Family Project

I have been googleing some of my family members names to see if I could find articles about them. My cousin Kate is one of the womens softball coaches at Hofstra University and there have been quite a few articles written about the awesome season they are having this year. This is actually her first year at this position; she used to do almost the same thing at West Point and if I can find an article from her time there i will post it.
Hofstra Softball
This article is not directly about her actions but all the ones that were about her were from Hofstras news publication and I wanted to include an article from a seperate news source.

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Family History Project

This website has a lot of information about my great-grandfathers ship and all of the things created about it.

Books about the USS Mason

Proud

DVD based on the true and heroic story of the USS Mason, a Navy battleship manned by an African-American crew during WWII, when segregation was still enforced.

Based on the book Proudly We Served by Mary Pat Kelly.

Proudly We Served: 
The Men of the USS Mason
by Mary Pat Kelly

This book tells the story of these brave African-American men and their contributions to the Allied victory. Their success had a direct impact on President Harry S Truman's decision to integrate all of America's armed forces after the war. Recommended in 1944 for a commendation for their heroic actions during a violent storm, the Mason sailors finally received that commendation in 1995, after the publication of this book in hardcover and the release of a companion documentary. The men and ship have been further honored by the Navy's decision to name a new destroyer (DDG 87) after the Mason and propagate its proud heritage into the twenty-first century.
Hardcover, 220 pages
List price $15.95

Better Than Good: 
A Black Sailor's War, 1943 -1945
     Author Adolph Newton became one of the very few African Americans to serve in the general enlisted ranks rather than as a mess attendant. In this intense, long-overdue memoir, he describes his life as a black seaman on an integrated warship, explaining how he dealt with discrimination and personal freedom and how, despite the difficulties, he developed a lasting affection for the Navy. Newton's story is representative of a generation of African Americans who came of age during the war, needing to prove themselves by fighting for a country that had denied them the full benefits of citizenship. A landmark work, it is the first memoir to be published by a black sailor in the forefront of Roosevelt's order to integrate the Navy. Based on journals he kept during the war, the book retains the raw emotions and expressions of a young sailor in the 1940s. He speaks candidly of race relations and how his views evolved from conversations with southern blacks, confrontations with prejudiced whites, and encounters with Europeans. And his story does not stop at war's end. Unable to find civilian employment that utilized his technical skills, he reenlisted in 1946 only to find the Navy more rigid than during the war. His reflections on life as a young black man who knew that just being good was not good enough make an important contribution to the record.
Hardcover, 208 pages
List price $28.95

On Board the USS Mason: 
The World War II Diary of James A. Dunn
Hardcover, 130 pages

I copied and pasted this from the website. I own the book Proudly We Served and I am going to look into getting some of the others for my project. 

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Family Project: Farrell

Exhibit offers insight into African American WWII Sailors

My great-grandpa Farrell was a captain of the U.S.S. Mason during World War II. His ship was one of the very first with a predominately black crew. I am going to focus some of my family project on him. The article I linked describes the ship rather well. There was also a book and movie made on the ship. I will be tying these aspects into forms of modern journalism. I decided this would be a good way to start because it is journalism.

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Family Project Update

Yesterday was Easter and I used it as an opportunity to advance my project. Honestly, the most interesting person in my family is my grandfather on my dads side. He is currently in the early stages of dementia so I try to get stories from my dad and his siblings. His belongings are a great way for me to get a window into his life.  One of the most noticeable characteristics are the giant book cases filled with books. There are bookcases filling a huge hallway that couldn't fit another book if they tried. That is just the tip of the iceberg; there is a room, a former office, with walls completely covered in books. It would be cool to check out all of books he has up there but there are piles, no mountains, of books all over the floor. Walking around the house you might miss the rest of the books he has because they are in a number of smaller bookcases throughout the house but don't fret, there are tons. On Sunday when I was at his house I took pictures of a few of the main hallways bookcases.

I am probably going to use this with my family project. I have started an infographic on my family and it will be done soon.

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Family Project Infographic

So for my family project I want to make some infographics about my family members.  I found this template which will make it easier but if I find a really good story I will try to make my own infographics. 

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Journalism Analysis + The future of my blog

So I have been debating making this post or not but I have decided to end my analysis because unlike the other things I have been doing it seems to much like a chore. I am going to be focusing more on the infographics and implementing infographics into my family history project which I will be starting in the next 2-3 weeks, or whenever I will see my family again.

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Tools For Creating Infographics

20+ Tools to Create Your Own Infographics

10 Tools for Creating Infographics and Visualizations

10 Fun Tools To Easily Make Your Own Infographics

So I originally found the last article I posted but as I tried to find it tonight I stumbled upon the other two. I felt like it would be good to include these as well. In the future I plan on integrating more "homemade" infographics into my blog as well as my new family project so these programs will hopefully be very useful. I definitely credit the apps I use in each infographic.

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New Project!!!!!

My Family:

Moms Side
Nursing
Highschool
Roycemore
Italy

Dads Side
Mildrid
Montana


What Can I Do
Interview
Articles
Pictures
Videos

Take stories I get and infuse them with other stories, my experience, modern events/news.
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Ok so that was what I wrote while I was being told about my new project. For my project I was thinking about interviewing some of the people in my family and write about their stories. My main interest in these interview is probably my Dads parents, but theyre on vacation until march, I could probably start with my dad.

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