Henry Ossawa Tanner was an African-American male artist who was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 21, 1859. The son of a minister and a school teacher, Henry was the oldest of nine children. Tanner went to a school named Robert Vaux which was one of the few all-black institutions that offered art classes. At only 13 years old young Henry had already decided that he would become a painter, and as the years went by he created as much art as he could. It is said that he was able to work on his artistic skills because he was ill and had spent his time recuperating by staying at home and painting. ("Henry Ossawa Tanner." Bio.com)
TD Jakes has one amazing thing to say after another. I'm not exaggerating. I can't count the number of aha moments I've had while listening to him. While he is a pastor, you don't need to be religious to benefit from his lessons. What he says makes sense for everyone who wants to become better and happier. His mission is helping people find their purpose and fulfill their destiny, and we can all benefit from that kind of person.
A ghoul remembers her first meal. If I were one of these flesh-eating creatures, my name would be Ash and I would kill Robert William Fisher.
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.
Even though there can be better centers, Travis Frederick is one of the best centers in the NFL because he has so much experience as a center and makes a big impact on the Dallas Cowboys offence. He is also one of the tallest and biggest centers in the game and plays for the best offensive line in the NFL.
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.
One of the politicians who have had a significant impact upon state politics was Matthew Gaines in Texas, his biography and impact on the state of Texas is discussed below.
“Nothing, they never did. And heed my warning, a few years after my son disappeared, a wealthy attorney from Chicago, by the name of Wendell Gladfree, who was himself an adventur-ist, started petitioning the park fathers. Gladfree wanted them to release pertinent information about scores, I’m talking about scores of people who went missing in the park from 1920 to 1969. I met Gladfree myself and got to know him well. For a while, I thought he might be the one to crack the code of silence. And believe it or not, the fathers were court ordered to produce certain documents and things for
When the United States of America joined World War 1 in 1917 the rst of the world had been at war for three years. The U.S. deployed an estimated 4,355,000 troops to around the world. Around 204,004 of them returned home injured. Henry Johnson was one of those soldiers.
“Go sweep the shop!” Nelson growled. This is heard a lot from South Hamilton’s shop teacher. He has been at this school for 24 years and has not stopped yelling at his students. So, what has this old, grouchy man done in his life? Once Gary Nelson graduated high school he had a low draft number and knew he would be drafted into the army, so he volunteered as a Navy Corpsman.
Billy Gene Phillips Sr. was born to Clara Faye and Carl James Phillips on January 15, 1958 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. My grandfather grew up in Oklahoma City for the most part of his life. He was raised with three siblings, James Dean Phillips, Donna Faye Conway, and Virginia Ann Terry. He was the second to youngest child in his family. At the age of sixteen he met my grandmother Bonnie Walker, which later married on February 6, 1976 at the age of nineteen. They lived in Dibble, Oklahoma, where they raised five kids, David Phillips, Billy Phillips Jr., Bonnie Phillips, Regenia Phillips, and Virginia Phillips. He had seven grandchildren. In 2003 he fought his son Billy Phillips Jr. In a custody battle for three of his grandchildren, because he didn't believe they were given the best life.
Thomas Oscar Simpson was born on September 19th 1933 to Alleta Mae and George Henry. In 1954, Thomas lost his Mother. My Mother said, “My father, Aletta’s son, Thomas Simpson (Tom) reports he was first at the scene. Tom was working with his Uncle George Scott on a plow at George’s home which was across the street from the Simpson property. While working Tom and George heard a loud noise. They saw smoke and the tractors wheels in the air. They found her dead beneath the tractor. The steering wheel had crushed her chest and the gas throttle was by the side of her face.”
Twenty-one years ago this month, on September 6, 1992, the decomposed body of Christopher McCandless was discovered by moose hunters just outside the northern boundary of Denali National Park. He had died inside a rusting bus that served as a makeshift shelter for trappers, dog mushers, and other backcountry visitors. Taped to the door was a note scrawled on a page torn from a novel by Nikolai
Harry Wills, also known as The Black Panther in boxing, has inspired many colored youths to participate in sports themselves. Currently, he has been unable to fight in the heavyweight title, and he probably never will get the chance to because dangerous black men like him are prohibited from doing so. Nobody can really prove that Wills is the best boxer because he is unable to fight against the white race, but he wins just about every match he gets into with the colored. Full of excuses, George Dempsey, was the white boxing legend who could not fight against Harry Wills even though over 500 newspaper polls estimated that Harry would win. Boxing has become very popular with all Americans, but racial prejudice remains, so it will be difficult
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.