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- 1741: Black Panther Party
- ... peers on the street played an influential role in his effective leadership in the Black Panther Party. Early in life Huey experienced regular hostility from local police. He recalled going to the movies as a child where the police would often force him out of the theatre and call him a "nigger". Huey reflected upon the mis-treatment in his book To Die for the People; "The police were very brutal to us even at that age" (Newton 53). Police harassment and physical abuse of Black people became part of every day life for many Blacks across the country. Although the Civil Rights movement was mainly a Southern phenomenon, the non-violent ideology and integrationist focus of the movement ...
- 1742: William McKinley
- ... United States William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States. He was born on January 29, 1843 in Niles, Ohio, a town of about 300 people at that time. He was the 7th child born to William and Nancy Alison McKinley (of Irish and Scotch descent). His father leased an iron foundry in Niles. William attended a one-room schoolhouse that stood on the site of this memorial. The ... who was the daughter of a local banker and was also the "Belle" of Canton. They married in January, 1871 and their first daughter, Katherine, was born on Christmas day of that year. Their second child, Ida, was born in 1873 and died at the age of 4 ½ months. That same year, Mrs. McKinleys mother also died. Two years later, their first daughter, Katie, died of typhoid fever. Mrs. McKinley ... about by the McKinley Tariff, which had greatly increased consumer prices. As governor, a position he held for two terms from 1891-1895, he proposed laws to protect railroad workers and address the issue of child labor, and a state board of arbitration was established to deal with labor and business problems. During this time as governor he became friends with millionaire industrialist Mark Hanna from Cleveland, Ohio. Its ...
- 1743: Walt Whitman
- ... a rough childhood. The Whitman family first settled in the Huntington area by the middle of the seventeenth century. This helped him to write two of the worlds greatest literary works, "There was a Child Went Forth" and "Song to Myself." (Lowen, Nancy- page 6). "There was a Child Went Forth" was about his siblings and his childhood. Out of nine children, only four survived to live to old age. He spoke of how his siblings died and how it affected his family. Whitman ... himself. (Encyclopedia of World Biography- page 249). This book only contained twelve poems, including poems such as, "Song to Myself," "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," "I Sing The Body Electric," and "There was a Child Went Forth." Whitman believed Leaves of Grass had grown with his own emotional and intellectual development. This book became his lifes work, being praised by many, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Addington Symonds, ...
- 1744: Calamitatum Of The Individual
- ... individuality was a natural part of him, a part that was as inseparable as his faith. From the beginning of Abelard's Story of my Calamities he portrays himself as an individual. The as oldest child in his family his life was intended for a military career, but as he tells us, he abandoned Mars for Minerva, denouncing the popular and glorious profession of arms for that of learning. In writing ... They had a premarital sexual affair of unparalleled proportion. The whole affair was entirely against the rules of society at the time, and was the culmination of the progressive pattern of freedoms, turned into the abuse of opportunity. Soon after Abelard's individuality and superiority caught up to him. Heloise became pregnant, and Abelard could not successfully sidestep the ethics of society again. To appease her uncle, Abelard offered him "satisfaction ...
- 1745: Incidents in the Life Of A Slave Girl
- ... everything else she is told by her master. After a brief period of suspense, the will of my mistress was read, and we learned that she had bequeathed me to her sister's daughter, a child of five years old. I think that before her former master died and she was sent to her master's sister's daughter, the conditions were different. Linda's master taught her how to read ... happy. In the other sense, she felt like she was hurting her son and wished he had died in infancy. She felt this because he had been born a slave. Born subject to disrespect, cruelty, abuse, and everything else that came with being a slavery. She had once prayed that he would died, and then when he became sick, she prayed that he would become well again. Linda felt that death ...
- 1746: Labor And Unions In America
- ... decision was widely accepted. For many years following this decision, unions did not have to fear conspiracy charges. UNION STRUGGLES In the next two decades, unions campaigned for a 10-hour working day and against child labor. A number of state legislatures responded favorably. In 1851, for example, New Jersey passed a law calling for a 10-hour working day in all factories. It also forbade the employment of children under ... day, laws establishing a minimum weekly wage, the use of arbitration rather than strikes to settle disputes, laws to protect the health and safety of industrial workers, equal pay for equal work, an end to child labor under 14 years of age and government ownership of railroads, telegraphs and telephones. It was impossible for the Knights to operate in complete secrecy. Rumors of their activities reached the press. Newspaper stories usually ... than before. Employers are adapting to this work force diversity in several ways. Some sponsor education and training programs for potential recruits. Many, in an attempt to attract and accommodate women workers, provide on-site child care, and flexible hours. Others make special arrangements so they can hire more handicapped workers. One hotel chain, for example, uses lighted telephones and vibrating beepers so they can hire more hearing-impaired people. ...
- 1747: Uncle Tom's Cabin: Influence of the Setting
- ... hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. Fact is, I never could do things up the way some fellers manage the business. I've seen 'em as would p7ll a woman's child out her arms, and wset him up tos ell, and she screechin' like mad all the time; -- very bad policy - damages the article - makes 'em quite unfit for service sometimes. I knew a real handsome ... her handling. The fellow that was trading for her didn't' want her baby; and she was one of your real high sort, when hr blood was up. I tell you, she squeezed up her child in her arms, and talked, and went on real awful. It kinder makes my blood run cold to think on't; and when they carried off the child, a nd locked her up, she jest went ravin' mad, and died in a week. Clear waste, sir, of a thousand dollars, just for want of management - there's where 'tis. It's always ...
- 1748: Humor in Wonderland
- ... of the trial becomes as humorous as the beginning when the queen states "Sentence first--verdict afterwards"(Carroll 96). The imaginary world of Wonderland shows a great animation of animals, the thoughts of a young child, and how the worlds are opposite; these are all incorporated into a very humorous Alice in Wonderland. The fiction in this story can also be perceived in a factual way. Some of the thoughts Alice has are factual thoughts in the minds of small children. Therefore, Alice can be perceived as a normal, intelligent child with a wild and acentric imagination. The humor in Alice in Wonderland does have a sort of seriousness to it. "Such an excerpt shows the error of those who dismiss the profound seriousness of Carroll ... Gillian. "Fairy Tales with Purpose." Alice in Wonderland: A Norton Critical Edition. New York: Norton 1992. Carroll, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland. Alice in Wonderland: A Norton Critical Edition. New York: Norton 1992. Empson, William. "The Child as Swain." Alice in Wonderland: A Norton Critical Edition. New York: Norton 1992. Polhemus, Robert. "The Comedy of Regression." Alice in Wonderland: A Norton Critical Edition. New York: Norton 1992.
- 1749: ASSATA Shakur
- ... pursued the development and organization of revolutionary groups demanding total liberation. She became actively involved in this movement, while, consequently becoming a victim of the government's repressive actions. Assata's struggle began as a child trying to comprehend the world around her. She learned greatly from her schools, deriving many of her historical perspectives of the black white conflict. She learned false history of the slave period in the U ... Civil War only in their own interests; it was a war between two economic systems for control of the u.s. by two separate factions of the ruling class. Further, Assata was educated as a child that the slaves hadn't fought back, yet truly was, hundred of black people had got together to fight for their freedom. Much of Assata's revolutionary inspiration came about from her observing of her ... Without access to the segregated facilities, other means had to be compromise The oppression Assata faced as a youth had great effect on her struggle toward liberation. She had racial obstacles to overcome as a child; all that contributed to her build up of anger and distress toward the government. The momentum she had built from her experiences all amounted later in her college career. At this point she developed ...
- 1750: Homeschooling
- ... a result of this there is more litigation and new regulations. As both parents and school official's evidence increasing inflexibility, the statues play a central role in the battle over the education of the child. A secondary role is played by the courts which, in resolving the disputes between parents and the schools, must interpret and test the statutes (Chiusano 1996). Parents who are being prosecuted for instructing their children ... step for these parents is to incorporate their children's' home schooling with public school activities. One such instance is in Iowa that started the Home Instruction Program giving parents several choices relating to their child. For instance, the curriculum they will follow, the type of assistance they would like from teachers, and whether their child will attend the neighborhood school part time (dual enrollment). This program allows parent to work with public school officials. The public school teacher meets with the home school family every two weeks (Dahm, 1996). ...
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