Woodstock, Illinois

Emmett Till was a young African American who was born on July 25 ,1941 . Emmett died on August 28, 1955 ,he was murdered for something that he did not do. This all took place when Till took a trip to Rural Mississippi to spend the summer with great uncle. Him and some friends went to a grocery store and one of Emmett’s friends dared him to talk to one of the stores cashiers, Carolyn Bryant. Carolyn reported that Till had whistled at her and touched her hand, Carolyn’s husband, Roy Bryant, and…

Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago, that got murdered While visiting family in Money, Mississippi. Bryant’s grocery is where Till and his friends went in to buy something the others left out of the store, and Till was still left in the store getting some gum. As Till left the store he saw miss Carolyn wife of store owner coming out and not think clearly Till whistled at her. Bryant’s husband and brother in law kidnapped Till at gunpoint. His body was found in the…

Miles Dewey Davis III was born on May 26, 1926 in Alton Illinois. Miles Davis was the son of a music teacher and a dental surgeon. He grew up in a middle-class household. At the age of 13 his dad introduced the trumpet to him. Elwood Buchanan wanted to help develop Davis’s style, he was a friend of Davis’s father. Davis played professionally during high school. Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Parker liked Davis’s work and invited him onstage to perform when a band member was is and wasn’t able to…

to have found appreciation from a family doctor by the name of Dr. Maurice Bernstein, who took George in at the age of fifteen. Bernstein recognized George’s intelligence and creativity at a young age and enrolled him in the Todd School in Woodstock, Illinois. This is where George’s passion for theater is discovered. Following his attendance at the Todd School, Welles decided to leave to Dublin, Ireland with the small inheritance he had received. He made it to Dublin’s Gate Theatre where he…

Jessica Biel was born in Ely, Minnesota, about 100 miles north of Duluth, on March 3, 1982. Jessica's parents are Kimberly Biel and Jonathan Biel. She has one sibling, Justin Biel. She and her family frequently moved to Texas, Connecticut, Woodstock, Illinois, and finally settled in Boulder, Colorado. Furthermore, she began her career as a vocalist, appearing in musical productions until she was cast as Mary Camden in the family-drama series 7th Heaven. Biel's first acting job was in a Pringles…

On the 26th of May, 1926, the city of Alton, Illinois had the good fortune of seeing an infant boy delivered there, one that would grow up to be stunningly talented, charismatic and versatile. Miles Davis, son of Cleota and Miles Dewey Davis Junior, began his life in Illinois, but the average life in an average town had nothing for him. He played professionally even before he graduated high school, but the gig he found on his home turf simply were not enough. At 18, Miles Dewey Davis III left…

CHILDREN IN the United States are routinely taught that Abraham Lincoln of Illinois freed the slaves. But few children learn that Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana devoted his life to ending wage slavery. Ray Ginger’s wonderful biography of Debs—The Bending Cross—first published in 1949, and reprinted by Haymarket Books in 2007—introduces readers to a working-class hero as well as a period of immense struggle from below often treated as a footnote in most U. S. histories. Some of Debs’ contemporary…

increasing the potential risks among firefighters to develop dangerous diseases such as cancer (“CBS46 Investigation,” 2014). In any fire incident, firefighters are exposed to carcinogens. Jeff Hughes, who worked for 24 years at the Woodstock Fire Department in Illinois, took nine months off from work to recover from colon cancer. Mr. Hughes did not receive workers' compensation benefits.…

Albert Grossman was born on May 21st, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended college at Roosevelt University in Chicago, where he graduated with a degree in economics. After graduating, he worked for the Chicago Housing Authority. He left, however, in the late 1950’s in order to pursue a career in the club business (O’Conner). During this time the folk revival movement was growing rapidly, leading Grossman to invest into this uprising scene. Grossman opened up a club called Gate of Horn that was…

community and fought for women's suffrage. In 1930, Wells made an unsuccessful bid for the state senate. Health problems plagued her the following year. Ida B. Wells- Barnett died of kidney disease on March 25, 1931, at the age of 69, in Chicago, Illinois. She left behind an impressive legacy of social and political heroism. With her writings, speeches and protests, Wells fought against prejudice, no matter what potential dangers she faced. She once said, "I felt that one had better die fighting…