by Criswell | May 2, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People
Martin Luther King Jr.: He Stood Up for What He Knew Was Right… On the third Monday in January, Americans celebrate the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Dr. King was the leading figure in America’s civil rights movement during the 1950’s and...
by Criswell | May 2, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People
Colonel Sanders’ Recipe for Success… Everybody in town knew that Harlan Sanders made great fried chicken because he sold it at the gas station he operated in Corbin, Kentucky. But in 1955, when the new interstate highway system passed him by, Sanders knew...
by Criswell | May 2, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People
Frederick Douglass: He Fought for Freedom On a plantation in Maryland, in 1818, Frederick Douglass was born into slavery. His life was very, very difficult, but he had a burning desire for a better life, and he was willing to work hard — and he was willing to take...
by Criswell | May 2, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People
Ben Franklin: An Amazing American and a Founding Father… Ben Franklin was a one-of-a-kind American original. He was a writer, a publisher, a diplomat, and an inventor. And, he was also a Founding Father of the United States of America. In America, the Founding...
by Criswell | May 2, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People
Ben Franklin: An Amazing Inventor and an Amazing American… Ben Franklin would have been famous even if he had never invented anything. He was a writer, a publisher, a diplomat, and a Founding Father of the United States of America. But in addition to all those...
by Criswell | May 2, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People
Mark Twain: A Good Riverboat Pilot and a Great Writer… His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he’s best known by his pen name: Mark Twain. Sam Clemons grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which is a town located along the Mississippi River. So,...
