Bernice Johnson Reagon

and several associates hatched a plot to kidnap the president and take him to Richmond, the confederate capital. On March 20,1865 the day of the planned kidnapping, Lincoln failed to show. Booth then plotted the assassination of Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and William Seward. Booth believed that killing the president and two of his possible successors would throw the Us government into disarray. On April 14, 1865 Lincoln was to attend Our American Cousin at Ford's theater . Booth knew every line…

What motived John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Lincoln? To find out his motivations on the assassination of Lincolns, one must first obtain knowledge about how John Wilkes Booth’s grew up under what circumstances he grew up in. After discovering how John’s life was, what actions or events caused Booth to come to the conclusion of killing Lincoln. As a result, what was the actual reason John murdered Lincoln and the conspiracies behind the murder. John grew up in a Jewish family with…

The scrambling ballclub of the Minnesota Timberwolves got the better of the visiting team of the Dallas Mavericks with a 101-92 win on Monday night at the Target Center to snap their four-game losing skid. According to the ESPN, sophomore Karl-Anthony Towns and veteran Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio led the Timberwolves to another triumph with their impressive game performances. Both players finished the match in double-double with Towns having 34 points and 11 rebounds while Rubio contributing…

reason for his assassination was his willingness to free the slaves and defy what the Confederate States wanted. President Lincoln was assassinated while he watched a play at ford’s theater and died early the next morning. The Vice president Andrew Johnson was too be assassinated in his hotel room but the assassin couldn’t muster up the courage to complete the job (13). The Secret service did not exist at this time and although President Lincoln had a body guard no one believed that the…

John H Johnson was one of the most influential African-American historian that I've ever studied because he started his own company in a black community full of poverty which was often invaded by white supremacists. In his magazine, he supported black civil rights leaders by writing about the struggle for the children and businesses. Though he grew up in poverty, he tried very hard to get a good education this lead him to write and read extremely well. He started Jet magazine with a 500 dollar…

Watergate as defined by most historians, is one of the most prominent scandals that erupted in the years of Richard Nixon 's second term involving the break-down of Nixon 's administration amidst a very dangerous political scandal that shocked the beliefs of the American people and changed the view of the commander-in-chief 's position forever. Watergate is known as the largest abuse of power by an executive office in modern American history. President Nixon and his administration were not the…

There are many theories on how John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated, but which one is true? John Kennedy was not the best president the United States had but he had goals to make the country better. He was forty-three when he was elected, he was the youngest president to be elected. On May 25,1961, he addressed congress saying “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”…

The United States did what was the best thing at the time in regard to intervention in Vietnam, but failed miserably. By no means should this war have taken place, United States ignorant or uninformed view of Vietnam’s situation lead to a lot of unneeded deaths and suffering. While intervention in Vietnam could have been beneficial to stop an oppressive government, have a better knowledge of what was going on would have benefited Vietnamese people greatly. Both governments in Vietnam were…

There have been four United States Presidents assassinated; however, no presidential assassination has been shrouded in as much controversy as the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of The United States and was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, while riding in the presidential limousine through Dealey Plaza with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally (Ling 50). The believed assassin was Lee…

In 1960, when President John F. Kennedy announced his running for office, American history would be changed forever. JFK represented so much of what Americans believed in and needed in the 60s, beauty, change, optimism, and most importantly, hope. While in office, Kennedy changed America 's viewpoints on segregation and equality for African Americans through not only talking about ending discrimination, but through movements of appointing African Americans to government positions. JFK is an icon…