Same Team, Very Different Lives What do Antoine Walker and LeBron James have in common? They are/were both all-star NBA basketball players (Walker left the league in 2008), both played for the Miami Heat, both won NBA championships with the Heat, and both had earnings of over $100 million. On paper, they could have been twins. Yet, that is where the story takes a sad, critical deviation.
Oliver Hill became a strong supporter of equality. Equality is the state of being the same in number, race, class, or quality. Oliver Hill grew up in Richmond, Virginia on May 1, 1907. Graduating from Dunbar High School, Hill wasn't sure what he wanted to do for a living. He married a woman named Beresenia Walker.
The testimony of Ruby Bates was full of many lies and avoided answers. She started off by saying that her and Victoria Price were raped by African-American boys on a train. Her story about that day on the train continued to change when asked about it later on. While in court during the next trial, she confessed that they were never attacked or raped. According to Ruby Bates, her and Victoria Price got nervous when they were forced to get off the train that day.
Black Warrior River, named after Chief Tushkalusa, is very important to the Alabama community. It spans 300 miles, starting from the Appalachian Highlands to the Tombigbee River. The river serves as a good source of drinking water and hydroelectric power. It flows through more than 17 counties and gives water to surrounding communities such as Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Bessemer, Cullman, Jasper, and Oneonta.
The threat of Repercussions The threat of repercussions prokoke fear and, therfore, a reaction of obedience in many individuals. The impact of having set ramifications for misbehavior is crucial to ones’ upbringing: The effects when none are in place can can be detrimental. The consequences of Wes Moore’s decisions in comparison to the other Wes Moore, having an absence of any, leads to the success of one and failure of the other.
The Road to Success Did you know Phil Jackson has the most NBA rings as a coach? Phil Jackson, often referred to as the greatest coach of all time, tallied a total of eleven rings. Phil played in the NBA from 1967-1978. He coached for the Bulls from 1989-1998 and for the Lakers from 1999-2004 and 2005-2011. Phil had lots of success throughout his career as a coach, including six rings with the Chicago Bulls and five more with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Derek I Snedden POLS-Y 353 Professor Fowler 20 July 2015 Eagle Forum: The Pro-family movement The Eagle forum was founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 and began as a trust fund to defend conservative agendas in 1967. During the proposal of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972, Schlafly founded a group with more proactive approach called “Stop ERA” with one goal in mind, to defeat the ratification of ERA. After the success of the “Stop ERA” campaign, Phyllis Schlafly founded the eagle forum, a pro family group dedicated to “opposing all encroachments against American sovereignty through…feminist goals” (Schlafly). Althoug the primary interaction that eagle forum has had with the womens movement was the ERA, they also are incessantly combating
He used this election as a way to protest the racial prejudice he found inside the organization. This peaceful protest formed the Negro American Labor Council in 1959. Randolph also began to put his time into broadening civil rights work. In 1957 Randolph formed a prayer pilgrimage to draw attention to the desegregation of schools in the south, that was yet to be enforced. To accompany his other organized marches, at the end of the 1950s, he led the Youth Marches for Integrated Schools.
Sawyer Logan Mrs Gallagher Literature and Comp 01 February 2017 The Greatest to Ever Step into the Batters Box “A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities” (“Hero”). Ted Williams was a Major League Baseball player, who had one of the best careers ever in the history of baseball. He spent his whole career with the Boston Red Sox. After 16 All-Star game appearances, 2 times winning MVP, 6 time batting title winner and 4 time player of the year, and a phenomenal career, Ted Williams retired from the Major League of Baseball.
I picked to write about Alvin Ailey because I feel like this is the decade and generation that his legacy died in because when it comes to dance no one thinks of Ailey as the founding father his dancing is a lost art.. Alvin Ailey was an amazing dancer and choreographer with his own unique dance style. His talent was referenced in Fresh Prince of Bel Air and a different world his style is what makes him stand out from other choreographers. Alvin Ailey was not born with his name in lights he had a rough beginning. Born in Rogers, Texas on January 5th 1931 as Alvin Ailey Jr.
Look around. No matter where or how old the same rights are given to everyone else in the United States. No one is treated better or looked at worse. Most schools and businesses today have a variety of people of different colors and religious backgrounds. All of these people have the same opportunity.
Thomas Eakins was born and lived in Philadelphia for most of his life. His father, Benjamin Eakins, was a weaver, and Thomas often observed his father at work. This led him to develop skills in drawing lines, perspective, and the use of a grid, which he later used for his art. Eakins attended Central High School, where he studied applied science and arts, and excelled in mechanical drawing. In 1861, he studied drawing and anatomy at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Thirty miles off U.S. Highway one in the small town of Alston, GA, Alexander Rivera, Jr. found himself interviewing the newly widowed Sallie Nixon in a chauffer outfit as a reporter for the Pittsburgh Courier in 1948. Her late husband, Isaiah Nixon, a turpentine worker and a father of six, had been shot three times on their front porch for voting in the Democratic Primary. Even before the interview, Alexander Rivera knew that a small town faced with the murder of a black man would be enraged and torn by the act of racial violence. Living in the Jim Crow South as a traveling reporter for the Pittsburgh Courier, Alexander Rivera was used to the act of concealing his identity to garner crucial information on trials, lynching’s and murders done to African Americans. “Something told me, I don’t know what the something was to go dressed as a chauffeur” Alexander Rivera explained, “It was easier traveling as a chauffeur because everybody figured that you worked with somebody important”.
The Memphis Gibson Guitar Factory Memphis is the city of blues. Being known for having artist such as B.B. King and Elvis, music is just part of the city. One company that ties it all together is the Gibson Guitar Factory. The Memphis Gibson, provides one of the many contributing factors to the cities music.
The tragedy experienced of losing a family member is something that all people have struggled with throughout time. Charles Lamb experienced the pain of losing a close family member while overcoming other difficult obstacles within his personal life. Lamb had to suffer through the insanity of his sister, murder of his mother, and consistent feelings of regret and loneliness. Lamb’s personal experiences of tragedy are what lead to his emotional poetic piece, The Old Familiar Faces. Charles Lamb was the youngest child of John and Elizabeth with an older brother and sister.
