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- 1771: Compare And Cantrast Web Du Bois & Booker T Washington
- ... his people. He taught in rural Black schools in Tennessee during summer vacations, thus expanding his awareness of his Black culture. Du Bois graduated from Fisk in 1888, and entered Harvard as a junior. During college he preferred the company of Black students and Black Bostonians. He graduated from Harvard in 1890. Yet he felt that he needed further preparation and study in order to be able to apply "philosophy to ...
- 1772: Chistopher Reeves
- ... am I doing here...right from the beginning the theater was like a home to me." At the age of 16, Reeves already had an agent. While touring the country, Chris decided to pursue a college education. And, thanks to an understanding agent was able to continue his work as a professional actor. "Scheduling gigs around my classes." By nineteen-seventy-six he was starring with Katherine Hepurn on Broadway, and ...
- 1773: Stephen King
- ... end of the World Series and the opening of baseball practice in Florida. Occasionally he wears a moustache in other seasons. He has worn glasses since he was a child. He put some of his college dramatic society experience to use when he did a bit part in a George Romero picture, Knightriders, and Creepshow, a film he scripted. Joe Hill King also appeared in Creepshow, which was released in 1982 ...
- 1774: Booker T. Washington 2
- ... could go freely due to the Emancipation Proclamation. After he was freed, his mother and him moved to West Virginia where he worked in the coalmines. Then, he decided that he needed to go to college. Booker T. Washington enrolled at the all-black Hampton University in the early 1870 s. He studied various subjects and earned his diploma. After graduation he taught at various schools and the founder of Hampton ...
- 1775: Betty Friedan
- ... in many writing clubs at her school. She started Tide, a literary magazine, with two other girls; Evelyn Shemas and Dorothy Stimpson. She graduated June 9, 1938 as one of 6 valedictorians. She attended Smith College where she made a huge name for herself. Everyone knew the girl with the 180 IQ and the fire in her belly. She was brilliant, and let everybody know it. Even during WWII, while American ...
- 1776: Ben Franklin 2
- ... and loved to help people. He achieved much as a civic leader. He organized Junto, a club of aspiring tradesmen. He led the club in sponsoring civic improvements such as a library, fire insurance, a college, hospitals, and more. He started the first public school system in Philadelphia. This was important because this meant everyone could learn. Perhaps this was his way to give to people what he couldn't have ...
- 1777: Autobiography Of Albert Einstein
- ... it to Federal Institute the next year. The Institute allowed Einstein to meet many other students that shared his curiosity, and it was there that his attention turned mainly to Physics. After graduating from the college, Einstein started to work at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. In 1905, Einstein published five separate papers in a journal called the Annals of Physics. These works were immediately seen, and the University of ...
- 1778: Australia
- ... of Arts; St. Peter's Anglican Cathedral; State War Memorial (see Adelaide, Australia). Newcastle (466,000). Industrial and shipping center; coal; iron and steel; textiles; wood fiber; electrical equipment; zircon mining; fertilizers; University of Newcastle; College of Advanced Education; War Memorial Cultural Centre. Canberra-Queanbeyan (331,800). Capital of Australia; light industry; tourist trade; National Library of Australia; Australian National Gallery; Mount Stromlo Observatory; Church of St. John the Baptist; Australian ...
- 1779: August Tubbe
- ... gained his early education in the public schools of his native community, following those years with three years of education at East Fork Academy in Mississippi. John had to provide his own funds to attend college. In order to accomplish this, John took a position in a loan office in Meridian, Mississippi. After a year's work Page 5 of saving he entered Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated ...
- 1780: Alice Walker
- ... the domestic chores unaided by the brothers. Throughout her writing career, Alice Walker has been involved in the black movement and displays strong feelings towards the respect black women get. In 1961, Walker entered Spelman College, where she joined the Civil Rights Movement. Two years after graduating in 1965, she married Melvyn Leventhal, a Jewish civil rights lawyer; afterward, they worked together in Mississippi, registering blacks to vote. In the summer ...
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