Clyde Champion Barrow (actually his middle name was "Chestnut") was born in Ellis County Texas on March 24, 1909. He had six siblings and was a very poor family. This is him at 16. His father actually gave up the farming and moved to West Dallas and he opened up a auto shop His first arrest came in 1926 when he didn’t return a rental car on time.…
CISSIE COOK, as Martha Auld Havlin/Harris was known throughout her life, was the illegitimate daughter of Martha Havlin born in Stevenston in 1924. In 1925, Cissie’s mother married John Harris in Stevenston. Though Cissie was born with the name Havlin, she used Harris as her maiden name throughout life. In 1930, Martha and son Robert Harris em-igrated to New York. Cissie remained in Scotland where she was raised by her step-grandfather, John Connell Cook[C.1.2.4.1.2.1], as his own.…
Jaycee Dugard was a regular 11 year old girl living in South Lake Tahoe, California. But, one day as she was outside of her home when two strangers asked her for directions on the side of a road. Seconds later she was shot with a stun gun. She instantly went numb and fell into the bushes. A man then rushed out of the car and abducted her.…
Close your eyes and imagine you are a very famous deaf actress and they just called your name as the winner of the Tony award. The whole audience is clapping and screaming for you but you can't hear it. This is exactly what Phyllis Frelich went through. Phyllis Frelich, the first deaf tony award winner, was born into the Pisces(zodiac sign) family on a leap year in 1944(February 29th) in Devils Lake, North Dakota.…
Martha Euphemia Lofton was born on September 11,1890 in Washington D.C. She was known for being a mathematician. Martha’s father was a dentist and financier who helped start African American businesses around the D.C area, while her mother was very active in the Catholic Church and she passed that onto Martha too. Once Martha graduated from Miner Normal School she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in math from Smith College. Soon after she married her childhood friend Harold Appo Haynes in 1917.…
Mae C. Jemison, she was born October 17th, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. She have 2 siblings a sister, Ada Jemison Bullock, and a brother, Charles Jemison. Mae family moved to Chicago, Illinois when she was around the of age 3. Her parents (Charlie and Dorothy Jemison) always encouraging and they were very supportive of their children. Mae spent most of her time in the library reading things that was dealing with science in her early school years.…
Earlier Life Janie Porter Barrett was an American welfare worker; she was born August 9th, 1865 in Athens, Georgia and died August 27th, 1948 in Hampton, Virginia. Barrett grew up in the cultured Skinner family home, where her mother worked as live-in housekeeper and seamstress. Barrett was educated along with the Skinner’s children, where she learned mathematics and literature. Once Barrett’s mother got married and moved out of the Skinner’s home, Barrett continued living with the Skinners. Barrett lived the life of white privilege which was not typical of most African-Americans.…
There has been so many times where LeBron james has changed the game. The greatest player of the NBA.James has always been known to be relentless driving to the basket for a massive dunk. LeBron has made so many new ways for players to wield power. Nobody has been quite an athlete as james has been in his years. He can control the game with power and great dominance or he can take the game quickness,speed and agility.…
Mae Jemison is not only the first African American woman to go into space but a very intelligent and strong woman who has left a mark on the America. Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. Her father, Charlie Jemison, worked as a roofer and a carpenter. Her mother, Dorothy Jemison worked as an elementary school teacher. When Jemison was three years old, her family moved to Chicago, Illinois.…
She wanted to be well-known; for everyone to know her name. With some help from another individual, she reached that goal. However, not in a way many people would expect. This was the head of Bonnie Parker’s life.…
Chicago, with a population of nearly three million people (roughly one percent of the entire nation's inhabitants!) it's not hard to imagine that many of America's most famous people are current residents of Chicago homes or at least once had a home in the Windy City. Here is but a small sampling of some of the more interesting Chicago homes ranging from minutely interesting to intriguingly gruesome. Mae Jemison: First African-American Woman in Space…
I am actively involved in multiple after school activities, such as clubs and sports. Also, I participate in various activities outside of school including community service. While I do participate in multiple things in and outside of school I am motivated and manage my time well; therefore, I have been able to participate fully in all of the activities I choose to do. I enjoy being a part of the community in school as well as the larger community outside of school and feel that I can be a successful and active National Honor Society member because of these qualities.…
Through student council I have worked closely with my teachers and advisors to better my school by bringing our student body together for events such as pep rallies and competitive games during homecoming week. I have also made great friendships with peers outside of my usual classrooms which has helped shape me into a well rounded person. With National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society, we have bettered our community through projects such as a can food drive and buying Christmas gifts for children in need. National Honor Society has also helped me gain connections with our local Special Olympics where I volunteered this past year and plan to continue volunteering. As a member of Mu Alpha Theta, I helped to donate school supplies to children in need as well as a food drive and buying Christmas gifts for more children.…
Jhamiya Sumpter Period 6 2/15/18 Katherine Johnson Katherine Johnson is an African American woman who is from White Sulphur Springs, West Virgina and attended West Virgina college in 1937 studying Mathematics and French. Katherine Johnson was very brilliant she went to high school at the age of thirteen because she was very intelligent with her numbers. Katherine Johnson was also the third African American to earn her PhD in Mathematics. Katherine Johnson contributed to space exploration by working backwards to make project mercury a success, Johnson also worked on the calculation that allowed the Apollo astronauts to return home from the moon, and to look at the black box data from crashed airplanes. To begin with Katherine Johnson once worked backwards to make mercury a success which was one of her contributions.…
My full name is Matthew Brett Casey. My birthdate was fifteen years ago on the day of March twenty- ninth. There are many activities and other things that I relish. I appreciate various sports including soccer, basketball, golf, and track. School sports I participate in include Cross Country and Track.…