Mark Twain

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." -Mark Twain
I like this quote because there are a lot of people out there who think they are brave and that they are not afraid of anything, but in reality everyone has fears. I think that the real couragous people are the ones that don't let their fears get in the way of persuing their dreams and doing what they want. I wish I could be able to be more courageous and do what I want to do without my fears getting in my way.

What's Good.

There are so many things that I could write about that I love right now. My favorite movie, tv show, singer, and book. I can not pick between them so I will do a couple sentences about each. :)

My all time favorite movie is Made of Honor with Patrick Dempsey. I love this movie because it is a great chick flick about two best friends falling in love. It is adorable, really funny, and I could watch it over and over again.

My favorite tv show is definitely Criminal Minds. This show is extremely addicting and I even got my parents addicted to it. It can be gross and give me the creeps sometimes, but I love the characters and it is really interesting to see them analyze serial killers. Also, the fact that my math teacher reminds my friends and I of one of the characters, Spencer Reid, makes it interesting.



Next, my favorite singer is Luke Bryan. I love country music, I always have, always will and Luke Bryan is one of the best country singers I have ever heard. He has a great voice, his music just makes me want to put on my cowgirl boots and get lost out in the country. The fact that he is super attractive is also a plus. I love all of his songs and I can't wait to see him in concert again this summer.<3


Finally, my favorite book is The Hunger Games. The entire Hunger Games series (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay) by Suzanne Collins is so good, but the first book is by far the best. The book is filled with excitement, a little bit of a love story, action and cliff hangers. Everyone I know who has read these books loves them just as much as I do.

Stories of the Quest for Civil Rights

http://www.aclu.org/blog/content/remembering-legacy-civil-rights-pioneer

The story on this link is about a man that was not recognized during the Civil Rights Movement. Bayard Rustin had many accomplishments towards the civil rights movement. He did things similar to that of MLK Jr. in hopes of having equality for the African-Americans of this time. Many of the issues that the Delany sisters in HOS dealt with, were addressed by Rustin. There are a lot of people that should get credit for their efforts during the movement, but many did not get that recognition.

Harlem

The Harlem Hospital became a very important aspect of Harlem. Its original purpose as just a reception center for patients getting ready for transfer quickly changed to be much more important with expansions and many new patients. At the beginning, all of the nurses at the hospital were white. As the hospital began to grow and time went on more African American nurses started to work there. This was frowned upon by many of the white nurses and a lot of them resigned as a result. This situation was also repeated when the first African American physician, Dr. Louis T. Wright was hired. I believe this relates to what Bessie and Sadie said about how much black people were looked down upon. I think this also shows what kind of perseverence that these men and women must have had (like the sisters said). They wanted to do the best they could and work their jobs despite what the white people must have said about them. The hostility that Dr. Wright got from his co workers only made him want to prove to everyone how good he was even more.
http://www2.si.umich.edu/chico/Harlem/text/hospital.html

Having My Say

Something that I have a very strong oppinion on is lying. When someone lies to me and I find out about it, I am completely crushed. I think it is one of the worst things you could do. There is a difference between a little white lie and straight up lying to someone to their face. I believe that if you tell someone something, especially if it is important, you should truely mean it. Follow through on your promises and if you really have something you feel like you need to lie about than you probably shouldn't have done it in the first place. If you want to be apart of someone's future, lying to them will quickly make you just apart of their past.

Expressions in Art

This drawing relates to the struggles that the African American had during the middle passage. Sadie and Bessie discussed numerous topics similar to this one and how strongly they felt about how poorly African Americans were treated in that time. This picture, I think, truely shows the stuggles and pain that the passangers felt in their forced travels and during the slavery they had to endure. I think it is terribly sad what was done to them and I could never imagine what that must have been like. I am just glad that those types of things are not done today.