Booker T. Washington: once a slave, beat down and told he could do nothing, accomplish nothing; now an example to all men, white and colored, raised above others. Why? Hard work and a desire to do good in this world. Booker T. Washington was a young African American male born into the restrained life of […]
Speaker and Subject Identification The story about Steve Jobs began on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California. Steve was born to a young unwed graduate student and there was no further mention of his biological father. She was adamant about him being adopted by college graduates because she wanted him to have the best […]
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Get startedOn June 11,2005 a very well known respected man named Steve Jobs, the creator of Apple, made an inspiring speech to the class of Stanford. Steve Jobs story comes a long way, he created his legacy with believing in his gut feeling. He believed that even without finishing college he could do what he knew […]
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish born native then moved to America to start earning money because in his hometown of Dunfermline fell into hard times. Will, and his father-in-law Thomas Morrison, a shoemaker, and political reformer, joined the popular Chartist movement, which believed that if the masses took over the government then the working conditions […]
Theodore Roosevelt was one of the many presidents of the United States, but being a president was not the only point in his life that made him who he was. To some, he was a friend, family member, a leader, but to those who weren’t sure of who he is, he may have just been […]
Steve jobs was born in San Francisco on February 24, 1955. He was abandoned by his parents just after he was born. Luckily, Paul and Clara jobs, a nice couple, adopted him. He lived near silicon valley in the United States. His neighbors were all employees of hewlett-packard company. Influenced by these people, jobs became […]
In 1976, Apple was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak after Jobs dropped out of college. Jobs was responsible for innovation and business while Wozniak was responsible for the engineering portion, and both had no experience in running a company. Apple needed an experienced CEO, so they brought in Michael Scott to run the […]
Many individuals would say that Steve Jobs was one of the best in the business when it came to leadership. However, many others would beg to differ on this statement. Jobs was changing perceptions in so many areas and creating movements like none other before, yet he lacked skills in other areas. Jobs’ leadership style […]
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, is one of the most popular documents in the world. Although Jefferson is one of the United States’ founding fathers and is one of the biggest reasons that the United States is the way it is today, he did not want to be remembered for his presidency […]
The Constitution was a document created in 1787 that is the supreme law of the United States. It was established to spell out the rights of the people, ensure their general welfare, and ensure checks and balances within the three branches of the government. The Constitution also explains specific limits in the power of the […]
On our third president’s gravestone, Thomas Jefferson is proclaimed as both an author of the Declaration of Independence and the father of the University of Virginia, yet there is nothing mentioned about his time as the highest political rank in American history. This is primarily due to the fact that Jefferson’s presidential run was extremely […]
Andrew Carnegie was a self-made tycoon and one of the wealthiest businessmen of the 19th century. Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scotland. When he came to America he worked serval jobs on the railroad. By 1889 he owned his own railroad company named Carnegie Steel. In 1901 he sold his […]
Thomas Jefferson was a Democratic-Republican who served as the third president of the United States. While many people believed in a strong central government, Thomas Jefferson believed the opposite. As a founder of the Democratic-Republican party, he believed that most of a country’s political power should reside in the state and the federal government’s abilities […]
Many recognize Thomas Jefferson as a man of various accomplishments during his service to the United States of America. Many of these accomplishments were achieved during his presidency. From acquiring much of present-day United States territory in the Lousisiana Purchase and supporting the expedition of it (monticello.org/thomas-jefferson-brief-biography) to authoring the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was […]
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates is primarily about land and sea battles, as it introduces events of the First Barbary War. Post Revolutionary War, when the United States was a young nation still trying to establish itself. America was at peace until 1785, when pirates from the coast of North Africa began capturing U.S. […]
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates is an account of land and sea battles, as it introduces the events of the First Barbary War. After the Revolutionary War, the United States was a young nation still trying to establish itself around the world. America was at peace until 1785, when pirates off the coast of […]
Thomas Jefferson was one of the founding fathers and third president of the United States the main author of the declaration of independence and supposedly an advocate for the abolition of slavery. He was born in albemarle county virginia in 1743 and went to the college of william and mary. He became a member of […]
In the late 1400s, Leonardo Da Vinci used his various natural-born talents to shape the world as we know it today. Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest Renaissance men of all time. Leonardo was born April 15, 1452, in Vinci Italy out of unwed parents. (2) His father was a public notary meaning […]
Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California on March 26 in the year of 1874. His father was William Prescott Frost Jr. He was initially a teacher and later became an editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin newspaper, he was of English descent and his mother, Isabelle Moodie was that of a Scottish […]
“Hi, I’m Oprah Winfrey. I’m the new host of A.M. Chicago…. Miss Negro on the air.” -Oprah Winfrey Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954. She was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, a small farming community. Her birth name was Orpah but her family soon changed it to Oprah. The reason they did this […]
Although it is assumed Oprah Winfrey lived a great life; she was faced with many obstacles before and during the course of her success. Prior to Oprah Winfrey wonderful career, she was faced with poverty. She was born in the rural area of Mississippi, to a single teenage mother. Ms. Winfrey went through a long […]
Ernest Miller Hemingway is considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 21st century. Best known for his novels and short stories, he was a very gifted author and war correspondent. He was awarded many prizes in his lifetime including, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 and the Pulitzer Prize for […]
Ernest Hemingway was worldly known for his writing style that was composed of brief, straightforward sentences. Hemingway’s unique style eventually led to him being rewarded with the Nobel Prize in 1954. Not only was he known for his style of writing, but the main ideas used in his stories were from experiences he faced in […]
A man who transformed the Landscape of America forever with his pioneering techniques, That is the subject of Professor Harold C. Livesay’s book ” Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business”. Published by The Library of American Biography and edited by Mark C. Carnes, the book is an informative biography of a man who […]
Andrew Carnegie was a boy who grew up poor and became the biggest millionaire in the 1870 – 1900. Carnegie was born in November 1835, where he lived in a attic weavers cottage in scotland. Andrew began working at the age 12, He got a job at a local textile mill, he worked 12 hours […]
Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, kansas on July 24 1897. She was the first child. Her parents are Amy and Edwin Earhart. Three years later, her sister Muriel was born. Her childhood was not easy due to her father’s drinking obsesion. Her father lost her job and her parents split up. Her mother Amy […]
Maya Angelou was a critically acclaimed writer, poet, actress, singer, professor, civil rights activist, and so much more. She accomplished many feats that were difficult when considering the time she grew up in. She became the first black woman to do many things including the first to write a screenplay. She was a true inspiration […]
Maya Angelou is an African American writer who managed to inspire people through both her words and her books. Angelou wrote about many things she went through in life. She put her pain into stories. She did that in various styles of writings. Angelou encouraged both the young and old to follow their hearts and […]
Maya Angelou once said if you don’t like something, thanthen change it and if you can’t change, then change your attitude(25) and that exactly what she did to her entire life. Maya Angelou grew up and was born in the state of Louis, Missouri. She is a Daughter of two hard-working parents, named Bailey Johnson […]
The Life of Maya Angelou The Cage Bird Poem was written by Maya Angelou (Marguerite Annie Johnson Angelou) in 1968 and published by Random House in 1969 (Angelou). It was her first poem of many to come and it is an allegory type because it has metaphors and hidden meanings. I chose this poem […]
