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- 1111: Richard Joseph Daley
- ... breaks and zoning-law favors for real estate interests and others that support him. Although Daley remained popular and influential during his several terms, his administration was marred by a number of political scandals, by civil-rights disturbances, and by a riot at the 1968 Democratic convention. Daley was among John F. Kennedy's key supporters in the 1960 presidential election, providing him with the delegates who helped him win a ... narrow victory over Richard M. Nixon. Daley hosted the 1968 Democratic National Convention at President Lyndon B. Johnson's request. Daley's national reputation was seriously tarnished as the result of violence between anti-Vietnam War demonstrators and Chicago police. Ironically, Daley had been a private critic of the Victnam War and had urged Johnson to withdraw U.S. forces. In 1972, Daley was dealt another blow when the Democratic National Convention refused to seat his Illinois delegation because of noncompliance with new selection rules. ...
- 1112: Abraham Lincoln
- ... man of great wisdom and determination, and these traits are what made him into one of the greatest peacemakers of the time. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, a reconstruction plan, helped in ending the horrible Civil War, and many other great things in which made him such a remembered peacemaker. Lincoln brought peace to the slaves of the South by issuing one of his most famous documents: the Emancipation Proclamation. This document ... of unification for the United States, and formed a great deal of peace between the North and South. Lincoln used his determination to get the United States back in order by helping end the terrible Civil War. This moment in history brought an enormous amount of peace to the North and South. And without Lincoln then this may not have been achieved and the United States may not be like ...
- 1113: The Different Conceptions of the Veil in The Souls of Black Folk
- ... the separation both physically and psychologically of blacks and whites America. Physically the veil separates blacks and whites through Slavery, Jim Crow laws, economic inequality, and the voluntary segregation that followed the end of the civil war. The veil acts as a physical barrier that permanently brands black Americans as an "other"; the veil is the metaphorical manifestation of the train tracks that divide the black and white parts of town. Du Bois in Chapter two lays out the creation of the veil from the end of the civil war to the failure of reconstruction. The following chapters then tell of those who have acted to strengthen the veil such as Booker T. Washington or who suffered behind the veil such as the ...
- 1114: The Fbi 2
- ... series of name changes, it received its present official name in 1935. During the early period of the FBIs history, its agents investigated violations of mainly bankruptcy frauds, antitrust crime, and neutrality violation. During World War One, the Bureau was given the responsibility of investigating espionage, sabotage, sedition (resistance against lawful authority), and draft violations. The passage of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act in 1919 further broadened the Bureau's ... federal kidnapping statute. In 1934, many other federal criminal statutes were passed, and Congress gave Special Agents the authority to make arrests and to carry firearms. The FBIs size and jurisdiction during the second World War increased greatly and included intelligence matters in South America. With the end of that war, and the arrival of the Atomic Age, the FBI began conducting background security investigations for the White House and other government agencies, as well as probes into internal security matters for the executive branch ...
- 1115: The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... spent the next seven years reading the works of the philosophers, and educating himself in military matters by studying the campaigns of the great military leaders of the past. The French Revolution and the European war that followed broadened his sights and presented him with new opportunities. Napoleon was a supporter of the French Revolution . He went back and forth between Paris and Ajaccio, working for the Republic. Napoleon rose quickly through the ranks and became a captain in 1792. In 1793, Corsica revolted against the Republic, and Napoleon's family had to Flee to France. The Republic was in danger. France was at war with Austria, Prussia, England, Holland, and Spain. There was a revolt in western France, and there was a great need for good officers. At the age of 25, only one year after becoming captain, Napoleon ... men and artillery at important places in Paris The attack of 30,000 national guards was driven back by his men. About 200 men were killed on each side, but he had saved France from civil war." (pg.7 Britannica Junior Encyclopedia #11 N-O). Napoleon saved the national convention from the Parisian mob and one year later at the age of 26, was rewarded with the position of commander ...
- 1116: Gandhi
- ... religion, interacted with Jewish and Christian friends, and evolved a distinct view of life based on what he found valuable in his own and other religions. He commanded a Red Cross unit in the Boer War, and organised a commune near Durban based on the ideas of Leo Tolstoy. Gandhi finally returned to India in 1915, after the government of the Union of South Africa had made important concessions to his ... was more likely to be right but for administrative and pragmatic reasons. If a citizen felt morally troubled by a majority decision, that person was entitled to claim exemption from and even to disobey it. Civil disobedience was a moral right. To surrender it was to forfeit one's self-respect and integrity. A non-violent society was committed to sarvodaya, the growth or uplift of all its citizens. Private property ... rights of inheritance, state ownership of land and heavy industry, and nationalisation without compensation as a way of creating a just and equal society. Leadership to Independence In 1930 he proclaimed a new campaign of civil disobedience, calling upon the Indian population to refuse to pay taxes, particularly the tax on salt. The campaign involved a march to the sea, in which thousands of Indians followed Gandhi from Ahmadabad to ...
- 1117: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... no longer First Lady. She could not have been more mistaken. As the years passed, Eleanor Roosevelt's influence and stature continued to grow. Today, she remains a powerful inspiration to leaders in both the civil rights and women's movements. Eleanor shattered the ceremonial mold in which the role of the First Lady had traditionally been fashioned, and reshaped it around her own skills and her deep commitment to social ... section of the auditorium, apart from her black friends. The following year, she publicly resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution after it barred the black singer Marian Anderson from its auditorium. During World War II, Eleanor remained an uncompromising voice on civil rights, insisting that America could not fight racism abroad while tolerating it at home. Progress was slow, but her continuing intervention led to broadened opportunities for blacks in the factories and shipyards at home ...
- 1118: Symbolism In Huckleberry Finn
- ... their journey. A simple fog storm ended up aiding in the process of improving a friendship and more importantly helped Hucks caring side emerge. Many problems between the North and South occurred during the Civil War. Issues pertaining to slavery were often disputed between slave owners and abolitionists. While the North fought for the rights of imprisoned African Americans, the South did all that they could to keep their slaves. Represented ... two feuding families to show intense disagreements such as those pertaining to the slavery battle. The Grangerfords and Shepherdsons were two families that rivaled back and forth, as did the North and South of the Civil War period. As shown by the domino effect, a feud that started many years ago still continued because each side alternated wanting revenge. Buck Grangerford explains it by saying, Well, a feud is this ...
- 1119: Triumph Over Difficulties
- ... over to the United States and tried to take over the land from the Indians, the Indians never gave up, they fought strong and hard, untill they were forced to build homes elsewhere. During the Civil War times in the 1800's slaves were held as property to many rich white men. The slaves made the best of their situation until Abraham Lincoln fought to give them their freedom. The slaves were then free.If they had given up no one would have heard their cries for help. During World War II the Jewish families over in Gremany and other parts of Europe were being forced to leave their homes and businesses to go to concentration camps. Generations of families died at one time in ...
- 1120: Martin Luther King Jr
- ... married and had four children, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott, Yolanda Denise, and Bernice Albrtine. In December 1958 Martin became the president of the group, Southern Christian Leadership Conference that was formed to carry on civil right activities in the south. But later in 1963 he was put into jail during a successful campaign to achieve the desegregation of many public facilities in Birmingham, Alabama. Martin later became the youngest person ... Martin Luther king Jr. led a drive to register black voters in Selma, Alabama. But to get this drive protesters did a five-day march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery. He combined his civil right compains with a strong hand against the Vietnam war because he believed that the money and effort which was spent on the war could have been used to beat the discrimination against African Americans. With this some black leaders felt that Martins statements ...
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