Eatonton, Georgia

The novel The Color Purple was written by Alice Walker, a civil rights activist as well as a women’s rights activist. Walker was born February 9, 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia into a poor family. During her childhood, the South was segregated. Walker attended a segregated school and was the valedictorian of her high school class. She went on to study literature at Spelman College in Atlanta, then transferred to Sarah Lawrence College in New York where she studied abroad in Africa. Most known for her

The ethical company that I chose was Chick Fil A. Chick-Fil-A Headquarters 5200 Buffington Rd. Atlanta, GA 30349. Chick Fil A is a thriving fast food franchise that started way back in 1946 in a small town of Eatonton, Georgia. The founders name and also the chairman was Emeritus S. Truett Cathy. The first restaurant opened in Hapeville Atlanta, the name of the restaurant at the time was actually Dwarf Grill not Chick Fil A, but it had the same menu that it has today with a couple new products that

South. Her writing explores different relationships among women and embraces the compensating power of social and political revolution. Walker was a catalyst for change during her lifetime. Alice Malsenior Walker was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia. Alice Walker is one of the most admired African-American authors writing today. Because she was the youngest daughter of sharecroppers, Walker grew up fairly poor. Her mother spent her days as a maid in order to provide for her eight children

Have you ever heard of or wonder whom the activist and author Alice Walker is? Alice Malsenior Walker was born in 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia. She is the youngest of eight children and her parents were sharecroppers. Walker lost the sight in her right eye when she was eight due to her brother having shot her eye with a BB gun. Even though she lost the sight in her eye it never stopped her, Walker published over 30 books, including novels and short stories, poetry, non-fiction books, and essays. Walker

Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia to sharecroppers. At a very young age, Walker suffered an eye injury that had a major impact on her self-esteem. The injury affected the way she carried herself, causing her to shy away from others. Believing that her appearances didn’t meet the expectations, she turned to writing as an escape. The Color Purple exemplifies an uneducated black woman, Celie, who endures abuse and struggles with the effects it has on her. Throughout the novel, Walker imbeds

These tribes had populations were estimated to be around 65,000 people strong that lived in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. (Foner, 2012) The American Indians fought for their rights and beliefs through the American court system. Their other objective other than fighting for their rights was but in the end, they were forced out of their homes to move

There are two main climatic zones in Georgia. It is generally a moderate and Mediterranean-like in the west near the Black Sea coast and extremely cold winters in the mountains. The Greater Caucasus Mountain Range plays an important role in moderating Georgia's climate and protects the nation from the colder air masses moving out of Russia from the north. While the Lesser Caucasus Mountains protect the majority of the country from the dry and hot air masses from the south. Also Georgia’s eastern

AES- Telasi: Power Trip or Power Play? The state of Georgia’s geographic location provides resources, in particular hydroelectric power sources advantageous to their economic well-being. For this reason this post- communist state attracted the attention of AES, a multinational U.S. energy firm. More specifically, it caught the eye of Michael Scholey, a prospective investor and manager for AES. However, Georgia’s impoverished state and rampant corruption throughout the nation made the restructuring

language. The Indian Removal policy started by Andrew Jackson and passed in 1830. In 1790s the Georgia legislature planed a lottery system, that was system of land distribution and qualifying citizens could register for a chance to win these lands. United States could not force tribal leaders to sell their lands and many of leaders refused to sell their lands. However, in 1827s Resolution of Georgia General Assembly declared that under constitution, the federal government had no

"My friends, circumstances render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. You have but one remedy within your reach...that is to [move] to the west...The sooner you do this, the sooner you will commence your career of improvement and prosperity." These were the words spoken by Andrew Jackson to Congress on the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Indian Removal Act (aka the Trail of Tears) was a brutal, unfair tragedy that should not have happened to the Native Americans