Millard Erickson Research Paper

Edward Jenner and the Discovery of Vaccines Edward Jenner (1749-1823) trained in London, under John Hunter, and was an army surgeon for a period of time. After that, he spent his whole career as a country doctor in his home county, Gloucestershire (West of England). His research was based on careful case studies and clinical observation more than a hundred years before scientists could explain what viruses and diseases actually were. His innovative new method was successful to such an extent that by 1840 the British government had banned alternative preventive treatments against smallpox. [IMAGE]

William Johnson was a slave before being freed at age 11, along with his mother, Amy, and sister, Adelia. He got his barber shop in 1830 from his half brother, James Miller. After starting his barber shop, he keeps a diary and he used it until he died. He also owned a bathhouse and bookstore.He married named Ann Battles, who was also a free african american. They had about 11 children before Johnson died. He lived in the free town of Natchez, and he almost had about three thousand dollars in 1835. Johnson was friends with other freed african americans like Robert McCary and hunted and fished with them. Johnson and Baylor Winn got into a dispute and it ended in Johnson`s favor in court. Winn was upset and shot Johnson when he was returning to

In the mid-1890s, Tom Anderson was a man on the rise in New Orleans. Tom Anderson already established himself as a clever businessman involved in different ventures around town. Anderson considered doing the inevitable- going into politics. Entering into politics in New Orleans was the key to great prosperity. Tom Anderson made himself useful to the neighborhood, helping out at brothels, friends with the police, and a bookkeeper at the Insurance Oil Company. Moreover, Tom Anderson made connections in significant places of power in New Orleans. In addition, Tom Anderson created a restaurant with private rooms where deals and payoffs could be made. Also, in the early 1880s, Anderson and his friend Frank Lamothe began sponsoring Mardi gras which

Two drunken white men raped a young black girl, Tonya Hailey, who was walking from a small store where she bought groceries. When the news reached her father, Carl Lee Hailey, he went to their hearing, where he shot and killed the two men, while also wounding a police officer. Carl Lee hires a white attorney, Jake Brigance, to represent him in court. Many people and organizations, such as the Ku Klux Klan, tried to sabotage Brigance’s likelihood of winning the case. With the help of a liberal law student, Brigance successfully acquitted Carl Lee Hailey for the murders of the two rapists.

Racial Bias and Automatic Response in the Misidentification of WeaponsOn March 18th, 2018 Sacramento police officers shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark in the backyard of his grandmother’s house after mistaking his cellphone for a gun. The fatal shooting of Stephon Clark is just one of many incidences where unarmed black men have fallen victim to implicit racial biases. When police officers are pressured to make split second decisions their unconscious biases toward black men becomes present and influences their judgement against black men whom they suspect to be armed with guns but are in fact unarmed. With today’s technological advancements and the media’s ability to reach a large population of people there is greater awareness of

Imagine you are a crew member of a wooden union war ship in the Civil war. Your with a large group of ships and you create a blockade of a Confederate port. After a few weeks you see the other ships getting sunk by an iron fortress of a ship. Your crew runs aground avoiding getting sunk. The next day looks off into the ocean and see a raft with a huge Cheesebox on top with a Union Flag. What would you expect it to do? I bet you wouldn't expect it to save an entire naval blockade.

George Brinton McClellan was born on December 3, 1826 into a high ranked family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died in Orange, New Jersey on October 29, 1885. McClellan lived a wonderful life, graduating second in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1842. This was very impressive since he made the choice to enter the military service at 15 years old, and still got accepted even though he was several months shy of the age requirement which happened to be 16. As well as this, he was a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. George B McClellan achieved a lot throughout his life, he was a very productive man. As General Winfield Scott’s army proceeded through the Mexican war terrain, McClellan constructed bridges and roads to help them. Soon after this war, he went back to West Point to become an instructor. He was also a skilled french speaker, so he helped with translations often. Following this, McClellan joined the military, but resigned to work for the Illinois Central Railroad.

1. My grandma's name is pat Skillington. She was born in August. 30,1952. The place she was born in was St.Louis Missouri. She is my favorite grandma, she always likes to cook with me.

efferson Thomas, the youngest of seven children, was born in Little Rock to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Thomas. His parents named him after Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States. Thomas first attended Horace Mann High School, a segregated all-black school, where he was a track athlete. In 1957, he chose to volunteer to integrate all-white Little Rock Central High School for the 1957–58 school year as a sophomore.

Born to the late Rosa Bell Wilcox, nursed by grandparents Rosa Lee Cox and the late Emmett Cox. Jermaine was born July 16, 1972 in Miami, Florida.

In 1994, 5 year old Eric Morse fell 14 stories from being thrown by two boys, Johnny and Tyrone. The two boys were 10 and 11, and they threw Eric out of an apartment window because he would not steal a piece of candy. Eric Morse, at five years of age, knew right from wrong. This shows that at age 10 and 11, as Johnny and Tyrone were, that they must have known what was right. They knew that what they were doing was wrong, therefore Johnny and Tyrone are to blame for the death of Eric Morse.

In Finland, Pekka-Eric Auvin killed seven students, the school principal, and himself with a handgun at Jokela High School. Classmates and teachers noticed Auvin had become radical in the months prior to the incident, such as drawing violent pictures and developing an interest in Stalin and Nazi ideologies. Auvin also posted videos online, in which he made a tribute to the Columbine High School shooters, murderer Jeffrey Daumer, and videos showing off his firearm and target practice. In addition, the shooter posted a video that shows him posing with a gun and pictures Jokela High School.

Adam Lind Leslie played a small but important part in the gold mining industry in NSW, during the 19th century. Without his efforts to comfort the miners, Australia’s gold industry would never of been so successful.

Robert Philip Hanssen is a former U.S. FBI agent who spied for Russians for 22 years from 1979 to 2001.

During the 1840s, a movement to restore ancient Christianity in Britain and the West used the name "Catholic Apostolic Church (Catholicate of the West)." The name was used by an ecumenical prayer movement om the early 19th century. The movement included the Gifts in the Holy Spirit but it was suppressed by the local churches.