Landmark

train that was for whites only. This act caused Plessy to be placed under arrest and imprisoned. The court convicted him of violating a Louisiana Law put into place in 1890 that stated that railway cars were to be spate for colored races and whites (Landmark Cases). Plessy argued that this Louisiana law violated equal protections that were provided under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. He lost his argument twice in the lower courts before he brought…

coming from as well as its destination through bursts of activity that resides within theta oscillation. These burst of activity occur when the animal rest and sleep as well, which suggests that hippocampal neurons can be disengaged from external landmarks. However, behavioral experiments…

Functional reach is defined as the distance between arm’s length and maximal forward reach while maintaining a fixed base of support in standing.(Duncan et al, 1990) The Functional Reach Test was designed to assess standing balance in ambulatory patients; however, the Modified Functional Reach Test (mFRT) was designed to assess sitting balance in individuals who are unable to stand, specifically individuals with spinal cord injury. mFRT assesses an individual’s ability to reach forward and…

The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs house is one of New York City’s important historical landmarks. The U.S. Customs House was built in 1902-1907 near the port of New York and its job was to collect customs from imported goods (New York Architecture 2015). Before income tax was being developed in 1916, customs was the greatest source of income for our government (NMAI 2015). “It is located near the southern tip of Manhattan, next to Battery Park (New York Architecture 2015).” The building is…

Deval Shah Dean Per 8 AP US Gov & Pol 12/28/14 Miranda v. Arizona Supreme Court Civil Rights & Liberties Case Title and Citation: Miranda v. Arizona 2. The facts of the case: The Court had to consider the constitutionality of several cases, all considered together, in which defendants were not given freedom while being questioned. In Miranda v. Arizona, a poor man was charged for rape and questioned by the police for two hours. He was not informed of his rights of self-incrimination or…

about qualifications of when a young criminal is considered and treated as a juvenile. Thereafter, to understand the current juvenile criminal justice system, one must be familiar with legal developments and landmark decisions that have had the most impact on the system. The first landmark case is of Mary Ann Crouse, who was committed to the Philadelphia House of Refuge without any crime charges. In this case, when the decision was challenged in…

He was once 87. His dying used to be demonstrated with the aid of The times. He had been hospitalized recently after having a stroke. Mr. Cunningham used to be the sort of singular presence within the city that, in 2009, he was specific a living landmark. And he was an effortless one to spot, using his bicycle through Midtown, the place he did most of his discipline work: his bony-skinny frame draped in his utilitarian blue French employee’s jacket, khaki pants and black sneakers (he himself…

Justice for Japanese Americans Hirabayashi v. United States (1943) and Korematsu v. United States (1944) are two landmark cases in the history of the United States that addressed the issue of internment of Japanese American during the Second World War. These cases were brought to the U.S. Supreme Court on the premise that the American government violated the Fifth Amendment rights of the defendants due to their ancestry. The main concern that contributed to these lawsuits was whether strong war…

Upon opening the book, there is an introductory overview of the architecture in Northern London. He begins with prominent landmarks in North London and follows with the area’s chronological history, gradually painting an image of North London in each century and noting when buildings and landmarks were established as well as when buildings were destroyed. Following this, the area is broken down into boroughs found in the table of contents with a diagram in…

and our journey gets harder as we go on. The author emphasizes on the landmark of passing double digits, and what lies ahead from this. By using metaphors and imagery, the author shows that as we get further into our journey of life, everyone goes through and reflects on the process of leaving their past and growing up, which is where we change and deal with the pain and sadness. In the first stanza, Collins reflects on a landmark on his journey by using metaphors to emphasize the pain…