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creator of the Smithsonian Museum’s “Programs in Black Culture,” and one of the leading authorities on Black American music culture,
Leonard Brown • John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music
In situations like this, it is controlled chaos. I wish I had the code to unlock Michael’s mind. But no such code exists. All I can bring to the conversation are my heart and my trust that God wants me in the midst of this chaos. The imprisoned are the poorest of the poor. If the heart of God is to be found anywhere, it is to be found in the hole.
Gary Smith • Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor
Three white men approached Lamar Smith, who during World War II had enlisted in the Army at the age of forty-nine, and who now, having returned from the war to build up a profitable farm, had enlisted in another battle: “He was determined,” an admirer would say, “that his people would have a say in local government.” The three men warned Smith to s
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
People v. McDonald
The document discusses a case where the trial court denied pretrial release for a defendant facing murder charges, analyzing the State's petition timeliness and failure to prove a present threat.
ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.netPeople v. Battle
The appellate court affirmed the trial court's decision to detain Asia Battle before her trial for robbery, vehicular hijacking, and battery due to being a threat to the complainant's safety.
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But both courts and Legislature understood the situation; before both courts and Legislature, Moses stood stripped of all defenses and, it seemed in February 1925, both courts and Legislature would now step in and rectify the situation, the courts by affording redress to the individuals injured by his actions, the Legislature by insuring that he ne
... See moreRobert A. Caro • The Power Broker
But there was a dark side to Moseley. In an Army notorious for its ethnocentrism, George Van Horn Moseley stood out as the exemplar of racist xenophobia, white supremacy, anti-Semitism, and political repression.
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
Robert Moses was a pioneer in the fields of parks and highways, he was also a pioneer in McCarthyism, twenty years before McCarthy.