Jackie Kennedy Who was the Queen of Camelot' “No one else looked like her, spoke like her, wrote like her, or was so original in the way she did things”. Ted Kennedy spoke these words at Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis’s funeral. Jacqueline’s, also known as Jackie, legacy is global (Spencer 9). Jackie was a woman doing things her own way from the date of her birth. Jacqueline Le

Jakob The Rich Jacob Fugger “The Rich” During the Renaissance there were many advances, new ideas, and other things that helped create a time period in which we still study greatly today. One of the contributing factors of the Renaissance was the merchant and financier fields. There were quite a few families that were extremely successful in their professions of trading and financi

James Langston Hughes James Langston Hughes, an American writer, was born into an abolitionist family on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. He was the grandson of James Mercer Langston, the first black American to be elected into a public office in 1855. Hughes’s parents divorced when he was a small child because of a mutual agreement dealing with too much arguing between them. His

James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Florida on June 17, 1871. He was the second of three children. Johnson was an American author, lawyer, and diplomat. He was educated at Atlanta and Columbia universities. In 1898 he became the first black lawyer admitted to the bar in Duval County, Florida. He practiced law in Florida until 1902. In

Jorge Amado In Itabuna county, Southern Bahia, Brazil. Jorge Amado born in August 10, 1912 to Eulalia Leal Amado de Faria and Joao Amado de Faira. Jorge Amado is well known for his some thirty volumes of fiction, theater, biography, memoirs, poetry, travel literature, and children’s stories. The early Jorge. When Jorge was one year old, his father was wounded by an assanin’s bullet in

Jean Toomer Jean Toomer (1894-1967) “I am of no particular race. I am of the human race, a man at large in the human world, preparing a new race.”(Wagner) These are the famous words of Jean Toomer, a writer and philosopher. Toomer’s life was consumed by an undying search for spiritual wholeness. He hated for things to be categorized and separated because of the certain character

Jean Valjean Valjean Valjean was born a decent human being. Unfortunately he was born into poverty, which forced him to steal in order to survive. When he is caught stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family, he is imprisoned for five years. He tries to escape from prison but is cough and sentenced to 19 more years in jail. When he is finally released, he is a hardened criminal that so

Jelly Roll Morton Ferdinand Joseph “Jelly Roll Morton” LaMenthe was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 20, 1890. As a child he began to learn how to play the piano at age 10 years old. He was taught by Tony Jackson, composer of songs like “Pretty Boy” and other hits. Tony Jackson is among the few musicians whom Morton admired and respected. He called Jackson “ the greatest

Jennifer Dunn Jennifer Dunn was born on July 29th, 1941 in Seattle Washington. Dunn lived in Bellevue and graduated from Bellevue High School. After high school, Jennifer attended the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington in 1960-1962, and Stanford University to receive a Bachelors Degree in English Literature. In 1978 through 1980, Dunn was a systems engineer; section superviso

Judy Garland Judy Garland 1922-1969 Judy Garland was born on June 10, 1922 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota to her father Francis Gumm and mother Ethel Milne. Judy’s birth name is Frances Gumm. Judy did not change her name until 1934,she took the name “Judy” because she liked the peppy sound of it. Judy was the youngest of her two sisters, Mary Jane and Dorothy Virginia. Jud

Kaffir Boy “Struggle For Education” In “Kaffir Boy”, Mark “Johannes” Mathabane’s mother strives to send him to school. She does not let anything get in the way of her ambition. Even though her husband disapproves, she will not let anything get in her way, but now her desires for her son to be educated are stronger. Her courage speaks louder than the consequences she will face with her hu

John Edgar Hoover JOHN EDGAR HOOVER A REVOLUTION IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM Many people considered Hoover as part genius, part monster growing more and more bizarre with age (Sifakis 345). He abruptly fired a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent for being ugly and dismissed another one for wearing a tie he did not like (Phillips and Axelrod 132). It was well noted in the Encyclope

Katharine Hepburn “I’m a personality as well as an actress,” Katharine Hepburn once declared. “Show me an actress who isn’t a personality and you’ll show me a woman who isn’t a star.” Named the top female Greatest American Screen Legend by the American Film Institute in 1999, Hepburn is one of the most prominent actors in Hollywood history. During her long, prosperous career she scrap

John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was born on July eleventh, 1767,in Quincy Massachusetts. John Quincy Adams was a child of the American Revolution. In 1767, the year of his birth, the British Parliament passed the Townshed Acts. John Quincy was the son of the second president John Adams. When John Adams was in Philadelphia organizing a

John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, in February 27,1902. He was the third child out of four, also being the only son of John Ernst II and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. In his period of adolescence he grew up in Salinas Valley, also known as “salad bowl of the nation.” In the year 1915 John entered ninth grade at Salinas High School. Graduating in 1919. Fro

King David Biography (short) Theology King David+ David was born in 1085 BC in Bethlehem. He was the great grandson of Boaz and Ruth and the youngest of the eight sons of Jesse. The history of David falls naturally into three periods. First, before his elevation to the throne, second his reign at Hebron and at Jerusalem, and third, his sin and last years. He first appears in sacred

George Etienne Cartier George Etienne Cartier was born in St.Antoine, Lower Canada in September 6 1814 in a wealthy family on the Chambly River in the country of Vercheres. George Etienne Cartier was one of the most powerful policians in his generation. George Etienne Cartier had three children that were all girls the biggest daughters name was Josephine that was born in 1847, the seco

Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was America’s Jazz Poet, the chronicler of life in Harlem in the 1920s. Setting out to write about black Americans, Hughes created a body of work-poetry, fiction, journalism, essays, plays, and song lyrics. While decrying racism and the inequities it created for blacks and other minorities, Hughes called for cooperation among all races. With one ear tun

Langston Hughes Langston Hughes Until the first part of the 20th century, the world of poetry was dominated by Caucasian artists. White poetry written about the experiences of white people was the only kind of verse most folks had ever heard. The Harlem Renaissance introduced many talented African American writers, but one writer stood out amongst them all. Langston Hughes was one o

Langston Hughes Amaris Baxter Langston Hughes; “Mother to Son” 1) 1930’s; Realism 2) Biographical Theory of Criticism 3) Post-structural Theory of Criticism Through the literary works of Langston Hughes, it is clear to see that he uses his own style and language to portray realistic traits. The biographical theory of criticism can easily be used to criticize Hu

Kurt Cobain BIOGRAPHY OF KURT COBAIN  KURT DONALD COBAIN Kurt Donald Cobain was born on February 20, 1967 in a small logging town in Oregon named Aberdeen, approximately 200 miles from Seattle, Washington. He lived there with his parents and little sister. At age seven Kurt’s life took a drastic change, his parents divorced, and Kurt was forced to look at the world in a different

Lewis Caroll Lewis Carrol was born in Daresbury, Cheshire, England on January 27, 1832. His nationality is British, he was a Writer, Photography, and a Educator. Lewis Carrol was also known by two other names, they where Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Rev. Charles L. Dodgson. Carroll was the oldest out of eleven children and he entertained his younger brothers and sisters with magic tri

Life And Accomplishments Of John Wallis Life and Accomplishments of John Wallis John Wallis was born on the year of 1616. His father was also named John Wallis and was a minister in Ashford. John Wallis 1st met Joanna Chapman and married her in 1612 to be his second wife. They had five children together and John Wallis being third oldest. In 1612 when John was just six years old

Rosa Parks Rosa Parks: Life and Times Thesis Statement- Rosa Parks, through protest and public support, has become the mother of the civil rights changing segregation laws forever. Life - Rosa Parks was born only a month before world war one started in Europe on February 4, 1913. Parks mother worked as a school teacher in Tuskegee, Alabama. James McCauley, Rosa's dad was a carpenter.

Life Of Elizabeth Barrett Browning The main ideas of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poetic works changed constantly during her life, due to significant events occuring Spirituality was the main focus of Barrett’s writing from 1838 until 1844. Poetry became such a large part of her life due to a spinal injury in 1821 which left her relying on opium for a long period of time. As well

Lucky Luciano Organized crime has been a part of history since the late 1800’s. It’s a bit amazing that these enterprises of people get together to commit strings of crimes. The Cosa Nostra or better known Mafia, started to establish in America at the dawn of the 20th century. They even had there own union. It was called the Unione Siciliana. This helped Sicilian immigran

Grace Kelly GRACE KELLY Grace, the third of four Kelly children entered the world three weeks after that great Well Street crash, and she grew up through the darkest years of the Depression. But these events had very little impact on her life. Her father had never believed in the stock market. He had avoided debt, and put his spare money in government bonds. With his New Deal con

Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur was an example of a truly gifted person who made many wildly diverse discoveries in many different areas of science. He was a world-renowned French chemist and biologist whose work covered the way for branches of science and medicine such as stereochemistry, microbiology, virology, immunology, and molecular biology. He also proved the germ t

Malcolm X They were black men who had a dream, but never lived to see it fulfilled. One was a man who spoke out to all humanity, but the world was not yet ready for his peaceful words, " I have a dream, a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of it's creed… that all men are created equal." (Martin Luther King). The other, a man who spoke of a violent r

Malcolm X2 MALCOLM X Malcolm X Timeline May 19, 1925 - Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska 1940 - Drops out of school at age 15 1946 - Convicted of burglary and sent to prison 1949 - 1951 - Studies the Nation of Islam 1952 - Leaves prison, dedicates himself to Nation of Islam, changes name to Malcolm X Jan. 14, 1958 - Marries Betty X Dec. 4, 1963 - Suspended from t