Everything in his life was going great so he decided he would join the army in 1958 (“Elvis.”) Elvis served in germany for 2 years and six months in texas (“Elvis.”) In germany Elvis started a relationship that lasted (“Elvis.”)Elvis has 40 gold records, He became the KING OF ROCK AND ROLL! (Peterson) Now we get to the serious
After high school Paul received a football scholarship to Alabama University. He played for the Crimson Tides up until he graduated but went on to assist coach the team. During his college years Bryant married Mary Harmons in 1935. They went on to have two children, Mae Martin and Paul Jr. After assist coaching the Crimsons for three years, Paul got an offer to assist coach the Red Sanders at Vanderbilt University, which he accepted. Though that job position quickly ended at the beginning of World War Two.
This Side Of Paradise was the first novel to have Fitzgerald become known as a writer. While he wrote The Great Gatsby he referred many references to his life. Three main influences in The Great Gatsby are Gatsby, Daisy and the jazz age. While Fitzgerald was stationed in Alabama, he met Zelda Sayre, like Gatsby who went to war, he fell in love with Daisy. Zelda and Daisy both came from rich past families.
Retail Entrepreneur Sam Walton Sam Walton was born on March 29th 1918 near Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He was the oldest of two children born to the parents of Thomas and Nancy Walton. Sam Walton was raised on a farm until 1923, which then his parents decided that a farm was not a stable place to raise a family. His father decided to return to his previous occupation as a loan appraiser. The Walton family moved out of Oklahoma from town to town in Missouri for many years.
Even as a governor Carter was a champion for the less fortunate. Jimmy Carter, Jr. was born on October 1, 1924 in Plains, Georgia. He was the 39th President of the United States and he was the first President to be born in a hospital. (www.biography.com). Carter came from several generations of Georgians.
Big Bill Broonzy Big Bill Broonzy was one of America’s most popular blues musicians and a father figure to many blues legends. Big Bill Broonzy was born on June 26, 1903 in Bolivar County, Mississippi, but researcher’s suggests that Broonzy was actually born in Scott County, Mississippi. Broonzy claimed to be born in 1893 but after his death family records suggested that the actual year was 1903. During this time period, many black men added years to their age either to get a job or join the military, so the exact date of Broonzy’s birth is not clear. His legal name was Lee Conley Bradley and was one of seven children.
Biography Jesse Owens, the son of a sharecropper and grandson of a slave, achieved what no Olympian before him had accomplished. His stunning achievement of four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin has made him the best remembered athlete in Olympic history. The seventh child of Henry and Emma Alexander Owens was named James Cleveland when he was born in Alabama on September 12, 1913. "J.C.", as he was called, was nine when the family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where his new schoolteacher gave him the name that was to become known around the world. The teacher was told "J.C." when she asked his name to enter in her roll book, but she thought he said "Jesse".
This book contains three chapters which talks about Jefferson memorial lectures. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia. He was a draftsman of the United States Declaration of Independence; the nation’s first secretary of the state from (1789-1794); Second Vice President from (1797-1801); and, as the Third President from (1801-1809), the statesman responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. His father had been among the earliest settlers in this wilderness country, and his position of Leadership transferred to his oldest son, along with five thousand acres of land. He became one of the best-educated Americans of his time.
Haley was born in Ithaca, New York, on August 11, 1921. He is older then 3 brothers and a sister. Haley lived with his family in Henning, before he returned to Ithaca with his family when he was five years old. Haley's father was a professor of agriculture at Alabama A&M University. The younger Haley always spoke proudly of his father and the stuff of racism he had overcome.
Reed Clothier Case Cecilia D. Thompson FIN/370 April 30, 2011 Darron Williams Reed Clothier Case Reed’s Clothier was founded in 1934 by Jim Reed an Army veteran. Jim Reed wanted to build a clothing store that was easily assessable to the Virginia Military Institute. In the early years of the business the business struggled, but still managed to increase sales yearly due to the ex VMI graduates. In 1976 Jim Reed retired and passed the business down to his son Jim Reed II. Jim Reed II also was a VMI graduate and a Vietnam War veteran.