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Emmett till muder date
This is the muddy back woods Tallahatchie River where a weighted body was found alleged to be that of young Emmett Till. And his Mother saw a hole, which I presumed, was a bullet hole and I could look through that hole and see daylight on the other side -
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Cold War
Cold war was that it was a war of words, it was prepared for, but actual war never happened. The two superpowers of the war were America and the Soviet Union. Each of the countries had nuclear weapons that they could have used but they did more psychological warfare. -
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Korean War
The Korean War erupted on June 25, 1950 in the middle of the burgeoning Cold War, an international struggle between the US and the USSR for world domination of their competing ideologies, Democracy/Capitalism versus Communism. While the Soviet Union never got directly involved in the fighting, it did supply North Korea with weapons and supplies. The US, on the other hand, did commit its own troops as part of a UN international-peace keeping force. -
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Little rock Nine
Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal, nine African American students—Minnijean Brown, Terrance Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls—attempted to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The students, known as the Little Rock Nine, were recruited by Daisy Bates, president of the Arkan -
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Space race
It was a battle of ideology. Communism v.s capitalism and which system was the best. The space race was simply a representation of an ideological battle between two political systems. The U.S. and Soviet Union were the two superpowers of the world with opposing political ideologies. Other nations in the world were choosing sides, some becoming capitalists others communists. The space race was a symbol of which system worked better. The American populace along with the Soviet populace were both s -
Martin Luther King
The speech was successful mainly because of the context. In a totally anti-black society where every white person was racist... a single black man stood up in a crowd of people who thought he was less of a person than them and changed the future. -
VIETNAM WAR PROTESTS
e anti-war movement began mostly on college campuses, as members of the leftist organization Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) began organizing “teach-ins” to express their opposition to the way in which it was being conducted. Though the vast majority of the American population still supported the administration policy in Vietnam, a small but outspoken liberal minority was making its voice heard by the end of 1965. This minority included many students as well as prominent artists and inte -
malcolm x assassination
The former Nation of Islam leader Malcolm X was shot and killed by assassins identified as Black Muslims as he was about to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. -
Watergate
While doing his rounds at the Watergate Hotel in the early morning of June 17, 1972, security guard Frank Wills found a door, located between the basement stairwell and the parking garage, that was being prevented from latching by a piece of tape. He removed the tape and continued his rounds. Returning to the same spot later, he discovered that someone had re-taped the door. His curiosity now aroused, he called the police. Around 2:30 a.m., after the police arrived, five men, wearing business su -
John Lennon
John Lennon is one of the most influential people in history. His message of peace, love, and happiness will forever be remembered. In the 1960s and 70s, Lennon was revolutionary in changing negative social values. His lyrical tone was unmatched and musical prowess sensational. During his lifetime, John Lennon was the focus of a negative media campaign that saw his message as a threat.