A group of African-American and white men and women establish the NAACP. Founders include W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963), Mary White Ovington (1865–1951), Ida B. Wells (1862–1931), and William English Walling (1877–1936). The NAACP also worked for more than a decade seeking federal anti-lynching legislation, but the Solid South of white…
SHARE The GOP wants to take back the governor’s office in Nevada. Here’s who is running Republican candidates in Nevada are lining up to take on Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak next year as he seeks a second term. Though the state is a perennial battleground, Democrats have come out ahead…
Tuberculosis, which afflicted Maria and Elizabeth in 1825, was the eventual cause of death of three of the surviving Brontës: Branwell in September 1848, Emily in December 1848, and finally, Anne five months later in May 1849. Patrick Brontë faced a challenge in arranging for the education of the girls…
McDonald’s Restaurants, also known as the McDonald’s coffee case and the hot coffee lawsuit, was a highly publicized 1994 product liability lawsuit in the United States against McDonald’s . Stella Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants, P.T.S., Inc. and McDonald’s International, Inc. Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants, also known as the McDonald’s coffee…
Led by Marshall ApplewhiteMarshall ApplewhiteThey had about 70 followers and saw themselves as shepherds tending a flock. Applewhite believed that complete separation from earthly desires was a prerequisite of ascension to the Next Level and emphasized passages in the New Testament in which Jesus spoke about forsaking worldly attachments.https://en.wikipedia.org ›…
Inuit Family. Social Structure / Leadership. The Inuit lived in smaller family groups with no real leader or Chief, unlike other First Peoples groups in Canada. During the winter, families would live and hunt together in larger groups (several families), but during the summer they would split up to follow…
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights leader the Rev. C.T. Vivian … stating that the civil rights of the Black Panther members were violated. Legal wrangling continued for more than 10 years before the city of Chicago, Cook County and the federal government agreed to a $1.85 … These goals…
King Solomon was known for his wise sayings, called proverbs. The northern tribes that broke away from Jerusalem founded a separate kingdom called Judah. Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, although separated politically, preserved the Israelite religion. The Israelite prophets urged people to make the world a better place. What was…
British Armed Forces. Its Commander-in-chief is the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II, to whom members of the forces swear allegiance. The UK Parliament approves the continued existence of the British Army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years, as required by the Bill of…
The story concerns the brutal murders of two women in a locked room. When the police, baffled by the unusual atrocity of the crime and apparent lack of motive, arrest an acquaintance of his, Dupin decides to investigate. How does The Murders in the Rue Morgue end? Having told Dupin…