Thomas “Tootie” Reese Thomas Reese was a big time drug lord located on the eastside of Los Angeles California. Thomas Reese had a nickname‚ Tootie. Tootie Reese was also a gang member from PJ Watts Crips which are also known as Project Watts Crips. PJ’s were founded on the eastside of Los Angeles better known as Watts. Imperial Courts Housing Projects was and still are considered their homeland. Reese started selling cocaine and heroin in 1965. Being that cocaine and heroin were addicting
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SOUTHEASTERN HOMECARE Cost of Capital Background Southeastern Homecare was initially a taxable partnership owned organization run by three partners‚ but later due to lack of capital and the rapid growth of the organization‚ the company was incorporated and the stocks were sold to the public. The company has two operating divisions: the Healthcare Services Division and the Information Systems Division. Both these divisions provide different services and operate individually. The Information Systems
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The viceroyalty of La Plata’s main dependency was the viceroyalty of Peru. They worked together in a sense‚ both a part of the Spanish empire. Their military consisted of the typical army and navy. The military’s main goal was to gain control‚ because rebellions and revolts were very common in both of these regions during the mid-1600s. From the mid-1600s to the late 1600’s the viceroys of these regions had to expand the colonial navy‚ in order to protect their Pacific coast. The expansion of the
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Southern Gothicism To best understand the short story by Shirley Jackson “The Possibility of Evil‚” a reader should look and follow the characteristics of the literary movement of Southern Gothicism. Miss. Strangeworth has brought on her own evil to herself but is unknowing of it.. She has the view of a person who is looking from a “royal” standpoint and sees she can do no wrong. That is a trait from Southern Gothicism confusing good and evil. Miss. Strangeworth is spreading gloom onto people which
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with fruit. Inside the house‚ children run down the softly carpeted hallways‚ their laughter tinkling with innocent joy. The Master and the Lady of the house sit in the parlor‚ he smoking a pipe‚ and she embroidering. All reigns peacefully in this southern utopia. All except for the slaves. The individuals hidden behind the drapes‚ quietly bringing in the food‚ brushing away the dust‚ and pouring their life energies into tilling and working the land. The young man‚ who feels the harsh lash of the whip
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century‚ the northern states were industrially and commercial advanced compared to the southern states. They had dense cities‚ developed technology‚ and steam powered factories. Most northern cities housed free blacks that could have owned a thriving and successful business‚ but racism was common and interracial marriage was illegal. The Southern states were more agricultural and rural than the northern states. Southern landholders had black slaves work the land. Even though the north population outnumbered
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The Conservative Resurgence was a struggle for power in the Southern Baptist Convention over the grounds of theological differences. The first controversy that propelled the Conservative Resurgence was the Elliott Controversy. This issue centered around the interpretation of Scripture and an individual is to approach interpreting Scripture. Ralph H. Elliott published a book‚ known as The Message of Genesis in 1961‚ where he approached interpreting Scripture through a historical-critical method‚
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reconstruction took place in the South. Unfortunately‚ Abraham Lincoln was assassinated‚ killed by John Wilkes Booth. The Vice President‚ Andrew Johnson‚ became president from 1865-1866. President Johnson believed the southern states wanted state government over federal government. Southern states wanted the right to create their own laws‚ and have the whole nation create their own laws. President Johnson announced his plan to repair the the United States known as‚ Johnson’s Presidential Reconstruction
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people in the United States had to suffer though a Great Depression that caused many Americans to lose many things‚ starting from their jobs to even their own pride in themselves. How ever this was different for the people who lived in the south‚ the southern people were not only just affected by the Great Depression they were also affected by heavy racism and strongly enforced Jim Crow laws. With the enforced Jim Crow laws‚ these laws heavily restricted the life of a colored person‚ causing them to have
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high demanding textile material. Plantation owners couldn’t work the whole plantations by themselves. The southern states depended heavily on slaves to work their plantations. The south depended heavily on slavery‚ and slavery was vital to the south because they needed the slave’s labor to work their plantations. This why slavery was so important to the southern political leaders. If the southern states didn’t have slavery their plantations would have most likely failed and they couldn’t produce anymore
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