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- 561: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... were soon to come. Disenfranchised blacks finally found a leader dedicated to their cause in Harry S. Truman. After hearing of a lynching of black war veterans, Truman was suddenly tuned in to the heated crisis in the southland. Despite persistent tries to advance the cause of the blacks, Truman was repeatedly shot down by a conservative congress. The boiling discontent felt by the blacks since the days of slavery could ...
- 562: Nelson Mandela
- ... the proletariat introduced by Marx. Skin color divided South African citizens both socially and economically. “Fifty percent of white households have incomes of more than [$25,000], as compared to less than five percent of Asian, Coloured, and African households” (Ferrante 329). The impact of colonialism and the expansion of mining production and plantation agriculture changed the agrarian structures of the world outside Europe. The subsistence base of peasant communities was ...
- 563: Joan of Arc As A Leader
- ... United States, Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), was one of the truly greatest leaders of all time. He led the United States to victory during the civil war (1861-1865), which was the greatest crisis in U.S. history. Lincoln helped end slavery in the nation and helped keep the American Union from splitting apart during the war. (Rolka,1994,213) An excellent example of bad leadership would be the ...
- 564: Argentine Marxist Revolutionary And Guerrilla Leader Che Guevara
- ... as a commodity.' He was moving away from "Moscow", towards Mao, and beyond into what is essentially the old idealistic, Anarchism. His formal breach with the Soviet Communist came when, addressing the Organization for Afro-Asian Solidarity at Algiers (February 1965) he charged the USSR with being a 'tacit accomplice of imperialism' by not trading exclusively with the Communist bloc and by not giving underdeveloped socialist countries aid without any thought ...
- 565: Martin Luther and his Teachings
- Martin Luther and his Teachings Martin Luther was German preacher whose own spiritual crisis led to a revolution in religious thought and practice. His belief in the concept of sola fides, which means by faith alone, caused great controversy among the people of the time. He believed that in ...
- 566: JFK: His Life and Legacy
- ... University of Mississippi. In Cuba both the Bay of Pigs occurred, in which U.S. supported rebels revolted in a poorly laid out plan of events that fell out beneath them, and the Cuban Missile Crisis in which the Soviet Republic were building missile silos in Cuba, 100 miles away from Florida. The Space Race was in full force with both Russia and the U.S. in competition to reach the ...
- 567: Christopher Columbus Was A Villain
- ... the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The Muslim Ottoman Turks conquered and took control of the eastern Mediterranean, which was at that time, the only way to India and China for all the luxurious, exotic, Asian goods. Inevitably, the Turks marked up prices having control of the entrance to the east. This ultimately forced the rest of Europe to find new routes to the East. During this period, besides Portugal, who ...
- 568: Hitler's Ambitions
- ... losing Hitler would be devastating to the party (History place). This however gave Hitler the sense of power, he now has power over many people. Lady luck comes to help Hitler by giving Germany a crisis. Many financial problems occurred during 1921 though 1923. During 1921 England and France wanted Germany to pay a bill of 33 billion dollars for the cost of World War I (Flood p59). This was a ...
- 569: Confucius in the Chinese History
- ... even conceive. No matter what religion, such as Buddhism and Taoism, no matter what form of governments since Han Dynasty, the Chinese can in some way be shown to have Confucian elements, including other East Asian civilizations, such as Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, etc. As a common person, Confucius was not a religious leader nor did he claim any special divine status. He was born in 551 B.C. in the ...
- 570: Bruce Lee
- ... attended Edison Technical School to try and earn his high school diploma. “Bruce was earning extra money to open his own Kung-Fu Dojo or Institute. He taught anyone of any race or background. Most Asian Martial Arts schools teach People of their race.” (1-3) At Garfield High Bruce demonstrated the one-inch punch. “Bruce would hold his arm straight out and with a shrug of his shoulder he would ...
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