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- 531: Civil War The Color Bearer Tra
- ... in 1824, Charles Edmiston and his twin sister, Ellen Ann, were the third son and second daughter, respectively, of newspaper editor Joseph Whilden and his wife, Elizabeth Gilbert Whilden. The births of two more sons, Richard Furman in 1826 and William Gilbert in 1828, would complete the family, making seven children in all. Young Charles' roots ran deep into the soil of the lowcountry. His Whilden ancestors had settled in the ... and brought up additional units. The Army of Northern Virginia settled into a defensive line at Spotsylvania that bulged northward in the center to form a salient or "mule-shoe," with elements of Lieutenant General Richard Ewell's Second Corps defending the mule-shoe. At first light on May 12, nearly 19,000 men of the Union II Corps, taking advantage of ground fog, attacked the tip or apex of the ...
- 532: Rosa Parks
- ... came on the bus. When she was asked to give up her seat, she refused. Immediately, the driver stopped the bus and called two policemen. Mrs. Parks was arrested and taken to jail. Edgar Daniel Nixon, head of the NAACP in Montgomery, posted a $100 bond to get her released. Although Mrs. Parks was not the first black person to get arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus, Mr. Nixon decided that she wouldn't be the last. He called a meeting of black leaders to see what action they should take. By the end of the meeting, the leaders agreed to call a one ...
- 533: Orphan Trains
- ... the Indians were being mistreated and were being brainwashed into forgetting their culture. The film "In the Image of the White Man", deal with breaking down the culture of the Indians and turning them "white". Richard Pratt, was the man who wanted to incorporate or immerse the Indian culture into the white mans world. "In Indian civilization I am a Baptist, because I believe in immersing the Indians in our civilization ... they are thoroughly soaked" ( Carlisle Indian Industrial School History,2). The Children in this school had their entire identity transformed. The boys had their hair cut and both boys and girls were given new names. Richard Pratt knew that the children were the future and if he could change them he could wipe out the Indian culture. The children went from wearing moccasins to leather boots, beads to army uniforms, and ...
- 534: The Selfish Gene
- ... but throughout the years evolution has been explored further and accepted by most scientists. Further research into the origin of man proved that genes were the maps by which humans change. In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins states "......[T]he fundamental unit of selection, and therefore of self-interest, is not the species, nor the group, nor even, strictly, the individual. It is the gene, the unit of heredity" (11). As ... as a spark of this debate, humans might still be wondering aimlessly without a clue as to their origin. Works Cited Darwin, Charles. The Autobiography of Charles Darwin: 1809-1882. New York: Harcourt, 1959. Dawkins, Richard. The Selfish Gene. New York: Oxford, 1989. Janofsky, Michael. " New Mexico Bars Creationism From State Curriculum." New York Times Oct. 1999. New York Times website. Online. Internet. 14, Oct. 1999.
- 535: Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of Union
- ... got the invitation from the Board of Trade for a meeting in Albany. Also called to Albany were Isaac Norris, at fifty-three, served as Speaker of the House and leader of the Quaker party, Richard Peters, private secretary to the Penn family in England, and John Penn, who did not have much experience in politics. The slogan "JOIN OR DIE" was printed in the Pennsylvania Gazette. Franklin is also credited ... of union. He also actively opposed the Penn interests. John Penn wanted to purchase for the Proprietors an enormous tract of Indian land. Even though political moods can change very rapidly, Franklin became friends with Richard Peters. Franklin and Peters had worked together in the affairs of the Liberty Company, the English Academy, and the Pennsylvania Hospital. It was in Albany that Franklin drew up a plan of union of all ...
- 536: The Use Of Psychics In Police
- ... 108). Some psychics specialize in finding items other than those that are stolen or lost by clients. These psychics are employed by oil companies to help them pick out sites to drill oil wells. In Richard Broughton's book Parapsychology the Controversial Science,Broughton tells about a man by the name of Uri Geller a psychic that became rich during the 1980's by selling his services to oil companies around ... detectives to become more accepted and used more often. Hopefully for the sake of crime prevention and society the use of psychic will become a more refined and legitimate form of criminology. Works Cited Broughton, Richard. Parapsychology the Controversial Science. New York: Ballantine, 1991. Cohen, Daniel. ESP: The Search Beyond the Senses. New York: Harcourt, 1989. Doran, Bernadette. "Psychic Sleuths." Omni January 1992, 87-89. Hicks, Robert. The Psychic World of ...
- 537: Bob Dylan
- ... in public schools is declared a violatation of the equal protection clause. The Supreme courts decision launched the struggle against predjudice nationwide. While the social revolution was being fought, Elvis Presley, Chuck Barry and Little Richard began playing rock and roll music, music that gave teenagers a vehicle for expression and an identity that was distinct. The early rock and roll singers also gave voice to the rhythm and blues of ... as a source of inspiration. Even during his early efforts Dylan responded very positivly to mainstream musicians, such as country star Hank Williams. Yet, he responded especially well to early rock stars such as Little Richard, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis. In the summer of 1959, after graduation Dylan began to work at a cafe, where he began to pay increasing attention to folksingers such as Judy Collins and Jesse ...
- 538: Development Of Sino-us Economi
- ... to talk the development of Sino-US economic and trade relations about its past, present and future. Let's review the development of Sino-US economic and trade relations. On February 21,1972, when President Nixon arrived at Beijing Airport, the late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai took his hand and said: ‘°You have reached across the world‘―s largest ocean to shake my hand.‘± The historic handshake ended the more than two decades of hostile separation of the world‘―s two great nations, and China established officially diplomatic relations with the US on January 1, 1979. During President Nixon‘―s visiting, China purchased 10 Boeing airplanes from America, which is a real beginning of Sino-US economic and trade co-opration. Bilateral economic ties and trade have developed rapidly since the two countries resumed ...
- 539: Book Report on "The Lost World"
- Book Report on "The Lost World" Characters: The main character in the book is Ian Malcolm, a middle aged mathematician and a little bit of an explorer. The man who set up the exploration, Richard Levine, is a rich and reckless yet well known adventurer who spends a lot of his time and money exploring different places around the world and helps at a middle school to give students of ... made all of the special equipment the group is taking with them and he went along to help and show everyone how to and operate most of the vehicles. Synopsis: My book is about how Richard Levine tries to and does find the InGen corporation's second dinosaur island which he had been searching for and trying to locate for years. The second island is only a few hundred miles away ...
- 540: Led Zeppelin
- ... of transcripts and passionately-scribbled notes I can barely read. The Zeppelin attitude had something to do with Peter Grant, their brilliant and imposing manager. A little bit to do with the wicked humor of Richard Cole, their road-manager. Something to do with John Bonham thundering down the aisle of the Starship, performing Monty Python routines. With John Paul Jones, lost in dry-ice, playing "No Quarter." It had a ... essentially, a trio with a great singer. Bonham and Jones had begun to feel their confidence. It was Bonham who spontaneously interrupted work on another (never-finished) track by playing the drum-part from Little Richard's "Keep A-Knockin'." And Jones had brought in another idea, inspired by the Muddy Waters album Electric Mud. "I wanted to try an electric blues with a rolling bass part," Jones recalls, humming the ...
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