1924

Imagine walking through an alley and there appears to be men and women dressed in white, nothing but white from head to toe; this is the Ku Klux Klan with white robes and white masks (Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia). This is how they dressed and very little people know why other than to hide their identity. They dressed together to show "brother hood;" they always stuck together. Many people are familiar with the Ku Klux Klan, but do not actually know the background of it. With the…

J. Edgar Hoover was an intelligent man that used manipulation to his advantage and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to what it is today. Hoover worked for eight United States presidents and served as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 48 years. Prior to the Federal Bureau of Investigation being under the jurisdiction of J. Edgar Hoover it was named the Bureau of Investigation (BOI). Several members of the Secret Service were hired to become the first agents of the…

"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else.” Georgia O’Keefe played a crucial role in the development of American modernism art. She sought to capture the power and emotions of objects through abstracting the natural world. Georgia O’Keeffe lived for almost an entire century. Born November 15th 1887 and died on March 6th 1986 at the age of 98, O’Keeffe survived two World Wars and the Great Depression. She…

the Milky Way, because it was thought that that was how large the universe was. Edwin Hubble was responsible for the founding of the Cepheid, a type of star, in the Andromeda Nebulae in the year 1924, at the top of Mt. Wilson. Another great achievement that happened in Hubble’s life in the year 1924 was when he happily married Grace Burke in Pasadena, California, and even though the couple never had children they remained together until his death in…

6 of these countries also happen to be fellow NATO members as well (NATO). The most successful example of this is Australia. Australia's political climate is closer to America’s than any other English speaking country today. In 1924 the Australian government adopted their mandatory voting policy. Being backed by fines (usually the price of a traffic ticket) for citizens who failed to vote, the price would usually rise after increased failures to participate in voting. The law…

On 01/25/16 at 15:11 hours, Reporting Officer (R/O) Babczak #293 and Officer Sirgedas #202 responded to 1924 S. 50th Ct. for a Residential Burglary. Upon arrival, R/O spoke with Jesus Gomez Jr. DOB:08/23/98. Gomez Jr. related that he received a text message from his mother, Leticia Ayala DOB:03/23/72, at approximately 13:00 hours saying that someone broke into their house. Ayala left the residence because she had to go to work. Gomez Jr. was at school when he got the message and arrived at the…

A 1930’s people’s bandit or a bank robbing gangster? There are two sides to every story especially the tale of Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd. Countless Oklahoma locals during the late 1920s and early 1930s believed that Floyd was a hero due to accounts of him burning bank mortgages thus freeing native farmers of their debt. While he did generous things, his immorality outweighed his kindness, forcing officials and the criminal justice department to see him as “Public Enemy No.1”. Although…

Harry’s Ace Hardware’s IT Infrastructure The company’s IT infrastructure consists of the use of personal computers as well as the use of RF scanners. Both the computers and scanners run off of the operating systems called Windows. The computers use the program called Epicor Eagle for Windows. (G. Lampard, personal communication, October 26, 2017) Epicor program is also tied into the corporate website called Acenet that the Harry’s uses to order product for the store. It also has a POS system…

Why the South was Democrat In the 1950s and the 1960s the federal government’s efforts to desegregate the South, because “States Rights”. (Landers 1-2). The so-called Solid South all but unanimously supported Democrats for more than half a century. States like South Carolina and Mississippi routinely offering Democrats more than 95 percent of the vote, even to losing presidential candidates. The timing of the demise of the Southern Democrat is not coincidental. It reflects a complete cycle of…

Joseph Stalin The dictator of the U.S.S.R Joseph Stalin was born in Gori Georgia on December 18, 1878; but changed his birthday to December sixth. The name Stalin came from the Russian word for man of steel (“Joseph Stalin”). His life was hard growing up because his family suffered from poverty (“Stalin. Joseph”) and his home life was rough, because his father beat him (“Joseph Stalin”). In 1906, Stalin married Ekaterina “Kato” Svanidze (1885-1907), a seamstress. The couple had one son, Yakov…