Arie Jane Dawson. A name well known in the city of Los Angeles, her father is the famous music producer Marcus Dawson. Over the years he's worked with some of the best in the industry, The Eagles, Mick Jagger, Nirvana, even Beyonce. The most popular eighteen year old socialite in the valley, it was just a matter of time before someone took her for
Kathleen O'Day Wynne was born on May 21st 1953 in Toronto, Ontario. She is the 25th Premier of Ontario and also the first female. Wynne is a mother to three children: Chris, Jessie, and Maggie. Wynne was first elected into the Ontario Legislature in 2003 as a Member of Parliament. In 2013 she became the leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario and was re-elected with a majority government in 2014. During high school Kathleen and her friends stood up to their schools superiors. Together, her and her friends challenged a rule stating that girls are unable to wear pants to school. Wynne’s track coach suggested she go to a leadership camp and this is where Kathleen realized her potential to be a leader. In 1977 Wynne graduated from Queen’s
Leslie Allison Ward was born on May 25,1920. He was the grandson of Apollus and Jane Ward and the son of William Frederick Ward and Pearl Lusetta Greer. He was born in the family house that belonged to his grandmother, Laura Tyson Ward. His early childhood was spent on this property of 160 acres. Les went to school at Ward I School which was also located on the property. In Les’s elementary years, his family moved to Moline, and then later on to Amarillo, Texas where he spent the rest of his elementary years.
On October 4, 1904, Mary Jane McLeod Bethune launched the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls with five students in a four-room cottage that she rented for eleven dollars per month. It was the first grade school for black children in the community. Bethune’s school was near the train tracks and the parents paid fifty cents per week for tuition. She showed her students crafts and homemaking, so that they could “earn a good living when they were grown” (Pinkney 45). Mary utilized pieces of burnt wood for chalk. She created pen ink from elderberry juice. Packing crates were used for desks. The students who lived at the school slept on corn sacks that Bethune filled with Spanish moss. To assist Bethune, some of the townspeople
Have you ever heard about the Kathryn Adam murder? Well if you haven't it’s okay because I will tell you about it right now. Kathryn adam was a young woman working for a company named L’eggs and she delivered boxes of stuff to different places. Some people say that she committed suicide and others say that she was murdered and taken somewhere that nobody knows. Her doughter was the one that reported her missing because she didn’t come home for two days. In the case of Kathryn Adam, know one really knows what happened to Kathryn on the night of April 23rd 1993, I know that when she went missing her L’eggs van was parked outside an abandoned restaurant.
Kassandra Dixon has been performing musical pieces, such as Little Shop of Horrors and Chicago, since her high school years. She is currently a student at The Actors Workshop of South Florida and is a proud Actors, Models & Talent for Christ (AMTC) alumni. As a Christian artist, her new CD with original music is coming out
Jamar clark African American, 24 years old was shot by the minneapolis police on november 15 2015. Two officers were involved Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze, protestants of black life matters and other institutions that support civil rights are unsatisfied because no charges were pressed against the two officer. In my opinion the death of Jamar Clark is not justified with enough evidence that proves the innocence of the officers.
DeVante Parker is an American football wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League . He played college football for the University of Louisville Cardinals.
Emily D. West, who is called Emily Morgan by those who know her by a slave of James Morgan and the "Yellow Rose of Texas" by twentieth-century myth-makers, was born a black in New Haven, Connecticut. Emily was a long haired black little girl who no would have assumed grow up and trick a major leader of the mexicans. Emily Morgan is a very significant lady from the 1800’s. She was a major part of the war in the San Jacinto battlefield. Santa Anna was distracted by one thing… Emily Morgan.
Anne Dudley was born on March 20, 1612. She grew up in cultured circumstances and was a well-educated woman for her time. She was tutored in history, some languages, and literature as well. At the age of 16, she married Simon Bradstreet. On June 14, 1630, Anne finally felt American soil for the first time in her life. The Bradstreet family had moved to what is now called, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Anne had her first child in 1632, his name was Samuel, and he was born in Newe Towne, which that’s what it was called back then.
It was a privilege to listen to Stephanie Garrison share her story and provide encouragement for our own lives. Personally, I found it very admirable how willing she was to share and be vulnerable. Anyways, Stephanie is currently in her 14th year at Southeastern and serves as the Assistant Athletic Director under Drew Watson. Beginning in the athletics department in January of 2014, as the Director of Operations. Before she joined the athletic department, she served as the Director of Event Services, Resident Director, Online learning coordinator and a variety of other departments at Southeastern. She is a two time graduate of Southeastern, earning a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Management and an MBA. Recently, she has taken on the responsibility of Director of Operations at the Balance Culture while still serving as
Was Jane long really the mother of Texas?I think not . It all started on july 23 1798 , when Jane Herbert wilkinson was born. When Jane was born the doctors thought that she was dead and then proceeded to shoved her in a night stand drawer while they saved her mother's life.When the doctors opened the nightstand drawer they discovered Jane Herbert Wilkinson alive and well. Jane was the tenth child in her family.Sadly,Jane’s father died when jane was only one years old .Jane later became an orphan at the age of fourteen. After jane's mom died she moved in with her aunt .Jane’s family was very wealthy, so wealthy that Jane got her own slave named Kian , they were really good friends and when Jane was sixteen she was on her way to school and Kian told her about a very handsome man that was a doctor and persuaded her to skip school and meet him ,she then proceeded to introduced her to James long ,her future husband. Jane later got married to James long in may of 1815 and had her first child when she was only eighteen years old .In September of 1821 jane was expecting her second child and stayed behind at a post while james,her husband left ,she vowed to not leave till he returned but , he never did. She had her child in a very harsh winter,on the Bolivar peninsula in december of 1821. Jane and her slave,Kian fought starvation for over two weeks.She claimed to be the first english-speaking woman to give birth in Texas but, we know now that she wasn't.Soon after she found out that she was a widow in 1822 at the age of twenty four .
Jane Adams and Ellen Gates Stars worked side by side in developing the concept of the Hull House in 1889. The Hull House residents provided many services to the urban Chicago neighborhood including day care services for the children of working mothers.
Slapping the school's bad boy is just another one of the embarrassing things Octavia Moore has to add to her list.
Annie Easley was born on April 23,1933, In Birmingham Alabama. Easley and her brother were raised by thaier single mother Mary Melvin Hoover. Her mother was one of her greatest inspirations and her role model, she always encouraged her to get a good education. In an oral history interview with NASA, she said that her mother always used to tell her "You can be anything you want to. It doesn't matter what you look like, what your size is, what your color is. You can be anything you want to, but you do have to work at it." Annie Easley attended school in Birmingham and graduated as the valedictorian of her grade. At that time Easly Wanted to become a nurse because she thought it was one of the only careers open to black women. However, later on
Hip hop is a culture and lifestyle that is 95% male dominated, yet without the contribution of women in the early stages of its birth, rap would not be the multi-billion dollar industry it is today. One of the most major contributors to this new scene would most definitely be Sylvia Robinson, otherwise known as the grandmother of hip hop. This woman, the founder of Sugar Hill Records, released the first official rap song called “Rapper’s Delight”. The song was so successful that it actually made it on the billboard charts at #36. It was also rated #14 on the R&B charts for two weeks straight. Sylvia Robinson was so experienced that she was able to find an unknown individual accompanied by two friends, create the Sugarhill Gang and turn them into one of the biggest hip hop groups out there. Without Robinson’s vision for rap and commercial elements implemented within, this hip hop culture would not have flourished the way it did in 1979. As if that accomplishment on its own was not good enough, her record label released multiple songs by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. Even though Grandmaster Flash eventually leaves her record label, this incredible business woman was able to continue to pursue her vision without the leader of the bunch. She later creates a new centre of attention for the group, known as Grandmaster Melle Mel and continues with success. Thus, it is evident that this woman provided