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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LIFE: Walter Elias Disney> Disney was born on December 5‚ 1901‚ in Chicago. In 1917‚ Disney began his freshman year at McKinley High School and took night courses at the Chicago Art Institute. He became the cartoonist for the school newspaper‚ drawing patriotic topics and focusing on World War I. He dropped out of high school at the age of sixteen to join the army. But was rejected for being under aged. Walt moved back to Kansas City to begin his artistic career. Nobody wanted to hire
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Robert Schumann Robert Alexander Schumann was born in the small riverside town of Zwickau‚ Saxony‚ in 1810.The youngest of five children‚ Robert Schumann was brought up in comfortable‚ middle-class respectability. As a child‚ he apparently exhibited no remarkable abilities. At the age of six‚ Robert was sent to the local preparatory school‚ run by Archdeacon Dohner. He had in fact already begun his education‚ with the young tutor who gave lessons in exchange for board and lodging at the Schumann
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Finding and explaining the themes in the poem “Perhaps” The main themes of the poem are nature‚ time and the loss of a loved one. The beauty of nature is described throughout the poem but this is tinged with sad references to a love lost. The poem is structured around the four seasons; autumn‚ winter‚ spring‚ and summer. I believe it may be structured in this way to demonstrate that nature and time go on despite the war and the poet’s sadness and also perhaps because she is fearful that the
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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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are two stories‚ the one with victor and the monster‚ and the one with Felix‚ Safie‚ Agatha etc… the two stories merge together to complete the book. Felix Laney is a big part of both stories because he helped Safie’s father escape from Prison‚ He lived in the cottage that Frankenstein hid in for years‚ and he also taught the monster how to read Felix is such an important character that he got his own story in the book. Felix broke Safie’s father out of jail on the promise that he could have Safie’s
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This sonnet is an attempt by Keats to link the natural life cycles of birth‚ life‚ death‚ and rebirth to the four seasons and from there to the nature of human existence. Taken literally‚ the poem is essentially a very eloquent description of the four seasons of spring‚ summer‚ autumn and winter‚ applied to the "mind of man" or the human demeanor. If interpreted in a more metaphorical sense‚ the poem takes on a distinctly different meaning. Keats opens the sonnet by establishing the fact that "There
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THE LATE-ROMANTIC GERMAN CELLO SCHOOL – AN INTRODUCTION TO JULIUS KLENGEL AND HIS COMPOSITIONS written by David Johnstone AN IMPORTANT NOTE FROM johnstone-music ABOUT THE MAIN ARTICLE STARTING ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE: We are very pleased for you to have a copy of this article‚ which you may read‚ print or save on your computer. You are free to make any number of additional photocopies‚ for johnstone-music seeks no direct financial gain whatsoever from any download; whether it be an original work
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Jenny Lind The World’s Sweetest Singer 1820-1887 Jenny Lind was born in Stockholm‚ Sweden‚ in 1821‚ the daughter of a teacher of languages. She is said to have been able to repeat a song that she had heard but once at the age of three. At ten years of age she sang children parts on the Stockholm stage. After turning 12 years of age‚ her upper notes lost their sweetness‚ and for four years she did not do much singing. Her love for music continued and these years were devoted to the study of
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Raven Bransom Dr.Ring Music Theory 04/02/2015 Chamber Music Series: Matt Haimovitz Matt Haimovitz is cellist who started his solo career at the early age of 13 with Zubin Mehta and Israel Philharmonic. In the 2000’s Hamiovitz began to take his love of Bach cello compositions in his “Listening-Room”‚ to clubs in the United States‚ Canada‚ and the United Kingdom. These efforts to make himself well-known graced him with some great awards including a Juno
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