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- 1151: Similarities of Bradstreet and Wheatly
- ... her brother-in-law, John Woodbridge, who published them without her knowing. Phyllis Wheatly may have lived a very short life, but her accomplishments are still appreciated today. She was a slave brought over from Africa, at a young age. She was purchased by the Wheatley's, who taught her English and Latin. She used this knowledge to read the Bible and other poets works. She had one book of poetry ...
- 1152: Gather Together in Maya Angelou's Name
- ... mother. Maya is aware of how her actions mirror those of her own mother when she was young (Lupton 10). While performing with the theater group, Maya travels throughout Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. While in Rome, she must cut short her engagement because Guy is suffering from her extended leave. She learns that her son has developed a severe and seemingly untreatable rash in her absence. After returning ...
- 1153: Vespasian
- ... he became consul. But, on Claudius' death in 54, Narcissus, whose power had been waning, was driven to suicide; and for a time Vespasian received no further appointment. About 63 he obtained the proconsulate of Africa, where his extreme financial rigour made him so unpopular that on one occasion the people pelted him with turnips. There was no ground for suspecting personal enrichment, but the reputation for avarice remained with him ...
- 1154: The Life of Mohandas Gandhi
- ... 34). While in England, Gandhi was exposed to the western material style of life which he chose not to follow. Four years later Gandhi was sent to work for an Indian firm in Durban South Africa, which served to be one of the major turning points in his life. (Ramana 607) While in Durban Gandhi found himself being treated as a member of an inferior race, thus drawing him into the ...
- 1155: On Mr. Booker T. Washington's Trickery
- ... that in each step it fulfills it to capacity. Missing one step can mean disaster in its social structure, and the consequences usually last for generations. Some examples of this are most modern nations of Africa. The tribes that live on such territories when the colonist from Europe came, were imposed new social, political and economical structures, they were forced to skip several steps in the economical scale. After the colonist ...
- 1156: Biography of Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... marches, but none of them matched his famous march in Washington. He gave a speech that showed bigotry in the government. Now, just 20 years later, our country is changing, and helping to change South Africa. The key to all this success was Martin Luther King Jr. who showed us that one man, nonviolently, could make a difference. Most of all he made us realize that all men are created equal ...
- 1157: Charles Darwin
- ... and Galapagos Islands, were destined to change our understanding of the process of evolution. His vessel, "The Beagle"(a ketch sailboat), had been used to mount other expeditions to places around the world such as Africa and India. Captain George Peacock, a fellow scientist who took to the sea after his life's thesis on evolution was rejected by the national science academy, invited Darwin to the vessel. Darwin's close ...
- 1158: Carl Jung
- ... Freud, Jung had a 2 year period of non-productivity, but then he came out with his "Psychological Types," a famous work. He went on several trips to learn about primitive societies and archetypes to Africa, New Mexico to study Pueblo Indians, and to India and Ceylon to study eastern philosophy. He studied religious and occult beliefs like I Ching, a Chinese method of fortune telling. Alchemy was also one of ...
- 1159: A Portrait of Duke Ellington By Tracy Frech
- ... traveled the globe so many times that he became known as the unofficial ambassador to the United States. Duke's band had played in Russia, Japan, Latin America, the Far East, the Middle East, and Africa. Duke, himself, was an elegant man. When the white people looked down on the black man and his music, Duke managed to bring dignity to every one of his performances. Once, the jazz historian Leonard ...
- 1160: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- ... to promote world peace and friendship with developing nations. The idea of American volunteers helping people in foreign lands touched the idealism of many citizens. Within two years, Peace Corps volunteers were working in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, living with the people and working on education, public health, and agricultural projects. However, after his initial success with Congress, Kennedy found it increasingly difficult to get his programs enacted into law ...
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