Life occasionally produces a tragic event or an unfortunate experience which brings a state of hopelessness. No matter the magnitude of these occurrences, they have the power to turn a life in the opposite direction. These events are turning points which give individuals the opportunity to better themselves as well as those around them. Kateri Tekakwitha experiences a great loss during her early years which leads to a turning point later in her life. Tekakwitha uses her suffering to help others through altruism and benevolence.…
Mary Ann Shadd Cary, more well known as simply Mary Ann Shadd, was an exceptional figure in both African-Canadian and African-American history. An editor, lawyer, teacher, and activist, Shadd prominently brought change everywhere around her. The intellect, ambition, and confidence she possessed led her to become possibly one of the most well known black women of all time. Born on October 9th, 1823 in Wilmington, Delaware, Ms. Shadd was the oldest of thirteen children.…
A small, black, south Florida boy, born under the name of Jahseh Onfroy, on January 23, 1998. Delivered by a black doctor in a hospital just outside the border of the Suncoast Estates. Not born into a notably safe area, Jahseh was surrounded by a dangerous community, with perilous people. The town looked as if it was the aftermath of a warzone. The buildings were precarious, worn down, and seemed as if they could collapse and crumble to the ground at any moment, any second.…
“Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country”-Charles E Weller. The call to action is one of decisive and prudent mentality that starts with a simple “yes”, yet time and time again, hesitancy hinders the simple stimulus that could inadvertently change lives. Partly due to fear and uncertainty, the other majority derives from fondness for the shallow, calm waters of life, but unless a strong gale sets human immobility into motion, there will be no call to action. Well, at least not in a way shown by the Atlanta Boys Choir. The willingness to act on social inequality and the true generosity of the ABC was my impetus to comprehend the imperfections of my vicinity.…
Myisha Collins is my wife who I married in August 1st 2015 I have known Myisha Collins approximately 10 years and met Feb 14th 2007 in Oakland, CA. Being the husband of Myisha Collins I am intimately aware of her habits and can speak with an extremely high degree of knowledge and confidence when I state she has no substance abuse problems with any form of drugs or Alcohol. She does not utilize any prescription drugs or marijuana. I can even state that she does not even smoke cigarettes.…
Alisha Hardy Alisha Hardy, who also goes by Lisha, is an eighteen-year-old Choctaw Native American woman from Wright City, Oklahoma. She is a student at Murray State College in Tishomingo, Oklahoma where she is studying nursing. In high school Lisha was an honors student and played softball. She is a very active member in her tribe’s community and her role as young Choctaw woman is very important. She enjoys taking part in cultural activities and keeping her tribes customs and culture alive.…
On the morning of August 15, 1961, 12 year old Gerta Lowe woke up to the sounds of sirens. Overnight communist Germany had build a barbed wire fence along the border of east and west Berlin. In the days before, Gerta and her dad had taken an exporatory trip over the border to search for work and opportunities. Now Gerta, her brother Fritz,and their moth…
Gerda Weissmann Klein’s Story Over 6 million Jews died during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a persecution and murder of Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Gerda lived in in Bielsko until the Germans invaded Poland in 1939.…
On September 2, Alan Kurdi, a three year old toddler, drowned after a rowboat, trying to reach the Greek island capsized, while attempting to escape a civil war Alan Kurdi came from Kobani, the city in northern Syria, that was evacuated due to the Kurdish forces war against the Islamic State extremists. On September 2nd Alan, his brother Ghalib and their mother were among a dozen Syrian refugees, including 5 children who drowned. Abdullah Kurdi was among the few people who survived. We sailed in the sea for about four to five minutes," Abdullah Kurdi said. "The man steering the boat saw that the sea was high, the waves were high.…
Hana Brady It is sad what Hana Brady had to endure and how she died during the Holocaust. Hana Brady was born on May 16, 1931 (“Hana and George Brady.”) in Nove Mesto. She had blond hair and blue eyes. Hana went to a public school with her older brother, George (“Hana Brady”). Hana liked wrestling with George, sneaking candy from the family's store and swinging from the tree in her front yard (G, Julia.).…
Have you ever heard of the famous painter of light? This man is Thomas Kinkade. Kinkade grew up in Placerville, California. Always admiring and sketching the mountains, his family knew he could draw well by the age of four; Before he was sixteen, Kinkade was under an apprenticeship of the famous artist Glen Wessels. As Kinkade grew older and finished school at the University of California at Berkeley; He and his friend, James Gurney, traveled from California to New York to sketch different areas across the United States.…
Cole Hansen Kilgore was a boy who was raised in a very loving home. He was an only child that was cared for by his mother and father. Unfortunatley, he was introduced to alcohol and drugs at a very young age. Cole struggled with this for a long time, until his mother realized and moved the family away from his bad-idea friends. However, by the time he was 19, Cole was working towards becoming sober.…
Rhonda Holman (Hopkins) was born on October 23, 1962. She was born in Tulsa and didn’t move until she was ten, and didn’t move again until she got married. Mrs. Hopkins parents didn’t like the new law that let both white and black children take the same bus, so instead the Holmans moved just outside of the county. This made it so that Mrs. Hopkins had to ride a bus every day for forty-two miles, for one trip. Living on the county line was difficult, have a church somewhere in the middle of three different counties but having friends that went to three different schools.…
2. Katherine Dunham was an extraordinary artist, an anthropologist, author, activist movie star, producer, manager, an educator as well as a motivating wife and mother. She was born on June 22, 1909 in the state of Chicago. Her father is African American and her mother is French Canadian. Even as a child Katherine Mary Dunham was always a rule breaker.…
Emmy Noether (1882 -1935) It was extremely had for a woman to pursue her dreams in the early ages. However, many women found their way to get to their dreams by a lot of work and hardship. There are many professions that we do not see or think a woman can do.…