On Mr. Booker T. Washington's Trickery
.... order to save the future of his people.
Booker T. Washington in his address delivered at the opening of The
Cotton States' Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia meant to attain at least
three goals. The first was of course the most clear-cut, that of winning
white advocates that would sponsor his cause (albeit by the use of
trickery). The second was that behind the purpose of the trickery itself,
advancing his fellow brothers. Trying to bypass whites' mindset and
actually making whites help the black .....
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The Life Of Ian Fleming
.... though, cut her out if she ever re-married. This provision virtually
guaranteed that she would remain forever Valentine's widow, regardless of
other loves or circumstances.
The knowledge of Ian's late father's looming wealth, and Ian's lack
of access to it was bound to make the young Fleming feel disinherited. The
unattainable Fleming fortune and high achievements of Valentine and Peter,
Ian's older brother, seem to have put a chip on Ian's shoulder. As Ian
failed to fill their shoes, it appears .....
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Marie Curie
.... be explained solely by the uranium content.
She was the most famous woman in physics and was recognised as one
of the greatest scientists of the century and won 2 Nobel prizes, one for
physics in 1903 and one for chemistry in 1911 for isolating radium and
studying its chemical properties. Even Einstein once said of her, “Marie
Curie is, of all celebrated beings, the one whom fame has not corrupted.”
As a child she always wanted to be left alone to finish her work.
But after she won the Nobel prize she .....
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Paul Revere (1735 - 1818)
.... to write reasonably well. Paul was 19
when his father died and the year was 1754.
Paul Revere was a silversmith and a American Revolutionary Patriot.
He also made artificial teeth, surgical instruments, and engraved printing
plates. Paul also made printed money for Massachusetts Congress and he
designed the first official seal for the United colonies as well as the
seal which is used by Massachusetts. He established a gun powder mill at
Canton, Massachusetts.. The year of his most famous engraving .....
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Tchaikovsky: His Life And Times
.... felt about his
music and life. This biography includes many exerts from such letters.
Tchaikovsky was married to Atonina Milyuka, one of his students, in
July of 1877. He made it clear however, that they were married due to her
threat of suicide if they were not married. During their brief marriage
Tchaikovsky was extremely unhappy. In his letters he described her as
having an empty heart as well as an empty head.
As a result of his marital despair, he attempted suicide. He fell
into unconsciousne .....
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The Life Of Sally Ride
.... her Masters
in Physics and a Ph.D. in 1978.
In 1977 she responded to an ad in the Stanford University newspaper
for NASA astronauts. She was originally looking for postdoctoral work in
astrophysics. Previously, astronauts had always been military pilots, but
now NASA wanted to hire scientists and technicians who could monitor the
complex technology of the shuttle. Prior to her application, no women had
ever been accepted into NASA's space program. There were over 8,000
applicants for the thirty-fiv .....
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Was Jimmy Hoffa A Hero Or A Criminal?
.... do their allotted chores expeditiously. Hoffa's tasks
were taking care of the stove and the clothes boiler and picking up and
delivering laundry. The family worshiped at the Christian Seaboard
Congregational churches, and Hoffa attended Sunday school there.(Current
Bio) In 1922 the Hoffas moved to Clinton Indiana, two years later they
settled in Detroit, Michigan, in an apartment on Merritt Street on the
city's brawling, working-class West Side. There he and his brother were
derided by their peers as "hill .....
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Symbols In Poe's Writing
.... to drink. Soon he was in debt for over two thousand
dollars. Poe discovered that he could not depend on his foster father for
any financial needs. John Allan refused to pay for any of Edgar's debts,
therefore he had to withdrawal from the University.
In May of 1827, Poe enlisted in the army as a common soldier. Poe
enlisted under the name of Edgar A. Perry. He was stationed on Sullivan's
Island in the Charleston Harbor for a little over one year. Poe adapted to
military life and discipline and rose .....
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Emily Dickinson: A Biography
.... to a house on Pleasant
Street where they lived from 1840 to 1855. Emily was already writing
letters, but composed most of her poetry in this home. Emily only left home
to attend Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for two semesters.
Though her stay there was brief, she impressed her teachers with
her courage and directness. They felt her writing was sensational.
At the age of twenty-one, Emily and her family moved to the
Dickinson Homestead on Main Street. This move proved to be very difficult .....
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John DeLorean And His Acomplishments
.... for high school, he chose to attend Cass Tech which was
where his best friend was going. Since his grades at the time weren't of
the highest caliber, he was entered as a probationary student. He excelled
at Cass, and won a scholarship to Lawrence Institute of Technology in
Detroit. Two years later, he was drafted and spent three years in the Army.
After that, John worked as a draftsman for the Detroit Public Lighting
Commission to save up enough money to continue at Lawrence. During this
time, he also .....
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Biography Of Elizabeth Blackwell
.... back he announced that
they were all moving to Cincinnati, Ohio. It was a long hard trip, but
when they got there they found a house and furniture. They had asked a
friend back home to sell their house and send them the money, but the
friend sold the house and disappeared with the money. Suddenly,
Elizabeth's father died leaving the family with debts, bills, and only
twenty-five dollars in cash. The family had to make money quick, so the
girls opened a school and the boys got jobs. The boys made so .....
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The Life And Work Of Ronald Dahl
.... to relocate from Wales back home to
Norway with her parents (Howard 1). She did steep the children in
Scandinavian customs, though, teaching them the language of Norway, and
instilling them with a love for all things Norwegian instead of those
English. Mark West contends that this contributed to the detached attitude
Dahl had for England and the feelings of isolation he experienced
throughout his life (2).
Regardless of the impact his Norwegian upbringing would have on his
future, Dahl wrote in B .....
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The Life Of Mohandas Gandhi
.... While in Durban Gandhi found himself being treated as a member of an
inferior race, thus drawing him into the struggle for Indian freedom.
While studying philosophy he came across “Civil Disobedience” by Henry
David Thoreau and John Ruskin's plea to give up capitalism for farm life
and traditional handicrafts (Sharpe 1979 43). These opinions stimulated
Gandhi's ideas for non-violent resistance.
The main principle behind all of Gandhi's teachings is the concept
of Satyagraha (Sharp 1973 76 .....
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Jefferson Davis: Leader Of The Confederacy
.... College in Kentucky. He also attended local schools
near home. He was always a perfect student getting the top grades in all of
his classes until he was 13 and entered Transylvania College. While in
college he studied just enough to pass, and graduated 23 out of 32 in his
class from West Point Military Academy. After his schooling Davis took up
his commission as second lieutenant. He was very sociable and was described
as witty, sportful, and captivating. He managed to get involved Sarah Knox
Taylor da .....
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Albert Einstein From Start To Finish
.... Hermann Einstein, didn't want him to study
Philosophy. He wanted him to take over the family business and study
electrical engineering. He and his mother would practice the piano for
hours. He mastered it! He then moved on the violin. He took his violin to
school and everywhere he went. Albert's father had business problems as he
was growing up. His father was never around to love or help Albert. When
he was home he drank and had no patience for poor Einstein.
When Albert was going through hig .....
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