Essays Tagged: "Memphis Tennessee"

Sex, Laws, and Cyberspace

classmate to an Internet newsgroup and is charged with the threat to injure. A postal inspector in Memphis, Tennessee downloads a pornographic image off the Internet and the California couple who pos ...

(5 pages) 59 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

This is an essay about Mary Church Terrell.

Mary Church TerrellMary Eliza Church was born in Memphis, Tennessee on September 23, 1863 to Louisa (Ayres) Church and Robert Church, both former sla ... ert opened a money making saloon and during the yellow fever outbreak of 1878-79 he, unlike many of Memphis residents, did not abandon his property. Rather, he bought as much land and property as he c ... on his property. Rather, he bought as much land and property as he could and became the first black Memphis millionaire. Louisa Church owned a successful hair salon, the monies from which provided the ...

(3 pages) 27 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Elvis Presley.

r Vester gave him basic guitar lessons.In 1948 after losing another job his dad moved the family to Memphis. Glady's brothers got him a job at the Precision Tool Company and the Presleys moved into a ... driver style. That summer he recorded "My Happiness" and "That's When the Your Heartaches Begin" at Memphis Recording Studios, a sideline Sam Phillips had started at his Sun Records studios where anyo ...

(5 pages) 98 2 4.2 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Brief article about Ms Ida B. Wells.

st any injustice of any kind. Her main concern was to stop the lynching of Black Americans.While in Memphis, Tennessee she began to fight for racial and gender justice. One day in the year 1884 she wa ... rs-all white- applauded. Wells was not going to let them get away with that. When Wells returned to Memphis, she immediately hired an attorney to sue the railroad. Her suit against the Railroad Compan ...

(3 pages) 43 0 0.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Elvis presey.

uary 8, 1935.Elvis had a twin but he was stillborn and grew up as an only child. 1948 Elvis moved toMemphis Tennessee. They lived in public housing. Elvis got several jobs to help supporthis family. H ... d from that he absorbed R&B into his music.1954 Elvis began his career with Sun Record Label in Memphis. Elvis' first single was"My Happiness." 1955 his contract was sold to RCA Victor Records. By ...

(2 pages) 59 0 3.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

WW2 interview

World War II: The essence of Fear1. Memphis, Tennessee and age 9. West Hills California.2. I made earrings and sold them in a store, but ...

(4 pages) 45 0 2.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Character anaylsis of John Grishims Rainmaker

re face seems happy as it sinks in. She put them out of business. One little, determined woman from Memphis Tennessee bankrupted them "sons of bitches out of business "she repeats. She will go to Donn ...

(3 pages) 65 2 4.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Biography of Wright, Richard 1908 -- 1960

r who deserted the family when Richard was four was an illiterate sharecropper. The family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1914. Young Richard's schooling was spotty; he did not attend a complete year ...

(3 pages) 69 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Giuseppe's Sausage Case Analysis

them to his friends, associates and patrons at the restaurant where he worked as a bartender in the Memphis Tennessee area. He made his product available by serving it at the restaurant and selling it ... t can be a substitute for sausage. Although the market for dinner sausage is growing, people in the Memphis area still consider sausage primarily a breakfast meat. The casino industry value quality an ...

(6 pages) 112 0 1.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY How one womans southern hospitality got her into a world of trouble.

A LITTLE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITYGwenn grew up in Munford, a small town just thirty minuets north of Memphis, Tennessee. She was born and raised a Baptist and had one of the kindest hearts anyone had e ...

(4 pages) 26 0 2.5 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Fedex corporation

services to manage transportation, delivery, and warehouse operations. FDX Corporation is based in Memphis, Tennessee.II FOUNDINGThe idea for Federal Express was born in 1965 when a student at Yale U ... the money he purchased used corporate jets to launch his company.Smith chose to base the company in Memphis because of its central location in the United States. Federal Express Corporation began busi ...

(2 pages) 82 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Martin Luther king Jr.

p of poverty to urban violence.But he did not live to take part in it. Early in 1968 he traveled to Memphis,Tennessee to support a strike of Poorly paid sanitation workers. There, on April4, he was as ...

(2 pages) 28 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

About the delta blues and the texas blues.

The term Delta refers to the Mississippi Delta region, an alluvial plain which stretches from near Memphis, Tennessee south to Vicksburg, Mississippi, and whose east-west boundaries are the Mississip ...

(4 pages) 28 0 3.7 Apr/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Trip To Tennessee

ed to get something to eat and then go back to our hotel room.The next day, we decided to travel to Memphis Tennessee, where we could visit Graceland. By the time we got there we were all starving so ... ed to get something to eat and then go back to our hotel room.The next day, we decided to travel to Memphis Tennessee, where we could visit Graceland. By the time we got there we were all starving so ...

(6 pages) 20 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Personal Bio

being all of twenty-three years old. My experiences are slim, but I have a beginning. I was born in Memphis, Tennessee to a great set of parents who were very young. I believe they had a lot to do wit ...

(2 pages) 19 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Comparing and contrasting the 1930's and the 1960's

st heart transplant was performed be Dr. Christiaan Barhard. Lastly in 1968 MLK was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee a long with Robert Kennedy.There were many choices of entertainment in the 1930's ...

(4 pages) 27 0 3.5 Oct/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers

James Earl Ray

on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot while standing on the rear balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.Near the site of the murder, a high-powered rifle, presumed to be the murder weap ...

(2 pages) 1085 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

James Earl Ray

on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot while standing on the rear balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.Near the site of the murder, a high-powered rifle, presumed to be the murder weap ...

(2 pages) 1001 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

James Earl Ray

on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot while standing on the rear balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.Near the site of the murder, a high-powered rifle, presumed to be the murder weap ...

(2 pages) 2143 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Lennys Sub shop

irly young and is still affordable for the average business entrepreneur. Lenny's Sub Shop began in Memphis Tennessee in 1998 as a fresh sandwich shop and deli. They serve authentic Philly Cheesestake ...

(4 pages) 4 0 0.0 Dec/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing