1955

In 1955 Arthur decided he would like to retire and decided to sell the Nursery. Basil shorty after agreed to purchase the nursery from his father. Having no money to do so and being recently married the year before and living on a wage of $1 an hour, Arthur agreed on the condition that Basil would have a business partner. Basil asked Ted Combe his close cousin to become his new partner. They bought Valley Nursery Inc. in the spring of 1955. They were growing only fruit…

Heros in the past. some of the people in the past changed history that effected the future."For Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955, courage ment refusing to give up her seat on a public bus." (Source 1) She was standing up for her rites at the time on the bus. "When Rosa parksboarded that bus in 1955, she sat down in the first row of seats designated fo African Americans. Montomery law reserved the front ten rows of seats on the bus for white passengers. Sometimes the buses became very crowded…

Jonas Salk. WHAT : Invented the Polio Vaccine. WHEN : 1955 WHERE : Salk and his lab tech team (him, his wife, and their three sons) at The University of Pittsburgh WHY : In 1955, there was nearly 29,000 cases of polio in the US. By 1957, that number had decreased to a little less than 6,000 HOW : After injection, the immune system would create anti-bodies that would…

He was the only child of Louise and Mamie Till. Emmett never had the joy of knowing his father. His mother and father separated in 1942. Emmett Till grew up in a middle-class household in Chicago’s South Side, which was owned by blacks. In August of 1955, Emmett Till was visiting his uncle and cousin in Money, Mississippi for the summer. On August 24, Till was accused of flirting with a white female clerk at a grocery store. Four days later, in the early morning hours of August 28, Till was…

ready for the case. As of his friend Rachel who was there in the beginning, betrays him when Brady, the prosecutor, begs her to testify against Cates. Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert E. Lee. Inherit the Wind. New York: The Random House Publisher Group, 1955.…

Brian D. Behnken’s Fighting Their Own Battles discusses the civil rights struggle in Texas from the 1940s to the 1970s. After looking at three newspapers from this time period, it is clear that the San Antonio Register did not cover the civil rights movement in Texas any differently the Breckenridge American and The Cuero Record. In the 1950s, Brown v. Board of Education emerged, completely changing the segregation in schools. The backlash that came from the South was incredible; just looking at…

The significance of unified people in Montgomery against segregated acted as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement; inspiring other cities to do the same as them and challenge racism. Taking a stand is never easy, especially when the topic is as controversial as race in the 20th century. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a success because of the collective action that the community took to further the Civil Rights Movement. The people losing the battle then are praised and exalted for their…

wound-debridement, which was a cleansing process that removed all dead tissue and foreign particles from the wound before it was closed. Wound debridement has been credited in largely reducing the incidence of Gas Gangrene after war wounds (Howard, 1955, p. 205). VACCINE: Although a lot of research has been done, there is no standardized vaccine for Gas Gangrene CHANGES IN KNOWLEDGE: Gas Gangrene seems to be very well-understand and has become almost obsolete. This is because of the amount of…

During a long period of time in the 1950’s, majority of the African American society avoided riding the public bus throughout Montgomery, Alabama. Before 1955, isolation between the races was normal in the south. This implied open territories, for example, schools, restrooms, drinking fountains, and restaurants all had separate areas for people of colored skin and those of white. This was additionally valid for public transportation such as buses and trains. There were specific seating spaces…

Justice John Marshall Harlan II was appointed on March 16, 1955, was the missing justice on the vote, due to the death of Justice Jackson in October 1954. Reasoning 1.Sicurella would be able to use “spiritual weapons” instead of “carnal” ones and that by saying he would use self-defense and fight for Kingdom interests…