Mississippi Delta

She is known for her shows,magazines,and she has her own network, The Oprah Winfrey network. Oprah Winfrey is inspiring, powerful, determined, outstanding, and talented. Early Life Oprah Gail Winfrey was born in a rural town of Kosciusko,Mississippi on January 29, 1954.Winfrey moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the age of 6 to live with her mother.She was so poor she wore potato sacks to school.Then in her early teens she was sent to Nashville to live with her father, a positive influence in…

William Faulkner is a southern American writer who incorporates the characteristics of tradition within his writing. This essay will identify Southern American characteristics, summarize a southern American story, and identify characteristics of southern American literature in that story. Southern American literature is characterized by the inability to adapt to changes due to the tradition based south. Within “The Southern Myth”, an article that discusses the characteristics of the South,…

reported that there is a 65% chance in the next 50 years a hurricane with the capacity of Hurricane Katrina will hit the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This hurricane may cause destruction due to flooding, which more than 300,000 people would be in direct path of the floods. To limit the impact on the livelihood of people in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a detailed evaluation plan must be developed. Since the amount of time that the people have to evacuate depends on advanced…

including 40,000 square feet of hangar space was wiped out. Members of the engineering firm that designed the terminal recall the scene resembling a war zone. Estimated damage cost was around $50 million dollars, after the devastation Long Beach, Mississippi, the storm surge has been so massive it waashed some apartments completely away. After the damage in Gulfport Fire Chief Pat Sullivan stated it was complete devastation, people are still trapped in there attic and on their roofs lots of…

1,577 people dead, 5 states affected, thousands suffering, and an abundance of unanswered questions. These are the results of Hurricane Katrina. The initial reaction or lack thereof, by government officials showed an inefficiency and chaotic response. August 29,2005- August 29, 2015, ten years later and people are still trying to recover from the catastrophe. The dash (-) between the ten years could be a representation of those still trying to get back on their feet along with those…

Oprah Winfrey is the richest African-American of the 21st century. She was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi in 1958, on the 29th of January. She is well-known as the most successful American television producer, host and philanthropist and is among the most influential women in the world. Winfrey is a successful African American business woman. Being the chairman and CEO of her own television network OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network). With a net worth of $3 billion, she is one of just two black…

1965 Atlantic hurricane season, causing enormous damage in the Bahamas, Florida and Louisiana. While it made its first landfall at Key Largo in Florida, Betsy did its greatest damage after the second landfall on September 9 near the mouth of the Mississippi River, causing significant flooding of the waters of Lake Pontchartrain into New Orleans. Seventy-six people were killed by “Billion-Dollar Betsy” but I survived. Izzy Hannah is my name and I moved to the Ninth Ward in New Orleans,…

Abigail Schaefer Mr Lucasko Honors Social Studies II August, 27th 2015 Coming of Age in Mississippi Summary and Historical Analysis In Anne Moody’s memoir Coming of Age in Mississippi, Civil Rights plays a large role.Majority of the story takes place in Mississippi during the 1940’s ,with a young girl no older than four or five,named Essie Mae(Later known as Anne Mae). Essie Mae lived on a plantation owned by a man with the name Mr. Carter. She lived with…

First off Corinth is a city in Mississippi was part of the Confederacy. The Confederacy was the 11 southern states that were not apart of the Union from 1860 – 61. The Confederacy would need the railroads for a lot of different things. They needed to ship troops, arms, food, ordnance all…

There is much depth to all forms of art, including poetry; poems offer a plethora of emotions and experiences at face value, but once more knowledge is provided, the entire perspective can change and create a deeper understanding for the reader. Katie Ford’s engaging and thoughtful poem, “The Vessel Bends the Water,” is a perfect example of this experience. The first couple of times I read the poem, I believed it to be about lost love through hardship. After briefly researching the author and…