Henry Adams (1875 - 1949)

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Henry's Family

Adams Joseph Adams

Eve Schuback Adams

Henry Adams

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Adams Joseph Adams

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Eve Schuback Adams

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Minnie A Adams

Added: Jul 02, 2020

Elsie Hester (Adams) Keith

Added: Jun 25, 2020

Elsie Hester (Adams) Keith

Added: Jun 25, 2020

Jeff Adams

Added: Feb 22, 2020

wedding of Roslyn to John Woods

Added: Feb 22, 2020

Shirley (Mackey) Adams wedding day

Added: Feb 19, 2020

William Bobby Adams

Added: Nov 24, 2019

Jewelene Clark Adams

Added: Nov 24, 2019

Teresa Adams Halcomb Clippard

Added: Nov 24, 2019

Teresa Adams Halcomb Clippard

Added: Nov 24, 2019

Lisa Adams Johnson Lawson

Added: Nov 24, 2019

John Quincy Adams

Added: Nov 17, 2019

John Adams

Added: Nov 16, 2019

Stanley Adams

Added: Sep 08, 2019

Sherman C Adams

Added: Jun 18, 2019

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In 1875, in the year that Henry Adams was born, on March 1st, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act. The Act prohibited racial discrimination in both public accommodations and jury duty. Opposed by the public, the "public accommodations" sections of the Act were overturned by the Supreme Court eight years later.

In 1896, at the age of 21 years old, Henry was alive when in April, the first study on global warming due to CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the atmosphere was published by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius. Arrhenius concluded that human activity due to the Industrial Revolution would amplify CO2 in the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. His conclusions have been extensively tested in the ensuing 100+ years and are still seen to hold true.

In 1915, by the time he was 40 years old, The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".

In 1924, at the age of 49 years old, Henry was alive when on January 21st, Vladimir Lenin, a leader of the Russian Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union died. He had survived two assassination attempts but had subsequent physical problems, suffering 3 strokes. He was in such great pain, it is said that he asked Stalin to poison him. The circumstances of his death are still disputed. He did oppose Stalin as the next leader - nonetheless, Stalin won a power struggle and ruled as a Soviet dictator until his death in 1953.

In 1949, in the year of Henry Adams's passing, comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."