biographical sketch
Arcatia Young
Dr. Tom Liner
February 5, 2014
ENGL 1102
The Story of Coretta Fowler
Coretta Fowler is a strong black woman who did nothing but strive for excellence all through her life. She had it rough growing up but being born the baby of the family made things a little easier. She was born on September 28, 1969 in Warwick Ga to the late Inez and sonny Young she was the last of 16 children out of the girls. As you can already imagine life was kind of hard juggling 16 children out of one house but they learned to appreciate what they had which it wasn’t much but they had to make do with what they did have.
Before moving into an integrated school Coretta Went to an all-black school where they had limited books and space. They didn’t have many books and the teachers only knew enough to get them by. Growing up in school of course it was a task for her and this family because people still had a great deal of hatred in their hearts for black people. She says she remembers when she and her brothers and sisters would miss school just to march for equal rights for them. She was often picked on for not having clothes on that matched they gave her the nick name “colors” because her skin was a different color than theirs and her clothes never matched. However, she never said a word to degrade them she just kept her eyes on the prize which was getting an education.
After she graduated high school she decided to attend college for cosmetology because she would always be the one in the house stuck with doing all the girls of the family hair she began to get better at it every time she did her siblings hair this was something that just came natural to her. However she never went to get enrolled for that because the next week her mother died. Coretta was so depressed because the week before as she as brushing through her mother’s hair as she did on a daily basis. Her mother was telling her that if she ever gets admitted to the hospital that she
Dr. Tom Liner
February 5, 2014
ENGL 1102
The Story of Coretta Fowler
Coretta Fowler is a strong black woman who did nothing but strive for excellence all through her life. She had it rough growing up but being born the baby of the family made things a little easier. She was born on September 28, 1969 in Warwick Ga to the late Inez and sonny Young she was the last of 16 children out of the girls. As you can already imagine life was kind of hard juggling 16 children out of one house but they learned to appreciate what they had which it wasn’t much but they had to make do with what they did have.
Before moving into an integrated school Coretta Went to an all-black school where they had limited books and space. They didn’t have many books and the teachers only knew enough to get them by. Growing up in school of course it was a task for her and this family because people still had a great deal of hatred in their hearts for black people. She says she remembers when she and her brothers and sisters would miss school just to march for equal rights for them. She was often picked on for not having clothes on that matched they gave her the nick name “colors” because her skin was a different color than theirs and her clothes never matched. However, she never said a word to degrade them she just kept her eyes on the prize which was getting an education.
After she graduated high school she decided to attend college for cosmetology because she would always be the one in the house stuck with doing all the girls of the family hair she began to get better at it every time she did her siblings hair this was something that just came natural to her. However she never went to get enrolled for that because the next week her mother died. Coretta was so depressed because the week before as she as brushing through her mother’s hair as she did on a daily basis. Her mother was telling her that if she ever gets admitted to the hospital that she