French and Hughes entered the open house and started inspecting the house. I entered the house and saw it appeared to be empty. French and Hughes and I went through the house and found a large old TV in a down stairs bedroom. We went to the…
A white family walks in to Woolworths Department Store and sits down at the lunch counters. They are immediately served and enjoy a pleasant meal. Meanwhile, four African American men sit down at the lunch counter and are asked to leave and not served. These men were David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and Ezell Blair Jr, together known as the Greensboro four.…
Geologically, Greensboro is situated at the headwaters of the Cape Fear River Basin, the biggest of the 17 noteworthy waterway bowls in North Carolina. The Reedy Fork Creek and Buffalo Creek bowl (Figure 1) in Greensboro are framed from precipitation that keeps running off impenetrable and pervious surfaces, and from water that leaks up from neighborhood springs and in the long run winds up in the Ocean, only south of Wilmington, NC. The bowl is situated in a move zone between warm-mild and sub-tropical atmospheres and fits in with a warm-calm, semi-damp mainland atmosphere with cool and parched winters and warm and moist summers. The yearly high and low temperatures are 69.3°F to 48.8°F and the precipitation in the zone midpoints around 42.36inches…
The Greensboro Sit-In were non-violent protests that made a huge impact on the civil right movements by changing the segregation laws of stores, and helping make a differences in ending segregation in the south. The Greensboro Sit-ins helped segregation times because even though times were still tough and people were getting harmed for standing up, it showed there was still chances and places to make a difference. This event is important because it inspired others to make a difference, and help end segregation. The Greensboro Sit-in was on February 1,1960 in Greensboro, North Carolina.…
The door downstairs slammed. Feet were heard coming up the stairs. The cladder of people shuffling to get into the annex, was clear. We had been found.…
Celest the Squirrel It all started when me and my sister Maryanne decided to go for a short little walk, little did I know that pretty soon we would have a pet squirrel. Maryanne and I both put on our coats and mittens got on our boats and headed out the door. We started down the silent street, the cold air blowing through our hair. About 10 minutes into the walk I spotted something small and brown lying on the street. Me and Maryanne walked up to the small brown figure, and it turned out that it was a squirrel.we poked softly to see if it was dead or alive.…
For years, Howardsville was a peaceful town, located near the foot of Putney Mountain forty miles southwest of Charleston, West Virginia in the Allegheny Mountains, with coal mines employing many workers, the town grew and the people prospered. After a negligent accident in which fifty four men were killed, the mines were closed, many people relocated and the mountain became a ghost town. One day, Bert Bishop, manager of The Eastern Auto Parts store was walking across the street from the Star Diner and heard muffled screams coming from the mountain. By the time the sheriff arrived, they couldn’t hear anything.…
I walked up to the entrance of the evacuated home. The house could have been an enchanting two-story house; with its ivory framed windows, and front lawn. If it was not abandoned and lifeless, maybe this house would have been the dream house everyone fancied. But it's lifeless and boorish, just like the carrion of Timothy Woodsen. His body was no longer there, but the evidence was.…
3:33 AM Approx: 1,300 words When some paranormal teams enter through the portals of St. Albans Sanatorium to investigate her dark interior, a bond is formed that calls to them, time and time again. 3:33 a.m. Paranormal is one of the teams that has heard and answered the asylum’s siren call. Led by the dynamic duo of Alex and Krystal Porras, this group of curious investigators has returned to St. Albans two or three times a year for the past six years.…
The history of North Carolina starts with first settlements that occurred in 1587. One of the first settlers was John White and was the father of the first English baby born in the New World. The earliest permanent settler was known as Nathaniel Batts, he settled in North Carolina in 1653. The North and South Carolina colonies became royal colonies in 1729. The dominate religion of the North Carolina Colony are Catholics, Anglicans, Jews, Baptist, or whatever the people chose to…
The home resembled a gothic Victorian home. It was well kept and had a beautiful garden. The sun was up high and my father decided to hide in the bushes just for as long as he could at least they would rest until they could travel again. My father needed help and he didn’t want to admit it to my already scared brother. After a few hours his life changed it was the moment he met my mother.…
Last Summer, after 4th of July, I went back to my home state, which was North Carolina. I went down there to spend some time with my Grandparents because I haven't seen them in so long. It was so hot down there I didn't have many things to do. I told my friend who I haven't seen in so long, that I was in North Carolina. He asked me if I wanted to come spend a whole day, and spend time with him, so I said yes.…
Halloween Horror It was a dark, windy evening with a full moon on Lincoln Street. Many peoples ' houses were terrified. They decorate their house with orange pumpkins, dark skeleton, fake dead bodies and blood on the stairs, legs that was cut, and many creepy witches. The house very fabulous.…
The day I won the Lottery The day I won the lottery was where It all started. I was off to the shops to check my lotto ticket to see if I had won anything. When I got there I went to check but the blue lottery machine was loading very slowly. It felt like forever but then suddenly It said that I had won $100,000,000 and 50¢. It was amazing instantly I could go around the world 3 times and buy a massive mansion by the river.…
I arrived in Martinsville VA. It was the very next day after my graduation. That very evening I showed up at the ballpark. Nobody was there except me, Roly DeAarmis (the manager), Craig Strobel (the trainer)…