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- 3901: Alice Walker
- ... summer of 1968, she went to Mississippi to be in the heart of the civil-rights movement, helping people who had been thrown off farms or taken off welfare roles for registering to vote. In New York, she worked as an editor at Ms. Magazine, and her husband worked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In 1970, Walker published her first novel, The Third Life of Grange Copeland, about the ravages ... to find her place in the Civil Rights Movement. She read much of Flannery O Conner's work and greatly admired her. For one thing, O Conner practiced economy. According to Herbert Mitgang of the New York Times, She also knew that the question of race was really just the first question on a long list (1983). Much of Walker s writings are very personal. For example, one of her first ... has discussed such topics as spousal abuse, fear of death, female sexuality, and incest (1991). Walker is very much of a feminist, which is demonstrated by the previous quote. According to David Bradley of The New York Times, She coined the term womanist which she used to describe the Black women s issues that are at the heart of so much of her work (1984). One of the major themes ...
- 3902: John Harlan
- ... Harlan went onto Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar to do his graduate work, and returned to the United States upon completion in 1923. After returning from England, Harlan began working for a law office in New York. At the same time, he was studying law at the New York Law School. In 1925 Harlan received his law degree and was admitted to the New York bar. In 1931 John Marshall Harlan II became a partner in the firm he'd begun working in while attending law school, and spent much of his early career working for the firm. ...
- 3903: Albert Einstein 4
- ... relativity and gravity. By 1919, Albert Einstein became worldly renowned as he began to receive honors and rewards for his accomplishments. For example, in 1921 he received the Noble Prize award in physics from different world scientific groups. The two social movements that resulted in his full support were pacifism and Zionism. During World War I he was involved in publicly announcing Germany s involvement in the war. Following the war, he continued to offer support to the pacifist and Zionist principles and as a result he was made ... he scientific theories and beliefs were publicly ridiculed and disapproved of. Einstein left Germany when Hitler came to power. It was then when he gained a position at the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton, New Jersey. In 1939, Einstein worked together with other physicists by writing a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, acknowledging the possibilities of making an atomic bomb and the likelihood that the German government would ...
- 3904: Hiroshima And Nagasaki Bombing
- ... detonation of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima (and later on Nagasaki) ushered to the Nuclear Age. It was a moment full of horror, in which the eyes of the whole world were opened to the unimaginable possibility of nuclear holocaust. The experience on what happened to those cities and what is still happening to many of the survivors there, leads to explore what happened to America as a consequence of Hiroshima; both the bomb's existence in the world, and the United States having used it. The dropping of the bomb was born out a complex abundance of military, domestic and diplomatic pressures and concerns. The popular tradition view that dominated the 1950s and ... in business, agriculture, and labor; and drastically enlarged the role of the military in many aspects of American life. The revolutionary advances in wartime science and technology raised both hopes for a healthier and better world and fears of and end to human life on earth. Hence, the United States was a more powerful nation yet more insecure that ever before. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...
- 3905: The Chernobyl Accident
- ... attack. There is no defense in science against the weapon which can destroy civilization. (Gale 210) The Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986 is described as one of the most frightening environmental disasters in the world. The plant was made up of four graphite reactors, which were the most modern Soviet reactors of the RBMK-type. (Medvedev 4) Two more of these reactors were still under construction at the station. Chernobyl ... upstream. It is not only the radioactive mess left that strikes fear, but nineteen similar stations are still running, because neither the former Soviet Union nor its republics can afford to shut them down. The world first learned of this accident from Sweden, where unusually high radiation levels were noticed at one of their own nuclear facilities. At 1:23 am technicians at the Chernobyl Plant took some erroneous actions that ... alleviation (during the first years). (Reactions 1-4) Due to the accident, the people of Chernobyl were exposed to radioactivity 100 times greater than that of the Hiroshima bomb. (Cochems 2) The people of the world and Northern Europe were exposed to clouds of radioactive material being blown northward through the sky. Seventy percent of the radiation is estimated to have fallen on Belarus. (Ten years later babies were still ...
- 3906: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
- The Middle Ages and the Renaissance The word "renaissance" refers to the time period in which, described by Jules Michelet, was "discovery of the world and of man." Literally, "renaissance" means "rebirth." The renaissance movement began in the 14th century Italy and spread to rest of Europe during the 16th and 17th century. During this time, many traditional ideas along with the feudal society changed as the Europeans began to learn about new things and expand their horizon. Before the renaissance movement was the Middle Ages. Italy of the Middle Ages faced much turmoil. After the Ostrogoths, the Lombards took control from the north of Italy to Tuscany ... Carolingians. They crushed opposing Germanic tribes and covered others who lived east of the Rhine River. In 800, Charlemagne had united the west in to one empire, but was rather short-lived. After his death, new attacks by more tribes caused destruction; the Vikings virtually destroyed the Christian kingdoms of England. Since most of Europe was divided and in ruins as a result of the invasions by the new tribes, ...
- 3907: The Fall of the Roman Empire
- ... of the largest empire to date. Theories are primarily based on fact; however, historians must use an inductive method of assumption to make their theories work. The most commonly excepted theories are: invading northern barbarians, new Christian values, lead poisoning, plagues, failure to advance technologically due to use of slavery, inability to achieve a workable political system. The Roman Empire came under increasing pressure from invading barbarian forces. The major breaking ... in 455 AD. This theory, based almost solely on fact, is a direct and easy explanation of the fall of the Roman Empire. However, it is not the sole reason for the demise of Rome. New values had entered the Roman world and had a strong presence in Roman society in the third through fifth centuries in which Rome would fall. Christian values of love, peace, and anti-violence did not sit well with Christians who ...
- 3908: The Human Cloning Controversy
- ... Yes, as long as no law exists banning headless humans. Before going into this controversy, some background about what has happened in cloning would be useful. Two astonishing feats have been achieved in the scientific world. One is the cloning of a sheep named Dolly, and the other is the development of headless frog embryos. Dolly was cloned in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the Roslin Institute in July 1996. The headless frog ... no law existed that banned scientific research using clones or scientific research of cloning. Within ninety days after Dolly's "birth," an announcement which did not happen until February 1997, almost every country in the world put a moratorium on human cloning. The moratorium means that no scientists can clone even one somatic cell that comes from a human being. Many researchers are concerned that laws prohibiting human cloning will threaten ... 18 months provided he could get financial backing, with his first service being cloned babies for infertile couples. Seed and others should not be hampered by the kind of legislation Clinton, as well as other world leaders and religious figures, proposes. Science, specifically genetics, is a field that is constantly evolving and progressing. The field of genetics has taken center stage in the debate over the rights and morals of ...
- 3909: Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Greatest Anti-Transcendentalist Writer
- ... also taught the only other Anti- Transcendentalist writer of his period -- Herman Melville. His most popular book, The Scarlet Letter, earned Hawthorne international fame. He died in his sleep while on a walking tour in New Hampshire. The period of time during which Hawthorne wrote was the New England Renaissance in America. By the year 1840, it was clear that the American experiment in Democracy had succeeded. England, trying again to retake their old land in The Second American War for Independence', was no longer a threat to the survival of the republic. Andrew Jackson, the first people's president, had served 2 terms in office. New states were entering the Union. One French observer stated that Americans had, a lively faith in the predictability of man, and that they, admit that what appears to them today to be good may ...
- 3910: Kerouac
- Martin, William 2-14-97 Charters, Ann. Kerouac: A Biography. New York: St. Martin s Press, 1959, 1994. 419 pp. Jack Kerouac Kerouac: A Biography, helps to explain how Jack Kerouac, the founder and most important member of the Beat movement, was influenced by the rapidly ... s, as well as, how Kerouac ignited a social and literal revolution in America, from which the Beatniks and Hippies emerged. All of Kerouac s books drew public attention due to Kerouac s originality and new style of writing. Kerouac s originality and unique style of writing is also why, Kerouac is best known as the key figure of the artistic and cultural phenomenon of the 1950 s known as the ... s reason is enough o read it (23). Deck s statement is true, the book is a pleasure to read. Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on March 12, 1922. Kerouac went to school in New York City and afterward served in World War II. After the war Kerouac became a wanderer, traveling through the United States and Mexico. Kerouac s wandering and experiences are what created the subject matter ...
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