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Police Officer Deadly Force
1,085 words... he coroner's report stated her death was slow and torturous. I can still see her pleading and needing eyes staring at me from behind her bruises and welts all those times I arrested her father. To this day I agonize that I should have done more to help her, but I could not do anymore. My position would not allow any additional jurisprudence than what had already been evinced. I felt nothing but sickness and contempt for her father, but I could do nothing about it. It would be up to the court...
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Boys And Girls Native Americans
1,048 wordsThey Dance in the Sky is a collection of Native American sky myths. It is a basic introduction into the skyline of the first Americans, retelling American Indian folklore and tales of mythology. They are allegories or parables written in the English language, collected by scholars in the late 19 th, early 20 th centuries. The stories tell tales of many different things such as: how to act or obey the customs of a tribe, why things are the way they are, or how we came to be. Generally they are st...
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Native American Culture Front Door
995 words... et their supper. 'You take the front door and I will take the back door, 's aid Coyote. 'Reach in and see of you can get him, ' replied Raccoon. They both reached in their holes. Raccoon felt sorry for Squirrel and let him escape through the front door while Coyote was reaching farther and farther into the back door. 'No silly, that is my hand you grabbed!' 'It is Squirrel, 's naked angry Coyote. 'Stop pulling, ' begged Raccoon. 'You are hurting me!' But Coyote continued pulling at Raccoon's...
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Living Here For Five Grabbed The Phone House
1,269 words... 't think he'd do anything to me, except scream at me, maybe. He spun me around, grabbed my wrists, and threw me down, against the stairs, banging my head and upper torso into the hard steps. He pulled, yanked me up, and threw me back, repeatedly hurling me into the stairs. I was screaming. However, besides my own voice, I would have sworn that the entire world was silent. I heard myself scream, "NO! NO! NO! NO! NOOOOO!" Right then, the banging stopped, and my ears were next confronted with a...
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Caught His Head Head On The Side Bike
1,330 wordsThese are some of my memories that I can remember clearly. Some are from a very long time ago and some are quite resent. I have three, some parts of them are bad memories and other parts are that good that Ill never forget them. One of my earliest memories was when I was about 3 or 4 and lived in a small house in Warrington. It was a hot sunny day and I was out in the garden playing football with my friend Joe. My Mum, and Joe's Mum, were both in the house having dinner together because they had...
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How Did Hitler Come To Power In 1933
1,031 wordsAdolf Hitler was a very lucky man throughout his life It was November 1918 and Germany signed the armistice ending the First World War. Private 1 st Class A. Hitler was in an army hospital being treated for a shrapnel wound to the head when he heard the news. Like many other Germans, he was shocked and angry about the surrender as the fighting never reached Germany. Soon after the Treaty of Versailles was signed which detailed the handover of German land and colonies and the reduction of armed f...
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Short Story Analysis Of Uneasy Homecoming
847 wordsUneasy Homecoming by Will F Jenkins is a short story that has the effect of a particularly tense atmosphere. The story is about a woman named Connie returning to an empty house after a two-week holiday. When she arrives home she had developed a nervous feeling. While Connie was on holiday some burglaries had taken place. Later Connie finds the loot in her home and uses quick thinking to attract peoples attention from the other side of the bay who then catch the burglar. In this short story the s...
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African American Experience Langston Hughes
2,151 wordsWhat was the dream that brought our ancestors to America? It was rebirth, the craving for men to be born again, the yearning for a second chance. With all of these ideas comes the true American dream Freedom. This is the condition in which a man feels like a human being. It is the purpose and consequence of rebirth. Throughout the life of Langston Hughes he presented ideas in his writings that help to define his perception of the American dream. In beginning, Langston Hughes was born on February...
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African American Experience Weary Blues
1,610 wordsOne distinctive mark of the great writing of the Harlem Renaissance includes the development of a creative voice that both explains Black history and pain and transforms this explanation into High art, despite its association with Low people. Some writers, such as Langston Hughes, attempt this transformation by seeking to elevate the sense of crudeness associated with blackness. In many ways, Hughes sets the standard for this distinctive mark: his writing consistently exhibits a voice that embra...
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Miss Glory Maya Angelou
1,946 words/Maya Maya Angelou Finishing School /Maya Angelou/ Maya Angelou (b. 1928) has had careers as dancer, poet, television writer and producer, ac-tress, and writer. She has served as coordinator of the Martin Luther King Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Her books include I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970), from which this selection is taken, and a memoir, The Heart of a Woman (1981). The irony of the title is immediately apparent to the reader of this graphic portrait of Angelou's racis...
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African American Women Washington D C
2,584 wordsWhen you control a mans thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his proper place and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary. This quote, spoken true by a prominent African American scholar of the 20 th century, Carson Woodson, is aimed at shedding li...
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Native American Culture Boys And Girls
2,043 wordsThey Dance in the Sky is a collection of Native American sky myths. It is a basic introduction into the skyline of the first Americans, retelling American Indian folklore and tales of mythology. They are allegories or parables written in the English language, collected by scholars in the late 19 th, early 20 th centuries. The stories tell tales of many different things such as: how to act or obey the customs of a tribe, why things are the way they are, or how we came to be. Generally they are st...
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