Sally Ride

The movie Forrest Gump has many actors, the main characters within the movie are Tom Hanks who plays Forrest Gump, Sally Field who is mama Gump, Gary Sinise who is Lieutenant Dan Taylor and also Robin Right who plays Jenny Curran. Forrest Gump is a man with an IQ of 75, who manages between the 1950’s- 1980’s to become involved in major events in America. In this movie you will notice that Forrest takes things for exactly what they are and never complains because he is fine with the life that he…

Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy is a book written by Annette Gordon-Reed in 1997 which had become controversial. It talked about the life of Thomas Jefferson and investigated the rumored relationships which had been tackled by historians and the testimony of the black descendants. This book posed challenged on the analysis of the historical issue, reconstructing earlier version and featuring errors, misunderstandings and prejudices. Reed had investigated and swept…

Thomas Jefferson and the possibility of him, having an affair with a slave. Basically, the main point of the article has focused on Jefferson and the possibility of a male member of his family who had fathered at least one child with a mulatto slave Sally Hemings. The Monticello association, a group composed from six hundred and fifty descendants of Thomas Jefferson, who look after the Jefferson gravesite, got caught in a media circus after a DNA test result proved the that a male member of…

Since the late 1780’s, there has been controversy as to whether or not there were sexual relations and children born between Thomas Jefferson, an American founding father and third president of the United States, and a young Virginian slave Sally Hemmings. Thomas Jefferson was born on a large estate in Virginia that was labored by many slaves. He was married to Martha Wayles Skelton at the time in 1772 which led to a double in property and slaves. He led many to believe he was strongly against…

wrote the constitution, and was a significant part of the Louisiana Purchase. What a lot of people don’t know about is his black slave mistress Sally Hemmings. Sally Hemmings was a biracial slave that Thomas Jefferson owned. She was his first wife (Martha Jefferson) half sister. Allegedly, from this union was born six children. It is clear that Sally Hemmings children were fathered by Thomas Jefferson because the DNA results, historical record, and oral evidence proves it. In 1802, a…

In the 1994 American epic romantic/comedy/drama, Tom Hanks plays Forrest Gump. Forrest was mentally below average, but he never characterized himself as anything less than ordinary. Encouraged by his mother, he lived a very good, compassionate life full of fulfillment. He traveled the world being success in many different things like ping-pong, the army, college football, to even opening a shrimping business. However, no matter where he traveled to in the world, his true love was always Jenny,…

Traffic In Jakarta Have you ever imagined being stuck in traffic worse than New York? If you haven’t, then you’ve never been to Jakarta. The capital city of Indonesia that is home to roughly ten million people has to endure in such distress in their daily commute that has to travel twice less of an average speed in New York said Greenfield. This traffic is greatly caused by the impacted population that the city has to accommodate, the lack of public transportation and the slow-growth of roads…

6. Smart Transportation System It aims to improve travel safety and travel efficiency while bringing up a sustainable transportation system. The information collected from the system can support transportation mangers in making decision, facilitate rational utilization of resources, and provide inspiration for the future development. This smart transportation system helps travelers to reduce travel times, delay, and the stress of travel so that benefit the whole transportation sector to reduce…

Denise grabs her water bottle and sits down, leaning her back against the mirrored wall. As she takes a sip of water, Kate sits down next to her and says, “hey” in a friendly tone. “Oh hi,” Denise replies. Kate ignores the distaste in Denise’s voice and says, “good job with the dance today. You choreographed it really well.” Denise murmurs “thank you,” and stands up, taking her water bottle to the other side of the room. Of course Kate just has to be the nice one. Yes Denise worked hard…

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment is about a ‘Flock’ of six kids running for their lives. The group is continually fighting their way through life. They have no idea who their parents are, what state or city they are from, or why they were even experimented on. The group of kids is hidden in a remote mountain home. Maximum Ride is the main character in this story she is fourteen years old and the oldest out of the flock. She is the ’mother’ of the group because she is looked up to. All the…