Seaver Williams On March 25‚ 1931‚ on a train going through Alabama‚ a fight between nine young African Americans and seven young white men took place. Powell and his African American friends ended up throwing all but one of the white men off the train. There were also two white women on the train who claimed they were sexually assaulted. They were escorted to jail when they arrived at Scottsboro. They were put on trial on March 31 for the rape of the two white women and were found guilty and sentenced
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Nick Crusco 10/09/2013 Mr. Cooper Criminal Justice Powell v Alabama A group of African-American youths were on a freight train through Alabama. They got into a fight with some white youths‚ throwing the white boys from the train. A message was sent‚ requesting all blacks be removed from the train. Two white girls on the train testified that they had been raped by six different youths in turn. The youths were taken into custody. The community was very hostile‚ as a mob met the youths. The trial
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Miller v. Alabama (2012) Supreme Court Case Introduction The Supreme Court reviewed the constitutionality of mandatory life sentences without parole enforced upon persons aged fourteen and younger found guilty of homicide. The court declared unconstitutional a compulsory sentence of life without parole for children. The states have been barred from routinely imposing sentences based on the crime committed. There is a requirement
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Intro Background story: On March 25‚ 1931‚ seven young white men entered a railroad stationmaster’s office in northern Alabama. They claimed that while they were riding the rails‚ a "bunch of Negroes" picked a fight with them and threw them off the train. The stationmaster phoned ahead to the next station‚ near Scottsboro‚ Alabama. A Scottsboro deputy sheriff made deputies of every man in town with a gun. When the train stopped‚ the posse (group of people legally authorized keep the peace) rounded
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NAACP v. Alabama (1958) I. Facts: In an effort to oust the NAACP from operating in the state‚ Alabama accused the NAACP of failing to comply with a state statute that required foreign corporations to register with the state before operating‚ which had been violated when the organization began operating in Alabama in 1914. After the organization tendered the necessary documentation‚ Alabama refused to accept it and instead ordered the release of the names and addresses of all member and agents of
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ALABAMA A State Report by DAVID A SALAZAR WHAT’S IN A NAME The state of Alabama was named after the Alibamu indian tribe. The meaning of the name is “I open (clear) the thicket.” Alabama has three nicknames‚ which are: The Heart of Dixie‚ The Cotton State and the Yellow Hammer State. Alabama is in the geographical center of the Deep South.‚ in the 1950s‚ the State came up with a slogan: “ The Heart of Dixie” to make Alabama stand out. The Cotton State” was given because Alabama is
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The leader whom I researched is Retired General Colin Powell. He grew up in a tough neighborhood‚ educated in the public school system and went to City College in New York. After completing the schools ROTC’s program and graduating‚ Colin Powell was commissioned as an Army second lieutenant. He held many leadership positions to include National Security Advisor during the Reagan Administration‚ becoming the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff‚ the highest position in the Defense Department
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Colin Powell was born in New York City on April 5‚ 1937‚ the son of Jamaican immigrants‚ Luther and Maud Powell. Unknown at the time‚ this child would face many feats and conquer them‚ and although unexpected‚ as a young black boy‚ would grow up to be one of America’s greatest military leaders and citizens. Luther Powell emigrated from Jamaica in his early twenties on a banana boat. The second of nine children born to a poor family he left his family and a menial job like the millions before him
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CITATION: Heath v. Alabama‚ 472 U.S. 82 (1985). PARTIES: Petitioner = Larry Gene Heath Respondent = Alabama FAC TS: The petitioner‚ a resident of Russel County‚ Alabama hired Charles Owens and Gregory Lumpkin to kill his wife‚ Rebecca McGuire Heath‚ for $2‚000. Mr. Heath left his residence in Alabama to meet Mr. Owens and Mr. Lumpkin in Georgia‚ just across the Alabama state line. Mr. Heath led the two men back to his residence in Alabama‚ gave them the keys to his car and
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com/usnews/news/articles/051031/31powell.htm Encyclopedia Britannica. Colin Powell. (2009). Retrieved November 19‚ 2009 from Encyclopedia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/473238/Colin-Powell General Colin L. Powell. (2009‚ January 18). Retrieved November 15‚ 2009 from the Academy of Achievement official website: http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/pow0bio-1 Major Player: Gen. Colin L. Powell (Ret.). (2000) Retrieved November 16‚ 2009 from The Washington
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