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| april 5th in history: The Heavens Might Crack Jason Sokol, 2018-03-20 A vivid portrait of how Americans grappled with King's death and legacy in the days, weeks, and months after his assassination On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. At the time of his murder, King was a polarizing figure -- scorned by many white Americans, worshipped by some African Americans and liberal whites, and deemed irrelevant by many black youth. In The Heavens Might Crack, historian Jason Sokol traces the diverse responses, both in America and throughout the world, to King's death. Whether celebrating or mourning, most agreed that the final flicker of hope for a multiracial America had been extinguished. A deeply moving account of a country coming to terms with an act of shocking violence, The Heavens Might Crack is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand America's fraught racial past and present. |
| april 5th in history: The birth of christian religion: A history Kovács György, 2022-02-21 I dedicate this book to those who have a natural scientific interest in which events led to the development of the Christian religion, who want to know the exact chronological data of the era and would like to get a general overview of the history of Christianity. In my book, with a method based on mathematical deduction, the phenomenon of the star of Bethlehem, the time of Jesus’ birth and death, the time data of the calendar modifications introduced by Roman emperors and the dates of the main events of the Augustus age according to Christian chronology are identified so that they can be traced back to astronomical data. These results differ from those generally accepted by the analyses. |
| april 5th in history: The Bicentennial of the United States of America American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, 1977 |
| april 5th in history: A Popular Cyclopedia of History Francis Alexander Durivage, 1835 |
| april 5th in history: The Annual Index to the Times , 1907 |
| april 5th in history: April 1945 Craig Shirley, 2022-02-22 Acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Craig Shirley delivers a compelling account of 1945, particularly the watershed events in the month of April, that details how America emerged from World War II as a leading superpower. In the long-awaited follow-up to the widely praised December 1941, Craig Shirley's April 1945 paints a vivid portrait of America--her people, faith, economy, government, and culture. The year of 1945 bought a series of watershed events that transformed the country into an arsenal of democracy, one that no longer armed the world by necessity but henceforth protected the world by need. At the start of 1945, America and the rest of the world were grieving millions of lives lost in the global conflict. As President Roosevelt was sworn into his fourth term, optimism over an end to the bloody war had grown--then, in April, several events collided that changed the face of the world forever: the sudden death of President Roosevelt followed by Harry S. Truman's rise to office; Adolph Hitler's suicide; and the horrific discoveries of Dachau and Auschwitz. Americans doubled down on their completion of the atomic bomb and their plans to drop them on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the destruction ultimately leading the Japanese Empire to surrender on V-J day and ending World War II for good. Combining engaging anecdotes with deft research and details that are both diminutive and grand, April 1945 gives readers a front-row seat to the American stage at the birth of a brand-new world. |
| april 5th in history: History Retold , 2022-09-26 This collected volume focuses on the history of Western translation of premodern Chinese texts from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Divided into three parts, nine chapters feature close readings of translated texts, micro-studies of how three translations came into being, and broad-based surveys that inquire into the causes of historical change. Among the specific questions addressed are: What stylistic, generic, and discursive permutations were undergone by Chinese texts as they crossed linguistic borders? Who were the main agents in this centuries-long effort to transmit Chinese culture to the West? How did readership considerations affect the form that particular translations take? More generally, the contributors are concerned with the relevance of current research paradigms, like those of World Literature, transcultural reception, and the rewriting of translation history. |
| april 5th in history: Contested Waters April R. Summitt, 2013-04-15 To fully understand this river and its past, one must examine many separate pieces of history scattered throughout two nations--seven states within the United States and two within Mexico--and sort through a large amount of scientific data. One needs to be part hydrologist, geologist, economist, sociologist, anthropologist, and historian to fully understand the entire story. Despite this river's narrow size and meager flow, its tale is very large indeed. -From the conclusion The Colorado River is a vital resource to urban and agricultural communities across the Southwest, providing water to 30 million people. Contested Waters tells the river's story-a story of conquest, control, division, and depletion. Beginning in prehistory and continuing into the present day, Contested Waters focuses on three important and often overlooked aspects of the river's use: the role of western water law in its over-allocation, the complexity of power relationships surrounding the river, and the concept of sustainable use and how it has been either ignored or applied in recent times. It is organized in two parts, the first addresses the chronological history of the river and long-term issues, while the second examines in more detail four specific topics: metropolitan perceptions, American Indian water rights, US-Mexico relations over the river, and water marketing issues. Creating a complete picture of the evolution of this crucial yet over-utilized resource, this comprehensive summary will fascinate anyone interested in the Colorado River or the environmental history of the Southwest. |
| april 5th in history: Books As Weapons John B. Hench, 2016-10-15 Only weeks after the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, a surprising cargo—crates of books—joined the flood of troop reinforcements, weapons and ammunition, food, and medicine onto Normandy beaches. The books were destined for French bookshops, to be followed by millions more American books (in translation but also in English) ultimately distributed throughout Europe and the rest of the world. The British were doing similar work, which was uneasily coordinated with that of the Americans within the Psychological Warfare Division of General Eisenhower's Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, under General Eisenhower's command. Books As Weapons tells the little-known story of the vital partnership between American book publishers and the U.S. government to put carefully selected recent books highlighting American history and values into the hands of civilians liberated from Axis forces. The government desired to use books to help disintoxicate the minds of these people from the Nazi and Japanese propaganda and censorship machines and to win their friendship. This objective dovetailed perfectly with U.S. publishers' ambitions to find new profits in international markets, which had been dominated by Britain, France, and Germany before their book trades were devastated by the war. Key figures on both the trade and government sides of the program considered books the most enduring propaganda of all and thus effective weapons in the war of ideas, both during the war and afterward, when the Soviet Union flexed its military might and demonstrated its propaganda savvy. Seldom have books been charged with greater responsibility or imbued with more significance. John B. Hench leavens this fully international account of the programs with fascinating vignettes set in the war rooms of Washington and London, publishers' offices throughout the world, and the jeeps in which information officers drove over bomb-rutted roads to bring the books to people who were hungering for them. Books as Weapons provides context for continuing debates about the relationship between government and private enterprise and the image of the United States abroad. |
| april 5th in history: Southern Historical Society Papers Southern Historical Society, 1889 |
| april 5th in history: Political Authority, Social Control and Public Policy Cara E. Rabe-Hemp, Nancy S. Lind, 2019-07-04 This edited collection examines the intersections of social control, political authority and public policy, providing an insight into the key elements needed to understand the role of governance in establishing and maintaining social control through law and public policy making. |
| april 5th in history: A genealogical history of the Rehoboth branch of the Carpenter family in America, brought down from their English ancestor, John Carpenter, 1303, with many biographical notes of descendants and allied families Amos B. Carpenter, 1898-01-01 |
| april 5th in history: The Official History of the 315th Infantry U. S. A. United States. Army. 315th Infantry, 1920 |
| april 5th in history: The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick William Monck Mason, 1820 |
| april 5th in history: View of the United States, Historical, Geographical, and Statistical William Darby, 1828 |
| april 5th in history: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas Goodspeed Publishing Company Staff, 1889 |
| april 5th in history: The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, Near Dublin William M. Mason, William Monck Mason, 1820 |
| april 5th in history: The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick Near Dublin, from it Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819 William Monck Mason, 1820 |
| april 5th in history: Native America Michael Leroy Oberg, 2015-06-23 This history of Native Americans, from the period of first contactto the present day, offers an important variation to existingstudies by placing the lives and experiences of Native Americancommunities at the center of the narrative. Presents an innovative approach to Native American history byplacing individual native communities and their experiences at thecenter of the study Following a first chapter that deals with creation myths, theremainder of the narrative is structured chronologically, coveringover 600 years from the point of first contact to the presentday Illustrates the great diversity in American Indian culture andemphasizes the importance of Native Americans in the history ofNorth America Provides an excellent survey for courses in Native Americanhistory Includes maps, photographs, a timeline, questions fordiscussion, and “A Closer Focus” textboxes that providebiographies of individuals and that elaborate on the text, exposing students to issues of race, class, and gender |
| april 5th in history: The History of Tiverton William HARDING (Lieut.-Colonel.), 1845 |
| april 5th in history: Oxford Historical Society , 1915 |
| april 5th in history: Charlotte Medical Journal , 1914 |
| april 5th in history: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Philip Alexander Bruce, William Glover Stanard, 1918 |
| april 5th in history: Surveying Christianity's African Roots (Paperback) Jimmie Compton, 2019-05-31 ... pre-Constantinian Christian intellect apparently found a richer thought environment in Africa than elsewhere. It discovered itself in the intellectual centers of Africa before Europe had produced such centers. Eventually it offered its rich wisdom to the cultures of the northern side of the Mediterranean ... - Dr. Thomas C. Oden. This book surveys the rational, organized, thriving, Scripturally informed and Holy Spirit-inspired roots of indigenous Christianity in Africa from 33 A.D. through 537 A.D. The intent is to supplement existing Church history resources. |
| april 5th in history: The History of Orange County New York Various, 2021-05-19 The History of Orange County New York is a work by Russel Headley. It presents the historical happenings of OC while focusing on the development of ideas and institutions and local social and economic conditions. |
| april 5th in history: Iowa Journal of History , 1912 |
| april 5th in history: The Athenaeum , 1839 |
| april 5th in history: Iowa Journal of History and Politics Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh, 1915 |
| april 5th in history: History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United States Has Been a Party, Together with Appendices Containing the Treaties Relating to Such Arbitations, and Historical and Legal Notes... John Bassett Moore, 1898 |
| april 5th in history: History of the Town of Ashland Historical Records Survey (Mass.), 1942 |
| april 5th in history: Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey , 1918 |
| april 5th in history: A History of the Royal Society Charles Richard Weld, 1848 |
| april 5th in history: An Outline History of Orange County Samuel Watkins Eager, 1846 |
| april 5th in history: A History of the Royal Society, with Memoris of the Presidents Charles Richard Weld, 1848 |
| april 5th in history: A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania John G. White, 1909 |
| april 5th in history: A History of the Royal Society, with Memoirs of the Presidents. Compiled from Authentic Documents Charles-Richard Weld (Esquire), 1848 |
| april 5th in history: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , 1882 |
| april 5th in history: History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United States Has Been a Party John Bassett Moore, 1898 |
| april 5th in history: Annual Report of the American Historical Association American Historical Association, 1890 |
| april 5th in history: Historical record to the close of the nineteenth century of Rockland County A.S. Tompkins, |
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