She was one of the well-known pinups during WW11, whose photographs were served to increase the spirits of troops from all over the world. There was an enormous widespread and mass appeal due to her intense feminine beauty, where her photographs were constantly on display for her fans. With her sleek signature s-curl hairstyle draped over her right eye, the blond beauty was one of the most glamorous pinup models to grace the covers of magazines, newspapers, drawings, paintings and other types of media. Whenever Veronica stepped in front of a camera, she always managed to exude a strong, feminine natural
Faisal Alanazi Prof. Meredith Doench ENG 200 11/1/15 Annotated Bibliography Robertson, Campbell. " Deal Frees ‘West Memphis Three’ in Arkansas. " The New York Times, Aug 19 (2011). Web.
Mary Bryant a mother, wife and a convict on the first fleet to Australia. Mary Bryant was a well-known convict of Australia during the 17-1800’s. Mary Bryant had many failures, successes and important events that happened during her life. She has no specific birth date, but was baptized on the 1st of May, 1765 Fowey, Cornwall and was a daughter of a mariner named Broad who’s family was ‘eminent for sheep stealing’. As you can see by the last sentence she was born into a family of criminals from robbery to assault.
On Mar 25, 1931, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, nine youths were wrongly convicted of rape. Combined, they had a total of 130 years in prison. They were on a train that is now called the Nine Scottsboro Boys, which includes Charlie Weems, 19, Ozie Powell 16, Clarence Norris 19, Andrew Wright 19, Leroy Wright 13, Olen Montgomery 17, Willie Roberson 17, Eugene Williams 13, and Patterson. There was also a white man and, lastly, 2 women, Ruby Bates (17) and Victoria Price (21). The white man stepped on the 18-year-old Haywood Patterson's hand.
Sally Louisa Tompkins was born November 9, 1833 in Poplar Grove in Tidewater region on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. She was born to father Colonel Christopher Tompkins and mother Maria Patterson Tompkins. She had four sisters three of which died from a local epidemic that also took her father. Their names are Martha Tompkins Harriet Tompkins and Elizabeth Tompkins. Her only surviving family being her sister Maria Tompkins and her mother.
Texas Roadhouse is an all American restaurant that serves a variety of delicious dishes. Texas Roadhouse is by far the best restaurant in Columbus, Indiana due to it’s environment, delicious mid-priced meals, and the hospitality of employees. The first thing that attracts customers to a restaurant is the appearance and environment of that restaurant. Texas Roadhouse is a western-style restaurant that is perfect for any lunch or dinner. The environment is friendly and extremely energetic.
The Life of Carrie Nation “You have put me in here a cub, but i will come out roaring like a lion, and i will make all hell howl”.(www.shsmo.org) Carrie Amelia Moore Nation.(www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net) She was born on November 25, 1849 at Garrard County, Kentucky.(ww.shsmo.org) When she was born her mother and father named her Carrie but something went wrong and her name got spelled with a IE and not with Y. In 1903 Carrie Nation officially changed the spelling of her name to “Carry”. When she just a kid she lived on a large farm, and then she moved with her family to High Grove farm near Belton cass county, Missouri, Moved to Texas, then back to Missouri farm, then moved to Kansas City, and then back to the Missouri farm and lived Holder,
Johnson County, nestled between the Arkansas River and the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Northwest Arkansas, is a quiet and sparsely populated region known largely for its scenic vistas and peaches. However, the county has a history of violence and hardship. Clarksville, the county seat of Johnson County, is a sleepy and peaceful city, best known for the annual Peach Festival. But, in the 1870s the city was known nationally as “Bloody Clarksville” because of the numerous outlaws, gunfights, and hangings.
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine high school African American high school students that were prevented the right to go to Little Rock High School located in the capital of Arkansas. The nine students' names were Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray Karlmark,, Thelma Mothershed, and Melba Pattillo Beals. The Little Rock Nine had a test to the Brown vs Board of education which was a court case resulting in segregation to be unconstitutional. Let's start from the very beginning. The Brown vs Board of Education case was happening because Oliver Brown of Topeka Kansas wanted to integrate schools instead of the segregation that was taking place.
Would you believe that the mastermind of three murders could be out of jail in just eight years? Do you think it is fair that the other person involved with the murders was sentenced to life in jail and will only be eligible for parole after serving 25 years? Would it change your mind after knowing that the mastermind is just an 12-year-old? Jasmine Richardson was the 13 year old behind this terrible murder. Most wouldn’t believe someone that young could come up and go through with something that terrible.
Racism and Segregation in the South During the 1930’s, the Great Depression caused poverty throughout the United States. People all over the country went to extreme measures to earn money and survive. Several people hopped on trains illegally to travel and try to start new lives for themselves. Some women resorted to prostitution around these hobo camps to earn their living. Two such women were Ruby Bates and Victoria Price.
The Bombing 16th Street, Baptist Church The tragic event occurred on September 15, 1963. The act was carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan, people who disliked blacks and did horrible things because of this, in Birmingham, Alabama. Alabama was a Southern state and allowed segregation. The explosion went off at approximately 10:20 A.M., when Sunday school was ending and the service was beginning.
Can we shine the light on the West Memphis Three? Three teenagers named Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin spent twenty years in prison for a crime they did not do. Once convicting the boys of the murder of three young boys named Steve Branch, Christopher Byers, and James Moore. This was the most gruesome murder to occur in this small town in Arkansas. These young boys got out to play together and never came back once the sun had set.
Although African Americans have been considered free in terms of the law, in some states, especially Mississippi in the early sixties, the Caucasian population had not evolved past the discrimination and hate they felt towards African Americans. But there were people that wanted to help the African Americans in the deep South. These Civil Rights activists were the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee(SNCC)(Wisconsin). College students from all over America were recruited to help the African Americans with their racial injustice. Freedom summer wanted to do three things for the Mississippi blacks (Wisconsin).
In Search of April Raintree/essay The life of April Raintree, her family and culture. She was very young when she was taken from her family and had to grow up in foster care till she was old enough to care for herself, not having the life she so wanted. April had two sisters that were also put into care, they both died. April struggled with her background of having drunkard parents, her identity and being Metis. She was a quiet person that didn’t like conflict and seemed to always get into situations of being abused for no apparent reason.
