Daisy Lee Gaston Bates was most notably known for her work with the desegregation of schools in Arkansas. She lived an amazing life in the spotlight, but her life behind the curtains was just as amazing. Daisy was born on November 11th, 1914, in Hutting Arkansas. She was born during a time where civil rights and equality were just a dream. Daisy’s childhood was very rough. At a young age she was sexually assaulted and her mother was murdered by three white men. The identity of these men is unknown but, they were never charged with the crime. After the crime, Daisy’s father fled for fear of his own safety, leaving Daisy to be raised by family and friends. After a few months of being raised by her family Daisy was adopted by Susie and Orlie Smith. The Smith’s were friends of the family. For the first 8 years of her life Daisy believed that Susie and Orlie Smith were her biological parents. A few years later she discovered the disturbing, gruesome details of her mother’s death. She was so disgusted by this, that she tracked down one of the men that killed her mother and followed him around in public and glared at him. Being a young African-American girl this was very controversial and risky for both Daisy and the man who killed her mother. Daisy followed around the man for so long one day he screamed at her to leave him alone and then fled. Daisy never saw him again. “Daisy was born to change history, and starting a young age, that is exactly what she did.” (daisybates1.blogspot.com) When Daisy was 15 she met a travelling insurance salesman and journalist, Lucius Christopher (L.C.) Bates. For the next 10 years the couple’s romantic relationship developed strongly. L.C. dreamed of returning to journalism. So in 1941, Daisy... ... middle of paper ... ...es. Daisy continued her inspirational work until November 4th, 1999. After moving back to Little Rock, Daisy had an elementary school named after her. The people in Little Rock honored Daisy for many years. With all of her work in antipoverty projects and the integration of schools everywhere Daisy received numerous awards. The biggest honor Bates received though was in 1996, at the age of 82, Bates was honored with the offer to carry the Olympic Flag for America during the opening ceremonies in Atlanta. “While Bates had no children of her own, she nurtured not only those nine students who participated in the immense and courageous action in the fall of 1957, but also countless others who were inspired by her exemplary life.” (www.blackhistorynow.com) Through this, she not only influenced the people of her generation, but her mark on the generations to com
... these women were left behind as survivors. They lost fathers, brothers, and sons. They had the awsome duty of keeping the black family and community alive in the aftermath of this brutal crime. Wells was clearly a champion for their courage.
In the young life of Essie Mae, she had a rough childhood. She went through beatings from her cousin, George Lee, and was blamed for burning down her house. Finally Essie Mae got the nerve to stand up for herself and her baby sister, Adline as her parents were coming in from their work. Her dad put a stop to the mistreatment by having her and her sister watched by their Uncle Ed. One day while Essie Mae's parents were having an argument, she noticed that her mothers belly was getting bigger and bigger and her mom kept crying more and more. Then her mother had a baby, Junior, while the kids were out with their Uncle Ed. Her uncle took her to meet her other two uncles and she was stunned to learn that they were white. She was confused by this but when she asked her mom, Toosweet, about it her mom would not give her an answer one way or the other. Once her mom had the baby, her father started staying out late more often. Toosweet found out that her dad was seeing a woman named Florence. Not long after this, her mother was left to support her and her siblings when her father left. Her mother ended up having to move in with family until she could obtain a better paying job in the city. As her childhood went on she started school and was very good at her studies. When she was in the fourth grade, her mom started seeing a soldier named Raymond. Not too long after this, her mother got pregnant and had James. Her mother and Raymond had a rocky relationship. When James was born, Raymond's mother came and took the baby to raise because she said that raising four children was too much of a burden for a single parent to handle. Raymond went back to the service for a while but then when he came back he and Toosweet had another baby. Raymond's brothers helped him build a new house for them to live in and they brought James back to live with them. During this time Essie Mae was working for the Claiborne family and she was starting to see a different point of view on a lot of things in life. The Claiborne's treated her almost as an equal and encouraged her to better herself.
...mate sin, the killing of Myrtle. Fitzgerald believed that humanity was hopeless, and Daisy's character is a symbol of that hopelessness. "Aren't we all a little like Daisy--foolish sinners who wander around avoiding reality, hurting and being hurt by those around us, letting others take the punishment for our transgressions?" (Clark, 3/10).
She did not enter the world to a life of glamor. From the beginning, her life was a tough one. Her family resided in Harlem during the 1930’s and 40;s. Times were very difficult for the young girl. Her family was on welfare and she, herself was a client of the society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Ruby Bridges is one of the very many people who has changed history. Bridges has helped desegregate schools all around the world. She still stands today, sharing her thoughts and ideas to stop racism and segregation. Ruby’s life has had many ups, and downs, but she still seems to look on the bright side in almost every situation. Whites threatened and harshly criticized brave, confident, heroic American activist, Ruby Bridges for being one of the first African-American children to enter the William Frantz Elementary School, a school for white students, which helped end segregation in schools. Without Ruby Bridges, our schools may still be segregated to this day.
...ugh her work in college, at Hull House, or with the NCL, Florence Kelley’s impact was truly remarkable. She never criticized any potential cause that she encountered, and she helped most everyone that needed it. The proof is in her career. She not only helped start the NCL, a general workers’ league, but also the NAACP, one of the first organizations founded solely to help alleviate the lives of colored people. She made massive contributions to the US Children’s Bureau, and inspired countless people from all walks of life. One of which was Kelley’s on protégé, Frances Perkins, who would later go on to become the Secretary of Labor, the first female cabinet member, under President Teddy Roosevelt. Wherever you look, Kelley’s impact is there. She affected every type of person, and toiled for social justice for all; regardless of race, gender, or age.
Daisy has no drive, ambition or desires that she wants to complete in her life; she is a characterless person, with a beating heart.... ... middle of paper ... ... That night, Willy realized that he did not have the recognition from the one person he wanted it from most, he purposely got into a car accident and died.
Her parents meet at a social gathering in town and where married shortly thereafter. Marie’s name was chosen by her grandmother and mother, “because they loved to read the list was quite long with much debate over each name.” If she was a boy her name would have been Francis, so she is very happy to have born a girl. Marie’s great uncle was a physician and delivered her in the local hospital. Her mother, was a housewife, as was the norm in those days and her father ran his own business. Her mother was very close with her parents, two brothers, and two sisters. When her grandmother was diagnosed with asthma the family had to move. In those days a warm and dry climate was recommended, Arizona was the chosen state. Because her grandma could never quite leave home, KY, the family made many trips between the states. These trips back and forth dominated Marie’s childhood with her uncles and aunts being her childhood playmates.
Daisy Buchanan may look like the persona of beauty and innocence, but in reality she is cunning and deceitful. She has men wrapped around her finger with little to no effort, and her manipulation runs deep. In F Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchannan betrays those who care about her most in this world, and leaves a path of ashes and destruction.
She never dropped out like many of her peers until she had to help her dying grandmother. Rosa Parks risked her life as an upstander for African American equality, and inspired many others to follow in her footsteps. Rosa Parks did multiple things to relive the title upstander. She stood up for her rights, started a boycott, and changed the daily lives
As president of the NAACP, she fought the school board in a legal battle to let African American children into the large, all-white high school, Central High (Daisy Bates). On multiple occasions, when arriving home, she would find “a rock [that had] shattered the picture window of [her house]” (Williams). White segregationists in Little Rock, Arkansas would frequently do this, aiming to threaten the lives of the people of the NAACP as well as the students that were integrating into Central High. Although her life was threatened, she did not stop fighting for integration and frequently comforted the nine students through the bullying they had to withstand (Daisy Bates). Through thick and thin, Daisy Bates never stopped fighting for what she believed in, even if it meant risking her life.
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of the United States and for black Americans. The main thing that she tried to accomplish during her life was to make the rest of the blacks free.
After one looked up Rosa’s early life, boycott, achievements, and her death, one would know more about her and her life. Because Rosa put forth courage, bravery, and desire, blacks now have the freedom they never thought they could have. And for this, the world is now, and forever will be a better place.