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African-American author who was born February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia. Walker was not only a author but she was Women’s Right Activist, and a Civil Rights Activist. Growing up for was not easy for her, she was youngest daughter of eight children. Her mother and father were sharecroppers; her mother worked as a maid to support them. According Biography.com, “Alice managed to achieve many academics and was valedictorian. She attended Spelman College in Atlanta with the help of a scholarship;…

Many may ask themselves, who is Flannery O’Connor? I asked myself the exact same question until I read one of her books for the first time. Flannery O’Connor was born on March 25,1925 in Savannah,Georgia. She faced many hardships throughout her life. In the year 1941 her father died of systemic lupus erythematosus.She was diagnosed with the same kind of lupus that killed her father in 1950. At the time, there was no cure for this disease but she managed to fight it for more than ten years. The…

This Allotment Act intended to dissolve the collective relationship to land that was fundamental of traditional cultures by imposing the allegedly superior Anglo-Saxon system of individuated property ownership . Allotments of land was not a new idea. It was, at the time, in place for the Indians to take up a plot of land and to farm like their white neighbors. The first indication that allotments might become a national policy in the U.S, was with President Chester Arthur. Arthur would deliver…

The Creek Indians dwelt on lands in Georgia and Alabama. They were part of the Five Civilized Tribes. Many of the Creek Indians readily adopted the lifestyle of the white settlers. There was a group of Creeks who menacingly wielded painted red war sticks, so they were called the Red Sticks…

Jackson knew we were over populating an were doing us a favor by killings all those people. Lastly, the Cherokee Indians would like to thank Andrew Jackson because when we one the Worcester vs Georgia case, which stated the Cherokee nation was a distinct community in which the laws of Georgia had no force, Georgia decided to ignore the court ruling and kick us off. Jackson smartly did nothing about it and agreed to kick us…

On February 9, 1944 a legendary female writer was born in Eatonton, Georgia. Alice walker was born into a poor family and was the last born of her eight siblings (Reef 274). At the age eight, Walker became very isolated after she was accidentally shot with a BB pellet in her eye while playing with her brothers (Winchell ix). Walker’s then found comfort and solace by writing many of her emotions and turning them into magnificent poems and stories. [ ] At age fourteen, she had eye surgery and was…

Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 troops from November 15 till December 21 on a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. It was also known as the Savanna Campaign. The purpose was to scare the Georgia citizens out of the Confederate cause. After he lost Atlanta, the Confederates headed west into Tennessee and Alabama attacking Union supply lines as they went. Sherman's soldiers did not destroy any of the towns in their path, they just stole food and livestock, then burned…

Pre-Columbian era the many Native American tribe room free on the land, yet was not “official” own it was still there land. Approximately only 56.2 million acres of United States are under the Native American, after 300 years being kick of their land between White European, the process is ongoing within the community in Native American to proof they are a true blood of the people. There is a segregation between those who lived on the land for hundred of year and those who moved away and desire…

The Cherokee Tribe of today is made of 3 different groups that all descend from the same common tribe which was formed in the late 1800s. The Cherokee community has more than 300,000 tribal members, making it the largest of the 567 federally recognized tribes in the United States. Upwards of 800,000 people claim having Cherokee ancestry on US land. With Oklahoma being the largest census of acclaimed Cherokee tribe members, members reside within 14 counties of that state. The Tribes economic…

I plan to research the program of Indian wars and removal in the Southwest led by Union officer James H. Carleton for relocation to the reservation of Bosque Redondo. Bosque Redondo was overseen by Carleton until 1868, and was intended to be a coda to this program. Bosque Redondo was filled by Native Americans forced to relocate under threat from Union troops. My intent is to explore Carleton’s leadership in regards to carrying out this program against the Navajo and Mescalero Apache. Questions…