Neal Dow was a man who contributed to many causes during his time. He was a general for the union during the Civil War and was also very active in the cause of abolishing Negro Slavery. He was also a presidential candidate in 1880 for the Prohibition party. “Among additional social causes, he interested himself in crime prevention, prison reform, and women's rights” (Neal Dow Prohibition Presidential Candidate 1880). The cause he is most known for is the temperance movement which is the movement against the consumption of alcohol.…
Ambrose Everett Burnside was a U.S. military general, railroad executive, and political figure. He was born in Liberty, Indiana, on May 23, 1824, and was the 4th of 9 children. He was ranked 18th out of 47 in his class and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1847. During the Mexican-American War, he served as an artillery officer. In 1855, he invented the Burnside Carbine, a gun used commonly throughout the Civil War on both sides.…
The parents of Westside High School senior, Chris Browning, were killed in a tragic car accident right outside of Savannah, Georgia when he was 8 years old. He now resides with Alan and Melissa Smith, who adopted Chris after a few short months after the accident. He also has a step brother Jacob (18 years old). Chris excels in baseball, as well as in the classroom. Chris grew up in a house where he did not feel so welcomed by his step brother, Jacob.…
Stellar award winning singer, song writer, actress, fashion designer and activist, Kierra Valencia Sheard, also known to the world as “KiKi” is whom I decided to write my paper on. Kierra was born on June 20th, 1987 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. She was raised up in West Bloomfield, Michigan within a family of great talent within gospel music. Kiera is the daughter of Karen Clark-Sheard of the Clark sisters and Bishop John Drew Sheard. Kierra is also the grand-daughter of the late gospel choral director Mattie Moss Clark.…
By the time Frederick made six years old, his grandmother could no longer harboring the facts from him. His grandmother had told Frederick that they were going for a long walk, when she was actually walking him into slavery (8, 1). They walked many days and finally ended up at a very beautiful large house that was actually the Lloyd Plantation. There were other children playing outside and his grandmother told Frederick that three of the children were his brothers and sisters. She let Frederick go and play with them (8, 1).…
Dudley Weldon Woodard, was an African American Mathematics Professor. Dudley went to a College called Wilberforce University in Ohio (1903-1906) he worked at a University of Chicago (1907). Dudley Weldon was born October 3(1881,Galveston Texas). Dudley died on a Wednesday in a Jewish hospital of old age on July 1,1965 in Cleveland Ohio.…
Naremburn is considered the friendliest neighbourhood in Sydney’s lower North Shore to the locals. The suburb is not only friendly, but also the ideal place to raise a family. You’ll find parks and ample public transportation in Naremburn. The Naremburn Library, on Central Street, is the perfect place to join a book club and engage with others who love to read. While Naremburn isn’t loaded with cafes and restaurants, there are still several local eateries with great food and friendly service to enjoy.…
Gregory Crewdson, is an American photographer who is mostly famous for his cinematic and staged images and uses a whole film crew to make the exact image he is looking for in the suburban America. He is an extreme perfectionist, and he controls every little piece that will be in the final image, one of his most famous series Beneath the Roses, took him nearly ten years to complete. Long before Crewdson became the photographer that he is today, he was a guitarist in a power-pop band called the Speedies. The group played at many venues across New York, and produced many underground hits, and the song Let Me Take Your Foto became their most popular track. You can stare at Crewdsons images for hours, trying to find the answer.…
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.…
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.…
Fifteen days after the initial submission of the Kansas-Nebraska act to Congress, the Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress to the People of the United States (Appeal of the Independent Democrats) was issued (Chase). This manifesto was meant to comment on the constitutionality as well as validity of the Kansas-Nebraska act. It is obvious in its statements against the proposed bill: “We arraign this bill as a gross violation of a sacred pledge; as a criminal betrayal of precious rights; as part… of an atrocious plot to exclude from a vast unoccupied region, emigrants… and free laborers… and convert it into a dreary region of despotism, inhabited by masters and slaves. The Appeal of the Independent Democrats was signed by the senators and most of the House Representatives from Ohio, one of them being Representative Joshua Giddings, who also co-authored it along with Salmon P. Chase, then the senator. This is just one of many supports for the fact that Joshua Reed Giddings was strongly, one could even argue violently, opposed to the passage of this act.…
A junior football star that is a running back named Jimmy Weddle that is on the top high school team in California named the San Francisco titan high school. Jimmy Weddle is mostly known for his short height at 5'9, how ripped he is and how nice of a guy and friend he is to people. Jimmy is always worried about his family since they support him all around in life mainly in football and that's why he's in the spot he is right now. He also is always thinking about what he has to do for school, his friends, and one of the most important things to his football. Jimmy Weddle always has a swagger to him and a chip on his shoulder, but not in a bad way because he's always helping friends, family and his community out.…
Many of the people interviewed from Little Rock, Arkansas were born around the time the war ended, so they did not experience the horrors of slavery themselves. The stories of their parents being all they have to share. Most of the former slaves moved to Arkansas to farm; these ex-slaves kept farming occupations until their retirement. Former slaves from Little Rock, Arkansas shared the same attitude towards work ethic; they were all willing to work hard.…
This research paper about Maynard Jackson. And how he join the movement with Martin Luther King Jr. He is my favorite one. And He was born on March 23 , 1938 in dallas texas.…
Moshe the Beadle stayed out of people’s way and his presence did not border anyone. He wasn’t seen always. Elie Wiesel met him in 1941 when he was 12. Elie Wiesel studied by day and by night he went to the synagogue. He was an observant kid and he wanted to study the Kabbalah, which was the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible.…