Louisville, Kentucky

The Homeless: Then and Now During the 1930’s the number of homeless people raised drastically due to the stock market crash of 1929. In present day, populations are surrounded by homeless no matter the location. This is not saying that most of the world is homeless, but a vast part of large cities are made up of homeless people. When the stock market crashed in 1929, people had an “excuse” as to of why there were homeless, but now is there such an “excuse”? When the housing market crashed in…

Delvone Smith, age 17, was born in Louisville,Kentucky. He has been faced with so many challenges in life that he almost just gave up and thought there was no hope left. He had been living with his 67 year old grandmother who had breathing problems and struggling herself. He has been separated from his mom and his dad since the age of 6 years due to allegation that had happened in the past such as ( Domestic Violence), etc. He moved to Indiana when he was 12 years old with his mother. He is a…

Dian Fossey was born in one of the worst eras in history, a time when the rich where beggars and the poor were starving. In 1932 during the depression Dian Fossey was born, her mother Kitty was a fashion model and her father George was an insurance agent. Her father loved to be out in nature and hated his job and eventually started drinking; his wife was not pleased and soon filed a divorce. Soon Diana's mother met a new husband, his name was Richard. Unlike Diana birth father, George, Richard…

Thomas Edison is another man who has overcome physical difficulties in his lifetime. He was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio, and had six siblings. At a young age, Tom suffered from Scarlet Fever, and had frequent ear infections that left him with bad hearing. In 1854, the Edisons moved to Port Huron in Michigan. Tom attended a school there for about three months. Tom being hyperactive resulted in his teacher saying he was difficult. He was then home schooled by his mother who was a…

Kentucky cooked Chicken, a lot of unremarkably far-famed by its initials KFC, is associate Yankee alimentation chain that focuses on cooked chicken. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, it's the world's second-largest chain (as measured by sales) once McDonald's, with virtually twenty thousand locations globally in 123 countries and territories as of Dec 2015. The chain could be a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, an eating place company that conjointly owns the dish Hut and Taco Bell chains. KFC was…

confidence to become a writer as well as a house wife and mother. Main Characters: Uncle Tom- The main character, a slave belonging to Shelby. Eliza and George Harris- Mrs. Shelby’s servant and her husband. Arthur, Emily and George Shelby-the Kentucky farmer and owner of the slaves Tom and Eliza his wife and son. Aunt Chloe- Tom’s wife and the cook for the Shelby’s. Dan Haley-A slave trader. Tom Locker and Marks- Slave-catchers. Augustine, Marie and Eva St. Clare-A couple and their son from…

Indiana (near Louisville, Kentucky). When Sanders was five years old, his father died, making his mother to work at a canning plant. This left Sanders, as the eldest son, to care for his two younger siblings. His mother taught him how to cook when he reached the age of seven. After leaving the family home at the age of 13, Sanders passed through several occupations, with mixed success. In 1930, he took over a Shell filling station on US Route 25 just outside North Corbin, Kentucky, a small town…

KFC has quite a renowned reputation for their delicious fried chicken, and has received a lot of acknowledgement for their unique recipe. However, there is so much that you don’t know about the fast food chain that even Colonel Sanders won’t tell you! As always, we are here to give you the real scoop on everything there is to know about KFC. We can tell you now that this is all true, but when you see these facts, you still might not believe them! Be sure to come back for our part two and part…

Olympic cauldron. This moment was one of the greatest of many sports fans, considering all the tragedy he has been through, he still carried out the mission as the champion. "Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky" (2 page 1). Ali has always shown that he could handle anything in or out of the ring. Growing up in the south where color had everything to do with who you were, Ali experienced many trials due to racism and prejudice. The discrimination…

Hardin County, Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. Lincoln came from humble beginnings, living in a log cabin in backwoods Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois and working to help support his family by giving everything he earned to his father. As Lincoln developed into adulthood, countless people and events shaped and refined his views. People who significantly impacted these views included his father, mother, and wife as well as experiences such as his family’s move from Kentucky to Indiana…