Other sacred places are not a... ...we are from the area. We dress like this some- times to get a feel for the history.” He also told me that he and his son usually come to the cemetery ... ..., people were taking pictures and listening to a tour guide talk about the history of the site. As she proceeded to take the group on through the ceme... ...o children did not even misbehave; it was as though they were moved by the history of this place. I then noticed a couple of men standing by a statue....