a day i will never forget

the first person from the mother’s perspective. She has two daughters Dee and Maggie who are

The setting is New Orleans, Louisiana in the Garden District. The cemetery, and her new home. She lives with her Aunt Claudia and cousin Aurelia, even though they aren't actually related. They live in a "shotgun" house across the street from the cemetery.

Madam C. J. Walker was born on December 23rd, 1867 as Sarah Breedlove, to Owen and Minerva Breedlove, who were former slaves enslaved to Robert W. Burney’s Madison Parish. She was the first of child born into freedom among her five siblings, after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Her siblings included one older sister, Louvenia and four brethren: James, Solomon, Owen Jr. and Alexander. At six years of age, her mother passed away probably

Most people think of the attacks on September 11th as the only attack on the United States, but they would be forgetting the attack on Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor was orchestrated by Japan in 1941 towards the end of World War II(WWII). This was a surprise attack that occurred off a naval base in Oahu. The United United States had been trying to negotiate with Japan for some time, but nothing ever prospered. Japan and the United States played an important part in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States’ entry into World War II through the people’s reactions, Japan’s power, the damage done to the United States, and Japan causing the entry to World War II.

This is an announcement by Douglas where she denotes his mother. This exhibit an extreme poor character of so called slave holders and owners.

Madame C.J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana and was named Sarah Bredlove. Her parents were Owen and Mernirva Bredlove. She was the youngest of six kids and was the first one born into freedom, after the Emancipation Proclamation. Her parents and siblings were all slaves owned by Robert W. Burney at the Madison Parish plantation. Her mother died in 1878 of cholera which is bacterial disease. Her father re-married and left Sarah to be an orphan at the age of seven and had to live with her older sister. At the age of fourteen she married a man named Moses McWilliams. When she turned twenty her husband died, but they had a daughter named Leila McWilliams.

Emmett’s mother Mamie was an excellent woman. She was the first black woman to graduate from Argo community High School and she worked in the Air force as a clerk.

Ross. Her nickname was Minty. She was 1 out of 9 children. Her family were all slaves, and Minty was

Janie Crawford’s birth was a result of a impecunious African American schoolgirl being raped by an unnamed teacher. Her mom splits, resulting in Janie being raised by her grandmother. Nanny, her grandmother, has been shaped by living in the years of the civil war and having been

In Cochran’s Mills, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1864; the rebellious little girl was born. Michael Cochran, Nellie’s father, played a big role in her journey. According to www.pbs.org, “he was a wealthy landowner, judge, and businessman.” The little town in Pennsylvania that she grew up in was named after her father. Fourteen children, not including herself, she came from a big family. Mary Jane Kennedy Cochran, her mother, had five children with Michael; the other ten came from Michael’s previous marriage. At only six years old, “Pinky’s” father died, leaving nothing in his second family’s names. Mother not competent to support herself and the large family financially, she remarried as well as Elizabeth, stepping in to help and enrolled at Indiana Normal School

The island is located in coast Between South Carolina and Georgia. A slave owner by the name of Bascombe Wade owned the land that is now called Willow Springs. One of his slaves was Ophelia’s Great grandmother Sapphira wade. Willow Springs became a land of free African Americans when Sapphira killed her master. The slaves that were once forced to work for white men are now free on that land because the deed now belongs to Sapphira. Racism is something that will unfortunately always be around inside certain individual’s hearts because it is something that they were taught. Mama day’s grandmother had to endure being a slave because of her color and as a result took the life of the man who made her one and allowed her family to become free. As a Hispanic American I cannot relate to the story Mama Day because I do not know what it is like to know or to be apart of a family that has endured such a traumatic event like slavery. The novel Mama Day is truly a creative piece of literature. From witchcraft to supernatural experiences and even a romantic love story, this story was one that is enjoyable to anyone with a sense of

Raised in an aristocratic family, Viola is the protagonist. The story starts off with a boat that she was on getting shipwrecked. Viola sees on opportunity to

It was a bone chilling January night; my mom received a call at about 11:15 PM, a call that changed my life forever. My Aunt June was on the other line. She was crying so hard my mother could barely understand her. Through the sobbing my mom finally understood that Brian, my cousin, had been in a horrible accident and she didn’t know how bad it was. My mother jumped out of the bed after she hung up the phone. She screamed up the stairs at my sister and me; it was a nerve shrilling scream. I could hear fear in her voice. My mom was always yelling at us growing up if we forgot to do something. She would even get us out of bed to finish something that wasn’t done completely. This particular

A Memorable day in my life, was, when I went to Walt Disney World. I remember the day like it was yesterday. My Trip to Disney World was the most joyous time in my life. There were so, many things to do, for the whole family to enjoy. My trip Walt Disney World was like a fantasy. Visiting Walt Disney World was more like, an escape from the real world. Visiting Walt Disney World Was an experience. I had the chance to see all of the Disney Characters , That, I've seen on television come to life there.

Throughout my life, there were many days that were significant; however there is only one day that stands from the rest. The most important day of my life is the day I graduated high school. Graduating high school was an emotional day because I felt prepared to exit one stage of my life and optimistic for the next step in my life.