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Thi di e needs to be more fre-
quently ddre d, owin to its high
death rate amon Bl c . M t di -
e victims' life p n doe not ex
ceed t e of forty. Th ickle cell
disorder i n treated history.
Hi tory i P t even . It' ,
ide or even that will or can nape
the course of the future. It help
to try and avoid making the &me
m tak that were made in the p t.
lbat is why it' so important to kno
w you came from in order to
kn� where you are going. I know
I em young, gifted, talented and
Bl ck and I know my race has uf
fertd with fal e hope for treatment of
si<*le-cell.
Therefore, I am oa a mis ion to
ex. rminate the problem with a cure.
There are chemical compounds
found that can reverse the ickling
proce . However, they have harm
ful: side effects. I will play in the
development of Black history,
gi t. ng new hope for longer life to
ickle-eell patients. I am the first
Black, female hematologist to dis
cover a new and effective treatment
and cure for the sickle cell anemia'
disease.
OW I MUST educate! The
ed· lion of my people, in regards to
a sease such as sickle-cell, is much
needed today. There are so many
p\e in this world with little or no
edllcation. It is never too late to start
a aew beginning. We need more
positive, Black role models, like
m)lself, to put their creative energies
aulO talent to work in order to produce
mere intelligent, Black leaders in
these changing times.
: After this dynamic brea�ugh
Anlka I. a .tudent at Roeper City and Country School In
Blrmlngh m. he I I m mber of th Girl. Trac T am and
placed In th 1 1 Ichlgan High School Athletic A oclatlon
conf r nce and reglonll m.et.. Anlkl ha. recelv d th
Scholaatlc Achlev m nt AWlrd and International For Ign
Langu g Award, and .he round. out h r cld mlc nd avor
by volunte ring at th Ro r Nu .... ry.
with my discovery of tre tment and
cure, I only received recognition and
publicity in the medical arena.
Being Bl c and a woman with a
new discovery brought reeo lion
to the fact B men are
capable. I m t state, bel looted
down upon beca of my color only
made me a stronger individual, striv
ing and working hard to do what I
believed in.
I will always continue moving
forward to attain greater heights for
myself and my race. I � the i
dom and it allowed me to combine
knowledge after many years of hard
wor and research to discover the
cure for ickle-a:1l This cure has
brought a new era in the medical
field and. education today. In order
help the B race progress, we
m t be healthy in all areas of life
physicaUy, mentally and socially.
New techniq and technologies of
the world today will go down in hi -
tory.
I can make a significant dif
ference owing to my total commit
ment to the goal in which I hope to
accomplish.
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The choice one
determine the pe
tomono .
To make an imp ct on Blae hi
tory tomorro , I m t ma t ri ht
choices for my life tod y.
First of all, I w nt to ve posi-
tive effect on tb y pie
themselve tod y nd in the future. I
can lk to th 0 my friends who
ve fallen victims of teen pregnan
cy. They need to know t life does
not end with the birth of that child.
Encouraging them to tay in chool
and educate themselves to be th best
mothers, future wiv , and profes
sional women that they can be is very
impol1an.
I would like to be a big . ter to
the young girl growing up in tbe dys
functional family, to prevent such an
event from reoccurring. As a mem
ber of the Roeper Speakers Bureau,
I will educate Detroit area elemen
tary school tudents on how to chal
lenge themselves. My de ire i to
see them grow up as cientists, en
gineers and doctors - not thieves,
murderers.and drug dealers.
MOREOVER, I HAVE chosen
to further my education by going to
college. This will give me an oppor
tunity to acquire the additional
knowledge that I will need to prepare
myself for the future. In doing so, I
hope that omeone will look at me
and say, "if she can do it, so can 1."
This 1 will do, not only to en
. courage others, but to prove to
myself that my labor in high school
has not been in vain.
Furthermore, while in college; I
want to learn more about babies born
wi th the AIDS virus and those that
are born addicted to cocaine. After I
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Country School In Birmingham. In ddltlon to malnt Inlng I 4.0
Slpa ah I. I memb r of the Ro per Spelker. Burelu Ind
Roeper'. Stud ntlStatf Court. Ael.ha hold I co-op po itlon at
Gen rll otor. Corporation Truck Ind Truck Ind Bu.
Engineering Ind volunt .. r. In the .umm r at Pontiac G n rll
Ho.ptili.
have started my career, in my spare
time, I would like to volunteer at a
center or hospital that cares for af
flicted children. Statistically, mo t
these children are Black; therefore, I
feel that I should give omething
. back to the community.
Thi can be done not..only through
the child care of the infants, but by
Intervening with programs designed
to help stop the steady rise in the
percentage of motberwbo use drugs
during pregnancy. Maybe one day,
while researching the incidence of
syphilis in cocaine-addicted babies,
I will discover a cure for the AIDS
virus.
In conclusion, the decisions I
make today will affect tomorrow.
There are many ways that I feel I can
make an impact on Black hi tory.
Impacting Black history involve not
only taking time to share what you
have with other, but it involves
making a difference. After all,
making Black history is making a
difference, isn't it?
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