J. Edgar Hoover

Immigrants were thought to be the problem. That is why Danny in the novel is set to investigate the North End of Boston as the waves of Italian immigrants were seens as some of the main terrorists. This was also true in reality. In the early nineteen twenties there is the infamous trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. These two men were reported of killing employees of a shoe factory. They were in fact both Italian Immigrants and socialist. The fact they were socialists created a strong

The party eventually built up a huge enemy, including the former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover who launched a program to discredit black nationalists groups. The program was dubbed COINTELPRO, or The Counterintelligence Program. Many of the FBI members involved in the program followed and stalked members of The Black Panther Party and their

then placed with the first lady in the back of a top down 1961 blue Lincoln convertible while Governor Connally and his wife sat in the front seat. The Convertible was equipped with a removable bubble top, which was not bullet proof. Winston J. Lawson was ordered to remove the top as well Asemi 4 from the President. Kennedy’s assistant Bill Moyers was also aware that he wanted the top off. The motorcade was slowed to 11miles per hour that day. During the car ride, the vehicle took

The Trial of James Earl Ray “We knew in advance the parole hearing would be a smah, sham. just something for the media to distort [sic]” (Ray). These were the words written by James Earl Ray to my uncle in one of eight letters which was dated June 8th, 1994, in which they correspond with each other in regards to the case of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Personally, I believe that Ray’s case does not show true justice of the court system we have in place. His repeated denial of a real trial, despite

The Westies were an Irish neighborhood mob based in Hell’s Kitchen. While the Westside gang developed from the criminal efforts of Mickey Spillane in the 1960s, they became the Westies under the leadership of James Coonan, who usurped the position immediately before Spillane’s murder in 1977. Under Coonan, the Westies became the brutal enforcement tool of the Gambino crime family, and began to fall apart after the members began turning on one another in the late 1980s. The United States Senate Special

World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, lasting from 1939-1945. One of the initiators, Japan, was behaving aggressively and pushed the United States away from the country’s attempt to stay neutral regarding global issues. Japan’s belligerent conquests were the ignition to the fuel of hostility against the Japanese-Americans that has been increasing for many years. Americans sought a solution to fix the Japanese issue after its brutal attack against the United States, but failed

Early Life Einstein was Born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm Württemberg Germany. Albert Einstein grew up in a middle-class Jewish family. His father Hermann Einstein, was a salesman and engineer who with his brother founded Elektrotechnische Fabrik J. Einstein & Cie. A company that manufactured electrical equipment in Munich, Germany. His mother, the former Pauline Koch, ran the family household. Einstein had one sister Maja, who was born two years after him. Einstein attended elementary school

Presidential Address that we have today. It was a way for him to connect with the people, informing them of his vision and what he and Congress had been doing for them, as well as what the American people could do to help themselves. According to William J. Vanden Heuvel “He defined the challenge and invited listeners to share in resolving it. It wasn’t ‘us against the government.’” This fostered an inclusive environment, and showed his implementation of “The Five Cs” as outlined in our Emergent Leadership

What was the short term significance of Thurgood Marshall in 1947-1967? Thurgood Marshall was significant as he was the first African-American to be appointed a position in the U.S Supreme Court, in 1967. His significance to civil rights is evident between 1947 and 1967, in one contemporary newspaper he was even referred to as “Mr Civil Rights”. In 1947-1961 Thurgood worked as the NAACP’s lawyer, where he argued his most famous cases – Brown v Topeka (1954) and Browder v Gayle (1956). Furthermore

allowed in the BPP, to kill a police officer. As the Panthers violence became worse, the FBI became attracted to the BPP. The FBI wanted to shut down the BPP as soon as possible, so they attacked the leaders of the Black Panthers. FBI leader, Edgar J Hoover Called the BPP, “the greatest threat to the internal security in the