Mary Sadie is a thirteen years old‚ 2004‚ champagne colored‚ Honda Accord. The chipped champagne paint covering her body is fading but Mary Sadie is brighter than ever in my eyes. Over the past two years‚ my car and I have experienced road trips across the Causeway‚ to Baton Rouge‚ to the beach‚ through the broken roads of Lakeview‚ and countless trips to the French Quarter‚ which have truly strengthened our bond with each other. Just because a car is old and used‚ does not mean that it sucks‚ is
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My New Year resolutions Resolutions? Yes. Resolutions which is any wishes to make someone life better than yesterday. For me‚ every single year I have my own resolutions. So‚ this year also I will move on my life with new resolutions. My first resolution which is the important one is I would like to become a good slave to my Creator‚ Allah Swt. To fulfill this resolution‚ I think I should be hardworking to learn details about Islam with someone that has a good and a lot of knowledge about Islam
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Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee on April 15‚ 1894. Bessie was one of seven children. Her parents were William and Laura Smith. William was a Baptist minister and died soon after Bessie was born. Furthermore‚ in 1906 her mom died along with two of her brothers. After this happened‚ she was raised by her aunt. Bessie’s childhood transformed her into the person she became. Bessie’s family was poor‚ so Bessie and her brother‚ Andrew‚ performed on the streets of Chattanooga. They performed
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Unforgettable Miss Bessie Summary: Carl T. Rowan begins by describing his former high school teacher‚ Miss Bessie‚ and how her teachings had a deeper meaning than just the subjects she taught in class. Carl shares a memory of when he‚ like many most kids his age‚ wanted to be accepted by people which meant lowering his educational standards. From the help of Miss Bessie‚ Carl became valedictorian‚ got into first string of football‚ and still had respect from his friends. Although Carl came from
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Bessie Coleman Bessie Coleman was the first African American female pilot. Starting off in a racist Texas Bessie worked as a laundress after she dropped out of college. At the age of twenty three she decide to move in in with her brother in Chicago to find a better life. After hearing stories of World War I pilots she had a sudden interest in flying. Due to discrimination Bessie could not go to an aviation school in America‚ so she moved to France to pursue her dreams. After this she came back
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you ever wonder who was the first African American who stage public flight? Bessie Coleman was born in Atlanta‚Texas at January 26‚ 1892 and died in Jacksonville‚Florida at April 30‚1926. Bessie Coleman was one of the 13 children to Susan and George Coleman. Which they both worked as sharecroppers. At 12 years old Bessie and her family began going to the Missionary Baptist Church in Texas. In 1915‚ at 23 years old‚ Bessie moved to Chicago where she lived with her brothers and worked as a manicurist
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fun Bessie can have when riding a roller coaster without getting sick‚ in which case without exceeding her dizziness limit. The constraints of the problem include: a. The roller coaster has a distinct number of sections that Bessie rides in order. b. Bessie’s fun and dizziness levels are both at 0 at the beginning of the ride. c. For each section‚ Bessie has two options either to keeps her eyes open or close and she must keep them that way for the whole section. d. At any section‚ when Bessie keeps
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as such. In her article “How HBO’s "Bessie" Brings A Dynamic Portrayal of Black Womanhood to the Screen”‚ Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn proposes that Dee Rees’ film Bessie “embodies the social changes of African-Americans at the turn of the century‚ and the women whose musical texts embodied a rich cultural legacy and a new frontier for women...”(Littlejohn). While Bessie explores the life‚ musical career‚ alcoholism‚ and bisexuality of black blues woman Bessie Smith‚ it also gives insight into the
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By Felicia Jin ABC^2‚ Make-A-Wish and Chinese clubs sold Valentine grams and treats Feb. 9-13‚ bringing the “sweets to sweeties” and funding for good causes. The gifts were purchased during the week and distributed to classes today. ABC^2 (Academically Better Children’s Club) held a bake sale for the first time in the Main Hall and will be donating their proceeds to the St. Jude’s Hospital. “It’s hard to say how much money we’re trying to raise because it’s our first time‚ but we’re hoping for a
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By most accounts‚ Bessie Smith was a rough‚ crude‚ violent woman. She was also one of the greatest Blues singers of the 1920s. The road that took her to the title “Empress of the Blues” was not an easy one. It was certainly not one of the romantic "rags to riches" tales that Horatio Alger made popular during her time. For a young black woman from the South the journey was anything but easy‚ and it would require a special kind of person‚ and Bessie Smith was definitely that. She was a woman who fought
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