Viviam Thomas was born in New Iberia, Lousisana, the son of an carpenter. His family moved to Nashville where he later graduated from high school with honors. Vivian had an older brother who also became a teacher. His brother was involved in the Brown vs Broad Case.…
World War II war hero Doris “Dorie” Miller was born in Waco, Texas on October 12, 1919, and played football at Waco’s A.J. Moore Academy. He dropped out of school at the age of 17 and enlisted in the US Navy in 1939 at the age of 20. He was a mess attendant, one of few positions available to African Americans at the time. Then he was eventually elevated to Cook, Third Class and was soldier of West Virginia at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.…
This book is called Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry.This book is mostly based on black rights. Another thing is most of the black people in this story got treated like crap. There were a lot of events that happened my favorite is when Papa, Mr. Morrison,and Stacey went to Strawberry and...You will have to read this amazing book to find out.This is my favorite part because their is a lot of action and I can imagine what's happening.…
Bessie Virginia Blount was born on November 24, 1914, in Hickory, Virginia. During World War II as a part of her work working with wounded soldiers,, Blount invented a device to help amputees feed themselves, the apparatus. She invented the electric feeding device in 1951, a feeding tube that delivered one mouth full of food at a time. Blount device was not accepted by the American Veteran’s Administration, so Blount sold it to the French Government. Bessie Blount was once a physical therapist for Theodore Edison son of famed inventor Thomas Edison. Blount and Edison became very close friends while in his home Blount invented the disposable cardboard emesis basin, this invention was also rejected by the American Veterans Administration and…
This paper is about Margaret Cochran Corbin. She was the first wounded woman of the American Revolution. She was a strong woman and an interesting person. Margaret Cochran Corbin was a woman who fought in the American Revolution war that was her job. This paper is about her early life, adult life, and contribution to the Revolutionary War.…
Mary Rita Lambert was born on June 8th, 1934 in St. Louis, Missouri. She grew up in the city area with her four other siblings in a strict, Catholic household. She had three sisters and one brother. She was the middle child of the family, despite being close in age with her other two, younger sisters born two years apart from each other. My grandmother, Phyllis was born in 1936 and her youngest sister, Connie was born in 1938. Her older sister, Frances was born in 1925 and her older brother, Jackson was born in 1926. The older siblings often took care of the family and were regularly responsible for household duties while their parents were off working their jobs. I asked her if she remembered anything about the Great Depression, but she really…
Mary Whiton calkins was born in Harford, Connecticut on March 30th, 1863. She spent most of her growing up time in buffalo, New York. Her father was a Minister and mother was a puritan, they had five children between themselves and Mary was the oldest. Several sources claim Mary’s father never believed in public education and will rather educate his children by boarding them with German and French families. Although it was later recorded that Mary graduated from an established four wall academic setting high school. Mary showed her first interest in psychology while writing her final graduating paper. Topic was” Apology Plato should have written: a vindication…
Yvonne Addie Riley was born on March 19, 1953 to the loving parents of OdessaDouglas Riley, and Charles Moses Riley Sr.. Yvonne received Christ at an early age at Holy Angels Catholic Church. She attended Holy Angels Catholic School and after graduating she attended a Wendell Phillips high school. Yvonne pursued a career in nursing at Sheridan Shores,and Atrium to her death. Yvonne was a mother figure to everyone she encountered with, her love extended to all. She had a heart of gold and hands of Steele. She was the life of the party, she knew how to make sure everyone had a good time. She enjoyed cooking, and had a warm smile and jokes that would light up the room.…
Mae Carol Jemison or better known as Mae C. Jemison was an American engineer, physician, and a NASA astronaut. She became known as the first African-American woman to travel in space. Mae was born on October 17 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. When she was around three years old, her parents, Charlie and Dorothy Jemison, move to Chicago in order to provide her and her siblings a better education.…
One of my personal favorite historical figures would be Mae Carol Jemison. She overcame the normalcy of a white man in space by becoming the first African American woman to go into space. First, I would ask her “how did you do it?” I really would like to know how she overcame all the pressure and abuse of being different in her field of study. Not many women during that time tried to get into the study of science. I admire Jemison for pursuing what she loved to do and not quitting because it was harder on her than the rest. Secondly, I would ask “would you do it all over again?” I would love to knw if it’s worth it to go through so much to be where she is now. If she would go through all her struggles to become an astronaut once more if she…
In 1879, Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first official African-American women professional nurse in America. She dominated a predominantly white women field, and flourished within the field. Mahoney had an extremely outstanding career during her time as a nurse, and alongside that, she also had done an insurmountable amount of charity work and has paved a new wave of organizations with her contributions. She excelled within all aspects of her career, and is a fine example of black excellence.…
Before attending the University of Miami (U of M) in Coral Gables, Florida, Isabel Harris Eide prepared for her college career at The Dwight School, an independent college preparatory school located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Formerly known as The Sachs School and The Franklin School, this institution serves kids from age 2 to grade 12 and draws students from approximately forty countries. Isabel Harris Eide subsequently matriculated at U of M to study psychology.…
1. The setting for the short novel, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, is in the state of Mississippi, in the early 1930’s, which means that it is right during the middle of the Great Depression. I believe the setting is very important to the book because in Mississippi during those times there was a lot of racism and racial segregation, the African Americans people could not do the same things that Caucasian, white people could do. Also the setting is important because if they author had put the book set in a place like New York City the racism would not be the same as if she set the book in a place like Mississippi or really anywhere in the South. In addition the setting is important because if it had been set in the…
Elizabeth Bathory, a wealthy and powerful noblewoman, was born on August 7th, 1560, in Transylvania, Hungary. Nicknamed “The Blood Countess”, Elizabeth allegedly (as supposedly documented in her diary found in the Csejthe Castle) slaughtered six hundred and twelve women--servants, peasants, and maidens alike, to which she notoriously bathed in their blood believing it aided in maintaining her youthful, milky white complexion. Even if one were to take only a tenth of the number she was confirmed and perhaps even rumored to have killed--which would make it around sixty--this number would still record her as the world’s most prolific female serial killer.…
Elizabeth Bathory has been portrayed over time as one of the most prolific and sadistic serial killers the world has known. She was nicknamed “The Blood Countess”, and also “Lady Dracula”. Elizabeth Bathory is reputed to have not only drunk but bathed in the blood of young virgin girls. She is perhaps less well-known only than the infamous Vlad Dracula, who was an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s fictional Count Dracula. During the years since Dracula was published, the Blood Countess has exercised a powerful fascination on many writers and film-makers. However, recently, there have been many books and films that go against the usual image of Bathory, and take a new look at her. Through my essay, I hope to give a fresh look at the life and death of Countess Elizabeth Bathory and pick out the truth from many myths surrounding her, due to the portrayal of Elizabeth Bathory’s crimes in popular culture.…