After graduating high school he enlisted in the Army Reserves and after basic training he worked mostly in his father’s bakery. In 1960 he fell in love and was married soon after. However, not long after being married Hansen was arrested for arson of a school bus garage and served twenty months in prison during which time his wife divorced him . While the impact of this divorce will not be seen until later, this action only caused more self esteem issues with Hansen who already had emotional problems. After being released from prison Hansen was married again within a few years, but also at this point was arrested for several small robberies.
When Reagan was elected in 1980 Barry had just come of Tammy Wynette’s tour and was 23 years old. At this point he was a liberal Democrat. In 1981 he toured with Waylon Jennings and his world views began to change. By 1983 during a tour with Hank Williams Jr., Barry had become a full fledged gun owning conservative. His political stances have changed many times between 1980 and today.
He is a regular participant at poetry slams, was the subject of a New York Times Magazine article, and has been heard on public radio several times. In the summer of 2003, I was able to attend one of his readings/performances, at the Wisconsin State Historical Society on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison. This building, which has one of John Muir's elaborate hand-carved clockwork contraptions in the lobby, also has a 300-seat auditorium, the tickets for which were all snapped up in advance. Another 300 or more people showed up anyway, and so a follow-up
PLAGIARISM Plagiarism has be around for a long time, there have been many scandals surrounding it, like the infamous Alex Haley episode during the 1970's, Haley was then known and recognized as famous author, who published the book Roots: The Saga of an American Family in 1976. A year later he won the Pulitzer Award. since then this book was much appreciated, but at this very time Haley confessed that he had accidentally picked up a few paragraphs from the book Rootsstory, which was authored by Harold Courlander. He pressed charges of plagiarism on Haley, though later the issue was resolved out of court (Forbidden Knowledge, 2009). So what is the deal about Plagiarism?
Brandi Carter April 19, 2015 HIUS 221-D23 Thomas Jefferson: Philosopher of Freedom, in Biography (A&E Television Networks, 2004), 46:50 mins In April of 1743 in a small town in Virginia, a person that would change America was born. Thomas Jefferson was interested in many things. He was a statesman, an author, a politician, a scientist, a farmer, an architect, and a philosopher. A man of many talents. The video, “Philosopher of Freedom”, describes the life of Jefferson and tells of his many accomplishments.
Murrow is the most distinguished and renowned figure in the history of American broadcast journalism. He was a seminal force in the creation and development of electronic news gathering as both a craft and a profession. Murrow's career began at CBS in 1935 and spanned the infancy of news and public affairs programming on radio through the ascendancy of television in the 1950s, as it eventually became the nation's most popular news medium. In 1961 Murrow left CBS to become director of the United States Information Agency for the new Kennedy administration. By that time, his peers were already referring to a “Murrow legend and tradition” of courage, integrity, social responsibility, and journalistic excellence, emblematic of the highest ideals of both broadcast news and the television industry in general.
After returning home Roosevelt claimed the trip took ten years off his life. For the next few years Roosevelt was stricken with flair ups of Malaria and other infections. On January 6, 1919 Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt died in his sleep at the age of sixty. Roosevelt’s personality is what propelled him to such great heights. He was a very dynamic man who was extremely comfortable in his own skin.
Malcolm X learned about black pride from his father when he was a child and it had influenced him for the rest of his life. When he was 13, his father had passed away and his mother was sent to a mental hospital. He was kicked out of many foster homes. After that, he got involved in some criminal activity and he was then sentenced to around eight to ten years in prison. He became a member of Nation of
Vanzetti was a bachelor and wandered very much. He was born in a town called Villafalletto and moved to the United States in early adulthood. He, like Sacco, found work in the States. He served as a kitchen helper in New York and several other jobs in the Boston Area. This is where Sacco and Vanzetti met.
Malcolm X Malcolm Little, known as Malcolm X later on in his life, was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. Earl and Louis Norton Little, his parents, worked hard to support their children of eight. Malcolm’s mother was a homemaker and his father was a Baptist minister and a supporter of the Black National leader, Marcus Garvey. As a result Malcolm’s father received many death threats from white supremacist. They were forced to move to many different places.