David Owen Dodd Research Paper

Anson Jones was an important part of the annexation of Texas. Without the help of Anson, it wouldn’t have been possible for Texas to be annexed to the U.S.

Think of the many innovative black people out there. Although you have your typical, well known black athletes and musicians, consider other ways africans americans have made groundbreaking discoveries. African american in the medical field are especially underrated to many people. One surgeon by the name of Daniel Hale Williams deserves some recognition for what he has done for black surgeons and doctors.

Daniel (Dan) James Moody Jr. was born in Taylor, Texas, on June of 1893. He was the son of Daniel James and Elizabeth Moody. After graduating in 1910 from Taylor high school and in 1914 from the University of Texas, Moody was accepted on the bar immediately and started practicing law in Taylor. However, during WWI Moody left to serve in the military. When the war was over he began a period of public service, where he would serve as county attorney of Williamson County, district attorney of the Twenty-sixth Judicial District, attorney general of Texas, and governor of Texas for two terms. During his term as district attorney of the Twenty-sixth Judicial District from 1922-25, at the height of the Ku Klux Klan’s (KKK) agitation, he prosecuted

When the United States of America joined World War 1 in 1917 the rst of the world had been at war for three years. The U.S. deployed an estimated 4,355,000 troops to around the world. Around 204,004 of them returned home injured. Henry Johnson was one of those soldiers.

Steven Evans will be one of the youngest President if elected. He was raised in Santa Barbara, California, then moved to Berkeley to study law. He was voted governor of California at age 36 and began running for Presidency at age 40. He is a regular donor to St Jude’s Children’s Hospital and World Vision. Evans is all about helping children and will go the extra mile to do what he can for them. To Evans, the children are the treasures of the world and our future. Because of that, he enjoy and will spend all his available time volunteering at his children’s school event to raise money. He also volunteers at Oakland Children’s hospital when time permits. His hard work and determination helped him become the man that he is today. Raised in a Christian family, and growing up in an underprivileged and poor neighborhood had made him a more compassionate person.

For the Chicago native Devonte Ingram he would have to step up in a life or death situation because when he was about to lose all he had left he held on. It was about 7:30 on a Monday night and Devonte walking a few steps in front of his sister (Diavonnie Ingram) when the unthinkable happened "I bent down to tie my shoe and then I felt something lift me up from the back of my book bag then tried to throw me in the van," said Diavonnie Ingram Devonte unknowingly walking ahead suddenly heard his sisters cry’s rushed into the rescue "I just had to pull her legs until I had started screaming and he had let go," Devonte Ingram said. Finally the man had let go but he wasn’t giving up "She had moved her arms so the book bag could slip off and then

Thomas Beck and all of Long Beach had been plagued by a local nuisance known as Lew-Is-the-Light for several years. When Tarrytown on the Pike burned, Lew-Is was on the street early the next morning peddling his little letters saying the fire was a judgment from the Lord because Lew-Is had not been paid his rightful tithes. Daily this self-styled Jesus sent newspapers mental wanderings boasting of his supernatural powers. But things got out of hand when Thomas Beck had an epileptic seizure following receipt of a tithe demand from Lew-Is. Beck had received several letters from Lew-Is suggesting Beck pay him tithes in order to improve his health. Beck ignored the letters until he received the following:

A 16 year old male named Harrington became the first ever black Drummer Boy. He was the best in his practice academy and was destined to the prestigious position. Although, due to his African American heritage, it took him and his supporters a lot of protesting to get him their.

Doss was born on the 7th of February 1919 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States and was in combat from 1942 to 1946 at Hacksaw Ridge.

A woman says she fought an attacker who tried to protect her unborn baby but failed. Wilkins had seen a craigslist advertisement over maternity clothing for her seven and a half month unborn baby. She had decided to arrive at the location that was provided and met the person. As she was being guided to the basement of Lane’s, Lane had turned around and started to attack Wilkins. The cause of this fight was Lane had jealousy over those women who were pregnant. She was overly obsessed about being pregnant and about having a child. Lane had even posted online that she was supposedly expecting a baby boy and a baby shower was done for her. This lady have the brutal fate of cutting Wilkins’ belly while she was conscious on the floor. Lane had taken the seven and a half month unborn baby from Wilkins and was taken to the hospital by her husband. Wilkins had called the police and was sent

Clarence Darrow is a person many people would consider a very important figure in our history, but whether he is considered a hero or a villain depends more on a person’s point of view. There are many facts that Darrow can be considered as a villain because of his personal beliefs than from his actions.

A hundred years ago, Richard Purdy set off a shop named Purdys in the center of downtown in Vancouver. Purdys has been hand down to second generation of Flavelle family, which purchased Purdys since 1963 from Mr.Forroster. Purdy’s chocolate has became the leader of confectionery in Canada in the past 60 years with over 10 million dollars revenue per year. What makes Purdy’s position today? The key competitiveness of Purdy is quality, which is based on best ingredient and delicate

If I could be a superhero for a day I would be DC's, Red Robin before the new 52. I like the backstory of Red Robin before the new 52, but I love the custom for the new 52 version of him. Red Robin or Timothy Jackson Drake is a unique character to me. Timothy at a young age was considered a genius. He is also a better detective than even Batman himself. He is praised by Ra Al Ghul and was given the nickname "Detective" which was the nickname Ra used for Batman. He found out Batman and Robin's secret identity when he was nine years old. He also is on par with Oracle or Barbara Gordon's computer and hacking skills. He decided to dedicate his custom to the "fallen" second robin, Jason Todd, who was murdered by the hands of the Joker. Timothy

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, more commonly known as Lewis Carroll, rose to fame from the birth of Alice’s Adventures Through the Looking Glass. While he became a celebrated author among children and adults alike, conspiracies arose concerning his life outside the glamorized, innocent light from which the Victorian masses viewed him. Many modern critics have called into question Dodgson’s relationships with young girls, specifically holding a microscope under his interactions with Alice Liddell, the girl that inspired his famous tale. Despite the mix of reckless and groundless claims, Dodgson’s relationship with little girls never went beyond the confines of friendship.

Clive Barker is 63 years old and was born in Liverpool, England. He was born October 5th 1952 to a hard working family. Barkers mother Joan Ruby was a painter while his father was a personnel director for a firm. At the age of four, he saw a man fall to his death from an airplane while they were performing a show and developed a fascination for gruesome events. As a teen, he was influenced by Edgar Allen Poe and his horror-fictional stories. He was interested in theater that he started to perform and write his own plays in secondary school. After that he enrolled at the University of Liverpool to pursue his major in English. During that time, he created his own theater company with a group of friends that goes by the name of Hydra. While