Jennifer Persaud was born in 1986. She is a light brown skin Guyanese who is currently the CEO of GTNT, a big cell phone company in Guyana. She is a smart and a very proud woman who is use talking down to people all day, every day to get things to always go her way. She is a perfectionist with an obsession for always being punctual on everything she does. Jennifer’s hangover made it impossible to wake her up this Monday morning for work. She wakes up a little late so she gets ready and rushes to
Jaslene Gonzalez Bio, Husband, Net Worth, Height, Married and Wiki Short Bio Jaslene Gonzalez is a Puerto Rican model and television host. She is also the winner of Cycle 8 of America's Next Top Model (2007). She has done modeling with Elite Model Management in the New York, L.A and Miami divisions. She has also modeled for Cover Girl, Seventeen, Latina, Imagén, Hombre, and 6 Degrees. Jaslene Gonzalez was born on May 29, 1986, in Puerto Rico. There is no information available about her parents. She
Mississippi History The State of Mississippi has left its mark on us in history in various avenues, most of which have left a sour taste in our mouth about the South. Many won’t even visit after hearing the stories and or reliving life through some movies. Though slavery and the many forms of prejudices’ continue still today; Mississippi brings both black and white without divide when it comes to entertainment and the many famous people born and raised there. You’d be pleasantly surprised to hear
She was conceived in the provincial town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, on January 29, 1954. Winfrey is popularly known for hosting her own show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” from 1986 to 2011. From there she launched her own television network OWN. Although, Winfrey is now one of the famous and richest African Americans, she did have a rough start in her young age. Oprah Winfrey was raise in a very bad economically town in the city of Milwaukee, Mississippi. Shortly, after being born her mother abandoned
but when the baby died she took it as a second chance to be the greatest person she could ever be here is her story. biography Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko Mississippi her parents abandon her at 2 years old and her mother would move to Milwaukee and oprah was left to stay in mississippi with her grandmother. her grandmother was very good at teaching oprah how to read considering
who was surely destined for failure. If there had not been an influential person in their life at the right time, who influenced them beyond their circumstances in life, where would this person be now? She was born Oprah Gail Winfrey in Kosciusko, Mississippi. In her youth, she was the victim if molestation from several family members including an uncle, cousin and her mother’s boyfriend. She began acting out as a teen and was sent to live with her father. Her mom gave birth to another daughter
James Meredith, brother of 9 siblings, grew up on a farm in Kosciusko, Mississippi. He attended high school in Kosciusko as well. Straight out of high school, he joined the Air Force, where he spent nine years in the service. After he got out of the military he attended Jackson State College, an all-black college(“James Meredith Biography”). James Meredith had a huge impact on society because of his going to the University of Mississippi, breaking the racial barrier, and being a role model to all
Memory is a common motif for southern literature. Eudora Welty’s novel The Optimist’s Daughter is no exception to this generalization as it strongly entails both aspects of memory – remembrance and forgetfulness. The stark dichotomy of memory can be looked at as both a blessing and a burden. Characters throughout this novel and so many other pieces of southern literature struggle with the past which they wish to keep, but cannot fully, and a past from which they want to escape, but cannot fully
from society for the remainder of her life. She was alone for the very first time and her reaction to this situation was solitude. This story takes place throughout the Reconstruction Era from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s in Jefferson, Mississippi. Emily was raised in the period before the Civil War. Her father who was the only person in her life with the exception of a former lover who soon left her as well raised her. The plot of this story is mainly about Miss Emily’s attitude about change
favorite themes, for example, the relationships between the community and the individual and between the present and the past. But Faulkner's setting is quite specific. Faulkner modeled his fictional Yoknapatawpha County on Lafayette County, Mississippi, and the city of Jefferson on his hometown, Oxford, and perhaps on neighboring Ripley as well. He describes his region's smells, sights, and sounds in loving detail: its chirping insects, its summer heat, its unique light. Some of Jefferson is
Americans were afraid and frightened in staying in the Mississippi Delta, so many began to relocate and the population continued to decrease dramatically. Not only was the moving due to lack of security, many residents wanted a better job and better living conditions. Poverty was depriving citizens from their basic necessities of life like food, shelter and revenue. On the average, seven African Americans were lynched or beaten each year in the Mississippi Delta since the ending of slavery. Sunflower County
“It’s amazing how our life can change from one day to another and Mother of Nature is one of them. Hurricane Katrina a category 4 hurricane struck the Gulf Coast of the United States on August 29, 2005, causing death and destruction in New Orleans. Katrina will be remembered by all victims in New Orleans and around the world.” Hurricane Katrina was declared the costliest and most destructive natural disaster in history, because of the strong winds and storm causing destruction of many towns and communities
disasters but have simply chosen not to. Many factors have left the city vulnerable to a natural disaster a major one being the levees built up around the city. Not only man made levees built near the ocean but the natural levees built up by the Mississippi River would have essentially made New Orleans a bowl leaving much of the city living under sea level. Warnings from the media and scientists who studied the area went unheard as the idea of a storm and the city being vulnerable was known long before
New Orleans is best known for a lot of things, great food, great atmosphere and who can forget the parties. However, people in the Big Easy were staying out late and rocking for a whole different reason in 1919 as the Axeman of New Orleans had a special request that rocked the Big Easy. Let's start from the beginning, the Axeman was a serial killer who struck New Orleans from March 1918–October 1919. This killer was sickeningly good as he left little to zero evidence at the scenes, he entered the
I believe the principle of federalism did and did not work in the case of Hurricane Katrina for the following reason. The government planned for everything in advance before the hurricane hit the New Orleans coast. The Mayor of New orleans Ray Nagin gave a speech advising everybody in the city to evacuate immediately. The Mayor also established task forces and set up emergency shelters locally across the state of Louisiana. People evacuating the city caused huge traffic pile ups because the plan
The southern states has always been under hurricane watch especially when close to the tropic lands near them. Hurricane “katrina formed from the interaction of tropical wave and remnants of a previous tropical depression” (katrina meteorology and forecasting) here is another reason to why may occur and how the formation of hurricanes happens. In this we discover the things and impact a hurricane will leave such as levee branches and death and public alert process. The tropical depression was
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Spring, Texas) A Category 4 storm, Hurricane Harvey did extensive damage to the state of Texas, causing $180 billion dollars in damage. Approximately 13 million individuals in five states were impacted. Sadly, 82 of these individuals lost their life. What made this storm so challenging was it made landfall three separate times over a six day period, and 1/3 of Houston was underwater at one point. As a result, numerous families are now contending with high moisture levels and
For my famous person project I’ve done Pema Chodron. She was born on July 14th,1936 in New York. She is currently living today she is 78 years old and remains in New York City. She has done many things with her life even though she had her ups and downs, she still managed to accomplish a lot in her life. Her path to success all began with her pursuing her education and going to a school called Miss Porter's School in a small town in Connecticut. After completing her long elementary, middle school
All over the world hundreds of disasters happen every year, no matter how big or how small they are, they can effect a community somewhere and can cause mutilation. A disaster is defined as “a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life” (“Disaster”, n.d) and from these disasters we get many risks. Risks are what come from a natural disaster, for instance a hurricane. A hurricane is “a rotating low-pressure weather system that has organized thunderstorms
Bahamas, soon turned into one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever hit the United States. Hurricane Katrina hit land in Louisiana on August 29, 2005 causing a devastating and long-lasting effect on southeast Louisiana. Most people evacuated coastal Mississippi and Louisiana, including some of my family members and me. I was only in the second grade when the hurricane hit, however I still remember the tragic event like it was yesterday. I was affected by Hurricane Katrina in many ways, some ways I still