Army of the Tennessee

to stand up for themselves. African Americans stood up for themselves in many ways, but it seemed like nothing was going to change the minds of the whites who saw them as inferior. During the first World War NAACP called upon many blacks to join the army to show their worth, but once the war was ended blacks were not rewarded and whites tried to make them underlings again. The Harlem Hellfighters and many other black soldier groups were under appreciated and underloved for their acts and…

Imagine being born in the 1840s while slavery was happening around America. While we are imagining this also imagine that you are the black child born into this slavery and having to go through the beating and mistreatment while growing up. Later in life as an African American you must go through segregation, Jim crow laws, fugitive slave act, the civil war, the 14th and 15th amendment and lastly the black codes. Now no one wants to ever go through this as child or as an adult, but there was a…

for BBC about life under the Taliban, and she was chosen. She had wanted to keep it a secret to prevent retribution by the Taliban against her and her family, but she also spoke out against the Taliban, thereby making her a target. By this time, the army had come and taken control of the Swat Valley, but people were worried about Malala and her father, Ziauddin, who had also spoken out against the Taliban. While Malala and her friends were on a bus, she was shot by two Taliban men. She was…

The Being 314 Clipper was a flying boat commissioned to Pan American Airlines. Pan American went to Boeing and asked for a long-range, four-engine flying boat. Boeing catered to their needs creating the model 314, nicknamed the “Clipper” after oceanic ships. The Boeing 314 “Clipper” was a jumbo aircraft of it’s time and utilized a three tail-fin assembly allowing more control over the flying boat. The “Clipper” made its first scheduled trans-Atlantic flight on June 28th, 1939. The Boeing 314…

am a type 1 diabetic, the second child of four, which includes my older sister and my little brothers, the twins and a college student majoring in Psychology as a senior at Austin Peay State University. I am an African American, Army child, living in Clarksville, Tennessee. Since moving here, I have acquired a great deal of knowledge and strengths. This has enabled me to take advantage of many opportunities and use these skills on finding out about my family, especially my dad’s side.y…

Rights Movement. He was a Baptist Minister and social activist who fought for equal rights and influenced the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The same year, he also received the Noble Peace Prize. In 1968, he was shot and killed at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. His birthday on January 15, 1929, is recognized as a national holiday. He is remembered by his speeches and non-violet protests. One of his most famous speeches “I Have A Dream” was presented…

The Atomic Age began at 3:25 p.m. on Dec. 2, 1942. It began in secret, on a squash court under the west stands of old Stagg Field at the University of Chicago. (Allison 30) Two and a half years later, on August 6, 1945, an American B-26 bomber, the Enola Gay dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Days later a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. (Grossman) On August 15th, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito surrendered. World War II was finally over. Without Japan’s final…

and steeds were prancing; The vision of a warrio…” (Robinson 612) which shows that he wanted live in the Middle Ages. The “swords” and “steeds” show that he wants to live the life a knight who would go on dangerous and heroic adventures to lead an army under his command. He even declares that he would have the characteristics of a “warrior,” but he has no way of showing his qualities for modernization does approve of it. His lust for this medieval life continues as he “dreamed of Thebes and…

Introduction World War II is heating up. The United States is now involved. The President needs to find a way to end the war as fast as possible. During this time, suspicions are high that Germany is developing some sort of “super weapon” – possibly using nuclear/atomic energy. Already, German scientists had discovered the technique of splitting uranium atoms – called nuclear fission – by the bombardment of these atoms using neutrons, splitting them apart into rare isotopes, the most…

war (National). Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston faithfully did his duty to calm the threat of war locally and protect San Francisco until he resided his command (National). After returning to the south, Johnston accepted a commision in the confederate army. Johnston died at the Battle of Shiloh (National). Alcatraz soon took charge of well known depression era desperadoes as Alvin “Creepy” Karpis, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, and “Scarface” Al Capone (Boisson). Capone arrived on the Rock in 1939…