Barbara Jordan’s Resilience The strength of family is having a role model who can tell the young how they went through life and their mistakes to what got them there so the young could learn from. With this it is important to know that everyone goes through different challenges which aids them in different ways. All these lessons are handed down to daughters and sons so they too can learn from those lessons. Barbara Jordan a woman who held her ground is a lady many can learn from. Barbara Jordan showed resistance in her life through many characteristics such as intelligence, determination and leadership. On February 21, 1936, Barbara Jordan was born in Houston, Texas. Her father was a Baptist minister while her mother was a maid, housewife and school teacher. Barbara attended a segregated high school. It was when a speaker by the name of Edith Sampson (a black lawyer) came and gave a speech she knew she wanted to become an attorney. With this drive she soon was enrolled at Texas Southern University. Jordan joined a debate team which became nationally renowned. After she graduated with magna cum laude honors from Texas Southern University she went on to Boston University’s law school. After that she went on to take the Massachusetts and Texas bars passing them both. Then she returned to Texas to open her own law office. …show more content…
Jordan ran for the Texas House twice unsuccessfully before winning the 1966 contest for a newly created Texas Stare Senate district. (history, art & archives) Despite losing Jordan did not allow a small defeat to be the end of her story. She continued to push and after all that her hard work paid off and she won the third time. Barbara Jordan demonstrates the true definition of this quote by Dale Carnegie which is "If life gives you lemons, make lemonade". She worked hard to make sure she would not be the victim of life and being able to not be destroyed by life portrays the strength
Muhammad Ali impacted the world by being one of the most famous boxers in the world. Muhammad Ali is also known as Cassius Clay was born on January 17,1942 he lived in Louisville, Kentucky with his mother and father. Muhammad didn’t have any brothers or sisters. His dad was a sign painter. Also, his father loved to sing, dance, and act.
Jordan was hardworking in many areas, thriving for important roles and influential to the black. In high school, she showed her talent for debating. She became active in politics and strived for many years to become a member of the United States House of Representatives. Jordan dies at age 59 on January 17, 1996. Jordan was a very smart child.
Who is Gizelle Bryant? Wiki, Married, Divorce, Boyfriend, Dating, Net Worth Gizelle Bryant is a well-known entrepreneur who sold her own line of baked goods in Top Chef Contestant Timothy Dean’s restaurant. She is also a reality star known after she done the Bravo series The Real Housewives of Potomac. She is also a philanthropist and works actively with the city council of Birmingham, Alabama.
Eventually, after going all the way to the supreme court twice, she was accepted into OU’s law school. Although she was allowed to attend white classes, she was required to sit in a special part of the class designated “Colored”. Ada’s first lawsuit created a law school in Oklahoma specifically for black students. This was neither acceptable to Ada nor was it acceptable to her council. Ada’s lawyer, Thurgood Marshall, brought the case to the supreme court contending that the very nature of law school and of most graduate school fields require fellow piers to discuss and debate with.
Throughout the story there were many examples of how she can outsmart people who might think they were above her. She proves that not all heros have to be the stereotypical strong, young man, but can be an old woman with a smart
Justice Labarga graduated from Forest Hill high school in West Palm Beach in 1972. “Labarga earned both his undergraduate and J.D from the University of Florida in 1976, and 1979 respectively” ("Justices of the Florida Supreme Court - Justice Labarga," n.d.). After, Labarga finished law school, he then became an Assistant Public Defender.
In 1974 the house judiciary committee recommended Articles of impeachment of President Nixon during the water gates scandal. The water gates scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break in at the DNC headquarters at water gate office in Washington D.C. and President Nixon’s administration tried to cover it up. On July 25, 1974 Barbara Jordan gave a speech on the impeachment of President Nixon during the impeachment hearing. She gave a strong passionate and well-rounded speech.
During World War 1 Anne risked her life to find her husband, Gilbert, who was at war. This is her way of showing her perseverance that even in a time of war; she will risk her life to get to those she loves. Being strong willed is usually a good thing unless it is not controlled and it’ll create a lot of
Interview Questions for African American Families Please find a person of African American descent to interview. The person needs to at least 21 years of age. Please inform the person that this interview is for an assignment in class (educational purposes only) and the information provided will remain confidential. Please try to obtain more than “sound bites” yes/no answers. Asked follow up questions if the interviewee’s answers are too brief (ex: Can you please provide an example or elaborate, tell me more etc..).
The determination to live comes from human nature. But the urge of giving up when we come across a difficult problem is also a part of human nature. There a few people in this world that have the characteristics of resilience. As author Kendra Cherry describes them, "People that are able to keep their cool have what psychologists call resilience, or an ability to cope with problems and setbacks" (Source A; Cherry, 1). An example of someone who has the characteristics of resilience is a bombardier name Louis (Louie) Zamperini.
The Resilience of Lisa Jura The Children of Willesden Lane, by Mona Golabek, is about a girl named Lisa Jura who is 14 at the time she is sent on the Kindertransport. When she gets to London she never gives up the hope of seeing her family again. Over the course of the story Lisa makes wonderful friends, is reunited with one of her sisters, and earns a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. By the end of the story Lisa is around 20-21 and is reunited with her older sister, her sister’s husband, their daughter, and has made her first debut. Even though there are many times Lisa wants to give up she never does using love, bravery, music, hope and just pure resilience to pull her though.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee was born March 3rd, 1962 in East St. Louis, Illinois, where she still lives today. She was named after the first-lady of 1962, Jackie Kennedy. Growing up in Illinois was difficult for Jackie, with poverty and young parents. Her mother and father are Mary Joyner(nurse’s assistant)
Jacqueline Joyner Kersee also known as Jackie Joyner Kersee was born March 3rd, 1962, in East St.Louis, Illinois. Coming up Jackie lived with her mother Mary Joyner, father Alfred Joyner, and older brother Al Joyner. Most children grow up wanting to play with friends, play games etc, but Jackie was different she grew up focusing on athletics, Jackie was determined to make it to the top. Jackie didn’t win may races when she was younger, but that didn’t stop her she always dreamed of being on tv and she was set on making that dream come true.
When he entered his freshman year Michael attended Emsley A. Laney High School, where he evolved in a B+ student and a three-sport star in football, baseball, and basketball. He was cut from his varsity basketball team during his sophomore year because at five feet eleven inches, he was deemed to be underdeveloped, but over the summer he grew four inches and practiced even harder. By his senior year Jordan earned a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in geography. As, a freshman Jordan was an exciting but not dominant, player, but nonetheless, he made the game winning shot in the 1982 NCAA Basketball Championship game against Georgetown, which was led by future pro rival Patrick Ewing. In 1984, after winning the Naismith College player of the year award, he left school early to enter the NBA draft, and was selected by the Chicago Bulls.
Michael Jordan 's parents were James and Dolores Jordan. He had 5 kids Marcus, Jeffrey, Isabelle, Jasmine, and Victoria Jordan. Michael Jordan had a social movement on police brutality and what he did was donated $1000000 to International Association of chiefs of Police institute for Community Police relations. Michael Jordan went to college and got his bachelor 's degree in geography at the University of North Carolina