Charles Swindoll Research Paper

“‘Let’s hurry back to the ‘Mayflower’ and bring our families ashore, William declared. But when they reached the ‘Mayflower,’ one person was missing. While they were gone, Dorothy Bradford had fallen overboard. She had been too weak to save herself. Once more, William was alone.” (pg. 176-177) Despite all the hardships that were thrown at him during his life, William Bradford, still became a remarkable, well-known man. When many of us would be asked if we knew who William Bradford was, we would quickly respond saying he was a great leader all throughout his life. Although, what hardships in life and experiences did he have when he was a boy, which transformed him into to such a greatly known man. Bradford Smith’s Book, “William Bradford Pilgrim

The eighth governor of Arkansas was Isaac Murphy. Isaac was governor from 1864-1868. He was not famous for just being a governor; he was famous for so many other things, but the thing that makes him the most famous was the Arkansas Secession Convention. He had a wife named Angelina A. Lockhart and he had five children with her. Isaac also had when to washington college.

The biggest name in 20th century American law enforcement in United States history is John Edgar Hoover. John Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was appointed in 1924 and died in office in 1972. He stayed in power from President Calvin Coolidge to President Richard Nixon. His agents brought down some of the most notorious crime bosses in the U.S. He had changed the way police look at crime scenes.

The East coast originally known as the thirteen colonies, but what did it take to settle the East coast and later on America? Great Britain wanted to take the new land by storm and the king was determined to make money off of the lands natural resources. Unfortunately the geography of the land made it hard to settle Charles Town, its many rivers, rigid mountains, and thick swamps made it nearly impossible to explore this land. This land was described as “flat and woody” making it easy to get lost but That wasn't enough to stop explorers from coming and taking over South Carolina, there first settlement was in Charles Town, the land they had first set foot on. Then they built their first colonies where they would face more problems and make new enemies.

Solomon Northup was born in July of 1808, in Minerva, New York. Solomon was born free due to the death of his father’s, Mintus, owner. His father’s owner was named Captain Henry Northup, which is how Solomon and his father received their last name. While Northup was a child, he had acquired some education, but mainly worked on his family’s farm. In 1828, Solomon married Anne Hampton. In 1834, he and his wife moved to Saratoga Springs, New York. They later had three children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Alonzo. While in upstate New York, Solomon Northup received the reputation of a talented fiddler.

H. Rap Brown was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 1960, at the age of 17, he moved to Washington D.C. and joined the Non-violent Action Group (NAG). In 1964, Brown became chairman of NAG, which eventually lead him to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In 1966, Brown was appointed SNCC’s Director of Voter Registration for the state of Alabama. He succeeded Stokely Carmichael as national chairman a year later.

When looking back at the early history of the United States, few people are as well known as William Bradford. As the man who declared the first Thanksgiving, this is often the first thing we learn about him. However, what was his life truly like? What did he do other than start a holiday where we give thanks and gorge ourselves with food?

John Smelcer is an author of native life who is faking his identity. There is a controversy about John Smelcer, whether he is native or not. John Smelcer is trying to prove that he is native, but many people are saying the opposite. John Smelcer is a liar, and there are reasons that show that he is not native, and he wants to fake his identity for professional gain. It’s important to me to find out John’s real identity, because he's a good writer, and I liked his book The Great Death. I want to know if he is lying, because it’s bad to read books for an author who faked his identity.

Archibald Motley jr. was born october 7,1891 in New Orleans,LA. He was an african American visual artist. His family moved to chicago for his father’s job. He witnessed hard work as a child this is something that carried with him through his artist career. He was offered a scholarship to study agriculture but he turned it down. He entered Englewood high school.

Achievement has no color (“Abraham Lincoln”). Being a successful athlete takes dedication and talent. Now, being the first ever African American athlete on an all-white league takes guts! For Jack Robinson, he tackled an early life of poverty and racist threats all while becoming a legend.

Most people would guess that a young teen like myself would be influenced the most by the hippest artist of today,the latest movie star, or maybe the team who designed the latest iPhone. Though they are very inspiring, I have been influenced by someone who is not in the twenty first century, yet his legacy and great contributions will go on for centuries. This individual is Charles Drew. Drew was an African American physician and medical researcher who made life changing developments in the medical field. He studied blood transfusions, developed effective techniques for blood storage, and applied his knowledge to develop a blood bank. Charles Drew is most inspiring to me because he was passionate, selfless, courageous,and stood

On July 4, 1954, Sheppard’s family invited Ahern’s family for dinner. Don and Nancy Ahern and their two children joined Sheppard family for casual dinner. Ahern family is a neighbour of Sheppard’s family. After the dinner, Nancy’s two children fallen to sleep and Don dropped those kid in his house and he came back to Sheppard’s house. Meanwhile, Marilyn Sheppard drop off his child to upstair to the bed, Samuel Reese Sheppard. Sheppard’s family and Nancy’s family watched a film together. As Marilyn tried to sleep on Sam’s lap, he felt tired from working all day, so he got up and went to his couch to take a nap. Later on that night, Marilyn was beaten to death. There were 35 curved gashes on her body.

Arthur Shawcross, who was one of New York’s most ruthless serial killers, illustrated the importance of capital punishment. In 1973, Shawcross was first convicted of brutal rape and murder of two children in upstate New York. At that time, the death penalty had been declared unconstitutional, and Shawcross was only sentenced to prison. After serving only 15 years in prison for his punishment, he was paroled in 1988. Shawcross took 11 more lives in just a 21-month killing spree after his release (Pataki).

Dr. J. Matthew Sleeth, his wife, Nancy, and their two children lived the life that most people would refer to as the American dream. A prestigious physician’s career, big house, and more material items than the small family knew what to do with. While working, Sleeth noticed an increase in chronic illnesses, and was brought to his breaking point treating children whose lives were cut short. A highly-educated man, Sleeth, outlined what every person could do to help preserve what God provided to sustain human life, not by doing more, but by doing less. The concepts that were highlighted included: conscious use of natural resources, materialistic views, improved personal habits, critical thinking processes, as well as what life would be like if

James Hutton was a very smart person. Hutton devoted his time to extensive scientific reading and traveled widely to inspect rocks and observe the actions of natural processes. He was the originator of one of the fundamental principles of geology—uniformitarianism, which explains the features of the Earth's crust by using natural processes over geologic time. The importance of this principle isn’t very great