Yellow Springs, Ohio

career”1, Virginia Hamilton said, speaking of being an author. Virginia Hamilton is a very talented African American Children’s author. She was born on March 12, 1936 in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Her Mother had lived in Yellow Springs since the late 1850’s. Virginia Hamilton said that she loves Yellow Springs. “I live on land that has been in my family for generations”2 “I love my hometown”3. She says, as a child, both of her parents were enthusiastic readers and gifted

When anyone asks me what I want to do in my lifetime, I always answer with, “I just want to be happy.” I have known the answer to that question for as long as I can remember. So, when the time came for me to start really thinking about the rest of my life (i.e. life after high school and adulthood) I had to think a lot about what makes me happy, and I have continued that journey ever since. My search for happiness and bettering my life has eventually led me here, to applying for a program that will

Growing up in central Ohio there are several things that you will see on a regular basis. One of these items in a buckeye, it is the symbol of the university here in town. Around the holidays we make candies called buckeyes that are rolled balls of peanut butter dipped in chocolate. People refer to individuals from Ohio as buckeyes as well. What is a buckeye and where does it come from? The buckeye tree, which is also, known as Aesculus Glabra is the state tree of Ohio. Sometimes called a horse

probability of being members of the community living in the Village of Yellow Springs and students at Antioch College. Our marketing strategy will cover how we will change the current customer segment to ensure the market is replenished. Geographic’s The geographic target is the Village of Yellow Springs, Antioch College, and Greater Miami Valley Area. It will compass a 30 mile radius outside of the Village of Yellow Springs. The radius is an estimated population of 1,095,659 people. Demographics

Ryan Finney Professor Kristen Sweet-McFarling ANTH 2102 27 July 2016 People of Yellow Springs I spent several days observing the small village of Yellow Springs, Ohio. Founded in 1825 and incorporated in 1856, Yellow Springs has a long history of advocating for civil rights. During the Civil War, Yellow Springs became a safe haven for over thirty freed and escaped slaves. Yellow Springs has also come under government and media scrutiny multiple times over the years for the local support of the political

Horace Mann, who is also known as the Father of American Public Education, is best known for his determination in reforming the public schooling system of the United States of America in the early 1800s. Horace Mann was born on May 4, 1796 in Franklin, Massachusetts to his parents, Thomas Mann and Rebecca Stanley Mann. Growing up in poverty, Horace Mann learned to be self- reliant from an early age. Although Horace, himself, did not have a proper education from the ages of 10 to 20, he self-

The word activist or feminist, it invokes a picture in the mind of a person who is strong, resilient, and unafraid to stand up for what they believe in. Martha P. Cotera does not fulfill this picture at first glance, but she has done great work with the Chicano Movement and the Chicana Feminist Movement. More than you would think could come out of a librarian. Martha P. Cotera’s life started when in Chihuahua, Mexico with her father Juan Piña and her mother Altagracia Castaños (Revolvy). Her parents

Ida Wells Barnett was born in Holly Springs, Missouri, on July 16, 1862, exactly 2 months and 6 days later prior to when United States President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in Confederate-held territory. Ida attended Shaw University, also known as Rust College, a school that was established for freed men after the Civil War. Like her father, Ida attended Shaw University, but was expelled for rebellious behavior after a confrontation with the college president

In Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, each section of the novel receives the name of a season starting with Autumn, ending with Summer, with Spring being the longest. Rather than leaving these seasons to only signify the passage of time, Morrison uses ideas usually associated with them and applies these ideas with varying degrees of subtlety throughout the novel. She fully utilizes the text in conjunction with these ideas, to make the reader understand various points. Morrison draws upon harsher themes

south, Mary was taught about being a hard worker, motivated, and the importance and value of a good education at an early age. When she was six years old, her parents sent her to the Antioch College Model School in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She later went on to attend Oberlin College in Ohio. And in 1884, she became one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree. Four years later she earned her master's degree in education.