POWELL v ALABAMA United States Supreme Court 287 U.S. 45 (1932) FACTS: Nine young black boys riding in an open train car were involved in a fight. When the fight ceased‚ two white women claimed the black boys raped them. Once the boys got off the train in Scottsboro‚ Alabama‚ police picked them up and placed them in jail. The men appeared in court‚ frightened‚ and unrepresented. The defendants were charged with a capital offence and therefore had the right for counsel to be appointed to them
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This is a historical fiction story is based on the life of Felix Zollicoffer during the mid to late 1800s. Felix Zollicoffer was born on a plantation in Bigbyville in Maury County‚ Tennessee. He worked as a newspaperman‚ a Congressman from Tennessee‚ and a man that worked his way up the ranks to a Confederate general. He received an education‚ even going to college. Not only that but he was editor of Republican Banner. On september 24‚ 1835‚ he married Louisa Pocahontas Gordon‚ and had fourteen
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Good evening Mr. Martori‚ Ms. Clark‚ Mrs. Shwartzberg‚ faculty members‚ friends‚ families and my fellow graduates. My name is Chrissa Pantazis and I am honored to stand before you as the Salutatorian of Benjamin N. Cardozo High School’s Class of 2014. In October‚ when I learned of my ranking‚ I was confused‚ shocked‚ flattered‚ and elated‚ all at the same time. As the excitement died down and I began to worry about my salutatory address and a myriad of ideas of what I wanted to say flooded my
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Louis D. Brandeis is an important part of history because he was a great lawmaker who worked very hard for things he accomplished in his law career.. He was well educated‚ which helped him get a career in law‚ he was also very motivated by many things he experienced traveling‚ and last was prepared for anything that came at him in life. Louis changed america with his career in law which got him a spot in the supreme court‚ where he then changed the law and court systems forever‚ which is still in
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FELIX RANDAL The Poem “Felix Randal” is a sonnet with an Italian or Petrarchan rhyme scheme (abba‚ abba‚ ccd‚ ccd); although not published until 1918‚ it was written in 1880. The title character is known from extrinsic evidence to have been a thirty-one-year-old blacksmith named Felix Spencer‚ who died of pulmonary tuberculosis; Father Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ while a curate in a slum parish in Liverpool‚ visited him often‚ administered the last sacraments‚ and officiated at his funeral. Hence the
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Tutor: Course: Date: Felix Mendelssohn Music has been one of the most important type of art today. Since time immemorial‚ composers‚ singers‚ artists‚ and so on have been held in very high regard in the society. There are some of the most famous entertainers we know‚ Michael Jackson is said to be the top. Nonetheless‚ there was music before electronics came‚ and thus were famous composers of the 18th century. This paper will be discussing most of the important information about Felix Mendelssohn‚ his
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Antonio and Felix Antonio and Felix both want to be the greatest lightweight champions of the world but they fight differently. Antonio and Felix both train and try there best. The are both living in New York. The both are 17 years old. They train at the same gym. The live in manhattan. They decide to stay away from each other. Felix was dark‚short‚ and husky. Antonio was tall‚ lean‚and fair. Felix was fast. Antonio was hard hitting. Antonio 133lb. Felix 134lb. Antonio
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Felix Longoria’s Wake The book Felix Longoria’s Wake is the account of the death of Felix Longoria a soldier that caused controversy and outrage in Mexican-American activism. This book is put together with documented evidence and interviews with key figures. Carroll explains the reason behind why Longoria’s incident ignited activism. There were more severe acts of discrimination against Mexican Americans that were not brought into the spot light. He clarifies
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Heather Holzopfel The Understanding of Music Professor Kramer March 26‚ 2012 Felix Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg‚ Germany on February 3‚ 1809. He was one of four children‚ Fanny‚ Rebekah‚ and Paul were his siblings. He showed off his talent at a young age by playing the piano‚ violin‚ painting and gifted in many languages. When he moved to Berlin‚ Felix studied piano and composition under Ludwig Berger and Karl F. Zelter. Zelter took his 12 year old student to visit Johann
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complete control a goal it was able to accomplish by all accounts with disturbing drive‚ under the leadership of Polish Bolshevik‚ Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky. According to the same 2004 Encyclopedia of Russian History‚ “Dzerzhinsky’s obsessive personality and dynamic organizational talents drove the Cheka into almost every area of Soviet life‚ from disease control and social philanthropy to labor mobilization and management of the railroads.” Under the Cheka‚ the famous soviet prisons system
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