1948

Do you know the true definition of genocide ? Many people do not . Genocide is not only a mass killing but it is , " intent to destroy , in whole or in part , a national , ethnic , racial , and or religious group " defined by the United Nations in 1948 . Genocide is one of the biggest problems of / with the world today . Who will put an end to it ? Will there be an end ? I believe the world can not solve the problem of genocide because other countries do not care enough , genocide is openly…

in the 16th century. Both ethnic groups wanted to be recognized as the nation’s religion. These rivalries were solved by separating the state from the church, and embracing individual freedom of ethnic identity and this was even before the UDHR. In 1948 the UDHR provided religious rights in article 18 “right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion” to ensure freedom, which would protect national and ethnic minorities against discrimination and they are free to pursue their personal…

Miles Dewey Davis III was born on May 26, 1926 in Alton Illinois. Miles Davis was the son of a music teacher and a dental surgeon. He grew up in a middle-class household. At the age of 13 his dad introduced the trumpet to him. Elwood Buchanan wanted to help develop Davis’s style, he was a friend of Davis’s father. Davis played professionally during high school. Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Parker liked Davis’s work and invited him onstage to perform when a band member was is and wasn’t able to…

Dick Stack, being only eighteen years old, was the founder of DICK’S Sporting Goods in 1948. Dick was an employee at an Army surplus store in Birmingham, New York. He was a devoted fisherman, and the owner of the store Dick worked at asked him to come up with a list of products to get into the fishing tackle business. Dick gave him his list that he came up with, not expecting this output. The store owner told Dick that he was dumb and did not know what he was doing. Dick then quit the store, and…

Anti-Semitic race laws were assimilated into the Statute Books of France and its protectorates in 1940. During this time a French protectorate had been established in Tunisia. These anti-Semetic race laws were made possible by the defeat of “France led by the German puppet regime of Vichy.” In October of 1942, subsequent to the Allied victory at Alamein, the German forces were ordered to invade Tunisia. As a result of the German troops being garrisoned into Tunisia, 90,000 Jews were shepherd…

rights movements, including the Freedom Ride in 1965, which highlighted the marginalization and discrimination faced by Aboriginal people in regional New South Wales. Australia’s early adherence to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and its subsequent pressure to address indigenous rights issues were also crucial factors leading up to the referendum. Effects: The referendum successfully amended the Australian Constitution to allow the Commonwealth to make laws for Aboriginal…

What led to World War I? There are several things that led to World War I. World War I occurred between the year of July 1914 and November 1948. The war actually had several reasons why it was started. Some of the reasons on why World War I was started are: some countries throughout Europe made mutual defense agreements that would cause them to go into battle and imperialism. Imperialism was because of the raw materials the areas could provide which caused them more or less to become greedy and…

Before the second World War has started, the Korean Peninsula had been a part of Japan. After the war had ended, it needed to be split up. The Northern part went under the control of the Soviet Union and the Southern part under the control of the United States. The Soviet Union was communist and the United States was against communism. The two sides were divided at the 38th parallel. Both sides, the North and South, were not getting along and they were having constant skirmishes and battles…

Kiss Me, Kate originally showed in 1948 in late December, at the New Century Theatre. The musical was written and produced with a similar scenario having happened to the playwright in his previous acting time, giving it a unique stage perspective as they began writing the acts. How this went about was Arnold Saint-Subber going to Samuel and Bella Spewack sometime in 1947 to have them begin writing it, they then went to Cole Porter who began to write the musical numbers. Then with choreography…

events and more so in the information that I have been researching for this class. Thus, my interest was sparked. The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) is a private foundation that is non-profit (Porche, 2012, p. 239). It was originally established in 1948, but was re-envisioned and became The Kaiser Family Foundation we know today in 1991 with the formation of its current mission and programs (Kaiser Family Foundation,…