Ages & Stages 

two in five young women will become pregnant before age twenty, and four out of five of those pregnancies will be unintended, including about half of those among married teenage girl. one-third of girls aged fifteen to nineteen, and one-half of girls under fifteen receive no prenatal care at all during their first trimester. The lack of medical attention can lead to problems later on. If they go forward with the pregnancy, the pregnancy could be complicated with an increased risk for mother and baby. And if they choose to abort, the earlier the procedure is performed the safer it will be.

Lauretta Valerie 

Henoc Louis

Mr. Huston

English 2

Wed 19 2014

                                         George Washington Carver
'' Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freed''. - George Washington Carver. A well respected
man known for his experiments with peanuts. Just before the end of the civil war, Carver spent one year in
slavery but that altered the course of his life. When Carver left diamond grove Missouri, he went to Iowa state university to earn his masters degree in Agriculture. George Washington Carver was very important. His achievements in agriculture, particularly peanuts persuaded many southern farmers to grow them.

George Washington Carver was born a slave on a small farm near Diamond Grove, Missouri in 1865. As an infant, George and his family were kidnapped by bandits and taken to Arkansas. His mother was never heard from again. The carvers gave a reward when young George was returned to them. Slavery taught George Washington Carver to appreciate nature, learning, and self-sufficiency.

In 1890 Carver moved to Iowa where he continued his education at Simpson college that admitted students without regard to race. His main interest in Simpson was painting. He enrolled in an art class and was one of the only male students in fine arts department. Carver then transferred to Iowa State College of agricultural and mechanical arts. At Iowa State, Carver was not allowed to live or eat with the white students (George Washington education). Despite all the racism, Carver did not let people stop him from getting his education. In 1886, he received his masters degree in agriculture. In 1896 Booker T. Washington, the principal of the African-american Tuskegee institute hired carver to run the school's agricultural department. Carver was the only black man in america to have received advanced training in scientific agriculture and the only teacher at tuskegee with a degree from a white college and was the institute's highest paid professor.

Frederick  Douglass was born into slavery. He ran away from slavery and decided to become a leader against slavery. Frederick Douglass is important to America because unlike most slaves, he makes it out of slavery, is able to tell him story and become an agent in the black community. Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all people whether black, female, Native American, or immigrants.famously quoted as saying, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong

                                                           Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African-American civil rights activist whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". I chose this African American lady because she stood up for her self and showed those white folks that she was not to be messed with. Rosa Parks had many accomplishments. She she stood up for herself. She was riding a bus and then the bus driver told her to give up her seat so that a white man could sit down. She said no. She stood up for herself and was arrested. She joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1943 and devoted her life to the cause of American civil rights and equality, until her death in 2005 at age 92. Rosa parks hated the ways of her life. She had always dreamed of having freedom in her life. As she grew up, she went through different experiences that gave her courage and strength.  

All the black passengers including Rosa Parks were treated like cattles. sometimes the bus drivers would drive off without them after they paid their fare. this would happen to elderly people or pregnant women in bad weather or good and was considered a joke by the drivers. frequently the white bus drivers abused their passengers, calling them black cows or black apes. But Rosa parks wasn't the first to give up her seat, in march 1955 a fifteen-year-old girl name claudette colvin refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Everybody who refused to give their seat up would get arrested. Rosa Parks is an extraordinary person because she stood up against racism and stood up for herself. It was even harder for her because she was a woman, and in those days, things were much harder for women.

 

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