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- 2341: Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Justice
- ... gave speeches accusing the Republican party of “blatant indifference” toward Black voters and chastised President Reagan in particular, for letting Bob Jones University get away with racial discrimination, and for “foot dragging” on the Voting Rights Act extension. As he received staunch support from some of the Republican Party, support from his own people began to fade (Civil Rights Movement). It took NAACP Washington Bureau director Althea T. L. Simmons to urge her fellow constituents to withdraw opposition for the post but on the other hand not support him either. The main concern with ...
- 2342: Computer Nerds: Wozniak, Jobs, Gates, and Allen
- ... fascinated by the effects of computers. He was also amazed that a computer could take your ideas and translate them into information. He and Wozniak created the printed circuit board for the Apple I computer. Bill Gates started programing at the age of 13. When he was a student at Harvard University, he developed BASIC for the first microcomputer, the Altair. Gates believed that there would be a personal computer in ... Allen formed Microsoft in 1975. Today Gates is a very important leader in Microsoft. Paul Allen was also a co-founder of Microsoft. He bought a chip from a store and brought it back to Bill Gates and then they called their friends. They loaded BASIC into the computer and it worked by printing out the memory size. Paul left Microsoft in 1983 after an illness.
- 2343: The Turbulent Sixties
- ... college campuses. While many of these demonstrations had only peaceful motives, violent methods were often used to break them up. Take for example the famous student takeover of Columbia University. Black students arguing for civil rights, and white students protesting against the Vietnam war successfully took over Hamilton Hall, the Low Library and the Dean's office, as well as three other buildings. The Grateful Dead were smuggled onto campus and ... rebellious students to not criticize them, for they can never understand the battle that their sons and daughters are fighting (Maslin 221). Aside from the struggle to end the war in Vietnam and achieve civil rights, the generation of the 1960's was struggling to individualize itself. The main proponent of this struggle was a movement called the counterculture. The counterculture was at one time s smaller minority that spawned from ...
- 2344: Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams Contributing to "Selling the Revolution"
- ... Adams Contributing to "Selling the Revolution" Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams each contributed to “selling the revolution” to a complacent society through their pamphlets, and writing such as Common Sense, and The American Crisis, The Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason, all of which concentrated on the emotions of the society during the Revolutionary Era. Englishman Thomas Paine is said to be the most persuasive writer of the revolution ... be in my day, that my child may have peace.” This statement alone was inflected deeply into the hearts of the colonists, and instilled that sense of pride. Later Paine published works such as The Rights of Man, and the Age of Reason, along with many other pamphlets persuading the colonists. Samuel Adams, born in Boston, to a brewer, also had persuasive view on the revolution. In 1743 when he went ...
- 2345: JFK
- ... a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In 1963, clashes between the police and demonstrating blacks in Birmingham, Ala., and elsewhere, especially in the South, induced the president to stress civil rights legislation. Kennedy's new civil rights message included bills to ban discrimination in places of business; to speed up desegregation of public schools; and to end discrimination in the hiring of workers on federal construction projects. On Nov. 22, 1963, Kennedy ...
- 2346: J.P. Morgan
- ... control. Various devices were used to ensure Morgan's continued control and that of his associates over the companies. One of these devices was his famous voting trust, by which shareholders voted to give their rights to Morgan's nominees on the board. Morgan's methods of railroad organization followed a standard pattern with small variations. He would first slash watered stocks, issued new bonds at a lower interest rate, assessed ... control. Various devices were used to ensure Morgan's continued control and that of his associates over the companies. One of these devices was his famous voting trust, by which shareholders voted to give their rights to Morgan's nominees on the board. Morgan's methods of railroad organization followed a standard pattern with small variations. He would first slash watered stocks, issued new bonds at a lower interest rate, assessed ...
- 2347: Puritans Vs. Anti-puritans
- ... be put into action was superior to the ways of the anti-federalists because of three things that they did:1. Protected the people from tyranny, 2. Provided opportunity, 3. Insured liberty, 4. Protected individual rights and liberty, and 5. Had a more lasting effect on the methods used for ruling our country. The federalists definantly protected the people of their country from tyranny. Before the federalists, the anti-federalists ruled ... title “City on a Hill”. In conclusion, the ways that the federalists were superior to the anti-federalists were: 1. They protected the people from tyranny, 2. Provided opportunity, 3. Insured liberty, 4. Protected individual rights and liberty, and 5. Had a more lasting effect on the methods used for ruling our country. In these ways, they were able to outlast and in general outclass those against them to form a ...
- 2348: Biography: Helen Keller (1880-1968)
- ... allowing her to buy her own home. It is still available in over 50 languages. Career Much of her life was spent delivering inspirational lectures in some 25 countries. She was concerned with women's rights, pacifism and helping the deaf and blind. Her pacifism during the First World War led to a decline in her income from lectures. During the Second World War, she visited soldiers who had lost their ... the Dark Peace at Eventide Helen Keller in Scotland Let Us Have Faith The Open Door Helen Keller wrote extensively for magazines and newspapers, most particularly about blindness, deafness, socialism, social issues and women's rights. Books about Helen Keller Helen and Teacher: The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy (by Joseph P. Lash, 1980). Journey Into Light (by Isabel Ross, 1951). Valiant Companions: Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan ...
- 2349: Compaq Computers
- Compaq Computer Corporation was founded in February 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto, three senior managers who left Texas Instruments and invested $1,000 each to form their own company. Their first idea was a portable personal computer that was sketched on a paper placemat in a ... products, networking products, enterprise solutions, Internet products, strategic marketing and strategic partnerships. Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Thomas Siekman is responsible for all legal matters worldwide. Senior Vice President, Technology and Corporate Development Bill Strecker is responsible for charting the company's long-term strategic planning process, including new technology directions and strategic relationships. Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management Edward Straw is responsible for reengineering, integrating and optimizing ...
- 2350: The American Dream
- ... them as free or slave states was where the split occurred. The compromise of 1850 stated that California enters free, and New Mexico and Utah decided on their own which is giving them more state rights in which the South heavily supported. This compromise did not satisfy each side fully. The issue of State rights intensified by the issue of slavery because the Southern states felt they had the right to decide on their own about Slavery without Federal intervention. It seems the Southern states felt that the "American dream ...
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