* 1829 David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World ( a call for resistance to slavery in Georgia )

Dred can thus be placed within an African-American literary tradition as well as a political revision of the sentimental novel ( see David Walker's Appeal ( 1829 ) and Frederick Douglass's The Heroic Slave ( 1852 )).

* June 28-David Walker, abolitionist, author of the pamphlet Walker's Appeal ( born 1785 )

Walker's Appeal argued that blacks had to assume responsibility for themselves if they wanted to overcome oppression.

Three months after Walker died, for instance, the Boston Evening Transcript noted that blacks regarded the Appeal " as if it were a star in the east guiding them to freedom and emancipation .” Whites, meanwhile, were radicalized by reading Walker's pamphlet.

William Lloyd Garrison, one of the most influential American abolitionists, began publishing The Liberator in January 1831 not long after the appearance of the Appeal, and early weekly editions of Garrison's newspaper focused on Walker's pamphlet.

Scholars have often remarked upon the connection between Walker's Appeal and black nationalism.

In his 1972 study of The Ideological Origins of Black Nationalism, historian Sterling Stuckey suggested that Walker's Appeal " would become an ideological foundation … for Black Nationalist theory .” Though some have subsequently suggested that Stuckey overstated the extent to which Walker contributed to the creation of a black nation, Thabiti Asukile, in a 1999 article on " The All-Embracing Black Nationalist Theories of David Walker ’ s Appeal ", defended Stuckey's interpretation.

Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life.

* Hinks, Peter P. introduction and editor's note to David Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, by David Walker, xi-xliv.

introduction to David Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, by David Walker, vii-xxiii.

* Walker's Appeal, at Documenting the American South

Agitation increased with the publication of David Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World in 1829, Nat Turner's slave rebellion in 1831 and Andrew Jackson's handling of the nullification crisis that same year.

* " Walker's Appeal ", January 8, 1831.

Molefi Asante of Temple University called the book the best polemic by an African since the 1829 classic, David Walker's Appeal.

* September – David Walker begins publication of the abolitionist pamphlet Walker's Appeal.

The pamphlet " Walker's Appeal " stated, "... it is no more harm for you to kill the man who is trying to kill you than it is for you to take a drink of water ..." This statement was widely read, with Walker distributing copies of his pamphlet into the Southern United States, where it was widely banned.

He specifically targeted groups like the American Colonization Society, which sought to deport all free and freed blacks from the United States, and public assertions of black inferiority by Thomas Jefferson, who died three years before the publication of Walker's pamphlet.

" What gives unity to Walker's polemic ," historian Paul Goodman has argued, " is the argument for racial equality and the active part to be taken by black people in achieving it.

" Though scholars may continue to debate this ," Asukile writes, " it would seem hard to disprove that the later advocates of black nationalism in America, who advocated a separate nation-state based on geographical boundaries during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, would not have been able to trace certain ideological concepts to Walker's writings.

" And with time, and as baseball welcomed more black and Latin players into its ranks, Walker's position about integration surely evolved as well.

With MacArthur's amphibious flanking move, the North Koreans seemed trapped but Walker's rapid advance northwest towards Inchon and Seoul emphasized speed over maneuver and made no attempt to encircle and destroy the North Koreans after punching through their lines.

Minor inconsistencies include use of bolt action rifles weapons from the World War I era and Navy Colts in Walker's army, not in general use until midway through the American Civil War, almost a decade later, but it was obvious that Cox was little concerned with historical accuracy.

Nils T. Granlund cited the 1925 WHN airing of Senator James J. Walker's announcement of his New York City mayoral candidacy through a " remote-control " broadcast from the New York Press Club as the first such remote link for a political forum.

While walking through his old neighborhood, he meets Mrs. Walker, a friend of his parents, who gives him a box containing his father's old papers and other documents, including photos and articles relating to his family — a little water-damaged, due to a leak in Mrs. Walker's roof.

Walker's administration was marked by rapid growth, securing financial stability for the college, and the realization of regional acceditation for the college's academic programs through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

After England failed to get through to the finals in the U. S., Walker's international career ended with 59 caps and no goals.

His small force was able to score a number of victories through street to street fighting and were able to create a stalemate at a key building in town, El Mesón de Guerra, the Guerra family home, which was located in the corner of the park, covered the approach to Rivas church ; from the towers of the church Walker's snipers enjoyed a wide firing range.

Walker's principal writings are: Of education, especially of young gentlemen ( Oxford, 1673, and six other editions ); Ars rationis ad mentem nominalium libri tres ( Oxford, 1673 ); and Greek and Roman History illustrated by Coins and Medals ( London, 1692 ).

Walker's young partner grew up in Baltimore and used football as his ticket to college education.

The Centennial Exposition affected Walker's later career by greatly increasing his interest in technical education as well as introducing him to MIT President John D. Runkle and Treasurer John C. Cummings.

" Apap insists that in prompting his readers to " move ,” Walker rejected the notion that the blacks should “ sit idly by and wait for God to fight their battles -- they must ( and implicit in Walker's language is the assumption that they will ) take action and move to claim what is rightfully and morally theirs .”

In his updated 1995 introduction to his novel Oxherding Tale, Charles Johnson criticized Walker's novel for its negative portrayal of African-American males: " I leave it to readers to decide which book pushes harder at the boundaries of convention, and inhabits most confidently the space where fiction and philosophy meet.

The question of who would take over the Rovers Return after Annie Walker's 1983 exit was answered in 1985 when Bet Lynch ( who also mirrored the vulnerability and strength of Elsie Tanner ) was installed as landlady.

More obscure terms for walking include " to go by Marrow-bone stage ", " to take one's daily constitutional ", " to ride Shanks ' pony ", " to ride Shanks ' mare ", or " to go by Walker's bus ".

In series six, during the episode " Things that Go Bump in the Night ", Sergeant Wilson is shown writing Walker's name on the window of Jones's van with his finger, being ordered to " take that man's name ".

In November 1872, an eruption of settler-Indian violence in Oregon known as the Modoc War hastened Walker's disinterest in the position and he resigned as Commissioner on December 26, 1872 to take a faculty position at Yale.

He preferred instead to take Walker's troops south to attack a vulnerable New Orleans, poorly defended with the movement of most of Nathaniel P. Banks ' Army of the Gulf to Port Hudson.

General Walker's military service began when he entered the US Army Reserves in 1954 and served in the Reserves as an enlisted soldier until his graduation from Mercer University at which time he was commissioned a second lieutenant and entered active duty in November 1956.

For 30 years, Julian Amery was an active member and later a Patron of the Conservative Monday Club, where he became friendly with General Sir Walter Walker, subsequently writing the foreword for Walker's anti-Soviet book, The Next Domino.

Walker's role has extreme color, and he projects it deftly.

Walker's son Michael, who had a relatively minor role in the ring and agreed to testify in exchange for a reduced sentence, was released from prison on parole in February 2000.

Walker's XX Corps played a role in Patton's dash across France in August and early September 1944, earning the sobriquet " Ghost Corps " for the speed of its advance.

In April 1856, Costa Rican troops penetrated into Nicaraguan territory and inflicted a defeat on Walker's men at the Second Battle of Rivas, in which Juan Santamaría, later to be recognized as one of Costa Rica's national heroes, played a key role.

It was written by Rudy Wurlitzer and scored by Joe Strummer, who also plays a small role as a member of Walker's army.

The USGA's Walker Cup ( the famous biennial golf match ) acquired Walker's namessake for his role in the event's creation.

Gilyard is known for his roles as Ben Matlock's ( played by Andy Griffith ) second private investigator ( and right-hand man ) Conrad McMasters, on the 1980s legal drama series, Matlock: ( a role he played from 1989 to 1993 ); as Pastor Bruce Barnes in the Left Behind movie trilogy ; as Cordell Walker's ( played by Chuck Norris ) Texas Ranger partner, James " Jimmy " Trivette, on the 1990s crime drama, Walker, Texas Ranger, and as Lieutenant ( junior grade ) Marcus " Sundown " Williams in Top Gun.

Walker's first acting role was in Liar's Moon with Matt Dillon.

During Walker's time in that role the legendary Dunkirk evacuations took place, in which the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) was evacuated from France.

In 2005, with Walker recovering from surgery, Wells took over the starting role, and played well, leading to Walker's trade to Columbus.

For the invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula, it was Walker's role to formulate the landing plans for ANZAC but he deferred management of the planning to his subordinate, Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Skeen, who was an excellent staff officer.

Walker's first major television role was as a policeman in the British drama The Wednesday Play, in the episode entitled " Fable " ( aired 27 January 1965 ).

In addition, Rudolph Walker's Role Model Award ( RWRMA ) is presented to outstanding students who have contributed something special like demonstrating positive leadership, a good influence to their peers and others, and a role model within the school.

Despite his prominence and leadership in the fields of economics, statistics, and political economy, Walker's Course IX on General Studies was dissolved shortly after his death and a seventy year debate followed over what was the appropriate role and scope of humanistic and social studies at MIT.

Because of Walker's leading role in the Civil Rights Movement, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library collected his papers from the period of 1963 – 1982.

Walker's good looks and imposing physique, he stood 6 feet, 6 inches ( 198 cm ) tall with a 48-inch chest and a 32-inch waist, helped him to land an audition where he won the lead role in the TV series Cheyenne.

He also provided defectors from Walker's army with payments and free passage back to the U. S. In April 1856, Costa Rican troops and American mercenaries supported by Vanderbilt penetrated into Nicaraguan territory and inflicted a defeat on Walker's men at the Second Battle of Rivas, in which Juan Santamaría, later to be recognized as one of Costa Rica's national heroes, played a key role.