.... had left in her will that she wanted her children to be raised by their grandmother, Mary Hall. Upon living with her grandmother, she was reunited with her father. He had stopped his drinking, and wanted to be back in Eleanor's life. He wrote her often, for at this time he was living in Virginia. He would come for visits and send her gifts. His life of sobriety, didn't last long. Once on a visit with Eleanor, went into a tavern and told her to wait outside. Six hours later, she saw him being carried out and helped into a passing cab. As soon as Grandmother Hall found out about his latest fiasco, she discouraged even the shortest of v .....

.... the Hare Krishna movement. It was here that he developed a sense of the presence of God in his life and the lives of men. Gandhi then returned to India and studied law in Bombay, but he quickly denounced it, feeling that it was immoral and could not satisfy one's conscience. Despite this, he used his schooling to help plead for Indian settlers in South Africa that were being oppressed by the white population. His personal experiences, including being ejected from a train in Maritzburg, of not being allowed the same rights as others lead him to begin a movement to help his people. While in South Africa, Gandhi made himself poor so that he c .....

.... and legends, and it is likely that some parts of the story of were written long after his lifetime. Modern scholarship recognizes that while the core of the biblical story of contains real history, there is disagreement as to the accuracy of every action and every word attributed to by the biblical writers. Whether one views the Bible as the revealed word of God or as the writing of inspired people, the figure of towers over the early history of the Jewish people. Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions revere for his central role in communicating the Ten Commandments and the Torah directly from God to the Jewish people soon after .....

.... his escape to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Upon his arrival, Frederick took up his new assumed last name Douglass, to escape being captured. In 1841, Frederick attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket Massachusetts. Here, his impromptu speech he gave showed him to be a great speaker. The opponents of Frederick believed that he was never a slave, because of his great speaking skills and knowledge. In response to this, Frederick wrote his life story in his book _Life and Times of Frederick Douglass_. Frederick made a fatal mistake though, he had used the name of his old master on the slave plantation. Upon learning of .....

.... after his mother's death, the fire bombing of Dresden. In late 1944, Vonnegut was captured by Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. On the night of February 13, 1945 exactly 100 American P.O.W.'s and five German soldiers took shelter in a meat locker while the Royal Air Force joined by U.S bombers attacked and successfully annihilated the city of Dresden in one of the most vicious air raids ever. The firestorm left over 130,000 people dead and many more missing. This event became a major influence in his writing career ("The Biographies of Kurt Vonnegut" 775). Vonnegut started writing novels in 1947, when he went to work for Gener .....

.... for her speeches and although she couldn’t read or write her whole life she was one of the most determined speakers this country has ever known. was born into slavery in Hurley, Ulster County, New York and given the name was Isabella. In 1828 she was freed, when New York emancipated slaves. She heard voices she believed were god. She preached to people in the streets of New York in 1829 and then, as the voices told her to she took the name . In 1829 and then, as the voices told her to she took the name . She then preached on the eastern seaboard. Later that year she became an abolitionist and went around the country preaching for the Abol .....

.... other war veterans founded a nationalistic revolutionary group called the Fasci di Combattimento. His movement turned into powerful radicalism, obtaining support from landowners in the Po valley, industrialists, and many army officers. Fascist blackshirt squads carried on civil war with Socialists, Communists, Catholics, and Liberals. In October 1922 Mussolini secured permission from King Victor Emmanuel lll to form a coalition government. In 1925-26, after a lengthy crisis with the parliament following the killing of the Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti, he imposed a Totalarian Dictatorship. His Corperative State came to terms wi .....

.... had three sons, Thomas who died young, Field who settled on the waters of Roanoke and left numerous descendants, and Peter my father, who settled on the lands I still own called Shadwell adjoining my present residence. He was born Feb. 29, 1707/8, and intermarried 1739. with Jane Randolph, of the age of 19. daur of Isham Randolph one of the seven sons of that name & family settled at Dungeoness in Goochld. They trace their pedigree far back in England & Scotland, to which let every one ascribe the faith & merit he chooses. My father's education had been quite neglected; but being of a strong mind, sound judgment and eager after informatio .....

.... University. Baraka served in the military for three years before settling in Greenwich Village in New York, at the heart of the Beat scene. Baraka began writing seriously and with first wife, Hettie Cohen, founded the influential Beat literary journal, Yugen. Baraka then grew in notority when he won the Obie, awarded by the Village Voice newspaper, an off-Broadway award, for his play, Dutchman. With his new found reputation, Baraka opened the Black Arts Repertory School in 1964. The institution became one of the most influential theatre/schools within the BAM and brought music, art, poetry and drama to the street corners of Harlem. It .....

.... that everyone has gestures that are unique and King was no different. He moved around during his speeches and used his hand to emphasize points throughout his speeches. I cannot decide whether king used the memorization or extemporaneous method. If I was to choose one I would choose the memorization method. During the speeches of King we viewed he never losses eye contact with the audience. This is one of the reasons why I choose the memorization method. I also feel King's speeches came straight from his heart. King was a Baptist minister and was without a doubt filled with the spirit of god. I feel King's speeches were influenced by .....