Anastasia Hayes by Sensen Yes, I was there at the making of the flag. I was believed to be one of the first people on the goldfields. I was born on the 1818 at Castle, country Kilkenny, Ireland, I Anastasia Hayes (my maiden surname was Butler), was a handy sewer and a true rebel. I helped sew the Eureka flag.
Molly Pitcher is a person who never left family and had no fear. When you have those wonderful qualities someone is bound to notice. That’s what happened to Molly Pitcher Hayes, she started out as a servant, and ended her life being a hero of the Revolutionary War. Did you know that Molly Pitcher Hayes is not actually her real name?
Edmund Drago’s book provides a look into one of the first black educational institutions, The Avery Normal Institute in Charleston Virginia. This book discusses how this school was made too elitist, due in large part to the high-class nature of Charleston, Virginia, which segregated the students from the white people of the town as well as the black people of the town. They were separated from the white people because, while they were more elite than the common black citizen, and getting an education, they were also black, so many southern people did not want to socialize with them. Black citizens who did not attend the Avery Normal Institute were not fond of the students there because they struck them as too elitist. Drago’s argument is that the elite nature of this school allowed for the development of black leaders, who were crucial to the later transformation of the town and the destruction of racial barriers so many years later.
In the year 1778 the new and improved “Articles of Confederation” is ratified by eight states; New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and South Carolina. Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves in the Continental Army; British Redcoats evacuate Philadelphia while Washington’s troops leave Valley Forge. The Liberty Bell comes home to Philadelphia, although not rehung for 7 years due to a rotted steeple, and Mary Ludwig Hayes, better known as “Molly Pitcher” is aiding American patriots: Battle of Monmouth, although not in the year 1778, made her famous.
“The most oppressive feature of black secondary education was that southern local and state governments, through maintaining and expanding the benefits of public secondary education for white children, refused to provide public high school facilities for black children.” In sum, Anderson uses this chapter to build a broader argument about the “separate, but equal doctrine” under Plessy v. Ferguson that mandated segregation. More specifically, he situates this argument through case studies in Lynchburg, VA and Little Rock, AR. In the culminating chapter, James Anderson discusses the emergence of historically black universities and black land-grant colleges.
As athletes, they showcased their talent and creativity on the court. By displaying this skill and their individuality, they fought to change society’s perception of them as African American women. Bennett College thought that “Black college women in particular were considered conveyors of character in culture.” The Women of Troy took ownership of this role and displayed a new kind of culture, one in which they were celebrated, as athletes, as African Americans, and as
Debbie Allen Is an American actress dancer, choreographer will all major dances like classical Ballet, Modern, African, Hip Hop and Jazz. Now she is currently teaching young dancers. At age 12 Debbie Allen audition at ballet school when she returned to her birth home in Texas. Auditioning for the school got denied just because of her skin color. When she got a second chance to perform a Russian instructor saw her talent of how a good dancer she is by a that the Russian instructor let her be is his academy .
William Frost, the director of Berea at the time, admitted later in his life that “We frankly shifted emphasis, appealing more for the mountaineers.” In 1904, a bill was introduced that prohibited biracial education, and the Berea college was forced to comply with the bill, thus ending their stint in interracial education. Frost tried, as Klotters essay points out, to oppose the bill with no success. The legislature of Kentucky, just like the majority of America at the time, favored educating their white kin more than the “Sambo” like African-Americans. It is important to note that though the United States favored educating Appalachians, African-Americans still received education and aid from Northerners, just never nearly as much as the Appalachians did.
Imagine if you had one of your limbs removed right when you were going to have your dream career. This is what Aimee Mullins and Bethany Hamilton had to go through. Even though Aimee Mullins and Bethany Hamilton handled their adversity in different ways, it is important to see that they also took things the same way but both were determined to pursue their goals in life. Similarly, both Aimee Mullins and Bethany Hamilton were determined to pursue their dreams.
“The best voices come from Detroit!” Anita Baker has created music that has prevailed throughout the decades. When one mentions Baker, they often say how they listen to her music while completing house chores. “She makes cleaning my home worthwhile,” said a listener to Anita Baker's music. Younger generations will say they’ve heard Anita’s music by way of their older family members, which is how most Anita Baker fans get their first taste.
“Freedom is the only thing worth living for. While I was doing that work I used to think it didn’t matter if I died because without freedom there is no point in living”, Nancy Wake says. She was a prominent figure in the French Resistance who ran away from home at the age of sixteen and found work as a nurse, but a windfall enabled her to leave Austria for Europe in 1932. Nancy Wake had siblings, and grew up in New Zealand. Wake settled in Paris working for the Hearst group of newspapers as a journalist. Nancy Wake was a proud World War II fighter for the French Resistance.
Historically, black women do not conform to the dominant discourse in education, similarly, Gilroy argues that black struggles for educational opportunities are a ‘resistance to domination’. Despite Hortense’s previous education in Jamaica, she is considered inferior in London, due to the fact she cannot prosper or obtain a job due to the racial attitudes which were prevalent in 1950’s
Her tragedy reflects not only the sexism in the African American families in early 20th century, but also the uselessness
As a child, she recognized that her imitation of ‘White” afforded opportunities of mobility, education, acceptance and privilege. Her mother’s appearance as “Black” afforded opportunities of poverty, inferiority, and inequality. So, she fails to mention her mother’s identity and occupation to classroom peers and teacher. Sarah Jane wants cultural assimilation and white privilege.
Daisy Miller is a fictional family and self-novel about a young woman named Daisy. Daisy is a carefree, somewhat naïve person, who did not quite follow the customs of Europe. She is an American who is on a long trip in Europe with her mother and brother. In America, she was surrounded with gentlemen accompaniment, and frankly, was used to behaving however she pleases without losing their interest. She discovers otherwise throughout the story.
