Oklahoma City

In the 1991 court case, Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. Dowell, the court ruled to end the federal court desegregation orders. In 1972, the Oklahoma City Board of Education was issued a decree initiating a plan for desegregation. Later on, that case was terminated, but the decree of desegregation continued on. To solve busing problems for African American children, a Student Reassignment Plan or SRP was issued. This turned previously desegregated schools into a primarily one race school…

After Kaczynski graduated from the University of Michigan, Kaczynski taught at the University of California, but according to Maria Haberfeld, author of A new understanding of terrorism, Haberfeld notes that “Kaczynski continued his pattern of having limited contact with others at Berkeley” (Haberfeld, 2009, 38), which furthered Kaczynski’s isolation patterns. In 1969, Kaczynski inexplicably resigned his teaching position with the overriding concern that technology was to enslave mankind. In the…

Melissa Wong
March 11, 2015
Andrew Forrester
DISC 1313
 Escaping Heartland America
 Pawhuska, Oklahoma, a town of a little less than four thousand people, is where Tracy Lett’s play turned movie August: Osage County is set. Beverly Weston, the patriarch and a heavy alcoholic, has disappeared and eventually commits suicide, leaving behind his psychotic wife, Violet, in the care of a newly hired caretaker, a Native American named Johnna. After their father’s disappearance, Beverly’s adult…

What makes a criminal? What makes someone intentionally want to cause harm to other people? The type of environment a person grows up in could dictate whether or not they become a criminal. If a person grows up in a home where criminal behavior is normal, and they become desensitized to that type of behavior, they may grow up believing there is no harm in it. If you look at a criminal’s background, they normally don’t come from a happy home. Drug addicted parents, and police constantly showing…

1995, at 9:02 a.m. Timothy McVeigh went into the annals of history for committing the single largest domestic terrorist attack in the history of the United States, killing 168 people – 19 of which were children. He was later captured that day by an Oklahoma State Trooper when he was stopped for driving a vehicle without a license plate and being in illegal possession of a firearm, then developed into the suspect of the event, indicted and convicted. On June 11, 2001, at 7:41 a.m. he was…

Gean 6 Jessica Gean Ms. Warren English Composition 112 March 2, 2017 The Treacherous Journey of the Trail of Tears Before the British came over to the Americas, the Cherokee Indians, among many other tribes, inhabited these rolling hills, mountains, and plains. Unfortunately, they were removed from their homeland very viciously. The removal of Cherokee Indians is referred to as the Trail of Tears. The journey of the Cherokee Indians from before their removal, their fight to not be removed,…

In the chapter, On the Illinois: The Making of Modern Music and Culture in the Oklahoma Ozark Foothills, The Oklahoma Ozark area is a physical and cultural transition zone between the Great Plains and the eastern woodlands. This area has been considered home to many of the Cherokee people since their removal by U.S. soldiers and settlers beginning in the 1820s (pg. 239). The Cherokees has lived in the Oklahoma Ozark area longer than any other ethnic group compared as of currently. The Cherokees…

(OSDH, 2010). I would like to see a decline of HCV in the Native American population because the amount of Native Americans in Oklahoma. In the 2010 US Census there were 482,760 American Indian and Alaska Natives in Oklahoma (CDC, 2010). With improved prevention and teaching to the community, a positive change will result in Native Americans and Alaska Natives in Oklahoma regarding HCV. Currently there is no vaccine for HCV, making the prevention of HCV difficult. Also some of the variables…

Wind Damage Repairs in Greater Oklahoma City Area Even though a gust of cool wind is desirable on a hot day, strong winds can create a number of disasters. Depending on the strength and speed of the wind, it can uproot trees, damage porch lights, and even shatter windows. Moreover, strong, cool winds can also be indicators of bad weather. Whenever you feel a refreshing breeze coming in, it’s possible that a strong storm, hurricane, or tornado is brewing. When you encounter severely high winds,…

a fertilizer, but it has also been used to create explosives and even for illicit purposes. For example, ammonia is used as a key ingredient in the making of methamphetamine. Now, on April 19, 1995 a domestic terrorist attack place against the Oklahoma federal building. Ammonia was a key component used to create the high explosive, used y terrorist that day. The terrorist used 50-pounds bags of ammonium nitrate. They built a bomb that contained more than 5,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate…