Bill Martin Jr. was born on March 20, 1916 in Kansas. Bill’s full name was William Ivan Martin Jr. after his father William and his mother Iva. He grew up in the small town of Hiawatha. When it came time to learn to read Bill really struggled. Mr. Martin once said he did’nt read his first full book until he entered college.…
In the Michael Nelsons critique of James David Barber and the Psychological Presidency, he discusses important concepts from Barber’s book The Presidential Character. During his critique he explains that Barber cites a study of network evening news coverage of the 1972 election campaign which found that almost as much time was devoted to the polls, strategies, rallies, and other “horse-race” elements of the election as to the candidate’s personal qualifications and issue stands combined.…
In his book Minority Victory: Gilded Age Politics and the Front Porch Campaign of 1888, Charles W. Calhoun argues that the beginning of modern presidency and campaigning began in 1888 between Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison. He illustrates his points by describing how Cleveland and Harrison’s individual personalities and actions play into the transformation. He also discusses the economic issues that hindered and helped the candidates during their campaigning period and also what made Harrison’s campaign different from previous nineteenth-century Gilded Age presidential politics.…
The 1990s was a critical time for modern America, with the changing mindsets and the conflicting standards of the American populace Bill Clinton’s presidency was one to be remembered. The book gives information over many of the actions of Bill Clinton’s presidency that ordinary citizens would not have had prior knowledge of with the hectic nature of the 1990s. Many of his actions were overshadowed by other events, such as the trial of OJ Simpson, the Oklahoma Bombing, and changing ideas about sexuality and race. Some of his actions were recognized though such as the Monica Lewinski scandal, the Gennifer Flowers scandal, and how much power his wife had in office. Through the years our view of Bill Clinton as a president has been negative and often condescending, but Gil Troy takes time to look at…
E.D. Nixon was born on July 12, 1899. He was born in in Lowndes County, Alabama. He was a civil rights activist and is very under appreciated, He was key in the montgomery marches and was one of the main advocates of Rosa parks Bail. In my opinion he was very great at getting his job done and wasn't afraid about what he believed in. Nixon join the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, it was and african american group that was founded as a union by Philip Randolph.…
William J. Clinton was a democratic president who administered the United States for two terms. During his terms the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time throughout it's history. In 2000 he called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination. Martin Luther King was an American clergyman, activist, and a leader in the African American Civil Rights movement. He believed in nonviolent civil disobedience because he was a Baptist minister. In 1955 he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and he helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957. In 1962 King led an unsuccessful struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia, also organizing a nonviolent protest in Birmingham, Alabama that attracted national attention because of the brutal response from the police. King also in 1963 helped to organize the March on Washington where he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.…
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858, in New York City. He had 3 other siblings he was the 2nd one born out of the four. His dad Theodore Sr, was a successful businessman and his Mother Martha Roosevelt, she grew up on a plantation in Georgia. He had a rough time through the Civil War since his mother and aunt and (Maternal Grandmother were from the South and his Dad was from the Union.…
Remember when Bill Clinton went to the North Korea-South Korea Demilitarized Zone? As you can see above, he was looking into binoculars through the lens caps. What is amazing is that he knew obviously that the lens caps were on, but he had to fake it, because to be seen taking the lens cap off after having had the binoculars to his eyes would have not been a good photo-op, and Clinton lives and dies by the photo-op. So the guy just continued to stand there and look through those binocs with the lens caps on!…
William Henry Harrison had the shortest lasting presidency in American history. Harrison was a military officer and a politician before his presidency. Harrison became a war hero after fighting Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. After being elected into the White House, Harrison caught pneumonia at his inauguration. He died in office 32 days after; thus the shortest amount of time being president.…
We live in times where morality is an aesthetic priority, even though it may not be a practical priority for many of us. We spend a great deal of time rationalizing our decisions, acting as though there is some sort of black-and-white dichotomy of good and evil that has somehow become anachronistic, then forging ahead with our own choices in some sort of declaration of independence from this dichotomy. Just one example of this took place during the presidency of Bill Clinton. It became clear that President Clinton had had an affair with one of his interns, Monica Lewinsky, and then it also became clear that he lied about that affair while under oath. There were some who thought that this perjury should disqualify him from serving as President,…
Before it is possible to undertake the examination of Theodore Roosevelt as a successful president of the United States of America, it is necessary first to become better acquainted with Teddy’s childhood and accomplishments as a young adult. Teddy was born to Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch on October 27, 1858 in New York (Commissioner).…
Manuela Madrigal Professor Lipkin U.S History Since 1865 28 April 2016 Bill Clinton Bill Clinton was born August 19th, 1946 in Arkansas. His name before he changed was William Jefferson, until he changed it legally when he was fifteen years old. He attended couple of universities such as Georgetown, Oxford, and Yale. He graduated from Yale in 1973 where he obtained his law degree.…
Potent speakers and authors have similarities and differences in their speeches and books. They certainly have similar and different ways to appeal to their audience and readers. Speeches such as President Bill Clinton’s “Remarks to the Convocation of the Church of God and Christ in Memphis” and books like Things Fall Apart by author Chinua Achebe are not always different or the same. Certainly Bill Clinton and Chinua Achebe have similarities and differences. Great speakers and authors always have a message. The central message is the main idea of what the speaker or author wants to tell you. Bill Clinton clearly states his message to his audience directly “But I guess what I really want to say to you today, my fellow Americans, is that we can do this and still fail unless we meet the great crisis of the spirit that is gripping America today.” Clearly Bill Clinton wants his audience to know that violence is not going to solve anything and if America joins together everything will become better. Obviously Bill Clinton wants people to join each other not fight because that is what makes the issues even worse. Chinua Achebe states his central message mostly throughout the ending of the book. When Okonkwo gets banished from his village the reader gets a sense of what Achebe wants them to understand. Okonkwo was certainly not the nicest man in the village. He would beat his wives, children and hated his father. After all the bad things he has done the tables have turned and now his son Nyowe has converted to Christianity. Okonkwo didn’t have power anymore so he couldn’t do anything. The ending of Okonkwo shows how the fate of a terrible person is never good. Certainly at end Achebe reveals the true message through the District Commissioner’s thoughts. “The story of this man who had killed a messenger and hanged himself would make interesting reading. One could write a whole chapter on him.…
When bill cosby was at the height of his fame he was considered “america’s dad”. He was known for being a comedian. He was birthed on the date of july 12,1937, his birth name was William Henry Cosby, jr. his father William Henry, Sr was a mess steward in the navy. His father was married to a woman by the name of Camille Hanks cosby, from the date of january 25, 1964 to the present date. They had a total of 6 children. Their children’s names were William, Evin, Ensa, Ennis, Erinn, and Erika.…
I liked learning about Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was born was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, to David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower. Dwight was the third of his parents’ seven sons. When he was 6 years old he lost his 3 year old brother to diphtheria. That sucked for him. His family was poor. His father cleaned trains for a living. I read on Wikipedia that he had a brother who was a year younger than him named Edgar, and they were really close. After Dwight graduated from high school in 1909, he went to work to save money to pay for his brother’s college education. They made a deal that Dwight would work and pay for the first 2 years of Edgar’s education and then the little brother would take a break from school and he would go to work and help support Dwight while he went to school. Then they would switch again until they both had the education they wanted. What a good brother he was. After the first two…