Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks Legacy

In fact, when Betty White acted in a drama, fans were surprised by her skill in that genre. Actresses, actors, and ordinary people draw inspiration from the long, influential life of Betty White. She encourages all people to live with passion and use it to achieve goals. The humbleness she has when she receives awards provides inspiration to stay humble. Betty White’s humor encourages all people to live life positively.

James is a very inspirational guy. He was orphaned and later raised by an older sister. James worked in a pharmacy to put himself through

As I stated earlier there are many great things about this novel, but he also connects his book to everyone’s life. Just Mercy can be summarized, analyzed, and read by all college students because of the life changing stories it tells. I feel deeply changed and moved by this novel and I am looking forward to reading the next novel that St. Ambrose

Julia Alvarez: Growing Up During a Dictatorship and Living to Tell the Tale One of the best ways both adults and children are able to express themselves is through poetry. Enjoyed by people of all ages across the globe, author Julia Alvarez, touched many hearts through her poetry and long fiction novels. A true lover of the literary arts, Alvarez used her life trials and tribulations to write a number of novels filled with astounding amounts of feeling an emotion. She even included specific events in her books that she lived during such as the reign of the dictator in the Dominican Republic.

She then went to school to learn how to become one and she then graduated from “Wetter School” in 1956 in Mount Vernon, NY. After she graduated from one school, she was privately tutored from 1956 until 1959. Then at age 17 she published her first series in poetry in a magazine. Ever since she started writter it started to take off and Robin Morgan started writing more poetry books. Robin Morgan was part of the key radical feminist that was in the Women 's Movement, she also was one of the leaders of the International Feminist group since the 1960’s.

She inspires many people to believe in themselves, and I have been to one of her 1989 concerts. Throughout the concert, she talked about how grateful she is for all the support she gets and encourages her fans to work hard. She is very positive and a great idol to have. Her Instagram is always filled with positive things that she sends out to her adoring fans. She has said that her fanbase, Swifties, and herself are “in it together” and she always talks about how much she loves them.

I am definitely a fan of the arts, in my spare time I love to listen to music. I also write, cook, engage in healthy debates, read and spend quality time with my loved ones. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has celebrated 103 years of excellence. After meeting and getting to know women of the sorority, conducting research and growing into a young African American woman, I have come to the conclusion that Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is the sorority for me. The mission statement really speaks volumes to me, not only are college educated women a part of the sorority, but the primary focus is the Black community.

In her poem “Being

One famous writer is Joy Harjo who wrote the poetic story “For a Girl Becoming” in 2009 (Stone and Dwyer). All in all, the Muscogee (Creek) people have made a lot of progress and have made a life for themselves in

Mary Oliver’s poem “Wild Geese” was a text that had a profound, illuminating, and positive impact upon me due to its use of imagery, its relevant and meaningful message, and the insightful process of preparing the poem for verbal recitation. I first read “Wild Geese” in fifth grade as part of a year-long poetry project, and although I had been exposed to poetry prior to that project, I had never before analyzed a poem in such great depth. This process of becoming intimately familiar with the poem—I can still recite most of it to this day—allowed it to have the effect it did; the more one engulfs oneself in a text, the more of an impact that text will inevitably have. “Wild Geese” was both revealing and thought-provoking: reciting it gave me

He based his second novel off of the Civil War and titled it, Shadows in the Fire; a story about a twelve year-old slave girl, who is abandoned by her mentally-ill white owner, as Richmond burns during the Civil War. Basnight published this novel in April, 2015 and so far, has received amazing reviews. He has already been on Channel 8 Good Morning Richmond, has spoken and signed books at numerous Barnes and Noble’s. Gray Basnight has been a great role model for all students wishing to pursue journalism as a career.

Besides starting her own program, she written and published several books. In 1997, she released her first book titled, Listening With My Heart (Premiere Speakers Bureau). Later on in 1999, she released her second book, Believing The Print (Premiere Speakers Bureau). She also made several appearances on magazines and numerous deaf media outlets such as, Ability magazine to help raise awareness among the hearing-impaired community (Very

Stowe lived in Cincinnati for many years “separated only by the Ohio River from a slave-holding community; she came in contact with fugitive slaves and learned about life in the South from friends and from her own visits there” (“American Writer and Educator”). They moved to Brunswick, Maine because her husband became a professor at a college. That is where Stowe was given the opportunity to write a story and get in published in an antislavery paper, National Era. That is when she published her popular novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. It was a bestseller.

Betsy Ross’s Legacy: The Emblem of America Elizabeth Griscom (later known as Betsy Ross) crossed the Delaware River to New Jersey to elope with John Ross. Since she was a Quaker, and John an Episcopalian, her parents wouldn’t allow her to marry him, for fear of rejection by the Quaker community. Her parents were right - the Quakers disowned her after she got married, but her family were able to remain members of the church. After crossing the river and getting married in New Jersey, she lost all communication with her family. Sadly, just two years after their marriage, John died in an explosion at a munitions depot that he was guarding during the American Revolution.