This paper will inform you all about Bill Robinson and his carrer. Bill Robinson as known as “Bojangles” was a huge iconic African- American tap dancer and actor during the Harlem Renisance. Bojangles was best known for his Broadway performances and film roles.…
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.…
On March 13, 1933, Donald Gaskins was born in Florence County, South Carolina. At a young age, Gaskins was teased and given the nickname “Pee Wee” as a result of his small body frame. Violence followed him everywhere, starting from his home where his stepfather beat him to school. At school Gaskins would fight with the other kids daily. This would ultimately lead him to become the most terrified serial killer in South Carolina.…
Elise Kang US History Honors Founding Brothers Questions 1. The triumph of America is greatly taken for granted by many citizens, and can only be greater understood through a descriptive narrative like Founding Brothers. People of the recent and present times are only familiar with today’s country, unified, developed and successful. It is simply too far back to even comprehend the nation’s past fragility. Joseph Ellis effectively conveys the serendipitous events through anecdotes showing America as a nation that fights back with not only luck but also strength; such as the Benjamin Rush segments.…
Biography My Grandpa Harmen Vriend was born on June 30th 1941 in Holland. At the age of 5 he was forced to move to Canada with his family because the Germans were looking for his father Peter Vriend. That was a big problem because often when the Germans captured the Dutch they would put them to work and died oe were near death because of i . As a child my Grandpa was told that "Canada was the land of milk and honey ".Which means that there was an abundance of supplies like food, housing and more opportunities in Canada which were lacking in Holland that is why they chose to move.…
George Bancroft, born in 1800, quickly excelled in school while attending the Phillips Exeter Academy, and then entered into Harvard College at the age of thirteen. Harvard President, John Kirkland, encouraged Bancroft to study abroad, so he left for Germany to obtain his Doctorate degree in Philogy. After earning his doctorate, he helped found a private school for boys in Northampton, Massachusetts. When he married a wealthy woman, Sarah Dwight, he gained more time to pursue his intellectual interests, and he started working on his forty yearlong ten volume collection titled “History,” which was a comprehensive study of the nation’s past. Bancroft entered into the political scene in 1844, endorsing the Democrat party.…
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.…
Do you have a brother or sister? If you do, you may know they are many different ideas and thoughts about having siblings. I have a brother myself and we get along quite well. The book “Gore” written by Sarah Ellis talks about the behaviors of siblings and how they treat each other. In “Gore”, the beginning explains the bizarre coincidences of twins separated at birth.…
Bruce Catton was a well known American journalist and historian with many of his works being about the Civil War. Born on October 9, 1899 in Petoskey, Michigan, Catton lived a regular life as a child until he decided to get into journalism. During this time, Catton also worked as a reporter on many news channels. Once Catton went to Oberlin College in Ohio, he soon became a Navy Seal in World War 1. Spending two years in the Navy gave Catton his own war filled background and it was what inspired him to continue in his journalism career.…
The first Dodge was built in 1914. The new car was an instant seller. When the three Dodge brothers died in 1920 they hired 22,000 workers and produced 140,000 cars a year. The Dodge Brothers Company remained independent until 1928, when the company became part of the Chrysler Corporation. Like the other mechanics and machinists from other car companies, the three Dodge brothers had a unique background.…
Einstein Bros is extremely popular among Emerson students, due to their decent bagels, and the fact that students are able to use their meal plan to purchase items. Located within the Emerson Cafe, Einstein Bros is a convenient stop for students on their way to class, and has decent bagels. This sounds great right? Good bagels, convenient for my classes, what could be wrong? Well… the chai.…
Before the camera was invented it was really difficult to record an image. You had to stand very still for a long time for the picture to be taken. If you moved just a little bit the picture would turn out blurry. In the year of 1881 George Eastman started making dry plates (Dry plates were round disks that were used instead of film). Then in 1883, George Eastman created a thin strip of paper covered in gelatin emulsion and silver balide, which is what we call film.…
People take many things for granted. What if society didn’t have access to things anymore? What would happen? In the novel, Swiss Family Robinson, a family who is unfortunately stranded on an island, must learn how to adapt to this new setting. Spiteful turtles and aggressive ostriches were just two of the many animals the family needed to learn how to tame.…
Introduction:The Wright brothers were two boys who grew up too be men with great mindsets they built airplanes. They are the first people ever to fly and that is awesome and back then and now they are still some of the most popular innovators in the world because of them we could get places a lot faster now instead of driving or walking we can fly. The Wright brothers were innovative.…
The way these brothers act towards each other is how everyone should act. We don't realize that one day our siblings won't be there to stand up for…