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- 1061: Martin Luther King, Jr.
- ... until his death by assassination, in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4th, 1968. He rose to national prominence through the organization of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, promoting nonviolent tactics such as the massive March on Washington (1963) to achieve civil rights. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964. The U.S Congress voted to have a national holiday in his honor, beginning in 1986, on the third Monday ... oppressed. In an effort to draw together the multiple forces for peaceful change and the importance of solving the U.S. racial problems, King joined other civil rights leaders in organizing the historic March on Washington. On August 28th, 1963, an interracial assembly of more than 200,000 gathered peacefully at the Lincoln Memorial to demand equal justice for all citizens under the law. Here the crowds were uplifted by the ... facilities, as well as in employment. That eventful year was climaxed by the award to King of the Noble Prize for Peace at Oslo in December. King had planned a Poor People's March to Washington, but it was interrupted in the spring of 1968. He went on a trip to Memphis in support of a strike by city sanitation workers. On April 4th he was killed by a sniper' ...
- 1062: Lyndon Johnson
- ... her children. Johnson attended public schools in Johnson City and received a B.S. degree from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos. He then taught for a year in Houston before going to Washington in 1931 as secretary to a Democratic Texas congressman, Richard M. Kleberg. During the next 4 years Johnson developed a wide network of political contacts in Washington, D.C. On Nov. 17, 1934, he married Claudia Alta Taylor, known as "Lady Bird." A warm, intelligent, ambitious woman, she was a great asset to Johnson's career. They had two daughters, Lynda Byrd ... 1949. Senator and Vice-President Johnson moved quickly into the Senate hierarchy. In 1953 he won the job of Senate Democratic leader. The next year he was easily re-elected as senator and returned to Washington as majority leader, a post he held for the next 6 years despite a serious heart attack in 1955. The Texan proved to be a shrewd, skillful Senate leader. A consistent opponent of civil ...
- 1063: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... de Panama had already begun and become disillusioned with. Colombia demanded a piece of the pie—it was Colombia’s land, after all—and would not be satisfied with the Theodore Roosevelteaty that everyone in Washington was convinced was fair. The American minister to Colombia, Arthur Beaupré, wrote that the Colombians did not believe they would remain sovereign over Panama under the American Theodore Roosevelteaty. He wrote that they were afraid ... Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. American Presidency Series. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1991. McCullough, David. The Path Between the Seas: the Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870 1914. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. Mowry, George E. The Era of Theodore Roosevelt. Evanston: Harper & Row, 1958. Roosevelt, Theodore. The Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt. Centennial edition. Ed. Wayne Andrews. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1958. *Primary source. Wallace, Anthony F.C ...
- 1064: What Really Happened at Roswell, New Mexico?
- ... field, which had caused a shallow gouge in the ground. This wreckage was puzzling, so he took a few small pieces to show his neighbors. He then took the pieces to show the local sheriff, George Wilcox, who contacted the Roswell Army Airfield. The sheriff investigated the wreckage with some of his deputies. After the military became involved, the area was cordoned off while the debris was moved to Roswell Army ... the reporter of the witnesses) says that he tried to get in touch with these witnesses, in an effort to expose what happened 50 years ago. He hired, at great expense, the talent of a Washington, D.C law firm as an incentive for these witnesses to step forward. After sending two lawyers to New Mexico to speak with the witnesses, they could only talk to one of them. It also ...
- 1065: The Life Of Abraham Lincoln
- ... very handy with the ax in which he used to help his father build and reconstruct. While on the job lincoln read every chance he could, he was interested in law and the life of George Washington. Lincoin was a powerful young man tought, muscular, and not so hard working. By nineteen he was six feet four inches tall. Despite a relatively small chest and a slim waist he had powerful shoulders ...
- 1066: Court Cases
- ... apartment complex and told him to wait outside while she went to talk to another girl, Sharon Wahington. The undercover was given three bags of crack in exchange for the twenty dollars. The defendant and Washington were arrested shortly after. The defendant's trial testimony was consistent with that of the officer, except that she said when she complained about not getting one of the three bags, the officer told Washington to give her one. The defendant admitted to purchasing drugs from Washington on other accounts. The jury convicted the defendant to the crimes previously mentioned. The defendant in appealing the argument that the People failed to disprove the agency defense beyond reasonable doubt. A person who ...
- 1067: BUILDING A RADIO EMPIRE-CHANCE
- ... and Puerto Rico. Chancellor ¡§owns superduopolies (clusters of four or five FM stations) in 11 of the nation¡¦s 15 largest radio markets„oNew York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Detroit, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Washington, D.C., Houston, Puerto Rico and Phoenix and in five other large markets„oMinneapolis-St. Paul, Pittsburgh, Denver, Cleveland and Orlando.¡¨ ¡§Chancellor Media¡¦s portfolio of radio stations is geographically diversified and employs a wide ... could own nationwide and the number they could own in a single market, paving the way for the advent of duopolies. Evergreen Media continued to build its presence in major markets with station acquisitions in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco.¡¨ In 1993 Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst along with Steven Dinetz formed Chancellor Broadcasting. 1993 proved to be a monumental year for Evergreen as well. Not only did Evergreen Media finalize ... SeattleTimes.com Business News. Chancellor in $2.3 billion radio-empire deal for Capstar. The Associated Press. August 27, 1998. http://www.seattletimes.com/news/business/html98/altchan_082798.html 15. Securities and Exchange Commission. Washington D.C. Chancellor Media Corporation. Form 10-K Annual Report. Commission File No. 0-21570. http://www.edgar-online.com/bin/edgardoc/Docmain.pl?doc=A-1043102-0000950134-99002302&fmt=&nad=&x=43&y= ...
- 1068: Borders
- ... America there existed $9 billion of private United States investments, as well as countless trade relations that were in jeopardy. Our government entered Guatemala for example do to "the need to protect our resources (as George Kennan put it, referring to what is rightfully ours though by irrelevant accident beyond our borders) but also with our concern to encourage a climate conducive to private investment and in the case of foreign ... America. It seems inhuman for our government to invade the borders of another country and commit such atrocities. Schlesinger and Kinzer attribute such a drastic response to the fact that "when something happens to shock Washington, to violate its imprecise notion of status quo, or threatens American interests, we reach for our gun" (Schlesinger and Kinzer 33). Thousands of lives were lost do to this response. It should be noted however ...
- 1069: Animal Farm
- Animal Farm by George Orwell George Orwell's novel Animal Farm does an excellent job of drawing parallels from the situation leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Animal Farm is a satire that uses its characters to symbolize leaders ... the Red Army and gave speeches and everyone in Russia thought he would win power over Stalin. After Lenin's death Trotsky lost all his power to Stalin and was expelled from the communist party. George Orwell has created a masterpiece which is excellent if it is read without any prior knowledge to the situation in Russia. However the added element does wonders for this novel. Orwell is a genius ...
- 1070: All the King's Men: History's Importance
- ... ain't a thing in the world but a piece of dirt that got awful hot. God-a-Mighty picked up a handful of dirt and blew on it and made you and me and George Washington and mankind blessed in faculty and apprehension. It all depends on what you do with the dirt."1 In this case, Stark is referring to the past as dirt - something to be used in many ...
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