Post gave birth to Wiley Hardeman Post. Wiley’s family were small time cotton famers who were struggling to feed Wiley and his five siblings. This forced Wiley’s family to try their luck elsewhere, they moved several times throughout Texas and Oklahoma before finally settling down on a farm in the town of Maysville, Oklahoma. Post died at the age of 37, but not before making several very important contributions to aviation as well as space travel. In 1913, at the age of 15, Wiley Post saw his first
Wiley Post Wiley Post is an American aviator. During his time he set a milestone record,he discovered a new way of flying faster and, he was one of the first people to fly at high altitudes. He is known as a legend in the world of aviation, but he is not very well known. The impact he made on the world of aviation is seen today. Wiley Post was young when he decided that he wanted to be a pilot. A job that he acquired during his life was a skydiver and he did many solo jumps but he knew it was not
fatal to our hopes.” –Wiley Post Throughout his incredible career, Mr. Wiley H. Post unceasingly strived for excellence and continuously pushed the envelope in aviation. Despite several hardships and the obstacles he faced, he never knew the meaning of giving up. He made numerous breakthroughs during the era of the Golden Age of Aviation. In these following paragraphs you will see several “snapshots” of the amazing life of a one-eyed pilot who drastically changed aviation. Wiley H. Post, the pilot who
true story of three African-American students faced with the escalating conflict of racism in the 1930’s, with their English College Professor, Melvin B. Tolson bringing them together to create the first African-American debate team. “An outspoken Wiley College professor who boldly challenged the discriminatory Jim Crow laws of the 1930s, Tolson's recognizes that his young debate students possess the spark of a new generation. Convinced that they could invoke great change if given the confidence
Bob Wiley suffers from quite a few psychological disorders such as agoraphobia, dependent personality disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder throughout the movie. Bob indeed did fit the criteria for abnormal in this film because of his present disorders that made him act irrationally. Bob Wiley showed many symptoms of agoraphobia, like his fear of leaving his apartment and getting on elevators. He is also wary about boarding the bus to see Dr. Leo Martin at his family’s country house. He also
The Great Debaters is an American biographical drama directed by Denzel Washington in 2007. It tells the story of a persistent teacher, Melvin Tolson, who tries to make an elite team for debates of the small group of students at Wiley College. In the end, they will face and fight the invincible debate team from Harvard. The Great Debaters is a great example of an intellectual movie which reveals many social and moral issues and states the problem of racial discrimination on the background of the
Kehinde Wiley is a New York portrait painter known for his highly naturalistic paintings of urban African and African-American men in heroic poses. Kehinde Wiley was born in Los Angeles, California in 1977. Kehinde Mother is African-American and father is from Nigeria. As a young boy Kehinde Wiley mother enrolled him in after school art classes and by the age of 12 which helped and started his love for art creating him into the artist he is today. Kehinde attended an art school in Russia for a short
teams, such as Harvard University. In a time, when the Jim Crow laws were common in the South and lynching mobs were around, the debate team coach Melvin B. Tolson, helped raise his debate team of young black students to the top. The debate team of Wiley College faced many colleges to be recognized and finally in the end winning a debate against the reigning debating champions, Harvard University. One of the debaters who caught my attention was James Farmer Jr., the youngest on the team that started
plot revolves around the debate coach Melvin Tolson who put all his efforts in hopes of putting the debate team of Wiley College at the same status as the whites in Texas. At this point in history, the Negros were considered to be at the bottom of the social hierarchy while the whites graced the top. There was no equality at this time which drove this particular debate team of Wiley College into a state of determination to win. The financial status of the African Americans continued to worsen. The
Dysfunction: The Art of Kehinde Wiley You sit down in your typical Art History 101 class to find portrait after portrait of European white males of the elite flash before your eyes- this is nothing new, these men are stiff and powerful and rich. These images are what we think of when we think of portraiture. But then we stumble upon Kehinde Wiley a few centuries later and what do we find? We are confronted with a visual playground of color, shapes, as well as subject matter that extends far beyond
Genie Wiley: The Wild Child Susan “Genie” Wiley was discovered on November 4, 1970 when her mother, who was nearly blind, sought public assistance in Temple City, California after escaping from her abusive husband. When she was discovered she could not talk and had a “bunny-like” walk. She was starved, tortured, and forgotten. She was given the name Genie to protect her privacy (McMahan 2014). Genie Wiley was born on March 11, 1952, the third child born to Clark and Dorothy Wiley. The first child
Kehinde Wiley was born in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. He is a New York visual artist who is known for his highly naturalistic paintings of black people in heroic poses. As a child, his mother supported his interest in art and enrolled him in after school art classes. When Wiley was 12 years old he attended an art school in Russia for a short time. At the age of 20 he traveled to Nigeria to learn about his African roots and to meet his father. He has firmly situated himself within art’s history’s
their debate coach, Professor Tolson, who despite his radical political views, empowers the debaters until they are able to triumph over large state schools and eventually Harvard at the end. Even though this is the first year of the debate team at Wiley College, the debaters prove to be awe-inspiring with their wins and as a result, mark a major turning point in the civil rights movement. This success could not be brought about if not for the
Genie Wiley was born in Arcadia, California April 18th 1957, she was a victim of severe abuse, neglect, and social isolation. When Genie was a baby her father concluded that she was severely mentally retarded, a view which intensified as she got older, causing him to dislike her and withhold care and attention (Las Angeles). Around the time she reached the age of 20 months Genie's father decided to keep her as socially isolated as possible. He kept her strapped to a child's toilet or bound her in
acted as Melvin Tolson, English and Speech Professor of Wiley College. Prior to this film’s production, many were not knowledgeable of Wiley College or its debating team. However, transformation took place when Melvin coached a four (4) member debate team of Wiley College into victory. One of the most memorable event was the moment Wiley College argued their opponent Oklahoma City College in scene two (2) of the film. During this debate, Wiley College was represented by the first female debater ever
many. The debate team from Wiley College used those experiences and research to present their views in order to persuade others to see a different perspective through their eyes. Intelligence was a huge driving force for the students at Wiley College. As evidenced by the number of students trying out for the debate team, the students wanted to be recognized for their intelligence. This recognition and the winning of many debates would give much credibility to Wiley College, in turn giving credibility
The Case of Susan “Genie” Wiley On November 4th, 1970, Los Angeles child welfare authorities became aware of the abuse, neglect, and social isolation of Susan “Genie” Wiley. It was when social workers noticed the odd behavior of Susan after her and her mother, who was seeking financial support, walked into welfare offices. Upon further investigation, they discovered that Susan was thirteen years old and had been severely maltreated by her father her entire life. Susan’s father came to the conclusion
Management and leadership are very important functions in getting a job done. In Peter Drucker`s statement “Management is doing things right and leadership is doing the right things”, doing things right means being able to perform well, whilst doing the right things is knowing what exactly what to do inorder to perform well. Management is associated with efficiency, and involves coordinating people's efforts and the allocation of resources to maximize productivity whilst leadership is to effectiveness
In the month of March 2016, Women of the World Poetry Slam had Rachel Wiley, a poet and body-positive activist, present her now viral poem called “The Dozens” (Vagianos 2016). This poem was about slams white feminism as a clear indication of whiteness self-defense mechanism. In this poem Wiley included various kinds social events that have occurred in the past years and just to name two: Raven Symone on blackness and Miley Cyrus and Nicki Manji at the VMAs. White feminism continues to become more
Genie Wiley, is one of the many cases of feral children. She was locked in a room for her whole childhood, with little to no contact with anyone other than her abusive father. The effects of her isolation were catastrophic and virtually impossible to reverse. Genie “Wild Child” Wiley, is a case where nature took over in a nature vs. nurture stance. This wild child spent the first 13 years of her life locked in a dark room, with little to no communication or interaction with anyone. “Her deranged