Raleigh, North Carolina

It was basketball season and I was in eighth grade. Our team's record was 7-1 and we were playing william lenoir middle school today, who had beat us the first game of the season. We all woke up thinking about this game. The whole morning as I was getting ready for school the only thing I could think about was this game. I got to school and all me and the rest of the team talked about was beating them. We all talked about it all day and that's all our team could think about. It was

“I want to cushion the shock of a total revolution of labor…I want blacks and whites in the south to gradually live themselves out of their old relation to each other,” said Abraham Lincoln in regards to what his goals were for Reconstruction. After the Civil War ended, Reconstruction was presented as a way to unify the country once again and have all Americans live together in equality and unity. In theory, achieving successful Reconstruction seemed easy to implement and an idea that every American

Harriet Jacobs, or Linda Brent in the book, was born in 1813 near Edenton, North Carolina as a slave. She was blessed with, in her words, “unusually fortunate circumstances(Jacobs, Pg.3)” until age six when her mother died. She stayed with her mistress, Margaret Horniblow, until she was twelve years old where on her mistress’s death she was willed to her mistress’s niece and as a result her new mistress’s father, Dr. Flint. Unlike with her previous mistress, her life with the Flints was harsh and

The United States of America has gone through huge transformation and historical events that has now given freedom and independence throughout. The freedom has been given through war and key decisions made that have eventually won its independence and created the United States of America from East to West. Andrew Jackson was the president in the early 1800’s that made a considerable amount of change. Theses changes and action that he was involved in changed America forever, in which gave him the

Most of Wyatt’s prepper friends warned him that bringing a dog into the bunker would create a new set of problems to be dealt with, such as extra medical supplies, storing food, and creating space for her to run and relieve herself, but as Wyatt saw it, he didn’t have a wife or kids to stock supplies for so he had space to spare. He kept Sugar on a diet that consisted of dry kibble and a variety of homemade meals and treats which were made from ingredients he would already have in the bunker stores

The world of agriculture relies on businesses, banks and people in order to keep farmers in business. Farmers can receive loan money for anything including cars, restaurants, and homes, as long as they are strong enough financially to handle it in the long run. There are loan officers who lend money to farmers in order to help the farmers buy the things that they will need for that season and things they want for their personal life. Agricultural loans can be put toward anything from the seeds of

parents and had a very good life growing up. She lived in a small town called East Bend, she was a cheerleader, and graduated from Forbush High School. After high school she went to college at Western Carolina University for four years and majored in Education and then went on to The University of North Carolina at Greensboro to get her masters in Administration Education. My mother had a job throughout college and worked hard to make good grades and have money to spend. She was very hardworking and did

exemplify this. Everyday that one receives on this earth is another chance to broaden horizons. Time is precious just like the Word of God is to one who may be going through strife. I am going to spend my free time in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, the Ocoee River in Tennessee, and the Talladega National Forest in Alabama because I don’t want to

The Trail of Tears has been an American predicament as to whether the forceful removal of Cherokee tribes from their homelands was unconstitutional. The Trail of Tears devastated many Cherokee people, families, and homes, and is still a debate whether the whole fiasco was unconstitutional. Through the years 1816-1840 Native American nations signed more than 40 different treaties that gave up more and more of the Natives homeland. When President Andrew Jackson came into power starting in 1829, Jackson

Yes, there are LGBTQ people in North Carolina. Contrary to popular belief from the previous governor Patrick McCrory and the general heteronormativity of the state, LGBTQ people go about their everyday lives in North Carolina. But while non-straight people exist beyond Manhattan, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, they exist in a different, more suppressed manner. There are fewer pride rallies, brunches, and general gay outings, and that is why the mural of Brandy Alexander – the drag queen, not the