Hiram and his grandfather were very close. He loved his grandmother’s cooking and going to his grandfather’s plantation. When he was seven his grandmother died out of the blue and his grandfather became very ill. Once he turned nine, his father came and took him from Greenwood. Hiram then moved to Tempe, Arizona. He gained four other siblings and his dad became a college professor.
Her wages were $1.20 per hour which she went to collect from Mr. Frank on the day of the murder(Pou, Charles). Even though Mary had the option of not working, she still worked because she liked her work at the Pencil Factory. Mary seemed to be from a middle-class but somewhat well off family since she had the option of not working. The details of her childhood prove that she had not had a normal childhood because of her father’s death and her mother’s remarriage. Leo Frank was born in Paris, Texas on April 17, 1884.
Greg Abbott Greg Abbott was born on November 13,1957 in Wichita Falls, Texas. His mother’s name was Doris Lechristia and his father name was Calvin Abbott. Doris worked as a homemaker while his father Calvin worked as a stockbroker and insurance agent. Greg was raised mostly in Duncanville, Texas for most of his life. While he was in high school he was on the track team.
Gruener 1 Hailey Gruener October Sky Homer and his father never really saw eye to eye. Homer had a great determination to do big things and his father wanted him to be a man and just work in the mine like every other man. The character traits and strengths a person needs to accomplish their goals is perseverance. Another trait you would need to accomplish a goal is self-esteem. Courage is also an additional strength you need.
Born in Mississippi on June 25, 1933(Wikipedia) He was raised on a farm and shortly after he finished high school he joined the military. Education was very important to James and after he served 9 years in the military he started to attend an all-black college. However that was not enough for James, in 1962 he became the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi and continued to earn his degree in law. He dedicated his life to enforce civil rights for African-Americans. Throughout the next decade people just like James rose and fought for what they believed in, Equality.
“Failure is a word that I simply don’t accept” John H. Johnson Defying the odds was John H. Johnson passion. He rose from poverty to become one of the most influential African American publishers in American history. Born in Arkansas in 1918, he was the grandson of slaves, his father was killed in a sawmill accident when he was eight. At that time, in Arkansas, blacks could not attend high school so in order to keep learning he attended 8th grade twice. His mother worked as a cook and as washerwomen for many years to support the family and to save enough to move her family to Chicago.
King died – found at the bottom of his family’s swimming pool in July of 1969, about 15 months after his brother was assassinated in Memphis. Like his brother, he was also a graduate of Morehouse College, a minister and active in the civil rights movement. His path there was not always smooth, as he rebelled against black upper middle class convictions of the time as he got married at 19 and went about raising a family. “Uncle Martin accepted the yoke of nonviolence early,” said A.D. King’s daughter, Alveda King said. “Daddy finally accepted it, because he wanted to follow his brother and Christ.
He was never taught to be mean or think that he was better than anyone else because he had a title and they did not. His mother and grandmother taught him how to be loving and well-mannered man. To me Prince William has an Evolutionary personality because throughout his life he has had to learn how to be normal when the rest of the world he was famous (Kowalski 2013). Prince William had to learn how to keep going and not let the divorce of his parent then his mother’s death keep him for being a great man. He has to keep changing and adapting to the life he was born into rather than let it mess up the path he is
The color of President Obama’s skin is not what makes him known or idolized it is because of what he stands for and the values he believes in. From the very beginning he fought hard to show Americans what we have been lacking for a very long time; hope. He came into a country that was
Protecting, defending, speaking up or standing up for your rights in dangerous situations, whether at work or school or anywhere may be a display of courage. A true example of courage was displayed by my father Richard Sarfo a man who was once afraid to speak up for himself or for anyone else. He had to make a very courageous but dangerous decision in his life; a decision that could have him killed. Richard has been through all kinds of hardship and has always fought his way out for the sake of his family. Richard Sarfo is courageous because, he didn’t allow his fear of speaking up stop him from saving peoples life.