I attended the National FFA Convention in October of 2016. There, I listened to the Keynote Speaker Diana Nyad. She is the famous long-distance swimmer who swam for 53 total hours from Florida to Cuba. Her speech was held at the Banker’s Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. On October 19, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. is when I listened to a speech that would make a huge impact on not only me, but many other students in the FFA.
Young MA was born in Brooklyn, a suburb of New York. At the age of 9, she got her interest in rapping. She felt in depression when his brother Kenneth died in a shooting in 2009. They were very close so she was shattered. She loved football from a young age and always played with boys.
Selena quintanilla was born on april 16, 1971 in Lake jackson, Texas. Her parents were Marcella ofelia quintanilla and Abraham quintanilla, Jr. Her father Abraham quintanilla was a former mexican american musician who formed a band called selena y los dinos. Selena used to be the lead vocal and her two siblings played guitar and drums.
Selena Quintanilla Selena Quintanilla cherished her fans and she loved performing. She was a very successful young lady. She won Best Female Vocalist, an award she would dominate for the rest of her life. She was married to Chris Perez. Sadly Selena died March 31, 1995, she was shot by Salvador her Fan Club president.
Kameron Backie Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur was born in New York on June 16, 1971 to Afeni Shakur and Billy Garland. His mom was in jail for doing drugs and his father had nothing to do with him until he was an adult. Tupac went to the Baltimore School for the Arts. Tupac took ballet and dance classes.
Abigail Adams explains to her son in her letter that he is on the road to becoming a man. She sees her job as a loving mother. She instructs him on how he might not only make the most of his life, but also might eventually be skilled enough to lead others who might be in need of a leader. In no way does she want her son to be an average man of the time period. In no way will she ever permit it----she loves him too much.
Thousands of women have screamed at the top of their lungs, clawed at the patriarchy, and tirelessly fought for their rights as citizens of the United States of America. From the beginning of mankind, women have been labeled as inferior to men not only physically, but mentally and intellectually as well. Only in 1920 did women gain the right to voice their opinions in government elections while wealthy white men received the expected right since the creation of the United States. A pioneer in women’s suffrage, Susan B. Anthony publicly spoke out against this hypocrisy in a time when women were only seen as child bearers and household keepers. Using the United State’s very own Constitution and Declaration as ammunition, Anthony wrote countless
Dear God, why have you forsaken me? What would you have me do? I am a man of faith. I must have faith, or I have nothing! What is the meaning of a life of a reverend if he does not believe the very name he preaches?
Rudolph impacted humans because she was the woman that did the unthinkable, becoming the fastest woman in the world. “Wilma’s celebrity brought unprecedented attention to women in the Olympics, especially to women’s track and field events. She inspires generations of women athletes especially minority women athletes who faced so much more barriers to achieving their dreams.” (Engel,2014). One athlete tells Wilma’s impact on her, “It was a great thrill for me to see.
Jackie Prokopeas Professor Crombar English 3 GT AP 23 September 2015 The Will Years had passed since Pearl and Hester had fled the New World and returned to Europe. Although no one in Europe knew about their past, it seemed almost as if their sins had followed them on their voyage across the Atlantic because wherever they fled to they had no companions, and were ostracized from the rest of society. Being so secluded, it was very unlikely for a letter to make its way to either Hester and Pearl, however on one very peculiar day, on a day Pearl was about to ensconce on a walk, until she noticed an envelope on her doorstep, handwritten across the top read, “For the eyes of the one who never wronged me, Pearl” Pearl, quite perplexed as
Selena Quintanilla Pérez was a successful tejano singer. Her life was influenced by music. Unfortunately, she passed away at a young age. Selena was one of the first female tejano singers to find success. She accomplished many great achievements in her short lifetime.
Wyatt Erovick AP English 12-6-16 Letter From a Birmingham Jail Analysis Luther King Jr., in his letter, Letter From a Birmingham Jail, uses persuasive techniques to grab the reader’s attention and get them to agree with him. In King’s 13 and 14th paragraph of the letter, he uses a logical appeal to persuade the audience. In the beginning of paragraph 14, King states that “We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights. The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.”
“No movement can survive unless it is constantly growing and changing with the times. If it isn’t growing, it’s stagnant, and without the support of the people, no movement for liberation can exist, no matter how correct its analysis of the situation is” is what Assata Shakur spoke. Assata is more of a woman despite the government’s bounty for her, she demonstrates a strong, powerful and complete woman who takes on the leadership role before and after the Black Panther Party. Her beliefs is what makes her who she is today. As Joy James states in her article “Assata Shakur is not only unique because she has survived in exile as a political figure…” When joining in the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense Assata publically advocated for armed
Ederle wanted to try again because she got disqualified because a person touched her off the boat that was driving beside her the whole time. She also didn’t wanna give up what she has been training for her whole life and been working towards. “How did she make endurance swimming famous?” Ederle competed in 1924 Olympic Games, and she became famous in her teen years. Gertrude taught deaf children to swim distance and mid- distance after she lost her hearing.
Simone Van Iderstine was 16 years old when she became pregnant with her first child, Eve MacKinnon. Eve was an accident, she was not supposed to be a result of what happened that night at the party. The first person she told when she found out she was pregnant was Jessica MacBeth. Simone then had to face what she would find the most stressful out of the whole pregnancy; telling her mother, Tanya O’Connor Flynn. Tanya was not very happy with that news.
