American philanthropists

Chuck Close is a modern American artist who has achieved success for his large-scale portraits. Yes, I would describe Close’s work as a form of language because it explored the established visual presentation from the portraits. The subject of his portraits has been drawn from himself, his family, and friends. His works explain that it has been driven by his lifelong learning difficulties. His portraits tell everything about his struggle to remember the faces while drawing. Also, the uses of the

Rough drafts The topic I choose is to compare and contrast two historical figures, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. The topics I will cover include their origins and background, their achievements, the public opinion about them and my personal opinion after reading all their accomplishments. There are some similarities between King and Mandela lives. Both were graduated at university level. They lived parallel live and fought for the same cause in different countries and continents. Their

the world often know more than the young ones do. Even for the famous people, they all had to learn from their parents or mentors. Oprah Winfrey is a famous American talk show host, media proprietor, actress, producer, philanthropist--a woman of great talent and intelligence. And then there was Oprah’s mentor, Maya Angelou, who was an American author, poet, and civil rights activist. Dr. Angelou was famous throughout the years because of her amazing books, poetries, and TV shows. Dr. Angelou passed

According to the (https://www.biography.com/people/oprah-winfrey) Oprah Winfery was an American television host, producer, actress, philanthropist and entrepreneur, her full name was Oprah Gail Winfery. She was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. During her years there she had received a lot trouble living in the small farming community. She was sexually abused by a number of male relatives and friends of her mother. In frustration from that she moved to Nashville to live with her

this were Andrew Carnegie, Eugene Debs, and Booker T. Washington who believed that wealth could either enable people to rise in society or that it should be distributed. Andrew Carnegie was not only a hugely successful businessman, but a great philanthropist. With the wealth that he acquired from the Carnegie Steel company, he promoted education and world peace. Carnegie was perhaps one of the first people to publicly state that the wealthy had a moral obligation to give away their fortunes. In 1889

“I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life,” said Constance Baker Motley. As an African American in the early 1900s, restrictions began emerging because she was caught in the midst of segregation and the fight for women’s right. In any case, she did not let any obstacles stand in her way, as she stated, her race and sex were never able to hold her back. From her early days she was interested in law and justice and grew enthusiastic for fighting for equality. As she reached

agreed to work with the NYA ( National Youth Administration ) with the New Haven branch. One of her speeches at the Dixwell Community House, which is an African American organization , focused on the greater needs for people to be given some type of control the program. With great luck, a very important, wealthy, white contractor and philanthropist, Clarence Blakeslee, was listening and was very impressed with her intellectual speech. In fact, he was so fascinated that he offered to pay for her college

Oprah Winfrey, a talk show hostess also known as an actress, philanthropist, publisher and a producer. Oprah Winfrey was born in the town Kosciusko in Mississippi, on January 29, 1954. She grew up in a small farming community, and had a troubled childhood where she got sexually abused by a number of male relatives and friends of her mother. She moved to Nashville to live with her father and entered Tennessee State University in 1971 and began working in radio and television broadcasting in Nashville

American was a prosperous country with incredible economic growth between the end of Reconstruction and the Great Depression. It was during this time that "industrial expansion went into high gear because increasing manufacturing efficiencies enabled American firms to cut prices and yet earn profits for financing still better equipment (Henretta 488)." During this era, the manufacturing of steel, the construction of railroads, factories, and warehouses, and the growing demand for technological

Washington. Along with the biography of Charles Banks life, the book also addresses the creation and struggles of Mound Bayou. It also gives the reader an inside look on Booker T. Washington's complex, economic concentrations rooted in the African American Community called the Tuskegee Machine. David H. Jackson is a college professor who was writing a research paper for a research seminar course. His