Phil Pulaski Research Paper

Mykah Plesner, passed away at age 15 on September 4th, 2017. In a small town named Blackfoot Idaho. Mykah had an amazing family. Mike and Nicole Plesner, parents of Mykah, who were always there for her. They supported her and all her decisions. Of what I heard she was born May 26th 2002, in Pocatello Idaho.

Vel Philips was born on the south side of Milwaukee. Vel Howard won a scholarship to Howard University that’s where she got her bachelor degree in art in 1946. When she returned to Wisconsin she attended university of Wisconsin Madison law school. Vel Philips has fought for civil rights in Wisconsin. She became the first black women to graduate from that school. Her and her husband became the first husband and wife couple to be admitted to the Wisconsin bar.

My essay is on a friend of our family, Lenny Wilkens. Lenny grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. His father was African American and his mom was Irish American. Lenny was raised Catholic. In high school Wilkens

Due to the Sandusky River, which was a major water route connecting Canada to the Mississippi River utilized by early French traders, the area was highly trafficked. As trading posts emerged on the lake in the Sandusky, small communities started appearing to the east of where Toledo is today (Mossing 17). Catholic historian John Gilmary Shea claimed the first traces of Catholic missionaries visiting the territory was the Society of Jesus, more commonly known as the Jesuits, in 1742. The Jesuits are a religious order founded during the Counter-Reformation period (McBrien 177).

My name is Sammie Spisak. I was born on July 19,1999 in Bridgeport, CT. I grew up in Fairfield, CT and I am the oldest in my family. I have two younger siblings, who are twins named Matt and Molly. They both just started their first year of high school. I have two dogs Georgia and Sophie, both Tibetan Terriers. My mom and dad both grew up in Fairfield. My mom is one of 7 and my dad has a sister. There are five sets of twins on my mom’s side of the family. I am one of 26 cousins.

“Ordinary human beings are born with an extraordinary ability to fight evil with decency” (Rusesabagina 109). Paul Rusesabagina is the definition of this quote , he was an ordinary man, with an extraordinary tongue. Paul’s tongue was his most significant asset throughout his career, the genocide, and his life. Paul did not need a machete or a knife during the genocide, his tongue was his weapon. He used the power of his tongue to defend the refugees, the Hotel Mille Collines, his family, and himself from the evilness of the genocide.

According to William Scheick Phillis Wheatley was “the first African American and the second colonial American woman to publish a book.” (Scheick). At the age of eight the Wheatley’s enslaved her. Her name Phillis was given to her by the Wheatley’s because it was the name of the ship she was brought over on from Africa to America. She was an African American enslave women that was taught to read, and write at a younger age back when educating enslaved or free African Americans was discouraged. She also was taught the way of Christianity and was converted from Pagan to Christianity. “In intervals between her chores, she was tutored in English, Latin, and Bible studies.” (Scheick).

Journal Prompt #5: Do some research on Phyllis Wheatley’s life or work. List the sources, and discuss the info.

Phyllis Wheatley was one of the best poets ever. She was the first ever African American poet. This paper will be about her early life, adult life and her contribution to the Revolutionary War.

Lanier Phillips was born March 14, 1923 in Lithonia, Georgia. As a child, he was told by his great-grandmother to never look a white man in the eye or, he'd "get a whipping, or maybe lynched." This was just part of his early life in Georgia. When African-Americans built a school for black children, Yellow River School, the Ku Klux Klan (or KKK) burned it down. It was then he knew he had no future in Georgia. Lanier was sent to live with relatives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1932, to help save him. He went to Main Street Elementary until he joined the army at the age of 18.

Jenni Pulos is an Emmy-nominated television producer who was born on January 3, 1973, in Oregon being a Capricorn. She earned her fame through her role on Bravo’s hit show, Flipping Out which came out around the year 2007. The show also has a spinoff named “Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis” which came on 2012 and she was an assistant of Jeff Lewis for the show. She is a Greek-American. She is a multi-talented person and she is also a writer, a rapper, a comedienne and was also in sports. As a writer, her work can be seen in her book ‘Grin and Bear It: How to Be Happy No Matter What Reality Throws Your Way’ which was published in March 2014.

Pennny is a colorful fuzzy ball of fur. Pennny has butterfly wings and big rainbow eyes. She wears high socks, her hair sticks up and she wears a bow in it. She also carries a pink and purple magic wand. Her fur is blue and she also wears a silver neckless with magic dust in it.

Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley rose from the ashes and became one of the most accomplished poets ever. She was from Africa and brought over to the Colonies in 1761. From there, Wheatley sprouted into the first African American and the third American woman to publish a book of poetry. Phillis Wheatley could not have been as successful if it were not for her owners, her intelligence and her background. Wheatley was captured from Africa when she was eight and brought to the Colonies.

“I love you.” This is something you do not want to tell your crush when you have not talked to her. During 8th grade, Brian Wilkerson met a girl in one of his classes. Throughout the year they became very good friends. Eventually he started to get feelings towards her but it was toward the end of the year. They both went to highschool but did not have any classes freshman year so they stopped talking. Not until sophomore year did Brian think it was time to tell her how he felt. And so, after not talking to her for almost to years, he went up to her while she waited for her bus and said: “I love you.” After this she went on her bus without saying a word to him back. Ever since this has been the most awkward moment of his life.

Phillip John Donahue was born on the 21st December 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio USA, however he has Irish roots. He earned his net worth and popularity as a TV host and producer, best known for the creation of the very first talk show which included public as participants “Donahue” which was aired for 29 years, from 1967 until 1996.