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.…
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.…
From early 1900’s keep focus post World War II there were many indigenous singers but none of them made much the huge impact on Australia and the world like Jessica Mauboy has. At the age of 14 Jessica won the Telstra road to Tamworth competition ta the 2004 Tamworth country music festival in Tamworth New South Wales. As the first winner of the completion. Jessica then travel to Sydney to preform and second a recording deal with Sony music Australia. Then she released a country inspired album Cyprus liber…
Good Afternoon, judge, jury, and audience members. Today we are here to prove that Isabel Hussey has stolen the priceless painting “ A Lady Writing”. She may seem innocent, but appearances can be deceiving, her friendly smile, long ponytail, 6 earrings, and laid back look makes her seem innocent, but deep down she is a heartless monster. Her slung arm may make you feel sympathy for her, but that was because she broke it trying to retrieve the painting from where she had hidden it. It is clearly evident that Isabel Hussey is guilty of her scandalous crimes.…
Ella Player, also known as Baker, and Ella Josephine, was born on December 13, 1903 in Norfolk, Virginia and died on December 13, 1986. Ella Baker was a civil rights activist, she was a leader in the fight to end discrimination. She was an African American, one award she won was the Candace Award for outstanding achievement from the Coalition of 100 black woman. She wanted to help stop discrimination and unfairness to African Americans.…
Considering to be one of the finest contraltos of her time, Marian Anderson became the first African American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955. She also performed at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939. After 2 years of studying the Boghetti, Anderson won a chance to sing at the Lewisohn Stadium in NY. Born February 27, 1897, in Philadelphia, Marian Anderson displayed vocal talent as a child, but her family could not afford to pay for formal training. Members of her church congregation raised funds for her to attend a music school for a year, and in 1955 she became the first African American singer to perform as a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.…
Things started to get even better, by the age of fourteen, Aaliyah signed her first record…
On May 15, 2017 I Interviewed Olivia Zamora about what It means to be American to her. She comes from a humble family. When she was 17 she arrived to America, where she would work to provide a good living for her family. Growing up in Mexico compared to the United states was different for her, as she didn’t know the language, streets, or the people. She had to face very difficult decisions, where it would change her life completely and let go of people she deeply cared about. Olivia, is very open minded and respects everyone no matter the color skin, race, religion, and beliefs.…
Mary Sadie is a thirteen years old, 2004, champagne colored, Honda Accord. The chipped champagne paint covering her body is fading but Mary Sadie is brighter than ever in my eyes. Over the past two years, my car and I have experienced road trips across the Causeway, to Baton Rouge, to the beach, through the broken roads of Lakeview, and countless trips to the French Quarter, which have truly strengthened our bond with each other. Just because a car is old and used, does not mean that it sucks, is one of the many valuable lessons that I have learned from owning my first car, along with many adventurous experiences that I will cherish for my entire life.…
With so much information to take in, I found it hard to know where to begin on the subject of Little Edie Beale, self-imposed prisoner of the mansion known as Grey Gardens. Largely infamous for her bizarre eccentricities being the reclusive cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, dare I use that term as her own mother once said, “’Eccentric’ is a lack of money.” I came to know her as an artist. More importantly, I discovered that she was not delusional or schizophrenic as many think to this day. She was a vastly intelligent woman who dared to live a life unconcerned with money and opinions in a time when such behaviors were considered improper and unfeminine. Therefore she was branded as insane.…
According to Grace Lin, “Books erase bias, they make the uncommon everyday, and the mundane exotic. A book makes all cultures universal" (www.gracelin.com). Grace Lin is an award winning author and illustrator. She has published many children’s books, early readers, and novels. Most of her books are about Asian Americans and their experiences.…
As part of the summer reading assignment this year, I read the book Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol. In this documentary-style book, he told about the horrible yet completely realistic conditions of the most poor, rundown neighborhoods and districts in New York City. Kozol wrote the book for the purpose of telling the stories of the children who lived in these parts of the city. He dedicated his work to those children and it was his goal to inform readers that slums were in fact in existence and the children who resided there did not deserve to live in such a poverty-stricken area. The question "Why should their childhood be different from others across the country?" arose often and needs to be examined by all.…
On Friday October 30, 1987 at Moss Regional Hospital I was born Dana Elaine Gradney to Paul and Rosa Gradney in Lake Charles, Louisiana. I have three older siblings Latreza, Paulrika, and Paul II who came and seen me for the first time before going trick or treating. Once me and my mother was discharged from the hospital my daddy brought us home where we lived in Mossville, Louisiana till the age of two and then my family moved us to Zion, Illinois. In Illinois we were closer to my father’s older siblings I stayed home with my mother while my father worked and my siblings went to school. I have little memory of wearing a snow suit and playing outside with my siblings on Christmas when my brother shot his toy gun piece and it went in the fireplace. Two years later My mother was accepted into nursing school back home so we moved back to Louisiana. I then started Pre-K at Wonderland of Play where I am still friends with three of my fellow classmates today. I then started Kindergarten at Westwood Elementary in Westlake, Louisiana till the fifth grade along with playing softball and school clubs throughout the years. I had many friends’ great memories of sleepovers with family. I remember my parents waking us up saying they heard the reindeers on the roof. They use to trade boxes on our gifts so we would think it was something we didn’t ask Santa for. On my 8th birthday I met my cousin Larissa Tanner for the first time and we became best friends instantly. In 1996 my oldest sister became pregnant with my first niece. On July 8, 1997 Torreyan Kia-Latrece Gradney was born my first niece and my parents first grandchild. In 1998 I moved to Houston, Texas because my mother accepted a better nursing position. I started school at Wilson Intermediate where I met new friends, joined school clubs, had my first boyfriend, and tried out for cheerleading for the first time. My cousin came to Texas every…
Seventeen years ago, I came bounding into a world of love and laughter. I was the first child, the first grandchild, the first niece, and the primary focus of my entire extended family. Although they were not married, my parents were young and energetic and had every good intention for their new baby girl. I grew up with opportunities for intellectual and spiritual growth, secure in the knowledge that I was loved, free from fear, and confident that my world was close to perfect. And I was the center of a world that had meaning only in terms of its effect on me-- what I could see from a height of three feet and what I could comprehend with the intellect and emotions of a child. This state of innocence persisted through my early teens, but changed dramatically in the spring of my sophomore year of high school. My beloved father was dying of AIDS.…