44 Results in the "Non-Fiction" category
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In Chapter Seventeen, titled "Booker T. Washington," we learn about the early life of Booker T. Washington, who was born into slavery in Virginia in 1856, without a last name, as his mother was enslaved and his father was unknown. Despite his desire for education, he was barred from attending school and instead watched from outside a one-room schoolhouse where the daughters of his enslavers learned. After the Civil War, when his mother was emancipated, poverty prevented them from accessing proper…-
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### Chapter Two: Bleeding Kansas | 1850s, The Small and the Mighty In this chapter, a historical examination reveals the profound impact of Andrew Jackson’s presidency, particularly through the lens of the infamously flawed Dred Scott Supreme Court decision of 1857. Dred Scott, an enslaved man from Missouri, asserted his claim to freedom after being taken to free territories. However, the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roger Taney, ruled that he lacked standing in court since all African Americans,…
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In 1924, a baby named Daniel was born dead but brought back to life by a desperate midwife in a Hawaiian slum. His mother, exhausted but prayerful, named him after the biblical Daniel, who faced great trials. Daniel's family immigrated to Hawaii from Japan in 1899, driven by a significant debt incurred by his great-grandfather, Wasaburo, after a fire destroyed homes in their village. To repay the debt, Wasaburo’s son, Asakichi, left Japan for Hawaii, where he worked on a sugarcane plantation, intending…
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Clara Brown lived amidst the turmoil of the 1850s, feeling the absence of her daughter Eliza, whom she yearned to find. Residing in Missouri and Kansas, she was reminded daily of her plight and the sentiments reinforced by Roger Taney’s ruling that she was not a citizen. Amidst the chaos of Bleeding Kansas, the allure of the Colorado gold rush sparked her imagination. Clara resolved to head west, inspired by a belief that Eliza might also seek opportunity there. By the spring of 1859, Clara joined a…
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In 1942, while Daniel managed a first-aid station in Oahu, ten-year-old Norman Mineta loved baseball and Boy Scouts, growing up in a devoted Methodist family. His father, Kunisaku "Kay" Mineta, immigrated to the U.S. at fourteen, originally intending to reach San Francisco but disembarked in Seattle. After working his way south and struggling with English, he was enrolled in first grade at age sixteen, marking the beginning of his American journey. Years later, at twenty-four, he sought a wife, ultimately…
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In Chapter Twenty, titled "Daniel Inouye", the narrative follows the life of Daniel Inouye during World War II, specifically focusing on 1943 in Europe. After graduating high school with aspirations to serve, Daniel confronted the devastating reality of being categorized as an enemy alien following the Pearl Harbor attack. Japanese Americans were excluded from military service, leading him to continue his education in pre-med instead. Hawaii’s Japanese Americans largely avoided forced incarceration due…
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**Chapter Five: Henrico County, Virginia, 1907 - The Small and the Mighty** In Henrico County, Jackson Davis, influenced by Booker T. Washington's educational philosophy, reached out to the Jeanes Fund to support Black education. Washington, renowned as a Black educator, advocated for self-help and practical skills over protests, hoping to gradually improve the economic status of Black citizens. Davis proposed to use the funded salary for Virginia Randolph, a supervising teacher who exemplified the…
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In Chapter Six titled "Katharine Lee Bates," we learn about the early life of Katharine Lee Bates, born in 1859 to Cornelia and a father, who, shortly after her birth, succumbed to a painful ailment. Katharine, or Katie as she was often called, was the youngest of four children, her family deeply rooted in a lineage of writers and poets tracing back to the 1400s. Despite the challenges of her family's circumstances post her father's death, her mother Cornelia worked tirelessly to support the family while…
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In the chapter titled "Claudette Colvin," the narrative reveals a deeper truth about the civil rights movement and the pivotal role played by Claudette Colvin, whose story predates that of Rosa Parks. Claudette, a fifteen-year-old girl living in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman nine months before Parks' famous act of defiance in December 1955. During an outing with school friends, Claudette sat in the rear section of the bus designated for Black passengers, when a white…
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In the chapter titled "Katharine Lee Bates," set in England during the 1880s, Katie embarks on a difficult voyage aboard the *State of Nebraska*, arriving bruised and melancholy after parting from her loved ones. Despite her challenging journey, she finds solace in exploring English libraries and the picturesque countryside, discovering a room in the British Museum bearing her surname, where her own book, *Rose and Thorn*, brings her delight. As she wanders through Gothic cathedrals, she grapples with her…
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