Clarence Birdseye

Committee during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She was born Anita Faye Hill on July 30, 1956, in Morris, OK; daughter of Albert and Irma Hill. Education: Oklahoma State University, BS, 1977; Yale University School of Law, LLD, 1980 and excelled in her studies, gaining admission to the Yale Law School. After brief employment in a private practice, Hill accepted a position working for Clarence Thomas at the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil…

that it could have been their child that was kidnapped. The murder itself took multiple weeks for the police to uncover. Perhaps the biggest reason was the trial. The trial itself was a massive event, but what brought attention to the trial was Clarence Darrow, the most famous attorney during the time. Darrow’s orations and efforts helped Leopold and Loeb escape the death penalty. In present day, it is still debated whether the murder of Bobby Franks is deemed worthy of the title, “Crime…

Justice, Clarence Thomas, spiked political and social debates during his confirmation hearings in the 1990s. Justice Thomas is a conservative judge appointed by former President George H.W. Bush. (Anita Hill vs. Clarence Thomas: The Backstory) Prior to his judicial appointment, Clarence Thomas was the head of U.S. Department of Education 's Office of Civil Rights in Washington and the Equal Employment Opportunities Committee, where Anita Hill worked as his subordinate. (Anita Hill vs. Clarence…

Strite invented the pop-up toaster. In 1912, Clarence Crane invented the Lifesaver candy. He invented it because he wanted a candy that wouldn’t melt in the warm temperatures. In 1913, Gideon Sundback and Whitecomb Judson invented the zipper. They were inspired by a man named Elias Howe who invented…