Washington and Lee University

1904 in Kempten, Germany, was raised in a family of boys. His father died in World War I, and the rest of his family moved to Dresden. He was 13 at the time. (Academy of Achievement) In 1923, he went to the University of Greifswald, and got his his doctorate in ornithology from the University of Berlin in 1926;age 21. (Stewart) Mayr was known to be an…

Overview/relevance Lee Daniels’ The Butler is relevant to society because the events depicted in the film actually occurred. The film portrays the civil rights movement and the events that took place during the movement to obtain racial equality. The oppression of African Americans is still a current issue in today’s modern society. African Americans are still discriminated against on the Meso- and micro- level. Society has advanced some, however, African Americans are still not completely…

father, General Morales Bermudez moved away from the socialist tendencies from General Velasco’s regime, creating a peaceful path to democracy. Two deadly occurrences, the soccer tragedy in Lima and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Lee Oswald Harvey in 1963, “made me understand what safety was all about and I started being aware of social justice.” says my…

bank the tellers and managers would have firearms and would be able and willing to protect themselves. (Lee 6) The young, the old, and the female---those most vulnerable--were far safer in the most wild and woolly frontier towns than they are in any American city today. People had arms, knew how to use them, and were willing to fight with deadly force to protect their persons and property. (Lee…

In today’s competitive sports focused society, young athletes are forced to commit their time and efforts to one sport by the time they enter high school and often times at a much younger age. In order to succeed at a high level, young athletes feel they must train several days a week, in a year round regimen. Countless hours are devoted to strength, conditioning , mental toughness and physical practice. Pat Riley, an American professional basketball executive, commented, “There are only two…

declassified CIA and FBI documents in 2017, new details and revelations give conspiracy theorists a new insight on what really occurred on November 22, 1963 in Dealey Plaza. The lead investigation team in 1963, the Warren Commission, concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was the man who gunned down the 35th President of the United States using a Carcano 91/38 Infantry Rifle. Eyewitnesses supposedly located him on the sixth floor of the book depository building in Dallas, firing a total of three…

and with many questions. Ten months after the incident the Warren Commission turned in a report showing that the shots that killed President Kennedy and wounding the governor were fired by one man. The man who was part of this unforgivable crime was Lee Harvey Oswald. Other FBI records of surveillance videos concluded that President Kennedy was assassinated probably as the result of a conspiracy involving organized crime (Sisung 17). Throughout his life, Kennedy showed many signs of leader-ship…

Georgia, Michael Lewis and Manish Tripathi, learned that universities such as Marquette, Stanford, and Illinois gained revenue in the years following the removal of their native themed names. There has been no evidence of this professionally, but they created a statistical model using factors like median income of fan base, team performance, and market size. They determined that keeping Native American representations, like the Washington Redskins, is solely based on the manager’s personal…

Edgar Allan Poe’s life influenced his works such as, The Fall of the House of Usher, Annabel Lee and The Raven. The main factor in Poe’s life that contributed to his style of writing is death, abandonment, love, and fear. Poe experienced a great deal of deaths that left him abandoned in the world. How could one go throughout life with no one on their side? That was Poe’s everyday life after the death of his loved ones. He, Edgar Allan Poe, was a lonely man with a broken heart. This lead Poe to…

George Alvin Wiley (1931-1973) Background Information George Alvin Wiley is best known for creating the first national organization of welfare recipients. He was born on February 26, 1931, Bayonne, New Jersey. One of six children to William Daniel Wiley and Olive (Thomas) Wiley. Shortly the family moved to Warwick, Rhode Island, a white suburb of Providence. Wiley’s, father was working to support his family, but he was a political activist by running a newspaper for the black communities and…