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- 3641: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... his power driven control of their affairs. They wanted to settle their own affairs, while being considered an equal nation. They saw the American take over of their customhouses as an utter violation of their rights. They absolutely hated the “Informal Empire” that the United States had forced upon them. This downfall in Roosevelt’s career did not deter his conquest for American greatness for too long. Following another of Mayhem ...
- 3642: Yukon Jack: The Life of Jack London
- ... philosophy from Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, and Friedrich Nietzsche which explained the world of his experiences to his own satisfaction. “These experiences persuaded him to join the Socialist Labor Party and crusade for worker’s rights” (Kennedy 118). Even though London claimed to be a socialist, he contradicted his belief in socialism with his individualistic notion of the survival of the fittest. In the short story “To Build A Fire,” London ...
- 3643: James Baldwin
- ... he expressed it in his writings. In 1963, he published The First Next Time, and also received the George Polk Memorial Award for magazine articles. He become known this year as the spokesperson for civil rights and was featured on the cover of Time magazine. In 1964, he published Blues For Mister Charlie which opened at ANTA Theatre on Broadway. The Amen Corner was produced in Los Angeles and he published ...
- 3644: Malcolm X
- ... circles. He travelled widely in Europe and Africa and established his Organisation of Afro-American Unity. He saw the black American struggle partly as a segment of the efforts of third world nations for human rights. In 1964, Malcolm X went on his pilgrimage to Mecca, which is obligatory for orthodox Muslims, and there he began to consider changing his views towards integration. In Mecca, he saw that it was possible ...
- 3645: Stephen King
- ... copies. The book was Carrie. Reviews were mixed, but when United Artists and Brian De Palma released the film version in 1976, it was a critical and commercial success. New American Library purchased the paperback rights of the book that went on to sell over two and a half million copies. Stephen King was born on September 21st, 1947 in Portland, Maine to Donald and Nellie Ruth King. His father left ...
- 3646: Booker T Washington
- ... time of his death in Tuskegee, the institute was now a university. It had over 1,500 students and 100 equipped building and a big faculty. Booker T Washington always knew blacks could promote their rights by impressing southern whites with their economic progress. Booker T wants blacks to forget about the whites political powers and, to worry about their farming skills, instead. The all-black faculty institute included the famous ...
- 3647: The Life of Michael Jordan
- ... the Bulls to an NBA record 72 wins. Jordan led his Bull's to a Sixth NBA Championship in 1998, and he added a fifth MVP Trophy in 1998. Jordan joins Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Bill Russell as the only five time winners of the MVP. Jordan was named MVP in 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, and 1998. Jordan signed a huge one year contract for 1996-97 in which he made ...
- 3648: Frederick Douglass's Physical and Intellectual Struggles
- ... of The Columbian Orator. There was a conversation between a slave and a master, and a copy of a speech given by Sheridan. It was at this time that Douglass discovered the meaning of human rights and what abolition meant. Douglass used this knowledge to escape from slavery because from that time on "... the thought of being a slave for life began to bear heavily upon [his] my heart."(32) At ...
- 3649: John Gotti
- ... and DeCicco. DiBernardo, a very rich and influential man with strong Teamster connections, signed on shortly afterwards. Now Gotti needed someone of the older generation, a traditional capo in the family. Joseph Armone fit the bill. By getting Armone to join the Fist, they reduced the possibility of a civil war within the family. Gotti and his co-conspirators knew that they had to lay the groundwork for their plan well ...
- 3650: Red Grange
- ... today. More words were written about The Wheaton Ice Man than any other football player in the same category, for Grange belonged to that fabulous era of sports heroes that included Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Bill Tilden, and so many more. In those days sports writers held nothing back and reams of colorful copy were turned out about the heroes of the day. In later years sports writing took on a ...
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