views of a variety of issues‚ especially race relations. Rowan also served as the director of the United States Information Agency and was the ambassador to Finland. Unforgettable Miss Bessie Carl T. Rowan She was only about five feet tall and probably never weighed more than 100 pounds‚ but Miss Bessie was a towering presence in the classroom. She was the only woman tough enough to make me read Beowulf and think for a few foolish days that I liked it From 1938 to 1942‚ when I attended
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Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart‚ nicknamed "Lady Lindy" because of her achievements comparable to those of Charles Lindbergh‚ is considered "the most celebrated of all women aviators." Her accomplishments in the field of aviation inspired others and helped pave the ways for those that followed. Born on July 24‚ 1897‚ in Atchison‚ Kansas‚ Amelia Earhart ’s parents encouraged her from a young age to participate in activities usually left to boys‚ such as football‚ baseball‚ and fishing. Their encouragement
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Bessie J. Blount African-American Inventor & Forensic Scientist Bessie Blount Griffin was born on November 24‚ 1914 in Hickory‚ VA‚ present day Chesapeake‚ VA. She studied at both Panzar College of Physical Education and at Union Junior College in New Jersey. Prior to being deployed as a nurse during World War II‚ she studied physical therapy in Chicago. During her childhood‚ her stubborn streak showed when at 7 she was reprimanded for writing with her left hand; she decided to learn to
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AMELIA ROGERS AT TASSANI COMMUNICATION TASSANI COMMUNICATIONS Tassani communication was found by sally Tassani in 1980.it was Chicago based company and started to provide advertising ‚ public relations ‚ direct marketing ‚ sales promotions and graphic desing. Tassani communication was different from other traditional advertising agency. according to sally tasani ; advertising wasn’t more valuable than public relations ‚ sals promotions or direct marketing .according to her it was just
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Software‚ Inc. by Jimmy’s mother‚ John and the Bar should be dismissed on several grounds. First‚ Coleman was not acting within the course and scope of his employment by drinking and blowing a ball of fire. Secondly‚ an employer is not responsible for the criminal actions of its employee as that is an intervening cause that the employer cannot control. As for the wrongful termination claim of Coleman‚ it should not be sustainable because wrongful termination must be based on discrimination because
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September 23‚ 2011 Ms. Amelia Emerson‚ CPA Ski High‚ Inc. 124 Main Street Los Angeles‚ CA 91022 Dear Ms. Emerson: Thank you for the opportunity to work with you. I have researched the codification to advice you on how to report the sale of the ski resorts. I recommend that the gains from the sale of the ski resorts should be recorded as income from discontinued operations. Dealing with the ethical issue‚ any financial information should be presented to the public with integrity and objectivity
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for a wave of African American musicians and songwriters who would not be restricted to the same conventions which their predecessors were. Coleman Hawkins learned to play the piano at the age of 5‚ and two years later he moved on to the cello. At 9 he learned the saxophone and by the time he was twelve he was playing in the Kansas City Theatre Pit Band. Coleman Hawkins first inserted himself into the Jazz scene in 1921‚ at the very beginning of the Jazz age and the roaring 20’s. He played alongside
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Bessie Smith was a rough‚ crude‚ violent woman. She was also the greatest of the classic Blues singers of the 1920s. Bessie started out as a street musician in Chattanooga. In 1912 Bessie joined a traveling show as a dancer and singer. The show featured Pa and Ma Rainey‚ and Smith developed a friendship with Ma. Ma Rainey was Bessie’s mentor and she stayed with her show until 1915. Bessie then joined the T.O.B.A. vaudeville circuit and gradually built up her own following in the south and along the
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February 5‚ 2013 title of reading: unforgettable miss Bessie 1. Summarize the reading‚ what did the author say? Unforgettable Ms. Bessie is a meaningful narrative about Carl’s favorite teacher. Carl Rowan favorite teacher’s full name is Bessie Taylor Gwynn‚ she taught Carl many things and there are many reasons why Ms. Bessie is Carl’s favorite teacher. Carl graduated from Bernard High School in McMinnville and there he met Ms. Bessie taught the following subjects like English‚ Civics and
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BESSIE SMITH 1894 – 1937 Bessie Smith‚ known as “Empress of the Blues”‚ was born on April 15 1894 in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. She was one of seven children to a part-time Baptist preacher and his wife. However‚ by the time Bessie was nine years old both of her parents were dead. Bessie and her brother Andrew were already singing on the streets of Chattanooga for spare change. Bessie’s older brother Clarence had joined a travelling vaudeville1 show as a comedian and dancer and in 1912 he
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