by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 6, 2020 | Determination Despite the Odds, Overcoming Obstacles, Perserverance
1872 – Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia: Booker arrived at the school with 50 cents in his pocket. Exhausted and filthy after walking almost 300 miles, he was unsure whether they would take him as a student. Assistant principal Mary Mackey interviewed him and then...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 29, 2019 | Determination Despite the Odds, Overcoming Obstacles
1885 – Warsaw, Poland. “Papa, it’s not fair,” cried Marie. “I am smarter than all the boys in my class.” Her father assured Marie that he would teach her. Marie was brilliant. Like her father, she loved math and physics. She had graduated from high school at 15. There...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jan 12, 2019 | Against the Odds, Limitless Possibilities, Overcoming Obstacles
1980 – Buttercup Bakery – Berkeley, California: After six years of waitressing at the Buttercup Bakery, 29-year-old Suze Orman knew she could do more than wait tables. Over a cup of coffee, she shared her dream about having her own restaurant with Fred Hasbrook. When...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 12, 2018 | Chasing Your Dream, Determination Despite the Odds, Overcoming Obstacles
2002 – Mastala Village, Malawi, Africa: The people in his African village called him “misala,” the crazy one. The first time William Kamkwamba saw a picture of a windmill, he was in the small library in the neighboring village of Wimbe. The 15-year-old wasn’t entirely...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 13, 2017 | Beating the Odds, Never Lose Heart, Overcoming Obstacles
On October 28, 1953, at St. Bernard Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas, a baby boy was stillborn. The nurse wrapped his cold, blue body in a blanket and placed it on a table in the corner of the delivery room as she went about cleaning up. Busy with her tasks, she passed...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Sep 26, 2017 | Overcoming Obstacles, Success
Icebergs are formed when huge chunks of fresh water glaciers break off into an ocean. They are commonly found in the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. Roughly 10% of an iceberg’s volume can be seen above the ocean surface with most of the ice submerged below the...
