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- 1341: Jack London(biography)
- Jack London John Griffith London was born in San Francisco on 1876 and died on 1967. Of an unmarried mother, Flora Wellman. His father may have been William Chaney, a journalist, lawyer, and major figure in the development ... of American astrology. Because Flora was ill, Jack was raised through infancy by an ex-slave, Virginia Prentiss, who would remain a major maternal figure while the boy grew up. Late in 1876, Flora married John London, a partially disabled Civil War veteran. The family moved around the Bay area before settling in Oakland, where Jack completed grade school. Though the family was working class, it was not so impoverished as ... brought him lasting fame, many of his short stories deserve to be called classics, as does his critique of capitalism and poverty in The People of the Abyss, and his stark discussion of alcoholism in John Barleycorn. London's long voyage across the Pacific in a small boat provided material for books and stories about Polynesian and Melanesian cultures. He was instrumental in breaking the taboo over leprosy. London was ...
- 1342: Andy Warhol 3
- ... the feeling of never-ending. (Coplans pg 49) Some of the portraits that were done by Warhol began with Troy Donahue, Warren Beatty, and even Elvis Presley. Then later on came Marilynn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy. There was also a series of car crash pictures done around this time. The Jackie Kennedy portraits were done very shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy. They mirrored the mourning face of Jackie that was shown time and time again in the media. There were eight different images that were all taken from different newspapers at the time. The number ...
- 1343: Benjamin H. Latrobe
- ... Which was composed of a broad curriculum. He was taught in all the liberal arts and also classical and modern languages. Latrobe started his career training under England's most renowned engineer of the day John Smeaton. Under Smeatons teachings Latrobe gained a strong grasp of technical and theoretical English civil engineering and meticulous draughtsmanship (Carter 1981, 1-2). Latrobe's interests in engineering soon led him to develop an interest ... many side jobs designing public works where he also gained experience and individuality. During Latrobe's partnership with Cockrell he also met other renowned architects of the time. Two of which were Gorge Dance and John Soane. Both of these architects were very influential to Latrobes own work. In fact, all three architects were very influential. They all helped mold and create Latrobe's architectural style. During this advancing time period ... America a better place to live. Bibliography Carter, Edward C., 1981. "The Journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe," New Haven: Yale University Press. Hamlin, Talbo F., 1955. "Benjamin Henry Latrobe." New York: Oxford University Press. Horne, John C., and Lee W. Formwalt, 1984. "The Correspondence and Micellaneous Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe." New Haven: Yale University Press. Norton, Paul F., 1987. "Latrobe, Jefferson and the National Capitol." New York: Garland.
- 1344: Vietnam War - The Conflict In Vietnam
- ... was anti - Communist. At the conference, Laos and Cambodia became independent states. North Vietnam wished to unify North and South Vietnam through military force. Since the United States feared the spread of communism in Asia, John F. Kennedy provided economic and military aid to South Vietman to prevent the takeover by North Vietnam. At this time, this was still a civil war. The United States were not yet officially involved. The North Vietnamese ...
- 1345: The 1960's
- ... slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood." (King 18) Everyone agreed the march was a success and they wanted action now. But, now remained a long way off. President Kennedy was never able to mobilize sufficient support to pass a civil rights bill with teeth over the opposition of segregationist southern members of congress. But after his assassination, President Johnson, drawing on the Kennedy legacy and on the press coverage of civil rights marches and protests, succeeded where Kennedy had failed (Consort 161) However, by the summer of 1964, the black revolution had created its own crisis of disappointed expectations. Rioting by urban blacks was to be a feature of every "long, hot, ...
- 1346: Malcolm X
- ... famous than he himself. So, partly because of these tensions within the Black Muslim movement, Malcolm became critical of Elijah Muhammad. He was eventually "silenced" for 90 days after commenting on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy with the phrase "chickens come home to roost." But before his silence was lifted, Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam to form the Muslim Mosque, Inc. on March 1964. He began to advocate a ...
- 1347: Ben Franklin 2
- ... France (1778), the Treaty of Peace between England, France, and the United States (1782), and the Constitution (1787)." Ben Franklin was never President but was very involved with the men who became President. He outshone John Adams as a diplomat in Europe during the Revolutionary War. Also, he beat John Adams to Paris in 1778 to negotiate the Treaty of Alliance with France. No other American was more involved with the birth of the U.S.. The Treaty of Alliance with France was very important ... also received most of the credit for the agreement with England that became the peace treaty that ended the Revolutionary War. Franklin was part of a five-man committee including Roger Sherman Adams, Robert Livingston, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence. Where would the United States of America be without Ben Franklin? As if Ben's scientific and political accomplishments were not enough, he was ...
- 1348: Depression of the 1930s
- ... the years 1933-39. The depression years saw a burst of union organizing, aided by the NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT of 1935. New industrial unions came into existence through the efforts of organizers led by John L. LEWIS, Walter REUTHER, Philip MURRAY, and others; in 1937 they won contracts in the steel and auto industries. Total union membership rose from about 3 million in 1932 to over 10 million in 1941 ... the Worker and the Great Depression (1985); Boardman, Fon W., Jr., The Thirties: America and the Great Depression (1967); Davis, Joseph S., The World Between the Wars, 1919-39: An Economist's View (1974); Galbraith, John K., The Great Crash, 3d ed. (1972; repr. 1980); Garraty, John A., The Great Depression (1986); Kindleberger, Charles P., The World in Depression, 1929- 1939 (1975; repr. 1983); Markowitz, Gerald, and Rosner, David, eds., Slaves of the Depression (1987); Mitchell, Broadus, Depression Decade, 1931-1941 ( ...
- 1349: Wallace Stevens
- ... from Reading Boys' School and Wallace gave the commencement speech and received much praise for his poise and confidence while speaking. Each of the children went on to a different school. Wallace's older brother John went on to school at Yale which led to more competition for Wallace. And Wallace's younger brother went to the University of Pennsylvania, where their father attended to study law. Wallace continued his education at Harvard in September of 1897. There, he wrote for the Harvard Advocate under the peudonym's, including John Fiske and Carrol Moore. The recurring name of John is said to be part of Wallace's jealousy toward his older brother. At Harvard, Wallace also joined the Signet Society, and was soon after elected secretary. It was here where he met his ...
- 1350: Charles Dickens
- ... and mocked and criticized the selfish, the greedy and the cruel. His well-known books are A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, The Pickwick Papers, and A Tale of Two Cities. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Landport, a division of Portsea. His house can be identified and some consider his house a shrine or a memorial. His family was middle class; his father John Dickens was a clerk in the Navy-Pay Office and all through life a man of wavering and unstable status. It was said that Dickens portrayed his father in some of his works, he sketched ... both Micawber and Dorritt, seeing the great difference in personality between the two. People couldn’t possible believe that this was Dickens father so they just said that those characters were part of his imagination. John Dickens moved around quiet a bit. When Charles was not even two years old they moved for what would be a short stay to London and then moved to Chatam for what would be ...
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