City and town halls

On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold at a mill where a group of men erecting for John A. Sutter south of the American river. Even though Sutter tried to keep it se-cret until he could secure and protect his vast estates from Mexican land grants, California’s newspaper already revealed his findings only two months later in March. First news reached the east coast in August by the New York Herald, next month the word from the United States Counsel in Monterrey, Thomas O. Larkin,…

Misty Danielle Copeland was born on September 10, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri. Even though she was born in Kansas City, she was raised in San Pedro, California. Misty was very late in starting ballet studies, but it didn’t stop her. Usually, ballerinas start studying when they are three or four, but Misty was thirteen when she took her first ballet class. When she unlocked the magical world of ballet, Misty was coping with the fact she was living in a shabby motel room with her five siblings…

United States (1944) was a well known Supreme Court case. Fred Korematsu had refused to enter an internment camp, so in 1942 he was arrested and sent to a camp. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the conviction in 1944. In 1983, Korematsu appealed the conviction. Later, a federal court in San Francisco stated the government’s decision was racially biased, misleading, and false. While, Japanese-Americans did make up the majority of people in internment camps, they were not the only people sent to…

the band. They remained in East L.A. because at the time East L.A. was considered Liverpool’s sister city and so it was a nascent scene. According to my music industry sources they confirmed that it was pretty much like Carnaby Street in London. From my point of view they were the best because they were an American rock ‘n’ roll band. I think it’s a shame that they are not in the Rock ‘n’ Roll hall of fame. In any event, bass guitarist Jimmy Espinosa lost his eyesight and he continues to this…

Indeed, a New York time recent article states: "The boy was taunted at school by other children who wrote obscenities on his locker and shouted insults as he passed in the halls. Vandals broke windows of the family's house and slashed their car's tires." Also, according to an article published in august 1985 by Kokomo Tribune, "Ryan was barred from going to school." While Jeannie White first said: "Legal action? I don't know…

Throughout time, literature has always raised several types of questions. As we grow and embark on the journey to further our education, these questions formed through literature get tougher and tougher to answer, and sometimes even find. Every literary work should raise a question in your mind, and leave you with information that you must use to come to a well thought out, elaborate answer. However, these questions could be answered very simply, or never be answered within the work. “Of Mice…

Early in the nineteenth century, there were many different thoughts about the “truth” of the Holy Word of God. It was believed that the Bible said men were to be head of house and women have no say in what happens. Many elders of the church made sure this was enforced. Also, that how you acted and where you sat in church depended on the amount of money you had. It didn’t matter how happy you were or the relationship you had with God, all that mattered was your social status. Elijah Pierson and…

Imagine South Africa’s situation today- if Nelson Mandela had never fought for the rights of humanity. Since colonial times, colored-people in South Africa were seen as second-class despite the clear non-white majority. Any person not classified as white, was treated as a lesser man. At this point, the idea of racial equality seemed impossible. Until this one man gave up his life and his own safety to ultimately change the world. Nelson Mandela abolished racial inequality within South Africa and…

pilgrimages that attracted international visitors. In the past, the local shrines tended to attract more townspeople than foreigners, and the sites were ingrained in local identity and tradition, as it was a tangible miracle place that anyone from the town can see. Similarly, Angel Island isn’t exactly a world-famous monument such as Alcatraz, so it attracts more local people from the Bay Area than tourists from out of the area. Also, Angel Island has deep roots in Asian-American history in the…

Let it be known that while 1400 citizens of approximately 3 million which populate the city of Emerson are responsible for the crimes committed, they are not acting independent of one another. Rather, it is a collection of small organized crime groups of which the 1,400 individuals belong who are responsible for the violence acts towards other crime groups. Notably, there has been a surge of violence over the past three years coupled by a disturbing increase in shootings and murders over the…