Barbara Charline Jordan was born on February 21, 1936. Jordan was born in Houston, Texas. Jordan’s parents were, Ben Jordan; a black Baptist minister, and Arlyne Jordan a so called ‘domestic worker’. Jordan was the first southern black female to be elected to the United States House of Representatives. Everything she did was dedicated for all the black people.
Although the USSR Space Race is taught in history, she isn’t even brought up. However, without her discoveries America wouldn’t have gotten to space for a much longer time and Russia would’ve surely surpassed the U.S in the race. Katherine Johnson, a
My match would be Mary Church Terrell due to our match of ideals. One reason is because Mary Church Terrell and I are both civil rights activists. Mary Church Terrell was a very intellectual woman, she was one of the first African-American woman to earn a college degree. Similar to me, Mary Church Terrell was also taught about the value and importance of education at a young
Jackie robinson showed people to go for what you love even if others do not think you can do it and he shows that even if it gets hard to not give up. He went from the first African-American to play baseball to the first baseball player to break the color barrier, i know this because the text states, “The first baseball player to break the color barrier in 60 years, he paved the way for many future African-American and minority athletes.” ( Jessica McBirney , 2017 ) . This shows that because he did not give up he made it this far. Harriet Tubman helped many people by escaping the camp but going back for the other slaves.
Country music is full of talented individuals, male and female. The entire genre is comprised of world class songwriters, singers, artists, and management and production teams. Walking around Nashville, you’re never in short supply of “the next big thing.” Country music has gone from smokey bar rooms, to some of the biggest musical stages and venues imaginable. In a world where a Carrie Underwood show isn’t complete without a few costume changes to entertain 10,000 screaming fans, it leaves you to wonder why some of the most equally or more talent individuals still struggle to have their music gain huge traction.
Only fifteen African Americans have ventured into space, but their journey’s may not have been possible without one woman paving the way. Katherine Johnson is an African American woman that paved the way for many African Americans to come. Katherine Johnson helped Nasa for 33 years, she helped win the space race by making the Apollo 11 land on the moon and back safely. Katherine Johnson should be on a stamp because of her groundbreaking work at NASA, the many awards she’s earned, and her ability to inspire others.
Katherine Johnson, a small town girl from White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. From a young age Johnson had always been interested in numbers. To the point where she had been counting everything she did. However, being African-American there were multiple barriers in her way of her obsession with numbers. With most African-Americans stopping school at eighth grade.
Lyndon B. Johnson was the thirty-sixth president of the United States, he became president in 1963. Johnson was born in Texas and he graduated from Southwest State Teachers College. According to history .com during Johnson’s college career, he taught disadvantaged children to help pay for his education”. “This experience helped shaped Johnson 's desire to fix problems concerning poverty and discrimination”.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. on 26 November 1858, Katharine was the second daughter of Francis Anthony Drexel, a wealthy banker, and his wife, Hannah Jane. The latter died a month after Katharine's birth, and two years later her father married Emma Bouvier, who was a devoted mother, not only to her own daughter Louisa (born 1862), but also to her two step-daughters. Both parents instilled into the children by word and example that their wealth was simply loaned to them and was to be shared with others. Katharine was educated privately at home; she travelled widely in the United States and in Europe. Early in life she became aware of the plight of the Native Americans and the Blacks; when she inherited a vast fortune from her
Jemison can definitely be seen as a hero, and an important, inspirational figure for African-Americans and girls all around the world. She proved that she could break the boundaries of what society had labeled “acceptable”. When she was launched into space, it made a huge difference for the future of African-Americans and women in STEM, at NASA, or in an astronaut program. Jemison made a major contribution to STEM- she conducted several experiments related to life sciences/material sciences while she was on her shuttle mission. Along with those very significant experiments, she also held the role in a bone cell research project.
You might not know the day of August 26,1918 (Biography.com) it was a day that changed history forever. Despite racism and segregation, Katherine Johnson was the first African American woman to assist the apollo team at NASA. Johnson overcame obstacles through her life for her to get to such a place. She was a monumental piece of history. To fully understand what she accomplished one must know about her early life, rise to fame, and her greatest legacy.
Katherine Johnson NASA mathematician Intelligence, hard working, and fighter are three characteristics of Katherine Johnson. Many people know that Katherine Johnson was a huge help in the space race that sent John Glenn to space, but she was so much more. As a well known NASA mathematician, Katherine Johnson showed America that African-American women could do the same as men could. She left a lasting legacy by helping other people that African-American women could be just like a man and have the same job as them.
Living with such a poor community gave him a new awareness of people 's hardships. Which made him who he was, a great, kind person, and president. When he got enough money he went back to college and donated stuff to the kids in Cotulla. When Johnson was pushing the Civil Rights bill of 1964, which ended segregation and employment discrimination based of race, sex, and religion he had a lot of obstacles (United States Senate).
I am choosing Harriet Tubman as my research project because she is the epitome of courage and strength. During slavery Tubman risked her life to smuggle 300 African American slaves to freedom. The fact that she was able to accomplish the feat of freeing slaves is significant because she was a runaway slave herself with a bounty on her head. Also, Tubman was a proponent of the women’s suffrage movement attending events and giving speeches concerning the equality of women.
Kara Knippers Professor Lebrun Rebuttal Argument 12 February 2016 Abortion “I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should… I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.” This is a quote by Nancy Reagan that I strongly agree with.
