On May 17, 1954, the Court unanimously ruled that "separate but equal" public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional. Black children were denied admission to public schools attended by white children under laws requiring or permitting segregation according to the races. Segregation of children in public schools based on race violated the Equal Protection Clause from the 14th Amendment. The Court emphasized the impact that the education has on a child. It is not right for children to…
Battle of 73rd Easting U.S. Armed Forces Cold War training on state of the art future weapon systems was tested. The Iraqi Army including the famed Iraqi Republican Guard were a battle hardened veteran force, feared by both political and military allies and foes. The United States entered the Gulf War with the liberation of the Kuwaiti nation as their primary goal. The United States Armed Forces demonstrated that superior training, innovative battle tactics, and quick decision-making would…
Theodore Roosevelt is a man of many hats, from Big Game hunter to New York City police commissioner, from soldier to boxer, and warrior to peacemaker. He was a bold and patriotic man, that refused to allow anything to come easy, to include death. He is one of America’s single most accomplished men; it just so happened that he was also the twenty-sixth President of the United States of America. Theodore was raised in New York City, and as a young boy suffered from asthma. He was told by doctors…
Cavalry horses had cost three times as much as a slave, which meant that although the slaves were recognized as being human, they were treated as much less than others. However, these low prices meant that slaves who died from diseases, accidents, suicides…
A Photos: Koljambus/BigStock.com, exopixel/BigStock.com, Anutaray/BigStock.com s its name suggests, the German Shepherd Dog originated in Germany, with the first off icial German Shepherd Club (SV) founded in 1899. When cavalry off icer Captain Max Von Stephanitz bought his first German Shepherd, he was smitten. Widely recognised as the “father of the breed”, Captain Von Stephanitz led the way in promoting German Shepherds and was instrumental in introducing them to life in the service.…
military. He was the main leader of the cavalry regiment, “Rough Riders”. The group was the first calvary that volunteered to fight against Spain. The group had a mix of individuals such as some of his cowboy friends, law enforcement officials, and some Native Americans. The calvaries best known…
In earlier times when their (other people of about the same age) developed (two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle) war fighting, Greek warriors concentrated on heavy infantry. Besides Thessaly, the Greeks also not paid attention to the development of cavalry in their military. However, their concentration on heavy infantry would pay off in the power of their hoplite warriors and group of (possibly armed) people (creation and construction/ group of…
lad III was the ruler of an Eastern European region of modern Romania, Wallachia, in the fifteenth century. He gained fame as one of the most bloody and powerful rulers of that era, and as to his constant battles with the Ottoman Empire and also against the Christian forces in that region. Vlad III is known as Vlad the impaler or Vlad Tepes (in Romanian) after his atrocious ways of torture and killing and his lust for human blood. As result of this fact, many cultures have depicted him as blood…
Greek Poleis as a Result of Civil Strife Bailey Walton Ancient Greece is well admired throughout the world, often being credited with the invention of history, the first democracies, and some of the first major cities, called poleis. These poleis were formed as result of civil strife within the territory, often caused by power imbalances, wealth inequality, or land shortages during the Archaic Age (800-480 BC). In order to relieve some of these stressors, reformations were created within the…
brutes who killed without just cause. Futher, the illustrator did not provide faces for these figures, just dark colors and tattered clothing, which associated violence with dark skin black men. In the lower panel of the illustrator drew a white cavalry chasing slaves back into the woods, a sign that authority figures restored…