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- 531: The Politics of Homelessness
- ... tried many times, and it doesn't work. Consider the story of Jacqueline Williams as a case in point: Mrs. Williams, the mother of 14 children and the resident of a large welfare motel in Washington, DC, was a guest on "The Donahue Show." She demanded of the mayor that it was the city's responsibility to provide her and her family with housing. As a result of public pressure generated ... ongoing, temporary shelter without treating these dependencies only adds another addiction to their list and enslaves them further. Works Cited General Accounting Office of the US, Homeless Mentally Ill: Problems in Estimating Numbers and trends. Washington, DC: GAO, 1988. Heritage Foundation, Rethinking Policy on Homelessness. The Heritage Lectures No. 194 Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1988. Hombs, Mary Ellen and Mitch Snyder, Homeless in America: A Forced March to Nowhere. Washington, DC: The Community for Creative Non-Violence, 1982. Lichter, Robert S. and Linda S. ...
- 532: The Souls of Black Folk
- ... for a man to be both Negro and an American, without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of Opportunity closed roughly in his face" (5). Along with Booker T. Washington, W.E.B Du Bois was one of the main figures of African American thought and an advocate against racial injustice. He devoted his life to the 'freeing' of black people in America in both ... Du Bois, this revelation is seen as empowering. But it could be a hindrance because it separates the black man's purpose from that of the whites who side with thinkers such as Booker T. Washington. These are they who for various reasons do not wish to radically change the status quo. Du Bois alludes to the problems of such a philosophy in The Wings of Atalanta, where he outlines that ... know the end and aim of that life which meat nourishes" (69). Meanwhile the true egalitarian aims of the American nation have been profaned in the name of wealth as an ideal. Under Booker T. Washington's public schools the Negro is going to be subordinated into serfdom and used as an instrument for amassing wealth. Under the universities of the south like Fisk and Howard and Atlanta, the black ...
- 533: The First Battle of the Somme
- ... the Battle of Verdun sucked up more munitions and French soldiers, it was becoming apparent that the attack would rest mainly on Britian’s Army (Macdonald 12,13). According to the memoirs of David Lloyd George, “The Battle of the Somme was fought by the volunteer armies raised in 1914 and 1915. These contained the choicest and best of our young manhood. The officers came mainly from our public schools and universities” (George). But some of the soldiers were not even soldiers at all. They were butchers, farmers, miners, sheep-shearers, shop assistants, artisans, bankers, grocers, schoolteachers, errand boys, clerks, and aristocrats “united by a simple resolve to ... a few, were not originally and specifically designed for the purpose of mass slaughter. Optimism lowered as families realized that life is a dime a dozen in war. Spirit and quality of the military dropped (George). Women went to work, and some remarried, destroying the traditional family setting that was still so common in the early 1900’s. The Battle of the Somme was a senseless slaughter and accomplished little. ...
- 534: Fidel Castro: How One Man With A Cigar Dominated American Foreign Policy
- ... staged a successful bloodless coup in Cuba . Batista never really had any cooperation and rarely garnered much support. His reign was marked by continual dissension. After waiting to see if Batista would be seriously opposed, Washington recognized his government. Batista had already broken ties with the Soviet Union and became an ally to the U.S. throughout the cold war. He was continually friendly and helpful to American business interest. But ... against Batista. On January 1959, he prevailed and overthrew the Batista government. Castro promised to restore democracy in Cuba, a feat Batista had failed to accomplish. This promise was looked upon benevolently but watchfully by Washington. Castro was believed to be too much in the hands of the people to stretch the rules of politics very far. The U.S. government supported Castro's coup. It professed to not know about ... of Castro the history of U.S.- Cuban relations was subjected to a revision of an intensity and cynicism which left earlier efforts in the shade. This downfall took two roads in the eyes of Washington: Castro's incessant campaign of slander against the U.S. and Castro's wholesale nationalization of American properties. These actions and the U.S. reaction to them set the stage for what was to ...
- 535: The Channeled Scablands Of Eas
- The Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington As we enter Washington from the east, we immediately run into the gentle rolling hills of the Palouse country. If we continue to travel westward, we suddenly enter a heavily scarred land of barren rock, channels and canyons. Rugged cliffs, basalt rock basins, concave cliffs and even giant ripple marks line the landscape. We have just reached the edges of the Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington. The bleak but intensely unique landscape causes us to ponder the origin of the land formations. "What could have happened here?" The answer is the largest, most violent floods that man has ever known. ...
- 536: Luis Gutierrez
- ... His professional experience is as follows: teacher in Puerto Rico from, 1977 to 1978; social worker for Chicago's Department of children and family Services, from 1979 to 1983; An advisor to Chicago mayor Harold Washington, from 1984 to 1987; Chicago city Alderman from 1986 to 1992; President of the Pro. Tem, from 1989 to 1992. Luis V. Gutierrez was elected to represent Illinois district four in 1992. The congressional committees he serves on include Banking and Financial Services; General Overnight and Investigations; Housing and Community opportunity; Veteran Affairs and Hospital and Health Care. Mr. Gutierrez's addresses in Washington and in Chicago are: 408 Longworth House office Building, Washington Dc 20515; 3181 North Elston Avenue, Chicago 60618; 1715 west 47th street, Chicago 60609; 3659 Halsted Chicago 60609; and 2132 West 21st street Chicago 60608. Luis Gutierrez start the road to politics by being ...
- 537: Anti-Vietnam Movement in the U.S.
- ... home during the summer of 1965, other types of protest that grew through 1971 soon replaced it. All of these movements captured the attention of the White House, especially when 25,000 people marched on Washington Avenue. And at times these movements attracted the interest of all the big decision-makers and their advisors (Gettleman, 54). The teach-ins began at the University of Michigan on March 24, 1965, and spread ... that he knew his action would provoke. His gamble failed, when poorly trained National Guardsmen killed four students at Kent State University, on May 4. This made the expected protests much worse than anyone in Washington could have foreseen. The wave of demonstrations on hundreds of college campuses paralyzed America's higher-education system. The Kent State tragedy ignited a nationwide campus disaster. Between May 4 and May 8, campuses experienced an average of 100 demonstrations a day, 350 campus strikes, 536 colleges shut down, and 73 colleges reported significant violence in their protests. On that weekend, 100,000 people gathered to protest in Washington. By May 12, over 150 colleges were on strike (VN H. and P.) Many of Nixon's activities during the second week of May revolved around the Kent State crisis. On May 6, he ...
- 538: Duke Ellington
- ... by the end of his fifty-year career, he had played over 20,000 performances worldwide. He was the Duke, Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 28, 1899 in Washington, D.C. Duke's parents Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James Edward Ellington served as ideal role models for young Duke and taught him everything from proper table manners to an understanding of the emotional power ... eight and appeared to not have that much lasting effect upon him. It seemed as if young Duke was more inclined to baseball at a young age. Duke got his first job selling peanuts at Washington Senator's baseball games. This was the first time Duke was placed as a "performer" for a crowd and had to first get over his stage fright. At the age of fourteen, Duke began sneaking ... began to show a flare for the artistic. Duke attended Armstrong Manual Training School to study commercial art instead of an academically-oriented school. Duke began to seek out and listen to ragtime pianists in Washington and during the summers, where he and his mother vacationed in Philadelphia or Atlantic City. While vacationing in Asbury Park, Duke heard of a hot pianist named Harvey Brooks. At the end of his ...
- 539: A History Of The Beatles
- ... in March 1957 and formed a skiffle group called the Quarrymen, named after his high school, Quarry Bank. The lineup changed frequently, but by October 1959 it consisted of Lennon, his younger classmate Paul McCartney, George Harrison and drummer Colin Hanton. By March of 1960, Lennon's art school classmate Stuart Sutcliffe joined the band on bass and suggested the name the Beetles, a play on Buddy Holly's group the ... Germany, with their new drummer Pete Best, to try to establish themselves in Europe. The band became a popular local act, performing at various clubs until they were expelled from the country in November because George Harrison was underage. The Beatles returned to Germany in early 1961 to record as a backup band for singer Tony Sheridan; these sessions were later released during the mid-'60s as "new" Beatles material, taking ... for A&R assistant Mike Smith. The group was rejected, however, and told that "guitar groups are on the way out." Undaunted, Epstein got the group an audition at Parlophone, an EMI subsidiary, with producer George Martin, who signed the Beatles on May 9, 1962. After one recording session, Martin suggested that drummer Pete Best be replaced, and the Beatles brought in Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey), a well-known ...
- 540: Vietnam War
- ... home during the summer of 1965, other types of protest that grew through 1971 soon replaced it. All of these movements captured the attention of the White House, especially when 25,000 people marched on Washington Avenue. And at times these movements attracted the interest of all the big decision-makers and their advisors (Gettleman, 54). The teach-ins began at the University of Michigan on March 24, 1965, and spread ... that he knew his action would provoke. His gamble failed, when poorly trained National Guardsmen killed four students at Kent State University, on May 4. This made the expected protests much worse than anyone in Washington could have foreseen. The wave of demonstrations on hundreds of college campuses paralyzed America's higher-education system. The Kent State tragedy ignited a nationwide campus disaster. Between May 4 and May 8, campuses experienced an average of 100 demonstrations a day, 350 campus strikes, 536 colleges shut down, and 73 colleges reported significant violence in their protests. On that weekend, 100,000 people gathered to protest in Washington. By May 12, over 150 colleges were on strike (VN H. and P.) Many of Nixon's activities during the second week of May revolved around the Kent State crisis. On May 6, he ...
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