The Victorians are known for their fascination with death. During the Victorian era (1837-1901) they took death very seriously, no expense was spared when arranging a proper funeral. During this time most American’s lives became restricted to the family. As the emotional focus of people narrowed to the immediate family, the significance of the final act expanded.…
Walter “Sweetness” Payton was a star running back for the Chicago Bears.( n.p.) He created multiple records and earned nine Pro Bowl selections in his amazing career.( Walter Payton n.p.) Payton earned his nickname, Sweetness, by helping others during his career.(n.p.) Walter Payton Biography confirms he was also known for his charitable work. (n.p). He went to Jackson State and made the starting lineup his freshman year.(Walter Payton n.p.) Payton joined the Chicago Bears in 1975, known for both his speed and power.(n.p.) Walter Payton Biography verifies “ Payton was admired for his astonishing football skills and generous off-the-field personality.” (n.p) He also rushed for a single game-record 275 yards in 1977.( Payton n.p.) Payton…
On December 13, 1933 a wonderful man was created by David and Etta Doby and his name was Larry Doby. He was born in Camden, South Carolina. When he was in high school he earn 11 letters in football, basketball, track and baseball from Paterson, New Jersey for sports to play around 1938-1942. He soon join the Newark Eagles Of The Negro National Leagues. He stop playing for the Newark Eagles to serve or go be for the U.S. navy. When he came back from the navy he went back to the Newark Eagles. He came back around 1946. The next year Bill Veeck wanted to sign him to play for the Cleveland Indians. When he was getting accepted to all the places to play he was getting offed affluent for he can play with them. He was famous because he wanted to change history about African Americans. He played with them for a year and he had 301 average home runs.…
James Anderson Depreist, was born on November 21, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father died when he was six, then he went to live with his aunt, Marian Anderson the celebrated contralto. It was Ms. Anderson, who was earliest influence in music, and who supported and encouraged all his endeavors.…
Fifty-seven year old, David Shannon was born on October 5, 1957 in Washington, D.C. Shannon now lives with his wife, Heidi, and daughter Emma in Los Angeles. Shannon grew up in Spokane, Washington and attended elementary school at Hutton elementary where he discovered his passion for drawing. At the age of five, David Shannon wrote and illustrated his first book, No, David! Later, Shannon majored in illustration at the Art Center College of Design. Afterwards, Shannon moved to New York City to become involved in editorial illustration. Magazines, newspapers, book jackets, and posters are among the few places where David’s work first appeared. Julius Lester’s, How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have?, is the first book illustrated by Shannon. After being encouraged to write his own stories to go with his pictures, Shannon’s first book, How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball, was later named a New York Times best illustrated book. David Shannon has written and/or illustrated over thirty-five children’s books.…
Once upon a time there was a man named Pablo Davis. Pablo Davis is a strong, tall and intelligent man. He plays professional basketball for a living and graduated from the University of Kentucky. He also makes a lot of money in his profession of basketball and has received the MVP award twice and won the dunk contest three times. One day Pablo wakes up to the sun's light in Cleveland, Ohio. He then decides to take a vacation after the playoffs, but sadly his team did not win. So he decided to go to Mexico to take a break from his hard work. He then goes online to reserve his flight for tomorrow after reserving his ticket he decides to start packing his clothes and deciding what to wear for the week being in Mexico. Pablo decides to get some rest for tomorrow because he knew it was going be a long day. The next he woke up early in the morning to leave to the airport. Then Pablo gets on his phone to get a Uber to take him to the airport. Then the Uber comes fifteen minutes…
Adam Lee Byerly was a chubby baby with curly blonde locks of hair. Born on November 14, 2001. Adam was born to the proud parents Becky and Scott Byerly. Adam has four sisters and two brothers. He only lives with one of his siblings.…
Do you get along with your family? Well in 1942 during the reign of Adolf Hitler, The Frank family and the Van Daan family were forced to not only get along with their own family, they had to with another family of three also. Anne and Peter certainly didn’t have the best relationships with their own families. In those times of conflict there has to be a high authority figure to calm things down. Especially in this time, that was the man of the house. Mr. Frank and Mr. Van Daan are different as fathers, husbands, and even leaders.…
There was only one person to blame for this cruelty and that was this Media whore Marc Ching.…
Ted Williams is a fifty-three year old former radio announcer who became homeless after battling drug and alcohol addiction. He lived each day in and out of homeless shelters and even found himself in prison. He became a beggar on the side of a Columbus Ohio road where he would hold up a sign with the catch…
John Toone was born at Mount Nod, England on June 14, 1787. He was the father of John Toone the cello playing pioneer.…
My name is Joseph DePrince and I’m your typical college student at NYU. I try to do the best thing possible. But honestly my life changed in a matter of seconds. First I was laughing with family and friends and then next thing you know I’m sitting behind bars for a crime I didn’t commit. The story that you are about read is my story. My story of when my life got rough. But in the end there was light at the end of the…
On September 11, 2011, our client, John Dunham, shot and killed three trespassing hunting dogs on his property. He then used his dog as a deadly weapon to injure Jesse Hester, owner of the hunting dogs. Dunham raises an affirmative defense that he was merely protecting wildlife on his property and possessed a legal right to do so. Pursuant to my research, Dunham will most likely be charged with three crimes and unable to raise an affirmative defense to protection of wildlife on private property.…
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams should be on a United States Postage stamp because he is an important African American who made advances in cardiac surgery and taught others that aseptic or clean conditions in hospitals would save lives. Dr. Williams also championed good education, advancements and equal rights for African American doctors and nurses. Dr. Williams was a hard-working, talented, resourceful, and courageous doctor. His contributions in medicine helped everyone in the United States have better medical treatment.…
Larry Dobbins, my father God bless his soul, I miss him a lot. His experience I am grateful for because he treated my mom like a queen. My two sisters, and I we’re his princesses. Learning from him he told me that I should keep an open mind about things but be aware. He and my mom always reminded me that love is out there. Having both parents in my life that’s a blessing and that they were both married, I feel very lucky because it could have been bad.…