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- 2171: Martin Luther King Jr
- ... negotiate an end to some forms of segregation in Birmingham. Even more important, the protests encouraged many Americans to support national legislation against segregation. King and other black leaders organized the 1963 march on Washington D.C. for jobs and civil rights. On August 28, 1963, King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in front of an audience of 200,000 civil rights supporters. The speeches and marches gave ... attention to the struggle for black voting rights in the state. The police beat and tear-gassed the marchers just outside of Selma, and televised scenes of violence, and televised scenes of violence, on a day that came to be known as “Bloody Sunday”, resulted in an outpour of sympathy and support to continue the march. The SCLC petitioned for and received a federal court order barring the police from interfering ... tomb is located. Perhaps the most important memorial is the national holiday in King’s honor, designated by the Congress of the United States in 1983 and observed on the third Monday in January, a day that falls on or near Dr. King’s birthday of July 15. Although he has been deceased for over thirty years, Dr. King’s past actions and ideas effect us presently. His nonviolent and ...
- 2172: Original Gullivers Travel Stor
- ... harsh luck, I managed to salvage some things from our wrecked ship. Some of the items included: a knife, a pocket watch, a pair of glasses, and a twig. I reached land in about a day. When I reached shore I looked up upon this small island, it looked beautiful. I just wanted to sit on the beach and look up at the desolate trees that were swaying. I could not ... I guess I was right because he signaled for me to follow him. This was one of the fastest mimes I ve ever followed and believe me I ve followed some fast mimes in my day. We arrived in a village, actually it wasn t really a village because land in villages is divided in small portions, but these people had huge land plots for themselves. As we were walking one ... it that had two doors. Inside this smaller building were two machines of some sort and a middle aged man was spraying water on them to wash off soap. I told the mime that I d be right back and then I proceeded up to the man. I greeted him with the sign the mime taught me and said, Excuse me sir, would you mind telling me what this contraption ...
- 2173: The Odyssey
- ... suitors and Penelope. After meeting Telemachus, a disguised Odysseus inquires about the suitors and the prince’s actions. Odysseus makes it clear that he would rather die then live with all chaos. Odysseus says, “I’d rather die, cut down in my own house than have to look on at their outrage day by day.” (XVI, 116). Telemachus shows his lack of intelligence when the suitors are competing for Penelope’s hand in marriage. The task is to string Odysseus’s bow and shoot an arrow through twelve axes. ...
- 2174: Paul Dunbar Research Paper
- ... and got to work, he was soon publishing one book after another, each one better than before. Dunbar got the attention that he needed to become a major literary figure, including the attention of W.D. Howells, who published a review of Dunbar’s work, he said that, “Yet it appeared to me then, and it appears to me now, that there is a precious difference of temperament between races”(Howells ... put upon Dunbars shoulders. Now he was in a class that no black man had ever been in before, and now the nation expected even more from him, than they did from white poets. W.D. Howells became Dunbars biggest critic, and biggest supporter, despite the fact that the two had never actually met. Howells stated that, “We may critically disagree about it, but we cannot refuse to enjoy it”(Dunbar ... his contributions to literature, but at what cost? Dunbar died an early death at the age of 34 in 1905. His time had come, but his literature and messages stay with us to this very day, and everybody could stand to learn something from his works. Since Paul Dunbar was a prominent black man, he was granted the opportunity to have his messages heard on a scale larger than life. ...
- 2175: The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... favour. None of these men were to be easily cowed by a "wild haired little runt "of only twenty six. Yet, as Augereau one of the generals admitted , something about this Bonaparte frightened them. That day Napoleon issued the following order, "Soldiers! You are badly fed, almost naked. The government owes you a great deal, but it can do nothing for you. Your patience and courage do you honor, but give ... Pairs. He left his army in the hands of General Jean Kleber. Napoleon sailed home along with three other ships, and on October 16, 1799 he arrived in Paris. Napoleon then participated in the coup d'etat that ultimately led to his virtual dictatorship of France. Barley thirty years old, he became First Consul of France. As First Consul, Napoleon directly controlled the entire executive authority of the government. Napoleon had ... defeated the Prussians in the battle of Jena, and captured , Berlin. The Prussian king fled to Russia and Napoleon advanced through Poland. While away he was in constant communications with Paris. He received word every day of its internal affairs even though he was 1500 miles away. On February 8, 1997, Napoleon fought an even battle with the Russians at Eylan, Germany, and on June 14 he destroyed the Russian ...
- 2176: One Messy Situation (book Thei
- ... going tonight, and why did my boyfriend lie to me about arons? Janie screamed. Sam went inside the house to call Teacake over. When Teacake got there he knew it was a messy situation. Why d you do it, why? screamed Janie. Ah been hear uh long time listenin to dat heifer run me down tuh de dawgs said Teacake. Who, Sam? He s one of the nicest people I know ... to her house to get away from the whole thing, while Teacake did not know what to do or say. Phoeby was kicked out of the house by her husband for the night. The next day Sam called a lawyer and got the legal papers for the divorce. He signed all of them and then gave them to Phoeby to sign. She was astonished that he would do such a thing ... I don t care about you anymore you bitch. Just get out of my life was Sam s response. The divorce was official, and the two of them were separated. About that time the same day Janie was moving all of her things out of Teacake s house and back into hers. Please don t do this, I love you sweetheart, you mean the world to me. Then why would ...
- 2177: Of Mice And Men 4
- ... got George. You know he s goin to come back. S pose you didn t have nobody. S pose you couldn t go to the bunk-house and play rummy cause you was black. How d you like that? S pose you had to sit out here an read books. Sure you could play horse shoes til it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books ain t no ... was delighted now tell how it is with us. George went on. With us it aint like that. We got a future. We got someone to talk about that gives a damn about us." " Some day were we re gona get the jack together and were gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an a cow and some pigs and an live off the fatta the lan , Lennie ... bunk-house. "They ll can me purty soon. Jus as soon as I can t swamp out the bunk-house they ll put me on the country when they can me here I wisht somebody d shoot me. But they won t do nothing like that. I won t have no place to go, I cant get no more jobs." Slim is one of the only characters in the book ...
- 2178: The Things They Carried
- ... Cross is the Lietenant, he always carried letters from a girl named Martha, who was a junior in college. She was not his girlfriend and they were not love letters, but he was hoping some day she would be. He would dig his foxhole wash his hands and unwrap the letters and read them and would think about romantic camping trips, and sometimes he would taste the envelopes flap becuase he knew her tounge had been there. He loved her and he wished she loved him as much as he loved her. He knew she was a virgin and knew he would change that one day. His letters weighed 10 ounces . The things each of the characters carried were determinded my neccessity. Among these were can openers, pocket knives, heat tabs, wristwatches, dog tags, mosquito repellant, chewing gum, candy cigerettes, salt ... carried extra rations; he really was fond of canned peaches in heavy syrup over pound cake. Dave Jenson, who practiced field hygiene, carried a toothbrush, dental floss, and several hotel-sized bars of soap he’d stolen on R&R in Sydney, Australia. Ted Lavender, who was scared, carried tranquilizers until he was shot in the head outside the village of Than Khe in mid-April. Because it was SOP, ...
- 2179: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- ... dumb driven cattle!” He states that we all live our lives awaiting the seductive call of death, when we should be living our lives to the fullest, and trying to better ourselves each and every day we are alive. "Half-way up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with its hands From its case of solid oak, Like a Monk, who, under cloak Crosses himself, and sighs, alas! With ... balancier dit et redit sans cesse ces deux mots seulement dans le silence des tombeaux- - Toujours, jamais! Jamais, toujours! Et pendant ces effrayables revolutions, un reprouve s’ecrie, “Quelle heure est-il?” et la voix d’un autre miserable lui respond, “L’Eternite.” This French passage reads, in English: “This is a clock of which the pendulum says and repeats endlessly those two words only in the tombs’ silence,-- Always, never ... an audience for poetry in the United States. Although he was often criticized for his easy-to-understand style and traditional themes, he remains one of the most famous and most popular poets to this day. Longfellow’s words are kept alive through his many works, some of which were mentioned in this essay.
- 2180: Events of The Civil War
- ... as citizens of a common country. I want no one punished, treat them liberally all around. We want those people to return to their allegiance to the Union and submit to the laws." (Porter, David D., Campaigning with Grant. New York: The Century Co., 1897) Well with all of the formalities outlined, the Generals and Admiral knew what needed to be done. Sherman returned to Goldsboro by steamer; Grant and Porter ... narrow; they (the soldiers) could see Richmond burn as they made their way across the James River and to the west. Grant had finally broke through and Richmond and Petersburg were finished on the second day of April. LINCOLN VISITS FALLEN RICHMOND On April 4th, after visiting Petersburg briefly, President Lincoln decided to visit the fallen city of Richmond. He arrived by boat with his son, Tad, and was led ashore ... arrived, he asked the President what to do with the conquered people. Lincoln replied that he no longer gave direction in military manners but went on to say: "If I were in your place, I'd let 'em up easy, let 'em up easy" (Johnson, Robert Underwood, and Clarence Clough Buel, eds., Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol 4. New York: The Century Co., 1887). THE CHASE BEGINS ...
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