Saturday, March 15, 2008

Codebreaker

Two codes, both broken.
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The Black Codes were introduced after the American Civil War, to restrict the movements and civil liberties of blacks. Lawmakers, believing that blacks still could be no more than tillers of the earth, attempted to regulate every aspect of live, down to behavior, as if slavery hadn't been abolished. While military rule in the South stopped the black codes, restrictions weren't truly abolished, and true freedom didn't come, until the civil rights movement forced the issue in the mid-20th century.
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Enigma was a code machine used by the Germans for communication in World War II. They sent battle plans, intelligence and other data throughout the German military. Only through smarts and determination, did British intelligence officials break the code.
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One code, broken everyday.
The code, the limit, of potential. What one man can do, not only for himself, but for someone else very special. All the things he is capable of being. For someone else very special.

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