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Abe Lincoln is Dead, and You are not Free: The Memphis Riot of 1866 and Its Roots in the Social Upheaval of the Reconstruction Nathin J. Birkrem Abstract On 1 May 1866 in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, an altercation between black Union soldiers and Memphis police officers started a chain reaction that eventually brought about what has come to be known as the Memphis Riots of 1866. The group of amicably intoxicated soldiers reacted negatively when told by a small group of officers to break…

“Marie Antoinette was a person who liked people, and bore little resemblance to the cold villain portrayed by her protractors” . As an Austrian foreigner turned French Queen, she was one of the most attacked public figures in the history of France . Marie Antoinette was an innocent victim, despite public belief and conditions in France during her rule. Her marriage to Louis XVI was less than blissful, they were polar opposites and frustrated each other greatly. She was wrongly accused in…

The question at hand is how does social media influence our behavior and is this positive or negative. One area of controversy is social media’s effect on body image. Our culture has set unrealistic standards of how people should look. This has left a precedent specifically for women and has adhered to the development of confidence. Body dysphoria arises from these standards set by society. Such influences have caused eating disorders because of the competition to be the skinniest. Models are…

The mere act of living was a struggle at the beginning of the 1930s. The last third of 1929 had plunged the United States into the worst economic disaster in its history. The task of resolving the crisis fell into the hands of President Herbert Hoover, who simply increased the damage. In 1933, people hoped that Franklin Delano Roosevelt could save the country with his New Deal, but growing threats from international powers promised a new impending conflict. With unemployment rates at an all-time…

Underage Drinking and the Repercussions Statistics show that in 2007, underage drinking cost about $68 billion in form of medical bills, household income loss, and costs of treating pain and suffering associated with the unethical behavior. Contrastingly, the input of over $68 billion into the alcohol industry by young drinkers ensured the profitability of the sector. However, statistics asserts that in 2009, 19% of drivers aged 16-20 years were involved in a fatal crashes since their…

Retrospective Analysis The following retrospective analysis provides a compressed summation of the first scholarly article available published in the Fall 1965 edition of the American Business Law Journal titled Rose Staub--Feminine Labor Leader and Her Involvement in a Brief Chapter of Labor Law Written in the City Halls of the Rural South by Dwayne L. Oglesby. The summary identifies events that propelled Rose Staub in the limelight of the labor movement and the impact of her involvement.…

Case study: Anonymous While the motivation of terrorist acts remains the same, the rapid evolution of technique has provided to those that use terror as a method to attain their goals, new weapons with a potential that is not fully quantified. The database, the measures of protection and security, the equipments meant to reassure our safety are exposed to those new types of weapons, the traditional methods of fight becoming impractical. The cyber-crimes are a supplement for cyber-terrorism in…

Environmental management: A key driver for ACO in reducing costs and increasing efficiency and profits ACO Building Drainage is organizations that have over 40 years experience in drainage installation which act as the leader in development of water drainage. Objective of this group is to maintain its leader position in market by innovation and preserve high quality of products and create awareness towards environmental. The materials used of their products involve stainless steel, gun metal,…

On January 19, 1809, Boston Massachusetts a poet was born and his name was Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most influential writer in America today. Poe’s father and mother, both professional actor, died before the poet was three years old, and John and Frances Allan raised him as a foster child in Richmond, Virginia. Poe was a peculiar boy growing up, but he wrote plenty of great stories such as “The Angel of the Odd”, “The Raven” and “Tamerlane”. Edgar Allan Poe wrote short…

The Justice of Intervening in North Korea The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea to the United States, has effectively existed as a hermit kingdom since the end of the Korean War in 1953. A cease-fire was signed and the DMZ of the 38th parallel became the tentative boundary dividing the North from the South. South Korea has enjoyed economic prosperity and liberal democracy in the past several decades, but the North Korean government exercises strict…