Clarence Thomas was born on June 23, 1948, in Pin Point, Georgia. His father left his family when he was young. That, and other issues as the years passed led his family into money problems. Clarence and his brother were sent to live with their grandfather and step-grandmother. His grandfather had a major influence on his religious beliefs. He transferred to St. John Vianney Minor Seminary while in high school and graduated from there in 1967. After the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. he heard some of his classmates at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Missouri making fun of his death. This led him to quit seminary and eventually attend Yale University Law School. After graduating from Yale, he worked for many years as a lawyer for the agricultural giant Monsanto. Then he moved to Washington D.C. where he worked some for President Ronald Reagan. In 1991 Thomas replaced the previous Supreme Court Justice and became the second African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court. Clarence Thomas was a part of many important Supreme Court Cases. A few of them include Morse v. Frederick, United States v. Morrison, and Grutter v. Bollinger.
William Jefferson Clinton commonly known as Bill Clinton he informed great retail political. Bill was born in 1946 and was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993-2003. Clinton graduated from Georgetown University, attended Oxford University and received a law degree from Yale University. Clinton profession is to become a politician in his career, Clinton becomes a democratic leader in 1974 U.S. House of Representatives, and Bill Clinton was not successful. In 1976 he was elected in Arkansas’s attorney and won his governorship as a president and also he was the youngest president. Bill Clinton is a good leader because he has made America more success than ever.
With a presidency starting in the early 90 's Bill Clinton was partially destined for
As the president of United States of America it can be a little hard to make certain decisions. What the people want and what is for the best for them is very different. Yet this President is for. Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were presidents of the United States, who may have done good or bad throughout their time serving in office. Both presidents will be compared to determine who brought the best for United States.
The life of Franklin D. Roosevelt and how he became to be a successful president that the United States will never forget. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only child and grew up to be the best president that this United States had. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was born to James Roosevelt and Sara Ann Delano. Franklin was the only child, coming from a wealthy family of English descent, but Franklin was raised in an atmosphere of privilege. His parents and private tutors provided him with almost all his formative education. He attended Groton (1896-1900), a prestigious preparatory school in Massachusetts, and received a BA degree in history from Harvard in only three years (1900-03).Roosevelt next studied law at New York 's Columbia University.
Every four years, American media and its people pay close attention to every speech within the U.S. presidential campaign. Last year, Hilary Clinton from Democratic and Donald Trump from Republican were two final candidates running for the U.S. presidency. The former First Lady, Michelle Obama showed her support for the Democratic presidential candidate by giving an emotional speech on Clinton’s campaign rally. This speech occurred in New Hampshire. In this paper, I’ll provide some information of the speech, discuss the main issues she addressed, and analyze the profound message of her speech.
Bill Clinton was the worst president to ever take office in the white house. Bill loved locking people for whatever reason he could. There was a death in police custody and Bill apologized for locking to many people up. There was 2.4 million people in prison and over 160,000 of them had to be serving the life sentence. Clinton teamed up with Reagan and came up with the three strike rule. So this three strike thing is saying that if you get three felony convictions you will earn a life sentence. The Clintons were also involved with a cocaine ring in mena arkansas.Teenage girls were drugged and raped at their parties. Two little boys were killed in mena at the site bags of cocaine were loaded and unloaded 2 little boys were murdered there.
In the movie "John Q"—alluding to John Q Public, the average guy—Denzel Washington—plays a working-class African American man in Chicago whose manufacturing job has been cut back to 20 hours a week. John Q has fallen on hard times, but he 's dedicated to his family and the American dream—and still manages to carry limited medical insurance. His only son falls ill with a rare heart condition and needs an immediate transplant, which his insurance will not cover. John Q desperately tries to secure the $75 000 necessary to save his son 's life. He sells everything he has and goes out begging, but comes up short. Disheveled and humiliated, John Q pleads with the white cardiac surgeon and the steel-hearted hospital administrator who ultimately
John Jamison/Jamieson was born in 1845, at Yass NSW, and was described as 5ft 2½in with Red hair and a fair complexion with hazel eyes and could read and write. Jamison was the son of William and Mary Jamison who were married 9 Mar 1845, Yass, New South Wales. Young John Jamieson was also the nephew of James Taylor, who eloped with Ben Hall's wife Bridget. John Jamieson's linage was aristocratic as his great grandparents Thomas Jamieson and his wife Rebecca, arrived in the colony as part of the First Fleet, 1788, as surgeon's mate of the Sirius, under the command of Arthur Philip. However, during the rebellion against William Bligh 1807/08, with Bligh, who was the fourth Governor of New South Wales, having succeeded Governor Philip Gidley King in 1805, over the use of
Have you ever seen the Dodgers win the World Series? They only won six times. Jackie Robinson helped them pull through the first one in 1955 against the Yankees. He was rookie of the year in 1947 and a national league MVP in 1949. also did you know that he was the first black baseball player to play in major league baseball? Because of his hardships he made it easier for black people to play major league baseball.
Abigail Adams was our second first lady of the United States. She lived in Europe for 3 years with her husband John Adams who served as the first American Minister (Encyclopedia of World Biography). She was a part of many important decisions with the role of first lady, while still maintaining her family’s farm. Abigail is known for the many letters she wrote, some of them including women's rights (Osborne). Abigail Adams was a very important woman in our country’s history, she was the second First Lady of America, helping make many important decisions, and she wrote many famous letters, including one that would make a change in women's rights.
A leader is someone you can look up to with admiration. A proper leader does not mislead the people that stand with them. They are open, honest, and responsible. They don’t hide their failures. They own up to their mistakes because that’s what leaders do.
What make me regret is that I did not go to the Veterans Day Ceremony because I had class at 11am on Tuesday. I know that the United State annually celebrate the Veterans Day every November to honor and praise veterans of all service branches for the sacrifices each have made for their country. This year, Rear Admiral John Kirby is the guest of honor and speaker, so I do a little bit more research about him.
Bill Bryan was born on June 8, 1977. He is currently 38 years old. Bill grew up in a religious household. His family was very much into politics and history. He and his family were huge Reagan fans. This caused Bill to take interest in history. As he got older, he formed a liberal perspective. He also said that socially he is a Democrat but has Republic tendencies. Bill thought that the music back then was horrible. It was techno, Pop, and Backstreet Boys. He thought that it had no adversity, that it was only about the entertainment. He liked to listen to the 70s music and heavy metal like Guns and Roses, Poison, and Greenday. Growing up, him and his friends used to go on road tips to all different places. He also liked to play soccer. He
In the novel Johnny Tremain, we follow the life of a young boy named Johnny. He lives in Boston in the midst of the revolution during the 1770’s. This book was published by Esther Forbes in 1943, at the height of World War II. The novel Johnny Tremain is about a young boy named Johnny living in colonial Boston during the 1770s. This book portrays Johnny’s life during the beginning of the revolution. He is a young and cocky silversmith, but gets into an accident where he cannot do metal work anymore. When he has the accident, he decides that it was time to branch out and not just stay in the silversmith’s house and sulk. So, on his journeys, he finds a printing company called The Boston Observer. He meets a boy named Rab, and stays with Rab and his family, the Lorne’s.