Recommended: Short poems by gwendolyn brooks
Mary was born on October 13, 1754 and came from a German family who lived in Trenton, New Jersey. Not much was known about her childhood, but she was not taught how to read or write. At the age of 15, she began working as a domestic helper for a family who lived in Carlisle Pennsylvania.
When she was just 1 and a half her family moved to Missouri. A year later they moved to Kansas. Then they returned to Wisconsin when she was 4. Laura and Mary went to school in Walnut Grove. When Laura was 10 they moved again to Burr, Iowa.
She was a poet, these are some of her major accomplishments. Phillis wrote one of her magnificent poems at age 13. She was one of the first black women to write and publish a book of poetry. Her poems on “ Various Objects” is a landmark
In today's society a countless amount of intelligent young adults throw away their talent by making short sided decisions, or partaking in harmful habits. Some claim the dilemma on modern media glamorizing such bad habits. Others asseverate that the people around them are to blame. None the less Gwendolyn Brooks expresses these concerns in an almost morbid fashion with her powerful poem "We Real Cool" which conveys a cautionary theme that those who chose to live fast paced lives filled with so called "cool" choices tend to live short lives. Her use of rhythm, dialect, and word choice presents the almost unnerving theme in an incredibly haunting way .
Mary was born August 5, 1861 in Belleville,IL to Henry and Lavinia Richmond. She was raised by her grandmother and two aunts in Baltimore, MD after her parents died. She grew up around racial problems, suffrage, social, and political beliefs. Because she grew up around those things she started becoming a critical thinker and social activism. Richmond was home schooled because her grandmother and aunts were not familiar with the traditional education system until the age of eleven when she entered public school.
She was raised in the Dominican Republic in her primary years but once she moved she attended high school and college in New York. Because of the way of life she lived, this is where she got all her history from
Araminta Harriet Ross was born into a very difficult life. She was born somewhere between the years of 1820-1825. Historians do not know the exact date of Ross’s birth since they have little to go off of. However, they were able to find where she was born, which was in Dorchester County, Maryland. Ross was born into slavery by her mother, Harriet Green, and her father, Ben Ross.
On February 7, 1962, Troyal Garth Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Brooks is the son of Troyal Brooks and Colleen Carroll, a Capitol Records recording artist of the 1950’s (“Brooks, Garth”). Not only was Brooks the youngest, he was the youngest of six. He has one sister, Betsy Smittle, and four brothers, Jerry Smittle, Jimmy
Wells wrote many articles about the issues of race and politics in black newspapers. She was very good at her job and the owner of two newspapers, “The Memphis Free Speech” and “Headlight and Free Speech” (U.S. National Park Service). She covered about 728 cases in 8 years about the lynchings in the south. Wells-Barnett was not the kind of woman to back down from a challenge, she never failed to get her point across. She risked her life as a woman of color just to gather information.
She showed all African American women and men that they can achieve the impossible and have an intelligent mind like everyone else. Even African American poets from today like Alice Walker found her as an inspiration. In one of her poems about being brought to america, she perfectly summarizes what the struggle was being a slave that is equal to everyone
Ruby Nell Bridges was born on september 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi. Ruby Bridges grew up on a farm with her grandparents and parents. Ruby’s family where all sharecroppers in Mississippi. At that time she was an only child. When she was 4 she and her parents moved to New Orleans for a better life in a bigger city.
Born on September 8,1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi. Ruby Bridges is an African American girl. Ruby lives with her parents and grandparents on a farm. According to Biography.com her mom’s name is Lucille Bridges and her dad’s name is Abon Bridges.
James Baldwin is an activist and writer that was born and raised in Harlem that stood for equality within the black community. Baldwin is the grandson of a former slave and was the oldest of nine children where he grew up in poverty. At the age of fourteen, he discovered his passion for writing and reading by his hobby was going to libraries. As year He published his first book in 1955 known as Notes of a Native Son. The novel Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin displays a collection of essays of where he critiques racism and examines the culture of Blacks in White America.
The Hunger Games trilogy, penned by Suzanne Collins, transcends its young adult categorization and emerges as a compelling and thought-provoking series that warrants attention from college students. With its complex themes, nuanced characters, and gripping narrative, The Hunger Games offers a profound exploration of social, political, and ethical issues that resonate at a college level. Here are a few compelling reasons why delving into the pages of The Hunger Games can enrich your college experience. Firstly, The Hunger Games presents a profound critique of power and oppression.
The United States principal export during the 1960-1970 was manufactured goods accounting for seventy-seven percent of the total exports (Goldstein, 1970). Steel, cars, rubber, electronics, etc. were all part of a manufactured good of the United States. Because the 1960-1970 was an era that grown from spending money on world wars to improving economics, it also utilized a similar strategy on trade. For instance, in the 1960s-1970s the trade policy was through GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs) which lifted the restrictions and regulations on trade in the global world (U.S. Trade Policy Since 1934, n.d.). In other words, the GATT was a multilateral agreement between all member countries that globalizes trade.
