The Jefferson Country Library

The case “Justice for the Jena Six” took place in the quaint, southern town of Jena, Louisiana. Tension between colored and white students began months earlier when a white student hung nooses from Jean High School's notorious “white tree”. The “white tree” was an area where only whites congregated. The nooses were the spark that initiated the fire, causing the the peaceful, Southern town to retrogress to its previous state of racial tension. Fights between the colored and whites were perpetuating causing the District Attorney Reed Walters to prosecute six black teens for the vicious attack against Justin Barker. Justin Barker was an innocent, white teen who was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head by initiator Mychal Bell. While

January of 1923 became one of the most horrific times in U.S. history and for hundreds of African Americans, when a white women named Fanny Taylor falsely claimed that she had been beaten at the hands of a black man. Outraged at these alleged allegations, white men of rosewood would parade the town in search for the person responsible. According to the rosewood report these angered mobs had killed about eight blacks including Sam Carter who supposedly knew where the acclaimed suspect was headed.

In the beginning of the 1930’s wrongful convictions tended to attract quite a bit of attention in the United States, but it mostly focuses on the individual cases. Some have extensively with the more visibility cases such as the Scottsboro boys, the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder and more recent cases like the the Randall Dale Adams case in Texas who faced wrongful conviction, imprisonment, and near execution. Some cases have the attention of the public, including the Sam Sheppard case, which had become a television show called “The Fugitive”. The controversy with John Demjanjuk, who was accused of being “Ivan the Terrible,” and the wrongful conviction of Michael and Lindy Chamberlain for the death of their daughter, which attracted

Stephen Crane was born on November 1st, 1871. He wrote several books such as Maggie and Georges Mother, but The Red Badge of Courage was by far his best work and biggest seller. In 1900 he became ill and was nearly broke so he couldn’t afford his multiple health treatments. On June 5th, 1900 he died and left his belongings to Cora Taylor, a close friend.

The author of the book “ Red Badge of Courage” Stephen Crane was born on November 1, 1871 and June 5 ,1900. Through his life he wrote many interesting books. In my opinion, I think that Stephen Crane wrote the book “ Red Badge of Courage” because he want to tell us about the things that happen in the Civil War,but some of the events might not be real.Unlike the other book,this book tell things that happen in the Civil War.Some other book may be like “The Great War” may be like this book, but in my opinion I think this book is more realistic than other this kind of

One thing is the author could never truly understand my culture because she is not African american. She never had to go through things that almost every African American goes through on a daily basis. Throughout the article the author incorporated people's opinion of the museum who are part of the African american community. This way she presents opinion significant to me and my heritage. People who deeply rooted to the essay shared interesting insights. One woman whose story was in the article could reminisce the days of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his “I have a Dream” speech on the Washington mall. She wanted to introduce the pride and pain of African Americans. The author described the museum as a place where you can get culturally enriched because of all the things said in the writing. The author wanted to demonstrate who would benefit from the museum. Generations of people can come together and see their history together even if it very dark. This is one way the author The museum is a life changing experience. From seeing the casket of 14 year old Emmett Till who was lynched by a white men in mississippi in 1955. To seeing the slave trade routes and how millions of Africans were taken from their homeland. The museum is very deep there is even an exhibit that shows child size ankle cuffs. It is made clear before you enter the museum you will see heart wrenching things without it being

The people who committed the crime were Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold both young and intelligent students (Linder). The crime happened in Chicago in 1924. Lots of people called it as the first “trial of the century” (Linder). When a trial is called something like that, it probably affected the culture and daily life of many americans. The crime captured national attention (Linder). 18 year old Loeb was obsessed with crimes, he planned them, and committed them (Linder). None of the crimes he did were as serious as the one that struck the nation (Linder). He was the youngest graduate ever at the University of Michigan (Linder). His 19 year old partner Leopold was also an intelligent person. He was a law student at the University of Chicago, and was planning on going to Harvard Law school (Linder). With the expectation of these young kids, people would wonder why they would do such a thing. They planned out their crime for months and it wasn't their goal to murder someone (Linder). Their original plan was to kidnap the child of a wealthy family and ransom to get some money, but the 14 year old victim, Bobby Franks, was an acquaintance of the two boys (Linder). He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Clarence Darrow, their lawyer described their relationship as “weird and almost impossible,” which could have been a reason for the murder (Linder). It is thought that Leopold was attracted

While at the station, the boy’s charges were related to the fight that was on the train. When the police questioned the two girls that were on the train, the girls said that they were raped; they said that in order to evade ethics charges. This was important because any African American male accused of raping or murdering whites would get lynched. The woman names

Cases that reach the Supreme Court are of particular interest to me. Stephen Lawrence's murder

I read new information on events that occurred in our city and that helped me know my city better. It was very interesting to read and see many events that my professor had covered in class. I enjoyed seeing how Americans lived in the past. Regarding education, children started going to school and some of their desks were displayed in the museum. There were also samples of clothing that people used to wear during the 1950’s and 1970’s. Therefore, I learned the way that people used to live many years ago. I learned that George Eastman created the photographic film and also improved it by creating the “Brownie”. This was a box camera that introduced the snapshot. Film and cameras became commercial due to the Brownie. Radios, telephones, and televisions improved American lives. In my visit to the museum I got the opportunity to experience very closely how people used to live in the Rio Grande Valley. I learned that the advances in technology, battles, revolutions, and railroads created what is now

John L. Street Library is one main floor, with a basement used for meetings and story time. They are part of the larger Kentucky Library System which includes the ability to borrow books and downloading various digital items.

Compare and contrast one of your favorite library websites with the redesigned Cleburne County Library website?

Powell vs. Alabama (1932)- The trial of the Scottsboro boys in which nine black boys were accused of raping two white women. The eventual release of eight of the boys

For our research, we traveled to Laramie, Wyoming to visit the American Heritage Center. We spent most of the day researching on President Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth. We looked at actual documents, pictures, newspapers, articles, journals, etc. clear back from that time period. We also got a lot of our research using the WYLD or the Wyoming Library Database, in which most of those websites had

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