Editor's Note: The following columns are from MC 225-Mass Media Writing class taught by Dr. Sharon Ford-Dunn. FATHER'S DAY Some people may say what is Fathers day? How was it started, or where did it come from? Father's day is a day celebrating fatherhood and parental bonds and the influence of fathers in society.
Father's Day memoir: unorthodox daddy's girl
You might think that because I am the product of a single-parent household that Father's Day would be a day like any other. However, in my case, you would be wrong. Although my parents separated and divorced when I was 4 years old, my father, Jimmy Lee Lyttle, has always been a constant presence in my life.
Osama Bin Laden became a mythical figure in the past decade. Everyone thought he was in possession of the remote control to do all the evil things in the world. As the news broke out in late Sunday that U.S. Special Forces killed the most wanted man in the 21st century - news media, internet, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
I'm a Black man, and I have some Native American heritage. It shows most demonstratively in the texture of my hair. When my hair is at a certain length I'm often asked about my nationality. When I say that I'm Black, I'm usually asked what I'm mixed with.
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