Phillis Wheatley, African-American poetess, was born in Gambia, West Africa, (Now known as Senegal,) on May 8th, 1753. At age 8, she was kidnapped and enslaved. However, slave traders thought she was too young for the grueling slavery of the West Indies. She was then brought to Boston on a slave ship. She was bought by Susanna and John Wheatley and worked as a maid. She was very intelligent and was taken under Susanna's wing and, unlike most slaves, was taught to read and write. She received many classes including theology, English, Greek and Latin. At age 12, she could read many difficult passages of the Bible.…
This article is about Sandra Bland who on the 10th of July was pulled aside in Texas. Sandra Bland was threatened with a taser, forced out of her car, had her right to record removed, was hurt by the officer, and slammed into the ground. She told the officers that they were hurting her but they did not care, they did not listen. She also told them had no right to force her to stop recording or to get out of her car. Sandra Bland was arrested and after three days was found dead in her cell. It was supposedly a suicide…
Rosa Parks is a very superb leader that I think every leader should admire. I admire her myself. She was an amazing person for doing what she did on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks is not only beyond an amazing leader, she is a courageous woman too. "She was a very enthusiastic person. ",according to myhero.com.…
I believe everyone agrees with Maya Angelou. I, for one, can accept my own death, however I can’t accept the death of my mom, dad, sisters, or any loved ones. I think it’s the same for everyone. It’s true that if we are so angered by the death of a loved one it will lead to our death, perhaps by depression.…
A not so famous but still important oceanographer, a scientist who spends her whole job under water. This scientist’s name is Sylvia Earle. Sylvia Earle attended a university and went to college for about four to five years. Sylvia Earle decided to become an oceanographer when she was just in middle school. She knew she loved the sea since she was little.…
“ I shut my eyes and all the world is dead, I lift my eyes and all is born again” (37 Sylvia Plath). one of the many quotes from Plath and in this book she uses it why? What is plath trying to tell you, is she being hypothetical or is she serious? Is there a point behind what Plath is writing or is it just for fun, well in this paper this well be one of the topics covered and how Plath point of view on the mental system the last thing that will cover is how the mental health system if bad, and different or the same to the real world from the book.…
During the years 1954 through 1968, times were hard for african american people. In Alabama, african american people did not have access to the same equipment and things that white people had. When going to places, africans could only go to certain areas in certain places, or they would get arrested. For example, some places and things that required you to be white to get the better quality were school's, restrooms, water fountains, and restaurants. African american people would be discriminated, and racism scattered all over Alabama. During these hard times, african americans would wear the usual regular clothes, which were denim jeans, blue jeans, and regular T-shirts. African american people would also dress decent because when protesting…
What do Jane Addams, Maria Montessori and Muhammad Yunus have in common? All are exemplary social entrepreneurs, leaders who have identified sustainable solutions to social problems that have fundamentally changed society.…
Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico. Her birth name is Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo Y Caldrón. Frida is best known for her self-portraits. Frida's art work has been celebrated in Mexico as an emblem of native tradition, and also for feminists for its vivid detail of female life & form. Her work features Mexican tradition and is often described as folk art. Frida had an unpredictable marriage with another Mexican artist, Diego Rivera. All her life she has suffered through health problems, which were mostly caused by a traffic accident she survived as a teenager.…
How Important were the actions of Rosa Parks to the civil rights movement? Explain your answer.…
Gloria Steinem is a feminine activist born in 1934. She started off her career as a journalist, and quickly realized that she wanted to pursue fighting for women’s rights, also known as human rights. Gloria Steinem has written many books, and has been very active in the feminist movement.…
Sylvia Plath, an extremely influential and beloved female poet who lived in the mid-20th century, was the author of numerous poems as well as the semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar. Her work, especially that of her adult life, heavily reflects the darkness and depression that she dealt with. Plath, born in October of 1932, began writing at a very young age. Her first published work, titled simply “Poem”, was published before she had even turned ten. Plath wrote many short stories during her early years, and she even won several writing competitions. One of these was a fiction contest that earned her a position as guest editor at Mademoiselle…
In 1975, Ms. Magazine published Alice Walker's essay, "In Search of Zora Neale Hurston" reviving interest in the author. Hurston's four novels and two books of folklore resulted from extensive anthropological research and have proven invaluable sources on the oral cultures of African America. Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature. Hurston was closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and has influenced such writers as Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Gayle Jones, Alice Walker, and Toni Cade Bambara. Through her writings, Robert Hemenway wrote in The Harlem Renaissance Remembered, Hurston "helped to remind the Renaissance--especially its more bourgeois members--of the richness in the racial heritage." (http://zoranealehurston.com/)…
The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement Rosa Parks is one of the most famous people in the history of the American Civil Rights movement, for her refusal to “move to the back of the bus” on December 1, 1955. Although her moment of protest was not a planned event , it certainly proved to be a momentous one. The nature of Rosa Park’s protest, the response of the authorities of Montgomery, the tactics adopted by the civil rights leaders in Montgomery, and the role eventually played by Federal authority, were all aspects of this particular situation that were to be repeated again and again in the struggle for equality of race. Rosa Parks’ action, and the complex combination of events that followed, in some measure, foreshadowed a great deal of the history of the civil rights movement over the next decade. Obeying the law can change history in an instance, even if you’re actions don’t express it, it will later on affect society. After the arrest of Rosa Parks, black people of Montgomery and sympathizers of other races organized and promoted a boycott of the city bus line that lasted 381 days. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was appointed the spokesperson for the Bus Boycott and taught nonviolence to all participants. Contingent with the protest in Montgomery, others took shape throughout the south and the country. They took form as sit-ins, eat-ins, swim-ins, and similar causes. Thousands of courageous people joined the "protest" to demand equal rights for all people. As of my opinion, we should all be questioning the fact on how brave someone can be…
Emily Dickinson is an American poet that was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily sues meter and rhyme in her poems a lot. Emily's way is used as common meter, which is lines of eight syllables and six syllables. Common meter is often in songs and hymns. She also uses a pattern known as short meter and the ballad stanza, which is a beat per line kinda…