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- 3651: William Lloyd Garrison
- ... As Garrison's demands on the NortheM1 clergy went unheeded and his attacks on them increased, opposition to his 9olicy developed within abolitionist ranks. A further cause of dissension was Garrison's advocacy of equal rights for women generally and especially within the abolitionist movement. The cleavage was still further increased when Garrison later became convinced that the slavery clauses of the U.S. Constitution were immoral and that, consequently, it ...
- 3652: Helen of Troy: The Face that Launched One Thousand Ships
- ... Tyndareos of Lacedaemon, was concerned about the trouble that might be caused by the disappointed suitors. Acting on the advice of Odysseus, he got all the suitors to swear that they would support the marriage rights of the successful candidate. He then settled on Menelaus to be the husband of Helen. She lived happily with Menelaus for a number of years, and bore him a daughter, Hermione. After a decade or ...
- 3653: The Death of John F. Kennedy
- ... 29, 1997, A1 and A22. 7 January 2000. “The Assassination – As the plot unfolds.” U.S. News & World Report. December 9, 1963: 68-71. Volume LVI, Number 23. 7 January 2000. The Associated Press. Civil Rights and The Great Society: 1961-1967. New York: Combined, 1995. “The Presidency.” Time. November 29, 1963:22-29. Volume 82, Number 22. 7 January 2000. “The Tragic end of John F. Kennedy.” U.S. News ...
- 3654: The Influence of Henry David Thoreau on Mohanda K. Gandhi
- ... was mainly about people living in harmony with nature. The main objective of Thoreau was to blow the whistle on slavery. Henry David Thoreau influenced Mohanda K. Gandhi, an Indian leader who was a civil rights leader. Gandhi’s life was guided by a search for truth. Gandhi would not allow the government to rule what he thought was wrong, which was the base of Thoreau’s idea. While in jail ...
- 3655: The Impact of Frederick Douglass
- ... amendments the thirteenth amendment which abolished slavery, the fourteenth amendment which gives due process and the fifth-teenth amendment which gives blacks the right to vote. He wanted blacks to lead the struggle for civil rights. The year he died, he urged a black student to "Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!"(AOL: Afro American Quotes 13). As a result of Frederick Douglass’ events in life his house is preserved as a national memorial ...
- 3656: Ernest Hemingway: His Life And His Stories
- ... small boy, as if he were a female baby doll and she dressed him accordingly. This arrangement was all right until Ernest got to the age when he wanted to be a "gun-toting Pawnee Bill". He began, at the time, to pull away from his mother, and never forgave her for his humiliation. The town of Oak Park, where Ernest grew up, was very old fashioned and quite religious. The ...
- 3657: Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X Comparison
- ... became somewhat angry at the lack of progress made on equality. He started promoting nonviolent sabotage, which including blocking the normal functioning of government. To many, King and Malcolm X were heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. However, many have also seen that King was more pessimistic, while Malcolm X was more optimistic about separatism for most of his life. Some have said that later on in their lives, they had ...
- 3658: Benedict Arnold
- ... difficulties, Gates found another issue to insult and humiliate him about. Arnold had given a fifty-dollar cash reward to a soldier who distinguished himself at the retreat from Fort Edward. When Gates received the bill from a civilian that Arnold had endorsed, the General refused to accept it. He then informed Arnold that only he, Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Army, had the right to authorize such bills. Arnold ...
- 3659: Louis Armstrong’s Influential Career
- ... made up of Jack Teagarden, George Wettling, Big Sid Catlett, Dick Cary, Peanuts Hucko, Bob Hagart. That turned out to be the group he worked with until his death. In the heat of the Civil Rights Movement, Louis Armstrong was called an “Uncle Tom” by blacks, referring to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. African-Americans blamed Armstrong for not using his fame to speak out against the unjust ...
- 3660: Pope John XXIII
- ... discipline, and organization and to encourage the unification of Christians and of all humanity. Another of Pope John XXIII’s accomplishments was writing seven encyclical letters. Many of these letters stressed the importance of human rights. Another important thing that Pope John XXIII did as pope, was be open to other faiths. This was shown by his establishment in 1960 of the secretariat for promoting Christian unity, by his contacts with ...
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