West Memphis‚ Arkansas was home to three teenage boys that were accused and convicted of the murders of three young boys. These murders are now known as the West Memphis Three. Two of these boys‚ Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley‚ were put in extremely different circumstances that if switched‚ could have decided the fate of the case. If a testimony cannot be proven accurate or is not obtained by ethical means then it should not be accredited until proven otherwise. Damien Echols was an 18-year
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I. How did technology transform the “modern” and “post-modern” world in the West? Technology transformed the ‘modern’ and ‘post-modern’ world in the west by causing large‚ more rapid advancement within society. The modern era was the era of the Renaissance man. The Renaissance man was normally an individual with a great mind and too much time and money on his hands. These men were the first of their kind; inventing things and thinking ways no other man had thought before. There were only a few of
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West African Slave Trade The West African Slave Trade was a global event that focused on West Africa. It was the sale and ownership of another human being that was put into slavery. It was a “forced Migration” that lasted 300 years. It was an event that forced 15‚ 000‚ 000 people into slavery for a lifetime. From 1551 – 1850 about 15‚000‚000 people were brought into the slave trade it is said that roughly 5‚000‚000 did not survive‚ and may have immediately died before making through the shock
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Americans started migrating west in the 1800’s due to many push and pull factors. Everyone had their own treacherous reason to go. All the people included‚ white free men and slaves‚ also the government. No one really knows where it all started‚ but it could be because of religious ideas such as manifest destiny. Or it could have been because americans just wanted to expand because they thought that‚ that was their land. From facts that are shown in the US history textbooks‚ americans wanted to expand
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The American west was perceived as a land of opportunity and success for many people of different racial and financial backgrounds during this specific era. However‚ the extent of success from opportunity varied on one’s race‚ willingness to take chances‚ and federal involvement. Farmers‚ miners‚ and indigenous people predominantly appeared in the west for opportunity. Farming dominated the West beginning in the 1870s‚ but the decline of agriculture economically immediately followed during the mid-1880s
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Famous Thinkers XXXXXXX PHL/458 Version 2 March 19‚ 2012 XXXXXXX Famous Thinkers There are so many famous and great thinkers in this world‚ but the two that come to mind immediately would have to be Bill Gates and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Although totally opposite in their thinking and accomplishments‚ these two gentlemen have made an impact that literally changed the world in some way. Their contributions‚ although one for financial reasons and another for human dignity and respect‚
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The Belleville West volleyball team are the first team so far this season and last season to have given Althoff a loss after having a winning streak of about 20. After a slow start in the beginning Maroons defeated the Crusaders Tuesday night. The Belleville West volleyball team were thrilled to hand the Crusaders an L after an amazing winning streak. Kaylee Hanger‚ Katherine Koch‚ and Nisha Quarles all played major roles in beating the Crusaders. Hanger made 13 kills with 17 assists‚ Koch proceeded
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The making of West Side Story contains multiple aspects that fascinate me. Part one of the 3-part radio series explains the interesting original plan for the show‚ the use of cinematic movements‚ and the illusion of tough talk. The producers originally devised a plan that involved parties‚ Catholics‚ and Jews on the east side of New York City. However‚ the papers filled with juvenile delinquents and gangs inspired them to change the plot to the gangs of the west side. I find their inspiration for
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The documentary of Women of the Wild West is all about incredibly independent‚ out of the norm‚ women from the wild west. Many people had the gold fever‚ to move west for gold‚ for opportunity. The trip was a long hard one‚ in which originally it was thought that women would not go. Women knew the men would be gone for a very long time‚ which started the common travel of women and children with the men. Women began to receive more credit for themselves because they were forced to travel in this rough
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West African Muslims in the Bronx On March 7‚ 2007‚ a chilly evening welcomed the warmth of an electric space heater. The setting was an overcrowded home in the Highbridge area of the Bronx. A total of 23 Soninke immigrants from Mali occupied the four-story house‚ with a staggering 17 of these being children. The two families that occupied the home were from one of the hottest regions in the world‚ and as the space heater warmed the first floor to a bearable degree‚ sleep began to take hold of
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