Samuel Maverick is a man of business, land stewarding, with a heavy coat of honor. Samuel Maverick’s birth was in Pendleton, South Carolina, on July 23, 1803. Being that Samuel had the occupation of a land baron, he tended his land well, moreover showing great care for his purchases. By building up his land, he was able to gather a large sum of money to become successful. A cherished, complete, accomplished Texan, Samuel Augustus Maverick led a successful business as a landlord over his 67 year-long life.…
Samuel Bellamy was a pirate in the Carribean. He was a former Royal Navy sailor in his early life. He later became a pirate. He gained a considerable presence by engaging more and more considerably sized ships and eventually became a plundering heavyweight to rival pirates such as Blackbeard. In spite of this, he was a compassionate pirate and should be better described as a freedom fighter than a marine criminal.…
Famous Agents Some notable agents from the FBI I found are Melvin Purvis (Little Mel), Theodore Gunderson (Ted Gunderson), Joseph Dominick Pistone (Donnie Brasco), William Mark Felt, Sr. (Mark Felt) Melvin Purvis was born on October 24, 1903 and died on February 29, 1960. He received his degree in law from the University of South Carolina. He joined the FBI in 1927 and had been head of the Investigation Division offices in Birmingham, Oklahoma City, and Cincinnati. He was an FBI agent of high renown and was nicknamed ‘Little Mel’ on account of his short stature.…
On New Years in florida 1923, a woman named Fannie Taylor frantically left her home claiming a black man had entered her house and assaulted her. She fell unconscious for multiple hours before talking to the police. Robert walker the sheriff of the town got about 8 guys to help look for the intruder Fannie had described, A little while later more and more white men were furious over the event that they decided to join the search party for Fannies Violator. After searching for a while the search party decided it was time to bring out the blood hounds to help aid their search. The dogs then later lead the group to a black smith, Sam Carter’s home.…
Bryant was born on November 3, 1794, in a log cabin near Cummington, Massachusetts; the home of his birth is today marked with a plaque. He was the second son of Peter Bryant, a doctor and later a state legislator, and Sarah Snell. His maternal ancestry traces back to passengers on the Mayflower; his father's, to colonists who arrived about a dozen years later. Bryant and his family moved to a new home when he was two years old. The William Cullen Bryant Homestead, his boyhood home, is now a museum.…
Theodore Judson Jemison born August 1st 1918 to November 15th 2013. T.J Jemison was president of the National Baptist Convention USA. This organization was the largest African-American organization. Jemison made sure the Baptiste World Center in Nashville Tennessee, was constructed, this was one of the first headquarters of predominantly black churches in the USA. In 1953, while minister of a large church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jemison helped lead the first civil rights boycott of segregated seating in public bus service.…
The industrial condition reforms and improvement of urban life during the 1890-1915 period were very successful progressive reforms. Both helped improve the life of many citizens during that period and today. The many laws, such as child labor acts and pure food and drugs acts, made the quality of living much better. The Jungle, a book written by Upton Sinclair in 1906, was a fiction book about poor conditions in the meatpacking industry.…
Keith Cozart Keith Cozart also known as Chief Keef is very known around the world mostly Chicago. Chief Keef is a music artist , he raps about his life and how it was like growing up on the SouthSide of Chicago. On the southside of chicago it was very dangerous for teenagers to walk around and he started at the age of 15 rapping. Chief Keef was rapping at the age of 15 and dropped out of high school as well , he only wanted to focus on the music. As he was becoming bigger in Chicago more people started to dislike him even more.…
Born Frederick Augustus Bailey in Baltimore, Maryland 1818. Frederick struggled through childhood due to the slavery conditions at the time. In 1824, six year old Frederick Bailey moved from his home in Baltimore, Maryland to a plantation in the country called the Wye House. Just two years later, Frederick was sold off to another slave owner back in Baltimore where he was taught to read by his owner’s wife, Lucretia Auld. The learning process was a struggle do to Mr. Auld's harsh slave rules.…
Have you ever wondered what Anson Jones life was like and why he mattered to texas and Texas History?Well today in this essay you are going to learn why he mattered to Texas and Texas History and what his life was like. Anson Jones was born on January 20,1798 in Great Barrington ,Massachusetts. His mom and dad was Sarah and Solomon Jones. He was the youngest child of 13 children. Anson’s mom died when he was 18 years old.…
R/s Payton was crying because he didn’t have his school supplies. R/s Payton said his dad kicked him out of the house last night. R/s according to Payton, his dad didn’t like what he said to him. R/s Payton said his dad was calling him fat. R/s Payton stated that he called his grandmother, Thomasina Stackhouse to pick him up.…
Marching Band Officer Essay I am interested in becoming a Drill Tech Captain or Brass Captain for the 2018-2019 Marching Band season. Ever since I started marching with the Mahwah Marching Thunderbirds, I have found myself amazed and interested in the culmination of expression through music and movement. Never before have I participated in an activity with such structure, passion, pride, and strong relationships between members. As a freshman, I was inspired by professional leaders of the band and how they were not only dignified while on the field, but enthusiastic and welcoming as well. I would love to be a leader in Marching Band so that I may positively contribute to the transference of the marching band drill and music from paper…
My name is Moses Dobson. Born herein America and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. My plan is to major in the field of Business in hopes of blending it with sports my passion. Both my parents are American as well, my mother being from New York and my father from North Carolina. I look forward to getting to know some of you during this quick summer session.…
George Phillips was a man who live in the 19th century in the United States. He was an educated man and a farmer in Lawrence New Jersey. He was married and a father of 5 children who varied in age and one died young. Some of his children were grown and helped him run his farm which was his livelihood and main source of income. Mr. Phillips kept a diary from 1850 until 1864 of his life in which he would write out his life essentially day by day.…
It came as a shock to me, new coaches and many new girls on the team and they chose me to be the captain. This past school year I was given the honor of being the JV Tennis captain, it came as a huge surprise to me, seeing as it was new coaches who had only met me a month before naming me, captain. This was my second year of being on the team and I was one of three seniors on JV, many of the other girls were freshmen and sophomores. My coaches presented me with the idea of being captain by giving me the following three reasons: I always give 120% at practice, I am always the first one to volunteer when they are looking for someone to help one of the new girls and, they saw potential in me and saw that I always had a positive attitude.…