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- 61: Booker T. Washington: Fighter for the Black Man
- Booker T. Washington: Fighter for the Black Man Booker T. Washington was a man beyond words. His perseverance and will to work were well known throughout the United States. He rose from slavery, delivering speech after speech expressing his views on how to uplift America's ... He felt that knowledge was power, not just knowledge of "books", but knowledge of agricultural and industrial trades. He felt that the Negro would rise to be an equal in American society through hard work. Washington founded a school on these principles, and it became the world's leader in agricultural and industrial education for the Negro. As the world watched him put his heart and soul into his school, ...
- 62: Booker T Washington
- Booker T Washington Booker T Washington was born a slave April 15, 1856. His mother was a plantation cook. Bookers father was an unknown white man. Booker and his mother lived in Franklin County, VA. As a slave child Booker ... the saves that worked in the field. After the American Civil War Booker and the other slaves were freed. Booker and his mother, than moved to Malden, W. VA. Bookers mother married after Ferguson Washington. Booker was the first African American to appear on an U.S. postage stamp. He also became the first person to have his image on the 50-cent piece coin. After being freed, Booker ...
- 63: Comparing Washington and Macbeth: The Fate of a Nation
- Comparing Washington and Macbeth: The Fate of a Nation George Washington and MacBeth were two historic figures who were influential in determining the fate of their nation. Both were ambitious men living during perilous times, yet each charted a different course for himself and his ...
- 64: Booker T. Washington
- Booker T. Washington: Fighter for the Black Man Booker T. Washington was a man beyond words. His perseverance and will to work were well known throughout the United States. He rose from slavery, delivering speech after speech expressing his views on how to uplift America's ... He felt that knowledge was power, not just knowledge of "books", but knowledge of agricultural and industrial trades. He felt that the Negro would rise to be an equal in American society through hard work. Washington founded a school on these principles, and it became the world's leader in agricultural and industrial education for the Negro. As the world watched him put his heart and soul into his school, ...
- 65: Booker T. Washington
- By: Tim E-mail: TFreem@aol.com Booker T. Washington: Fighter for the Black Man Booker T. Washington was a man beyond words. His perseverance and will to work were well known throughout the United States. He rose from slavery, delivering speech after speech expressing his views on how to uplift America's ... He felt that knowledge was power, not just knowledge of "books", but knowledge of agricultural and industrial trades. He felt that the Negro would rise to be an equal in American society through hard work. Washington founded a school on these principles, and it became the world's leader in agricultural and industrial education for the Negro. As the world watched him put his heart and soul into his school, ...
- 66: Roswell Incident
- ... meet other space beings? I hope to find out why the government is continuing to cover up the Roswell incident. Why haven't the Presidents told us the truth since 1947? I will write to Washington and demand an answer. Happenings in 1947 On July 2, 1947, during the evening, a flying saucer crashed to the ground at the Foster Ranch near, Corona, New Mexico. The crash occurred during a severe ... wreckage to Dee's parents, Floyd and Loretta Proctor, they all agreed the piece was unlike anything they had ever seen. On July 6, 1947, Brazel showed pieces of the wreckage to Chaves County Sheriff George Wilcox. He called Roswell Army Air Field (AAF) and talked to Major Marcel, the intelligence officer. Marcel drove to the sheriff's office and inspected the wreckage. Marcel reported to his commanding officer, Colonel William ... vehicles. Soon after this, military police arrived at the sheriff's office, collected the wreckage at Blanchard's office. The wreckage was then flown to Eighth Air Force headquarters in Fort Worth, and then to Washington. Meanwhile, Marcel and Sheridan Cavitt of the Counter Intelligence Corps drove to the ranch with Mac Brazel. They arrived late in the evening. They spent the night in sleeping bags in a small out- ...
- 67: Of Mice and Men: Lennie and George
- Of Mice and Men: Lennie and George Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is the story of two simple farm hands, Lennie Small, who incidentally, really isn't very small, and his better half, George Milton, on their quest to have "a place of their own," with plenty of furry bunnies, of course. Sound strange? Read on to get clued in. The book opens along the banks of the Salinas ... broken. Trouble is in the air. Animals begin to scatter. Two men have arrived on the scene, and the environment seems troubled by their presence. For a moment the scene becomes "lifeless." Then in walk George and Lennie. Lennie, a large, retarded, big man who has the mind of a little child, and who loves to pet soft, pretty things, and George, a little man, who has assumed the responsibility ...
- 68: Not Fade Away
- ... Joshua, Donna, and the ghost in Not Fade Away, are the most important elements to the book. The title alone is a song by the Grateful Dead, and throughout the entire book, music is present. George Gastin is out on the road the entire book, just like a "rolling stone," and the music is what keeps him upbeat and going. Whether George was chilling out listening to his bud Big Red Loco play the saxophone, or dancing in the car to Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, or Buddy Holly, the music was what made George feel good. George got into the music after a plane crash that claimed the lives of Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, and the Big Bopper, J.P. Richardson. He became aware of them when his ...
- 69: Of Mice and Men and The Pearl: Characterization
- ... Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, a story of two traveling laborers who are on their way to a job loading barley at a California ranch. The two most important characters in the novel are George Milton and Lennie Small. They are ordinary workmen, moving from town to town and job to job, but they symbolize much more than that. Their names give us our first hints about them. One of ... of evil in the world. He tells of Lucifer's fall from heaven and the creation of hell. He also describes Adam and Eve's fall from grace in the Garden of Eden. By giving George the last name of Milton, Steinbeck seems to be showing that he is an example of fallen man, someone who is doomed to loneliness and who wants to return to the Garden of Eden. Perhaps this is why George is always talking about having his own place and living "off the fat of the land," as Adam and Eve did before their fall. Lennie is anything but small physically. He is a big ...
- 70: Of Mice and Men: George, Lennie, and Crooks
- Of Mice and Men: George, Lennie, and Crooks George Milton George is small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose. He moves away quickly ...
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