Neal Dow was a man who contributed to many causes during his time. He was a general for the union during the Civil War and was also very active in the cause of abolishing Negro Slavery. He was also a presidential candidate in 1880 for the Prohibition party. “Among additional social causes, he interested himself in crime prevention, prison reform, and women's rights” (Neal Dow Prohibition Presidential Candidate 1880). The cause he is most known for is the temperance movement which is the movement against the consumption of alcohol.…
Samuel Maverick is a man of business, land stewarding, with a heavy coat of honor. Samuel Maverick’s birth was in Pendleton, South Carolina, on July 23, 1803. Being that Samuel had the occupation of a land baron, he tended his land well, moreover showing great care for his purchases. By building up his land, he was able to gather a large sum of money to become successful. A cherished, complete, accomplished Texan, Samuel Augustus Maverick led a successful business as a landlord over his 67 year-long life.…
Dustin Turner should be released from prison. He was going through the Navy Seal training trying to finish around the age of 20 years old. He and his “friend” Billy Joe Brown had to become friends over the course of time, because they were paired up together at the beginning of their training.…
Johnny Bright was born on June 11, 1930 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was raised by his mother in a working class neighborhood, and was the second oldest of five children. Him and his four brother were all very involved in sports growing up. Johnny attended Central High School in Fort Wayne. While he was there he lettered in basketball, football and track, also he twice led his basketball team to final four appearances in the state championship and led the football team to the City title in 1945.…
This paper will inform you all about Bill Robinson and his carrer. Bill Robinson as known as “Bojangles” was a huge iconic African- American tap dancer and actor during the Harlem Renisance. Bojangles was best known for his Broadway performances and film roles.…
“Hi” is all he said before he raised the gun and the bullet pierced her chest. While Priscilla Davis lived through the experience, Gus Gavrel was left paralyzed, 12 year old Andrea Wilborn and basketball star Stan Farr were killed. Priscilla and Gus both identified the intruder as Cullen Davis, her recently divorced husband. Cullen was eventually acquitted of the murders mostly because of his superstar lawyer, Richard “Racehorse” Haynes. He was retried years later for soliciting the murders, but he was once again acquitted.…
Christopher "kit" Carson was a vital part of the United States Westward Expansion. He did a lot on his day, such as an American frontiersman, trapper, soldier and Indian agent. I will go into more detail about that in this paper. On Christmas Eve, 1809 (December 24) Christopher "Kit" Carson was born.…
The Life of David Friend David Friend was born in the spring of 1842. Life was simple growing on the farm along with his four siblings. In the morning he would do his chores and then his mom would homeschool him and his siblings. He married his childhood friend Mary at age 18. They inherited the family farm and started their family right away.…
Billings Police officer, Grant Morrison deprived Mr. Ramirez of his constitutional right to be protected by the fourth amendment and the fourteenth amendment and the right to unreasonable search and seizure and the right to be free from excessive police abuse and the right to be free from Grant Morrison's unlawful, reckless, and deliberate indifferent and conscience shocking deadly force. The Billings police department ie: Officer Grant Morrison and boss, Billings Police Chief Rich St. john acted in wrongful conduct which was deliberate in thoughts and actions by knowingly committing Maliciously, reckless disregard for the right and safety of a citizen of Billings, namely Richard Ramirez. What is sad and horrific in nature, are the actions of Billings Police Chief Rich St. John who created and fostered an environment with in the Billings Police Department of practices, customs and policies that encouraged and allowed…
In 1898, a movement towards war with Spain was filling the minds of Americans. Some in Congress urged against war, one being Billy’s father John Mitchell (Davis). However, after the sinking of the battleship Maine near Havana there was little use resisting the inevitable war with Spain. Young Billy Mitchell was in the gallery of the U.S. Senate when the resolution of war was passed.…
Benjamin Mays was a distinguished African American minister. He was also a mentor for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. .Mays was also an American Baptist minister. Benjamin Mays wa born in a rural area outside Ninety-six,South Carolina on august 1,1894 or 1985.He was the son of Hezekiah Mays and Louvenia Carter. They were tenant farmers that had been enslaved. Benjamin was the youngest of eight children.…
According to the New York Times (2004) “On September 9, 1993, Christopher Simmons, 17, and Charles Benjamin, 15, broke into a trailer south of Fenton, Mo., just outside St. Louis. They woke Shirley Ann Crook, a 46-year-old truck driver who was inside, and proceeded to tie her up and cover her eyes and mouth with silver duct tape. They then put her in the back of her minivan, drove her to a railroad bridge and pushed her into the river below, where her body was found the next day. Simmons and Benjamin later confessed to the abduction and murder, which had netted them $6.” Simmons was tried, found guilty, and received the death penalty.…
Zander Bates is currently 12 years old and attending Martha Brown Middle School. Zander loves adventure, action books, and movies so he wrote about King Arthur but named him King Anchor as a joke. It was based on a book called The Sword and the Stone, or The Excalibur. It’s also based on the movie King Arthur. Zander has a sister named Lyla who is eight years old, two cats, and one dog.…
Performer: James Brown Career Span: 1960-1990 Location: James Brown was born in South Carolina but was raised in Southern Georgia. Band Members: James Brown’s first band consisted of members from his Gospel Based group from the 1950s where his career began as a musician. After his hit of “Please, Please, Please” they changed their name to James Brown and the “Famous Flames.” In 1970, Brown hired some young musicians to form his new band.…
James Daniel Gardner, born on September 16th, 1839 in Gloucester, Virginia, was a union army soldier during the Civil War. Later in James Gardner’s life, he eventually earned the medal of honor and was amongst many of the first black troops. There is very little information on James Gardner’s early childhood, but James was an oyster seller way before he enlisted into the U.S. army. At the time, James was living in Yorktown, Virginia. Virginia was a free state during the civil war, so James was born a free man rather than a slave.…