Wilma Rudolph is most well-known for her extreme success in track and field. What is most ground-breaking about Wilma and her success is the fact that she was a woman succeeding in what was considered at that time a “man’s sport.” She broke many records‚ but most importantly was the first American woman to win three gold medals during the same summer Olympics. Wilma had faced many troubles throughout her life‚ from illness and disabilities to insecurities and friendship issues. However‚ the most
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Celie is an African American woman living in Georgia and has lived a lot of her life with a Mona Lisa smile‚ sources that have interviewed her have pieced together her story. For the first 14 years of Celie’s life‚ she lived with her abusive father who sexually abused her and her beautiful younger sister‚ Nettie. She had two children by her father that were stolen by him and presumably killed. Celie’s life took a turn when Mr._____ asked for her sisters’ hand in marriage‚ but her father refused to
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Miss Watkins had not too long come out of the shower before she hung up. Now‚ she was lying on her cushiony sofa relaxing with her eyes closed‚ collecting her thoughts. Dark secrets surfaced in her mind. It all started one day long ago. When her brother brought those dirty little fuck books into her bedroom and she looked at them and became curious. She and her brother experimented with sex for a long time‚ years‚ before she got pregnant with Deloris. She had blamed the cause of her pregnancy‚ to
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I called to Ms McCarty‚ she corrected‚ her last name is McCaughey‚ (last name was corrected on CASPER). Ms McCaughey stated that she has her 10years daughter custody‚ Liliana Gonzales‚ and her ex-husband Jorge Gonzalez has visitation plan. She said that she took her daughter to her Dr office because she believes that Jorge Gonzales had hit her. A CW caseworker already had interviewed her‚ but there is nothing that CW can do since there is no evidence of child abuse. She said that some time ago
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Est. 1964 Sandra Fabara‚ commonly known as Lady Pink enquired her name from her past love romances. She started writing graffiti in 1979 at the age of fifth teen at the high school of Art & Design in Manhattan. The loss of a boyfriend she cared for dearly initiated her to start writing graffiti. Sent away to Puerto Rico for theft‚ Pink began to imprint his name all over NYC in remembrance for her lover which soon transferred into her own name desecrating the walls of the big apple. After a couple
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Dr. Maya Angelou is one of the most renounced and influential voices of our time. She played a big part in the global Renaissance and is a poet‚ memoirist‚ novelist‚ educator‚ dramatist‚ producer‚ actress‚ historian‚ filmmaker‚ and civil rights activist. Dr. Maya Angelou was born as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ on April 4th‚ 1928. Her parents divorced when she was three years old and she and her brother‚ Bailey were sent to live with her grandmother‚ Annie Henderson for most of her
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The Color Purple In The Color Purple there was a very common theme‚ which was strong female relationships and how much power they bring. Throughout The Color Purple‚ the author‚ Alice Walker‚ recognizes and acknowledges the role of strong female relationships‚ whether it’s between a country‚ or a family‚ or a friendship. These relationships in The Color Purple often helped women build up the courage to tell their stories. In result it granted the women with the strength to resist dominance and/or
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Maya Angelou‚ a presence in United States society‚ has risen against formidable odds. After being raped at age eight and after withdrawing for a couple years‚ with the help and inspiration of a grade school teacher‚ Angelou rose to revert herself. Eventually‚ she became the first African-American street car conductors in San Francisco. She traveled to Africa and asserted herself in dance. Despite the shortening of a brief marriage‚ Angelou continued to assert herself‚ drawing inspiration as the mother
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Jesse Evans LS-ENG 0810 17 October 2013 Summary Response Summary Response of Maya Angelou’s “The Graduation” In the essay “The Graduation” (McGraw-Hill 2003)‚ Maya Angelou tells the story of life in 1940s Stamps‚ Arkansas. She explains how it feels to be discriminated and thought of as less than equal. Angelou shows that with a strong will to overcome‚ it is more than possible to set aside disgusting racism and impersonal discrimination. Angelou delivers a very detailed‚ inspirational‚ and
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I chose the movie The Color Purple because the story is centered on the life of African-American women‚ who experienced issues with family bonding. This young lady was faced with many hardship and struggles that began in the home with her family. The storyline behind how this young girl was sexually and mentally abused by her father. The abuse continued later on when she was forced to marry an older man with young children of his own. Throughout her struggles with self-worth and her own identity
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