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- 6101: William Lloyd Garrison
- ... but he soon became convinced that immediate and complete emancipation was necessary. Because Baltimore was then a center of the domestic slave trade in the U.S., Garrison's eloquent denunciations of the trade aroused great animosity. A slave trader sued him for libel; he was fined, and, lacking funds to pay the fine, was jailed. After his release from prison Garrison dissolved his partnership with Lundy and returned to New ... to be abolished by moral force. He appealed through The Liberator and through his speeches, especially those to the clergy, for a practical application of Christianity in demanding freedom for the slaves. His campaign aroused great opposition. The state of Georgia offered (1831) a reward of $5000 for his arrest and conviction under Georgia law, and he received hundreds of abusive letters, many of which threatened him with assassination. Undaunted, he ...
- 6102: Adolph Hitlers' Rise to Power
- ... would do what was necessary to further himself. With Hitler being such an amoral person and willing to do anything, he would do what he could to benefit from his country. His country had suffered great losses in World War I and was still trying to recover when he came into power. Restoring the power back into his country was of great importance to him. After World War I, Germany had 7,142,558 casualties. The losses were immense. Hitler's Germany had a lot to recover from. Hitler had plans for all Germans to gather into ...
- 6103: Joe Louis Barrow
- ... some matches mostly to bring up the moral of the men. He soon retired in the postion of sergant. Out of the army now he started fight ing pro again. He fought some of the great fighters of their time like Billy Conn, Jersey Joe Wallcott, and Rocky Marciano. After, Rocky Marciano Kncked him out Joe retired from boxing. Soon after Joe Louis began having some very serious health problems. He ... on April 12, 1981 the counrty morned the greatest fighter of all time.As a tribute to the Brown Bomber Jersy Joe Wallcott wrote these final words" Our loss is heaven's gain; he was great fighter, and a champion to young and old, black and white in and out of the ring".
- 6104: Alan Dean Foster
- ... has camped out in the "Green Hell" region of the Southeastern Peruvian jungle, photocopying giant otters and army ants and pan-frying piranha (lots of small bones, tastes a lot like trout); professionally filmed feeding Great White Sharks in the Great Australian Bight, has ridden forty-foot whale sharks in the remote waters off Western Australia, and was one of three people on the first commercial air flight into Northern Australia's Bungle Bungle National Park ...
- 6105: The Good Times of Clark Gable
- ... The Last Mile (1930). Although the screen tests that followed were unproductive, Gable was eventually offered his first motion-picture role as a villain in a Western, The Painted Desert (1931). He was immediately in great demand and he made a total of 12 films that year, including Sporting Blood, which was his first leading role, Free Soul and Possessed. During the 1930’s, he was under contract with MGM, where ... directed by John Huston. By then, he was exhausted and he died of a heart attack at the age of 59 on November 16, 1960; only a few weeks after the film’s completion. Many great actors have come and gone since the era of “The King”. However, for three decades, Clark Gable was one of Hollywood’s leading male stars. He rose to fame due to his variety of character ...
- 6106: Nostradamus's Prophecies
- ... fear and controversy. His followers say he predicted the French Revolution, the birth and rise of Hitler, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He predicted some of history's most monumental events, from the Great Fire of London to the launch disaster of the space shuttle Challenger? Nostradamus was typical of the Renaissance time period. He made many prophecies and was a major contributor in the Renaissance. Michel de Nostrodame ... Nostradamus describe horrific nuclear and biological war. After the conquest of Asia, the third antichrist will initiate nuclear attacks on England and the United states. The combination of biological and nuclear warfare will have a great effect on the Earth’s climate, and food storages will be exhausted. Widespread cannibalism will sweep the Earth, as Nostradamus describes the taking of newborn infants to satisfy hunger. World War III would be over ...
- 6107: Theodore Roosevelt
- Theodore Roosevelt When we think of Theodore Roosevelt, we think of him as the twenty-sixth President of the United States. However, there was a much bigger picture to this man. A great man was born in New York City on October 27, 1858, this man was Theodore Roosevelt. At an early age, Theodore suffered from asthma and defective vision. Until the age of eleven, he was a ... strategic considerations and by the conviction that “superior” nations had the rights and duty to dominate “inferior” ones in the interest in civilizations. In his address he declared: “No triumph of peace is quite so great as the supreme triumph of war.” In 1989 Roosevelt resigned his position as assistant secretary to accept a lieutenant colonel in the first United States Volunteer Cavalry, called the “Rough Riders.” Promoted to colonel in ...
- 6108: Thomas Jefferson
- ... men are created equal” and that slaves were unnecessary and a cruel way to treat fellow humans. However, even while Jefferson believed the slavery was “an evil that would plague the Union," he owned a great number of slaves. (7) Jefferson did not even set his slaves free while on his deathbed. Due to this controversy, Jefferson is now known as a man of contradiction and hypocrisy. While he preached that ... just as all the surrounding plantation owners did. Thomas Jefferson laid down the base of our modern United States of America with his liberal yet simple views. (8) He was a man of high standards, great talent, and confusing contradiction. However, his commitment to America and his many contributions to framing society should overshadow his negative traits. “His impact on his times is equaled by few others in American history.”(9 ...
- 6109: Mark Twain and His Writings
- ... the deception of the king and duke and has a clever way of exploiting them in the end. Nonetheless, the damage has already been done, for the slow-wits of the Wilkes family causes a great deal of pain and embarrassment. When Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, he tried to put to paper his autobiographical accounts from his childhood when he lived in Hannibal, Missouri (Blair, 65). The ... as an escape. Along with his humor, profanity came to face while in the West which stayed with him throughout his life (Brooks, 14). He was not fond of the pioneer life and satirized a great deal in his writings. “By means of ferocious jokes…he could vent his hatred of pioneer life and all its conditions…he could appease the artist in him, while at the same time keeping on ...
- 6110: Martin Luther King, Jr.
- ... Ebenezer Baptist Church. At this post he devoted most of his time to the SCLC and the civil rights movement, declaring that the "psychological moment has come when a concentrated drive against injustice can bring great tangible gains." His thesis was soon tested as he agreed to support the sit-in demonstrations undertaken by local college students. In late October he was arrested with 33 young people protesting segregation at the ... me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop…I may not get to the promised land with you, but I want you, to know that we as people will. Martin Luther King was a great man whose life was cut short. Even with his short time on earth he was able open our eyes to the injustice that Surrounds us. His presence has left a positive impact and we must ...
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