Killer Waves. Photograph by Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images. A tsunami is a series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet (30.5 meters), onto land. These walls of water can cause widespread destruction when they crash ashore.hotograph by Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images. A tsunami is a series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet (30.5 meters), onto land.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 â June 19, 1953) and Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 â June 19, 1953) were American communists who were convicted and executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war.
The Birth of the Civil Rights Movement. On December 1, 1955, rosa parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man. News of Parks's arrest quickly spread through the African American community.any civil rights groups provided backing for this movement, including SNCC, CORE, and the NAACP. Throughout this period of nonviolent protest, the civil rights movement continued to suffer the effects of white violence.