Born on the Fourth of July

Medgar Wiley Evers was born July 2nd, 1925 and was an African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi working to end segregation at the University of Mississippi. Evers was in the military and went overseas during World War II. After completing his secondary education, he became active in the civil rights movement, becoming a field secretary for the NAACP. Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens' Council. As a veteran, Evers was buried with full…

Kwanza in 1966 to bring all African American communities together for one week and celebrate its culture. Kwanza begins on the day after Christmas which is December 26th and ends New Year’s Day on January 1st. Dr. Maulana Karenga was born in July 14th, 1941. He was born with the name Ronald McKinley Everett in Parsonsburg, Maryland. He eventually changed his name to Dr. Maulana Karenga to mean Master Teacher. According to a Black Artist Blog Dr. Maulana Karenga gave his reason for creating…

entitled to freedom of speech, freedom to bare arms, etc. the moment we are born on this country's soil. In other countries of the rights of certain groups are impeded upon by their government's strict rulings. We are extremely lucky to live in a place where we can freely express ourselves and bring new ideas into the world. Many people refer to America as "The Land of Opportunities". This statement is very much true because anyone born in America, or comes to live here can make their life what…

Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general. Taylor's status as a national hero as a result of his victories in the Mexican-American War won him election to the White House despite his vague political beliefs. His top priority as president was preserving the Union, but he died seventeen months into his term,…

This battle redeemed the Black soldiers' fighting ability in the eyes of White skeptics, including General Strong, who commanded the 54th Regiment to lead the assault on Fort Wagner, scheduled for July 18. Strategically, a successful attack on Fort Wagner would allow Union forces to seize control of Charleston Harbor. Located on Morris Island, Fort Wagner protected Battery Gregg overlooking Fort Sumter. This means that capturing Fort Wagner was valuable…

Thomas S. Spradley and James P. Spradley intrigued because it was about a hearing family that had a deaf daughter. I was also interested that the book was written in the perspective of the father. The statistic that vast majority of deaf children are born to hearing parents has always made me fascinated with what each hearing parent has done for their deaf child. I knew that this story would most likely have a happy ending considering the title “Deaf Like Me” I made the inference that maybe his…

those of different color with no respect, Americans would celebrate freedom while colored people would get beaten and worked to death. However, one man's speech, Frederick Douglass, made sure to aware American society of their hypocrisy. Douglass was born around 1818 and grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where he was a…

home-alone, in video games. The community has shrunk as more and more youth practice their individual gaming skills. Parents need help to scoot the youth into the community to participate in connecting to people. The core advertising message is born from the vision to support families in investing young lives back into the summer community. “Are you listening? Did you hear? It isn’t her-it’s Him. The witch’s magic is weakening! You thought it would last forever, but the ice is melting and…

and effort.” -Jesse Owens. Jesse Owens was born on September 12, 1913, in Alabama. His real name is James Cleveland but is commonly known as Jesse. He was a black track and field athlete. This made it harder on him competing in high school and the Olympics. Because of his race, racism troubled his life, but that did not stop Jesse Owens from becoming one of the best track and field athletes at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. James Cleveland Owens was born on September 12, 1913, in Danville, Alabama…

conviction of murder. The music was released in November 1975 and was recorded in July and October of 1975. This music is from the album Desire and its format is a single. It's a Folk Rock and protest song with the length minutes and thirty-three seconds. The writers of this outstanding song is Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy, the producer was Don DeVito with the label of Columbia. Carter was born in Clifton, New Jersey, the fourth of seven children. He entered a juvenile reformatory because he…