The Unforgettable Legacy Of Miss Bessie Taylor Gwynn Analysis

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Vivian Osborne Marsh was one of the most influential black women in the San Franscisco area. Marsh served her community as an activist and government official.

Mildred Taylor uses many acts of courage in her book. Stacey showed courage when it was hard. He never gave up trying to be the man of the house, helping Papa, and trying to save TJ’s life. He knew that he would be made fun of and possibly hurt, but he

While displaying doubt to her mother about being able to get the job Mr Walter was offering, her mother expresses her faith in Taylor on page 7 of The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver by saying, “The way I see it, a person isn’t nothing more than a scarecrow...the only difference between one that stands up good and one that blows over is what they are stuck up on.” She knows that Taylor can handle whatever challenges the job presents her with and wants her to realize that in herself she has the power to do it, now all she has to do is use what she knows to get the job. Mama says this to her in a knowing way, because while Taylor does not realize herself she can get the job, Mama knows she can. A few days after Mama tells her this, she uses her backbone she is “up on” and tells Mr Walter that since he hasn’t made his mind up, she is going to be doing the job. Mama lights a fire in Taylor she didn’t know she had by saying this quote, that she takes to heart throughout the rest of the novel.

Woods class was called winning in the trenches a book about the Green Bay Packers team in the very beginning of the NFL. it is narrated by hey offensive tackle named Forrest Gregg he gives such a vivid depictions of every single game every single practice and every single person he is with on the team as though I can see it from the comfort of my bedroom . Nick because you both play football I feel like this book will be fantastic for you I know you like the Steelers had to shame but that does not change the fact that this book is one of the best that I've ever read The Way Forest pics it and during certain games I feel like this could be a candidate for the Great American novel but it's not just I feel one book that can create a great American novel it has to be a multitude of ideas compiled together to create something that is allowed to be labeled the great American novel. but I digress. I feel like this would be fantastic for you the way the forest describes his playing time with Coach Vince it feels like I was alive and playing during the time he was the book and all is so fantastic and I would recommend it to every single person in our classroom if I could.It is such a phenomenal book and you just many literary devices and quotes from actual incidents that I feel like you would be an English teacher is dream in the one instance Forrest Gregg describes the second Super Bowl versus the Dallas Cowboys it was called The Ice Bowl he described the field in the way that makes me feel like I'm standing on it and how when they try to run a go and play the field is so wet and sticky that's a good couldn't find their feet to turn and run we've had that problem little bit 2 in our own teams. change this is one of the best books ever written and as you know that's my favorite team along with Miss Woods. Maybe because it's about the Packers I will get a couple of credit points do you

“Our teacher says Miss Caroline’s introducing a new way of teaching” (18). Caroline Fisher showed courage when she moved from her home in northern Alabama to a completely different place to where she has no knowledge of to become a teacher in Maycomb. Caroline may have been emotionally weak, but she still held on and was determined to teach. She never gave up and it takes courage not to give up even when the temptation is too great. Even though Caroline was not a good teacher, she never gave up on

Bessie Coleman left a legacy not just in Texas but in the United States that few pilots could ever achieve. She may not have been the first African American to earn a pilot's license but she was the first female African American. When people hear of famous African Americans their first thought automatically goes to Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King Jr but nobody has heard of Bessie Coleman. It is thought that Bessie’s life was shaped by the tragedies she endured. First Bessie was born in early 1892 to illiterate parents that were both English-born slaves and that were children of slaves. Bessie’s father left her and his family in 1901. Her mother and two older brothers went to work later that year. Second, being African American during that time made it difficult for Coleman and her family to accomplish anything. Because of these reasons Bessie lived a life of hardships and tribulations. (notablebiographies.com)

The teachers profiled in “Unforgettable Miss Bessie”, “My Favorite Teacher”, and “And the Orchestra Played On” are remembered and admired by the narrators. Miss Bessie, Miss Hattie, and Mr. K. possessed significant qualities that made them remarkable educators. They inspired and encouraged students. They only wanted the best for their students and prepared them for their futures, enabling them to overcome difficulties in school. Besides the content of their subject matter these educators their taught students to believe that their lives and future all depends from themselves: whether they would choose the clean asphalt road or dirty, bumpy one.

Gertrude “Ma” Rainey is a pivotal figure in the history of American music. She was the first person to ever perform blues and the first internationally known African American female blues singer. Her music acted as inspiration for many distinguished figures during the Harlem Renaissance, and continues to influence contemporary music and art.

This subject of my essay is Lucinda Davis, a former slave owned by a Creek Indian family in what was then the former Indian Territory. She was approximately 89 years old when she was interviewed during the summer of 1937. Her story was quite an interesting one, as she was a witness to the Battle of Honey Springs during the civil war, an era that I am very interested in, which is the main reason why I chose to write about her. Another reason I chose her, is that she lived in Tulsa Oklahoma, and to me that brought the issue of slavery closer to home. I have always associated slavery with the southern states, not Oklahoma.

Ida B. Wells was the most influential African American woman of her time, who set the path for many women like Rosa Parks, Shirley Chisholm, and many others, who can walk with their heads held high and no more looking back. She achieved so much while she was here on earth. Wells’ was born in during slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She grew up with both parents (her mother’s name was Lizzie Bell, who was sold by a number of owners and her father’s name was James Wells, who had one master, who was also his father and whose last name he took his own) living in the home and she had seven siblings. It was important two both of her parents that their children would receive the best education, her father served on the first board of trustees of Rust College, a founder of the school, and it was ran by Northern missionaries. Once she reached her teenage years her parents and youngest sibling were stroke with an incurable disease and died from it. She decided to keep her family together by accepting a teacher position. Ida managed to continue her education at a nearby college named Rust College and once completed her moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to help with raising her younger siblings. In Tennessee, Ida started to fight for racial and gender justice; the cause for her willing to a take stand on these issues was an incident that happened to her aboard a train leading to her sue the railroad company for violating the 1875 Civil Right Act. Wells’ was an anti-lynching crusader

Sports are a significant part of society and spectators enjoy particular events regardless of the type. However, there are many players who develop special working and social relationships with whom they are participating regardless of the type of sport. The relationship and how people interact with one another can be the determination of how successful a team can be. The particular film based on a true story that I chose is titled When the Game Stands Tall. This film consists of a high performing football team of De La Salle High School in the state of California. Jim Caviezel portrays the head coach (Bob Ladouceur) as a man with such vision and passion that goes beyond the fundamental principles of coaching the game of football. The football team had won 151 games without being defeated which is the highest winning record a team has had in the game of football. The film shows the internal struggles of the players in their lives as people, and how they perform on the field. It also shows the external tragic difficulties that they face while they attend and play for De Le Salle High School. In the movie, the head coach helps the students/players by not only coaching them but also showing them how to live a flourishing life by committing to endure difficult life situations and the way to overcome them. He helps teach the principles of brotherhood and companionship with the team that they build. In the movie, the head coach and the staff had taught the players

Toni Cade Bambara's The Lesson is a very well written piece of history. This is a story from yesterday, when Harlem children didn't have good education or the money to spring for it. Bambara's tale tells about a little girl who doesn't really know how to take it when a good teacher finally does come along. This girl's whole life is within the poverty stricken area and she doesn't see why she must try hard. The teacher, Miss Moore, shows them what it is all about by taking them to a rich toy store, one in which a single toy costs more than year's supply of food.

Taking the counselor’s advice, my subject tried out for football, which led him into the educational world of the black athlete. “I became somewhat of an ‘untouchable’ as far as the teachers were concerned. My coaches got tutors for me, but instead of helping me with my homework they sort of did it for me.” The fact that my subject was a good student, an intelligent student, became overshadowed by the idea that the only way he would be able to go to college was through sports.

Gwendolyn Brooks was a black poet from Kansas who wrote in the early twentieth century. She was the first black woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize. Her writings deal mostly with the black experience growing up in inner Chicago. This is the case with one of her more famous works, Maud Martha. Maud Martha is a story that illustrates the many issues that a young black girl faces while growing up in a ‘white, male driven’ society. One aspect of Martha that is strongly emphasized on the book is her low self-image and lack of self-esteem. Martha feels that she is inferior for several reasons, but it is mainly the social pressures that she faces and her own blackness that contribute to these feelings of inferiority. It is