Revel Jackson Family Research Paper

Mary Jackson was born April 9, 1921, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.A. She was a math genius and an aerospace engineer. most importantly she was the first African American female engineer to work and be the first flight engineers for NASA.

Shirley Jackson was born on December 14, 1916 in San Francisco, California. She was the daughter of Leslie Hardie (President of Stecher-Traung Lithograph,Inc.) and Geraldine Bugbee Jackson.

As I embarked on this assignment I was unsure how to begin and what stories to tell. I did not know if I should commence with how my family came to America, my family tree, or a fascinating story about how my grandparents met. In order to complete this assignment I convened with my grandfather, Earl W. Stafford Sr., who knows a lot about our family history, to learn as much as I could.

Although the “Age of Jackson” wasn’t a time era, which brought forth a great political, social, or economic freedom and equality to the U.S., it did in fact put our country through a metamorphosis in our political lives of the nation. The start of a new presidency (Jackson’s presidency) was accompanied by huge numbers of Hickoryites (Jacksonian supporters) and official hopefuls. Many of these hopefuls were granted their desire of holding office, which is one of the changes brought into Washington by Andrew Jackson.

In today's world, there is such a big emphasis on education and its importance. And there should be an emphasis. Unfortunately, not everyone has the same attitude about receiving a good education. This article attempts to discuss the attitudes of African American's towards education when a stable family structure is absent.

Many cultures have certain traditions that are very important to them. For example, the Hmong culture has a tradition about marriage. When a Hmong man wants to get married and start a family, he has to ask two specific men called “Mekoob”, to go with him to his women’s house and formally ask the parents for their daughter’s hand in marriage. They later talk about the wedding plan and the price for everything. The husband and his family have to pay for all the expenses.

of life. They seem to be very tight knit group who value tradition above everything. Family seems to be

Abigail Hill wrote a paper on the influence her mother, Juanita Ray Hill, had on their family and the family rituals that she implemented. By analyzing the Hill family rituals, I have been able to also analyze the rituals I want for my future family. Creating a good home environment is essential to individual and family development and growth. Some of the family rituals from the Hill family I want to include in my family and some others I do not want to include. I want a home environment that of teamwork, responsibility, love of God, and appreciation for nature. The best way to promote these family values is to have rituals that teach and promote them.

There is an old African saying, “when an elder dies, it is as if an entire library has burned to the ground.” This happens to be the case when it comes to my family history. Unfortunately, my grandparents on both sides of my family have past away and the rest live across the world which can be difficult to contact. My parent’s are going to be my sources for this assignment. They both have provided me with information about their childhood and the lives of my grandparent’s. By using the stories provided from Deborah A. Miranda’s book Bad Indians, I will compare and contrast the lives of my family to hers.

The Newman family is from Phenix City, Alabama. There is a story that not many people know about, unless you were living in Phenix City at the time. It is a tale of good guys and bad guys. Some of the things people think of when they hear about mobsters or gangsters are Al Capone or the Godfather Movies. In this little town next to Columbus, Georgia there were these crazy things happening from the mob in Alabama. There were two families, one was asked to fight the mob and the other family was the mob. The Davis family had six children and the patriarch of the family was a business owner. He was known for being the sweetest, kindest, toughest and hardest working man to walk the streets. The mob respected and stayed away from him because he respect

In the late 1960s and early 1970s Motown released a new band called the Jackson 5. The band consisted of brothers Jermaine Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson, and Michael Jackson. They grew up and started their band in Gary, Indiana. Their father Joe Jackson was their manager, he was a “stern temperamental disciplinarian”. It was also his idea to get his kids into music because one day Joe came home and noticed that the boys where stealing his guitar and playing it without permission. However, he then realized his sons had serious talent, and from that day on he trained them.

Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel singer. She had a powerful voice and was the most influential singer in the world. She was known as the “Queen of Gospel”. She was influced by blues artist Bessie Smith and Ma Riney. ()

Dr. Shirley Jackson is the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, but she didn’t get there easily. From 1964-68 she was a scholar at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), after graduating in 1964 as valedictorian of her class. Here, she earned her bachelors degree after writing her thesis on solid-state physics. She also got her Ph.D. in ’73 on elementary particles, becoming the first African American female to receive a doctorate in theoretical solid state.

People such as Charles will do inappropriate acts just to get attention. The title of the story is Charles and it is written by Shirley Jackson. Charlie the main character was craving attention, therefore he looked for some unkind ways to receive it. The story took place in the 1950s at Laurie’s home and the kindergarten. Laurie was approaching his first year of kindergarten. Laurie faced the problem of adjusting to the new lifestyle that was kindergarten.

Throughout this interview process, it was extremely difficult to find a family not similar to mine. However after many weeks of searching, I found a wonderful family that lives not to far from my hometown, the Lindsay family. While interviewing this family, I spent approximately four hours at their small home in Lake City, TN. This experience was difficult and rewarding at the same time. To me, meeting new people is very hard because I am a really shy person. However, I strived to gather a lot of information from this family because it is very important to get a lot of details. So, therefore, this paper will explain my own family, the Lindsay family, and the comparison amongst our families.