Emmett

Detective Murphy is a no nonsense type of man. A gruff demeanor that demands to get down to business no matter what. I’m sure it’s only heightened by being called to a crime scene for a robbery and shooting, in the middle of a Friday night. He’s just finished a round of furious questioning to gather my side of the story on what’s occurred tonight. After police arrived to the store, they were able to catch and arrest the man who robbed the store. Who I now know as James Smith. Jack was rushed…

No one knows exactly when or how it started or who took the first step to what later would become the Great Migration. Blacks in the south endured a great amount of pain due to the caste system that was placed in the mid 1870’s. The caste system would solely be based on race. The south payed no attention to the fourteenth amendment. In other words, blacks were stripped from their rights and protections. They had to step aside if a white person was walking. They had to respond with “sir” or they…

white segregationists across the country, many African Americans became disillusioned with the concept of nonviolence as the preferred means to achieving change. One of the arguably most notable examples of this was the brutal murder of 14 year old Emmett Till, an event that is credited with being instrumental in the formation of the civil rights movement in the first place. As the violence continued, leaders such as Malcolm X began to advocate for a new type of civil rights: Black Nationalism.…

MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), commonly referred to as ecstasy, and methamphetamine are central nervous system stimulants, which can produce euphoria, enhanced mental and emotional clarity, sensations of lightness and floating, and other hallucinations. (Chandra et al. 2015) Due to their effects, MDMA and methamphetamine are used in Drug-Facilitated Crimes (DFC), intended to impair behaviour, perceptions, or decision-making capacity to take advantage of an impaired person without…

In 1931, in Scottsboro Alabama, nine African-American boys with the ages from 12 to 20 were detained and wrongly accused of both rape and assault of two white women. A lynch mob of almost hundreds of white people assembled in the perimeters of the jail, causing the National Guard to interfere. Over the next decade, the Scottsboro Boys case as it became notorious of, was a nationwide icon of legal injustice in the segregated South, with no fair trial, consisted of an all-white jury that led to…

On May 21, 1972, Christopher Wallace was born. He grew up in Brooklyn and from a young age took on the nickname Biggie Smalls because of his six foot three and almost 400-pound frame. Biggie dropped out of school by the time he was 17 years old and began to live his life on the street, selling crack. After serving time in jail for selling drugs, Biggie made some demo recordings on a tape, which eventually reached Uptown Records producer Sean Combs. Combs signed Smalls immediately and they…

John Dillinger – The Creation of the First Public Enemy #1 During the early 1930’s the Great Depression and the collapsing banking system was not the only thing being talked about by many Americans; or a constant topic for newspapers and radio discussions. In 1933 and 1934 John Dillinger was a hot topic among people; as well as a main headline for the news. Who was John Dillinger and how could one man cause so much chaos, in so many places, in such a short amount of time? Was he born with…

Emmett Terry Stacy Barton US History 15 Apr, 2024 Sports During the Great Depression The Great Depression was a catastrophic event in United States history, the worst Depression in American History. It lasted around ten years, starting in 1929 and ending in 1939. The Great Depression caused the nation's economy to collapse and greatly impacted American society ("Great Depression: Years"). Many factors led to the Great Depression, including bank failures. The stock market crash seriously affected…

A Vampire: ?I Regret What I Had Done.? Today, vampire is the hottest topic in novels, movies, and dramas around the world. Belief in vampires has existed for thousands of year in many different cultures around the world. In original folklore and mythology, the traditional vampires tend to be inhuman and have no soul. They are truly monstrosities. They feed human?s blood in the midnight and enjoy killing people. Today?s outlook on vampires is more positive. Some modern vampires are very human and…