Alfred Reed Research Paper

Aubrey Drake Graham, or as most of you may know him as, just Drake, had a very interesting childhood and early life. He was born in Toronto, Canada on October 24th, 1986. Drake had grown up with music always around and in his life, and it just naturally became a part of his life throughout his childhood all the way to now, present day. According to biography.com, Dennis Graham, or Drake's dad, was actually a drummer for Jerry Lee Lewis, a very popular and famous rock star, throughout the 1900’s, and Sandi Graham, his mother, also came from a very “musical” family as well, which had played a huge role to Drake's musical background and success. Dennis is an African-American Catholic, and Sandi is a white Canadian Jew. This makes Drake a very unique individual, because he is one of the only black Jewish-Canadian

Anson Jones was an important part of the annexation of Texas. Without the help of Anson, it wouldn’t have been possible for Texas to be annexed to the U.S.

Wealthiest families use their money to buy elegant houses and expensive cars, but the DuPonts were different. The Dupont’s being the wealthiest family in Delaware used their money to make and develop better things to help improve Delaware. From starting a gunpowder mill to developing a hospital for sick children .Alfred I.DuPont and the DuPont family have influenced and affected Delaware in many different ways.

Hampton University history, Samuel Chapman Armstrong. He was a key factor in the construction of Hampton, and everything that it is today. He was born in Maui, Hawaii. He attended Punahou school, and at the age of 21 moved to Massachusetts where he graduated from Williams college. After that, he spent his life advocating for equality, justice, and education. From his outstanding leadership in the military, to his valiant efforts in promoting the education of blacks, Armstrong proved himself to be a man of character.

Who was Henry Alexander Wise? Henry was the governor of Virginia from 1856-1860 and the man who hung John Brown.

Wallace "Wally" Amos was born in Tallahassee, Florida July 1, 1936. In 1948 he moved to New York City to live with his Aunt where they often baked cookies together. Wally Amos is an Air Force veteran who worked as a talent agent with the William Morris Agency, would send his home-baked chocolate chip cookies to celebrities to entice them to meet and perhaps sign a deal with his agency.

Almost 2 years ago while watching a documentary about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid when I first seen the photo of the “Fort Worth Five.” I do not understand why, but Harvey “Kid Curry” Logan immediately caught my attention. It was almost a feeling of familiarity, like I knew him from somewhere or something. After that I bought books about him and learned as much as I could about him. Harvey “Kid Curry” Logan, or Harvey Curry, has become well-known for being the evilest, and violent outlaw of his time. However, I do not agree, and Harvey Logan has become my favorite outlaw of all time.

It's been 15 years since Dale Earnhardt SR.'s life ended in the deadly crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500. However, the drama that has been a part of his family ever since is far from over. In fact, his widow is now seeking to bar Earnhardt's eldest son from another marriage, Kerry, from using the family name.

On April 10, 1938 a young mother welcomed her first son, Stanley Lee Allen, into the world. Just a year later, she gave birth to his sister, Glenda Mae. The family had a typical life; they were content, but a fateful winter day in 1942 would change the course of their lives forever.

There are many different types of authors: poets, short story writers, essay writers, children's authors and playwrights. Donald hall just happens to be all of them. He has also had different sections of his life involving different things.One was his early days including education.Another was his mid life where he did majority of his writing and family building.The final part of his life is what he is living right now which is his older time of his life. Through Donald hall's eighty eight years of living eighty nine in September, he has experience many challenges.

There are some things that I agree and disagree with in the quote by John Shelton Reed. He is a very intelligent man, I would assume, if not I do not think he would be writing for the Harvard Encyclopedia. I do not think it is right to put all southerners into one classification based on a few southerners’ actions, education and financial standing. You can definitely tell when someone is southern. Southerners have a very distinct way of talking, dressing and acting. I agree with him when he said “Southerners are not usually identifiable by name or appearance, their accent usually serves as an ethnic marker.” Most people can hear a southerner talk and know right away that they are southern. I also agree with him when he said “They are seen,

An aspiring poet of the twentieth century, Theodore Roethke set the bar for his peers in poetry. Roethke led a short yet successful life, with his great poem “My Papa's Waltz” being a sample of his meaningful works. Roethke was the son of German immigrants and was born on May twenty fifth, 1908 in Saginaw Michigan(“My Papa’s Waltz”). During Theodore Roethke’s childhood, his family owned some of the biggest greenhouses in the state(Theodore Roethke).Theodore Roethke’s father, Otto, was a person who enjoyed hobbies that differed much from Theodores hobbies(My Papa’s Waltz-Themes and meanings). Otto enjoyed much more “manly” hobbies. Like any father, Otto wanted his son to share the same hobbies as himself, but early on in Theodore’s life it was obvious that Theodore would not follow his Father(My Papa’s Waltz-Themes and meanings). Otto died before Theodore got to really know his father, and

William Allen, James Allen’s father set off for America to find a job and sent his family his income (An Unrewarded Genius). Then things took a brutal twist as William was robbed and eventually murdered before he could even settle down. In result of this, James Allen had to drop out of all schooling at an age of fifteen to help support his family (An Unrewarded Genius). He worked three short years until he decided to devote his life to literature (Plantinga). Before his literary career was cut short due to death, he wrote nineteen books within a nine year period. His most known quote was and still is “If your real desire is to do good, there is no need to wait for money before you do it,” which is how he lived his own life.

Charles Arthur Burnett was born June 10, 1910 to an unhappy family in West Point, Mississippi.  Charles’ parents divorced when he was young and he lived with his mom for a few years of his life until she pushed him out of the house for refusing to work in the cotton fields.  He then went to live with his uncle who didn’t love him or take care of him so Charles ran away to his father’s house, to live with someone who actually cared.  His father had a large, happy family that Charles liked so he stayed there.  On Charles’ 18th birthday his dad gave him a guitar, which he instantly fell in love with and began to play.  He got his inspiration from Charlie Patton, the most popular blues singer in the Mississippi Delta.  According to Memphis Music

Both indigenous and other cultures benefited from Archie Roach’s work, he helped inspire all people and change many of their lives. As mentioned briefly above, Archie Roach pushed his viewpoint to get across though the inspirational and carefully selected words he used in order to write his songs. Both his message and viewpoint can be seen in his songs. Examples of his work include; ‘Took The Children Away’, ‘From Little Things’, ‘Charcoal Lane’, ‘Beautiful Child’, ‘Down City Streets’, ‘From Paradise’, ‘We won’t Cry’, ‘Walking Into Doors’ ‘Native Born’ ‘I’ve Lied’. Each of his albums depicts a strong, but different message.