explaining a little bit about Head Start. Head Start is a preschool‚ or pre K program that caters mostly to children that are part of low-income families. They also specialize in helping children with disabilities. Created in 1965‚ Head Start is the most successful‚ longest-running‚ national school readiness program in the United States. It provides comprehensive education‚ health‚ nutrition and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families. Head Start works on 5 different areas
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views of a variety of issues‚ especially race relations. Rowan also served as the director of the United States Information Agency and was the ambassador to Finland. Unforgettable Miss Bessie Carl T. Rowan She was only about five feet tall and probably never weighed more than 100 pounds‚ but Miss Bessie was a towering presence in the classroom. She was the only woman tough enough to make me read Beowulf and think for a few foolish days that I liked it From 1938 to 1942‚ when I attended
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Bessie J. Blount African-American Inventor & Forensic Scientist Bessie Blount Griffin was born on November 24‚ 1914 in Hickory‚ VA‚ present day Chesapeake‚ VA. She studied at both Panzar College of Physical Education and at Union Junior College in New Jersey. Prior to being deployed as a nurse during World War II‚ she studied physical therapy in Chicago. During her childhood‚ her stubborn streak showed when at 7 she was reprimanded for writing with her left hand; she decided to learn to
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Hilton Head Island Adventure I never would have thought that I would get the chance to travel to Hilton Head Island. Last summer I got to take an incredible trip to the stunning island in South Carolina. The scenery was gorgeous and the beach was just a block away. I only stayed for one week‚ but it felt like just a couple of days. Our schedule was packed with loads of events to do each day. It all started out the beginning of summer vacation of 2015. I had just been released from school for the
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BESSIE SMITH 1894 – 1937 Bessie Smith‚ known as “Empress of the Blues”‚ was born on April 15 1894 in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. She was one of seven children to a part-time Baptist preacher and his wife. However‚ by the time Bessie was nine years old both of her parents were dead. Bessie and her brother Andrew were already singing on the streets of Chattanooga for spare change. Bessie’s older brother Clarence had joined a travelling vaudeville1 show as a comedian and dancer and in 1912 he
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St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith and St. Louis Blues are two legends in the blues world‚ separately as well as together. When placed together one could not find a better example of classical blues from the 1920’s. St. Louis Blues is one of the most popular blues songs ever written. William Christopher Hardy wrote this song over 80 years ago. While on a trip to St. Louis‚ Hardy met a tormented black woman. She spoke to him in her deep southern broken English about the loss of her husband to another
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Bessie coleman was the first African-American to earn a license to fly a plane. Many people of all races were inspired by her ambitious drive to accomplish her goals. Queen Bess did not just wake up and become an inspiring historical figure ;she first had to overcome the obstacle that life threw at her. Bessie Coleman was born on January 26 1832 in Atlanta Texas to Susan Coleman and George Coleman. Her parents were sharecroppers that worked making sure that their thirteen children were fed. It became
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earned her aviator’s license‚ Bessie Coleman earned hers and proved to the world that everyone deserves the chance to fly. Bessie Coleman endured many hardships‚ accomplished what most people thought impossible‚ and inspired many blacks to learn to fly. Bessie Coleman had many obstacles in her way before she could earn her aviation license. Because of her race and gender‚ Bessie Coleman was not allowed to learn to fly in America. No pilot in Chicago would teach Bessie because no one thought she could
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Listening Analysis Paper Alex Kosarko MUS 185‚ Summer 2009 For my listening assignment‚ I chose the piece‚ “St. Louis Blues” by Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong‚ recorded in the late 1920s. At this time‚ the country was in the transition from country blues (a single artist accompanied by a single guitar) to city blues (a single artist accompanied by either a piano and/or several instruments). In city blues‚ the form was based on a very rigid 12-bar blues structure‚ which used mainly the
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Dear Aunt Bessie‚ November 25‚ 2013 Knock knock. Who’s there? I don’t know just read this letter Aunt Bessie. So as you know progressivism is a series of reforms needed in order to repair the underside of America. You also are aware that you have asked me to give away your million dollars to three reform movements in the levels of $600‚000‚ $300‚000‚ and $100‚000. The three problems I came up with are women’s suffrage‚ food safety‚ and child labor. I have decided that Woman’s suffrage will
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