1946

dictator’s plans of appointing him his successor as head of state with the title of King of Spain. Once in power as king, Juan Carlos facilitated the development of the current political system, as his father, Don Juan de Borbón, had advocated since 1946. The transition was an ambitious plan that counted on ample support both within and outside of Spain. Western governments, headed by the United States, now favored a Spanish constitutional monarchy, as did many Spanish and international liberal…

protest song that became a key anthem of the civil right Movement. Which derives from a gospel song, possibly a 1903 song by Rev. Charles Tindley of Philadelphia containing the repeated line "I'll overcome some day", In Charleston, South Carolina in 1946, striking employees the American Tobacco Company, mostly African American women were singing hymns on the picket line. A woman named Lucille Simmons sang a slow "long meter style" version of the song, as "We'll Overcome". Zilphia Horton, a white…

The idea of comprehending the past allows people to prevent their ignorants. As a society, the lack of knowledge has led to mockery by peers with a better understand of their own past. Although some phrases/words are used today do not belittle or offend people as before, does not mean there are no circumstances where that could not be the case. Discriminative racial background origins appear in frequently used phrases/words such as “Call a spade a spade”, had no reference of discrimination until…

Initially, mental illness was not treated and people were secluded, but as time went by, new laws and policies were administered to advocate for their needs. In earlier years, mental illness was seen as “demonic possessions or religious punishment” () Families and churches were responsible for caring for people with mental illness due to the stigmas of mental illness. But in the 1700s, the first hospital was introduced in Williamsburg, Virginia (). It sounds like a shift towards benefitting…

Harlem’s poverty, crime, violence, economic exploitation. Like a winding sheet is included one of Petry’s great fictions. Collected in Martha Foley’s Best America stories of 1946, “Like a Winding Sheet” brought Petry national attention and a Houghton Mifflin Literary Felloship Award to complete her her best novel, The Street (1946). This short story tells about life a black people, Johnson who has a wife named Mae as laborer in factory. Both Johnson and Mae are worked in the night shift in a…

Georgia admired very much and would later become her husband, featured charcoal sketches, which O'Keeffe had made in 1916. Stieglitz was captivated by them and begun also one of the most famous collaborations in art history. After her husband died in 1946, she moved to New Mexico where she continued painting until the ripe age of 84. She shortly died in her home on March 6, 1986. Some of the many accomplishments Georgia O’Keeffe had received…

religious side of life. Soon after, Malcolm had started to engage in immoral and unethical activities in life. He started to gamble, deal drugs, and commit robberies. At first Malcolm’s impetuous lifestyle wasn’t affecting him much yet it soon did, in 1946 Malcolm X was arrested for larceny and…

Hypothermia Experiments. These victims were captured Russian soldiers (the Nazis wondered whether their genetics gave them superior resistance to cold) and members of a concentration camp located in Upper Bacaria, Southern Germany. Between the years 1933 and 1946, more than 3.5 million Germans were imprisoned in such a prison for political reasons. In 1941, the aerial warfare branch of the German…

Tadeusz Sobolewicz was born on March 25, 1925 in Poznan, Poland.When he was a teenager his life consisted of boy scouts and gymnastics but when the war broke out he and his mother and his younger brother were forced to flee their homes. He became an active member of the Polish Resistance Movement but was arrested under false name on September 1st, 1941 and had been sent to Gestapo Prison. There he was interrogated and severely beaten to disclose other names of the underground resistance. He…

A family-owned business that was started in 1946, Columbus Custom Carpentry has grown exponentially over the past recent years in both employees and revenue. This growth has also introduced major issues in the pay structure, turnover, lack of job descriptions, and the absence of a human resource department. Due to the culture and structure of the company, these issues could not be addressed and thus the hire of an HR manager. A company of this size will have to address these issues in a prompt…