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- 1791: Maya Angelou 2
- ... request of President Clinton, she wrote and delivered a poem at his 1993 presidential inauguration. Whole her life, Maya Angelou has been trying to make something special in the poetry, history and in the film industry of the Africa-American women. Dr, Angelou, who speaks French, Spanish, Italian and West African Fanti, began her career in drama and dance. In 1940 ... life. Maya Angelou is currently Reynolds Professor at Wake Forest University, Winston -Salem, North Carolina. Whole her life Maya Angelou has been trying to make something special in the poetry, history, and in the film industry of the Africa-American women. Maya Angelou made a lot for American civilization, and each Americans really looks up on Maya Angelou's life, and ...
- 1792: Martin Luther King Jr. 4
- The Most Influential Person of the 21st century The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most important events of the history of the United States. Although many people contributed to this movement, Martin Luther King, Jr., is widely regarded as the leader of the movement for racial equality. Growing up in ... reordered its priorities. His wisdom, his words, his actions, his commitment, and his dreams for social change, are intertwined with the American experience. Martin Luther King s influence on the history of American makes him the most influential person of the twentieth century. Works Cited Ansbro, John. Martin Luther King, Jr. : The Making of a Mind. New York: Orbis Books (1994 ...
- 1793: Mark Mcgwire Vs. Sammy Sosa
- During the 1998 baseball season, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have excited fans with the greatest home run race in the history of the game. By mid-September, both players surpassed Roger Maris's single season record of sixty-one homers, set back in 1961. Sosa and McGwire are both great players ... would indicate to people that the record is not legitimate because McGwire had a significant advantage over the likes of Babe Ruth and Roger Maris. Isn't it funny how history repeats itself? Back in 1961, Roger Maris's record had an asterisk placed beside it because he had hit 61 home runs in a 162 game season, while Ruth's ...
- 1794: Martin Luther King
- ... achieve everything that he set forth to do, but he did reach legendary status for his achievements in his quest for equal justice for everyone in America. Any individual in history who has been set apart by their leadership excellence all have in common the value of peace. Mohandas Gandhi, who is one of our greatest leaders of our time has ... He finished highschool by age 15. As mentioned, church was important. He was deliberate and patient in his endeavours, disciplined and hard working. Dr. King was well-read in the history of his people as well as in great literature, philosophies, etc. He developed his oratory skills. He lead many marches and went willingly to jail to further freedom for his ...
- 1795: Marcus Garvey
- ... banana plantation in Costa Rica and for a newspaper in Panama and then went to London, England. While there, he worked for an Egyptian scholar, and learned much of the history of Africa, particularly with reference to the exploitation of black peoples by colonial powers. After reading Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington, Marcus Gravey asked himself, Where is the ... of his day, it is clear that, since then, these very same ideas in a different perspective have had a favorable influence on the policies of many Negro leaders throughout history. BIBLIOGRAPHY Altman, Susan. Extraordinary Black Americans. ©1989. Childrens Press: Chicago. pp. 137-138 Cronon, David E. Great Lives Observed (Marcus Garvey). ©1973, Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs. Franklin, John H. Black ...
- 1796: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... in the Gulf of Tanken. A major event in Johnson's first year as president was Congressional passage of one of the largest civil rights bills in the nation's history. The bill had been show to Congress in June 1963 during the large civil rights demonstrations being healed during the time. It was originally Kennedy s bill, but Johnson firmly ... quarters over by the time Johnson took over. Johnson ran for Presidency and won by a landslide. His opponent was Goldwater. Johnson won by the biggest landslide in the nations history. He received 61% of the nation s votes, which is over 16 million votes. He won in every state except for Goldwater s state, Arizona, and five states in the ...
- 1797: Lenonard Bernstein
- ... in Boston. At the age of seventeen, Bernstein was accepted at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was interested in many other things other than music. For example, philosophy and history were both subjects of great importance to him. After graduating from Harvard cum laude in 1939, Leonard spent a year in New York City. He met many influential people throughout ... of the biggest risks Bernstein took in his career. On November 14, 1943, Bernstein debuted at Carnegie Hall as the director of the New York Philharmonic. It was a music history event to be remembered. He was only twenty-five years old and had been given only one-day notice that he was going to perform. It made headlines, including the ...
- 1798: Laura Secord
- ... larger army. Laura's smile touched all those there that were staring. FitzGibbon saluted her saying, "Mrs. Secord, we have just experienced one of the most complete victories in the history of our army. Madam, the credit of this victory belongs to you!" Laura Secord had not only saved Canada, but also the thousands of people that lived in the Niagara ... her wartime adventure, and sent her a gift of a hundred pounds for her efforts. From that time on, the bravery of Laura Secord has been part of Canada s history. Laura Secord contributed a lot to the Battle of Beaver Dams. If it was not for her, the Niagara region could have easily been captured by the Americans during their ...
- 1799: King Solomon
- King Solomon ruled all of Israel in an outstanding way from 977 to 937 BCE (12). Despite his wealth and power, Solomon is known to history for his wisdom and as the builder of the Temple of Jerusalem. He has been credited with authoring all or parts of three books of the Bible (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and ... The Encyclopedia of Jewish Religion. 378-9. 1965. 12) The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. Volume 9, 636-7. New York: KTAV Publishing House inc., 1969. 13) Young, P. Solomon so Long? History Today Aug. 1996: 3-4.
- 1800: King Arthur 3
- ... Sir Galahad, and the ill-fated love affair between Lancelot and Guinevere. Geoffery of Monmouth had been the first to put the legends surrounding Arthur into literary form in his History of the Kings of Britain. He described Arthur's genealogy as the son of Uther Pendragon and Igerna, or Igraine, wife of the Duke of Cornwall, and brought in Merlin ... tell Lancelot and the royal court of the reason for her death. The Faerie Queene Morgan le Fay may be the figure present in the Arthurian saga with the oldest history. The earliest form of her name is found as the Morrigan, an Irish goddess of war appearing to heroes on the battlefields. As Morgan, she is a goddess of healing ...
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