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Leslie Hardiman Mrs. Rhine February 4, 2018 Shel Silverstein, “If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough”. Sheldon Allan Silverstein an American poet, songwriter, and a children’s author. He grew up in a noisy environment during the great depression, which affected his living conditions. His parents would have arguments about Shel’s artist skills because they viewed them differently, but the arguing didn't stop Shel from doing…

announced publicly that her husband was murdered by a mob. She and her unborn child were then killed too. In 1930, two African-American men that had been arrested as suspects in a murder, robbery, and rape case, were lynched after being framed. In 1957, nine black students were blocked from entering school, and they received various violent threats to stop them from going back. Many other other brutal, cold-blooded actions were taken towards the African-Americans, but they did not give up. In…

unmanned space probes, sending humans into space and setting foot on the moon. The First part of the race was to launch a successful artificial satellite. The USSR beat the United States to this with the successful launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4 1957. The launch was a shock to all Americans which put them under a lot of pressure. The Americans feared that if the USSR were able to launch satellites then they would be able to launch missile attacks as well. Sputnik 1 changed the world of…

being taken over by National Party 1948, the government passed a law in 1953 Bantu Education Act, a law that lowered the standards of education for black South Africans to ensure that they only learned what was necessary for a life of servitude. In 1957, Tutu gave up his job as a teacher. After his teaching years, Tutu began studying theology, which lead him to becoming a priest. Tutu furthered his studies of theology which took him to England where he earned a Masters in Theology. Tutu…

grandfather clause (Guinn v. United States, 1910), helped establish the NAACP's importance as a legal advocate.” (NAACP: 100 Years of History). Eventually a law firm, The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (abbreviated LDF), was created and by 1957 established itself as an entirely separate organization from The NAACP. The NAACP was also involved in the widely known case of Brown v. Board of Education Decision, that eliminated racial segregation in schools, this case was huge turning point…

John F Kennedy. John F Kennedy was born on May 29th, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts to parents Joseph and Rose Kennedy. John, often called Jack, was the second of nine children and was often sick throughout his childhood. John lived a well-rounded life despite his many ailments. While attending Harvard University; he traveled to Europe with his father. He wrote a senior thesis: “Appeasement in Munich” which looked into the failures of the British government during World War II. With the…

Desmond Tutu, a South African Anglican cleric who went on to become one of the world’s most foremost spiritual leaders, was born on October 7th, 1931, of mixed Xhosa and Motswana heritage in Klerksdorp, South Africa. While Tutu was growing up, South Africa was thoroughly segregated. Black Africans were denied the right to vote and had to live in specific areas, whereas white Africans could do as they pleased. Despite this, Desmond Tutu managed to have a happy childhood, as he loved to read and…

Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier. In the first few years of their marriage, Kennedy began writing a book, Profiles in Courage, on senators who risked their careers to fight for what they believed in. It certainly was no waste of time, and in 1957, he won the Pulitzer Prize for the book. After almost running for vice president in 1956, John F. Kennedy decided to run for president in the next election. To prepare, he began working nonstop and travelling the nation on weekends. Sure enough…

that shot them. Troy did not pick to waste time on being concerned about his health, he quickly got up and defended himself which proves his mental toughness, because he did not complain about the pain, instead he reacted brutally. Years later in 1957, Troy told Mr.Rand his observations of the drivers being only white and the colored people having the more disgusting, and hard work. Troy has been through worse, than speaking to a boss. Therefore, he is not afraid to tell him his opinion and…

was overruled and the phrase was reversed in 1954.In 1954 the Brown vs Ed case was overruled by the Supreme Court. Not only did she win the case and “reverse separate but equal” but she also got schools to desegregate and to come together as one. In 1957 nine African American students enrolled at Little Rock High School in Arkansas. Riots were caused, people got hurt, but the student's got into the school. !962 Oxford Mississippi, James Meredith was accepted to the university of Mississippi…