Oak Bluffs has been a getaway spot for blacks for over a century. Many middle and upper class blacks vacationed there and eventually bought homes on the island. Shearer Cottage, founded in 1912 by Charles and Henrietta Shearer, was opened to give blacks a safe haven when vacationing, since ...
Well, I'd naturally think of my relationship with my mother. Whenever I need help, my mother is always there for me. She often tells me that I can be anyone I want, as long as I'm confident of myself. She sees my talent and pushes me to do the best I possibly can. As I was...
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One St. George resident shared a story that summarized local understandings of APICDA’s interactions with trawlers, “[An APICDA employee] was on a committee, the sea lion committee for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and he was, he pushed for allowing the trawlers to come ...
The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt but without saying anything wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend slapped me in ...
of relatives and buy some stuff before heading back out. Later, I heard that Dad had originally intended for Mom to join him in South Africa, leaving me at an aunt’s house. Fortunately, Mom didn’t agree, so I didn’t have to spend my childhood living in other people’s homes. ...
welcome us to their homes, let us shower , do laundry and feed us. This may not have required much of them, but things as simple as this were so hard for us to attain out there and made us feel great. I never hitchhiked before in my life until the trail. I was slighlty nervous...
The story is written in the third person. Duras is Thérèse, she tells us in an opening note, and the approach may have been necessary to enable her to deal frankly with her own responsibility for Albert’s torture. Set in the context of the two preceding pieces, it completes a portrait...
Night tours are a must for every European capital. No matter how much you explore during the day, once the sun sets down, it’s a whole different story. Board a signature London double-decker bus and see the lights of Big Ben, Harrods, the London Eye, and Trafalgar Square. ...
In his quest for justice, Nivaj petitioned the crown, relaying his side of the story and explaining that he was not at fault (mho maiṁ chūk nahī). While the crown ordered him reinstated to the rolls in Merta, it did not waive off his fine nor upbraid or punish the magistrate ...