SemesterTWO: WWII Letter

Dearest Mama,

How are things back home in New York? I miss you and Charlotte more than ever. I received a letter from her couple months ago said she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. I hope you have been keeping yourself busy and checking your health like the doctor said. It’s been a whole year since I’ve last heard from you and a lot has changed since then.

They finally moved me from working out there on them roads and cleaning hospitals. I got the chance to go to a school called the Tuskegee Institute. It’s a training ground for only us negros to be trained as pilots in the Army Air Corps. Yes, mama I’m going to be flying them big ole planes. You might have heard bout congress passing that civilian Pilot Training act back in June, well since the passed that I was trained to become a pilot then took the civilian pilot exam test in March. Once I passed my exam I started training out at the Montgomery airport until they approved the Tuskegee Kennedy field for us to practice flying on.

Back when I was working in the military hospitals cleaning rooms and serving foods I ran into a lot of racist bastards but also a lot of brave men. Some of the wounds and stories they have told me about the frontline give me nightmares. They say if things keep going as steadily as they have been they might have to begin drafting in more soldiers. I guess they desperate for men out there on them battlefields, I heard from one of my pals that there planning to put some of us negros out there on the front lines with the other white soldiers. The south is so much different out here from back home mama, but the weather isn’t much different its been around 65 degrees. The weather here is generally mild in the spring and fall but hot in the summer. temperature can be in the mid-30’s during winter to the low 100's in the summer.

there are so many people that say and do such hurtful things to us cause the way we look. Sometimes when were being transported we aren’t allowed in certain parts of Alabama because of the ignorant whites that like to give us a hard time. Once we were ordered to sleep outside in troop tents while over 180 German prisoners slept in barracks. I guess as long as there skin isn’t colored there still seen as better than us.

I don’t understand how they can look at us so different, aren’t we all Americans?
It took a lot for them to finally convince the war department to let us fly In battle there are still many people against the idea of us negros flying out there but I am set to depart out in May. I am scared that something will go wrong and this will be the last time you hear from me So I just wanted you to know that I love you and think about you every day. Please continue to pray for me

-Your son

Post Trail

1. Summarize the facts of the case, as presented by the prosecution. Include relevant witnesses and testimony.

John Adams:

-He believed in a fair trail, he defended the soldiers during the Boston Massacre even though he didn’t necessarily agree with there ways.

-Failure of the Alien Sedition Act

The act was passed June 18, 1798, it failed 1802 because it was unconstitutional. The act removed all power from state agencies regarding the prosecution of illegal aliens for violent behavior.

-Proposition 187

California Proposition 187 was passed in 1994 to create a state-run citizenship screening system and to stop illegal immigrants from using health care, public education, and other social services in The State of California

James Madison:

-Amendments 5, 6 and 14 / Bill of Rights

(5) No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

(6) In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

(14) All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

2. Summarize the facts of the case, as presented by the defense. Include relevant witnesses and testament

-Alien Seduction Act how it was very similar to the same thing we were experiencing with senate bill 1070.

illegal immigrants are increasing violence

The president Jan Brewer was talking about how the law isn't racial profiling, and that police are getting training so that they don't use just race as finding out who a illegal immigrant is. But she didn't know exactly what to train them to determine if they were a illegal immigrant or not.

3. What was the most significant piece of evidence, in your personal opinion?

Proposition 187 because, it has so many similarities as to the very same bill that we were all debating about ,and when the prosecution was presenting the evidence it seemed like it was a simple case of history completing itself. And if people over ruled it then why would’t they overrule a law so similar. Therefore I felt this was a good piece of evidence to help out the case.

4. What was the most significant argument made, in your opinion?

I think the most significant argument made was on the defense side about how they can be unsafe and if they can’t be trailed as a citizen that it would be hard to keep Americans safe. I liked this evidence because it was one that made me think differently about the way that I felt towards the case already.

5. What do you personally believe the correct verdict should be? Do you agree with the jury? Why or why not?

I think that the Prosecution should have won because I feel they had more of a variety of evidence from history that shows our country fighting for fair trail and for everyone to have freedom and justice. And they made it clear that look at history repeating itself and we must learn from history instead of repeat it.

I think I deserve a __45_ out of 50 points because I feel that I did a good job as a witness during the trail; I worked very closely and efficiently with the lawyers bringing evidence in and researching history and background for my person. However I failed to be significantly prepared for the questions that the defense side asked me, I also took notes and scripted everything that I needed to say for the actual trail which was probably not that best idea .When I was reading the script it was hard for people to hear and it was unclear for them to understand what it was I was saying because I was looking down. I feel that even though I didn’t deliverer as good as I would have liked to do I still did a great deal of good work that can be representing in physical work. I also learned a lot from the whole trail process through research and communicating about different history events that helped out the overall trail.