incorporated on April 14‚ 1960. With a variety of genres incorporated within the record company‚ from 1961 to 1971‚ Motown had 110 top 10 hits. Motown acts were enjoying a widespread popularity among black/white audiences alike where William “Smokey” Robinson stated “Into the ’60s‚ I was still not of a frame of mind that we were not only making music‚ we were making history. But I did recognize the impact because acts were going all over the world at that time. I recognized the bridges that we crossed
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Jackie Robinson means a great deal more to Rickey than he initially suggests- please describe some of the scenes that depict this. At the end of the film‚ Branch Rickey tells Robinson he’s able to love the game of baseball again- why do you think he says this? Rickey says his main motivation for escorting a black player into the Brooklyn Dodgers organization is that a righteous ball-player will bring them money‚ because money is not black or white- it is green. Branch Rickey tells Robinson he is able
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Jackie accepted the contacted offered by Branch Rickey and he signed it during October of 1945 a day that broke the color barrier between baseball athletes. Jackie started with the Montreal Royals a minor league team associated with the Brooklyn Dodgers. During the beginning of the season‚ the Montreal Royals players were surprised and upset of accepting a black player to play with them. They never expected a black player would ever play in a major league baseball team. Jackie faced a lot of
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The most controversial issue in this story is probably the Thomas Robinson trial. The entire town of Maycomb was involved in this trial‚ and each took sides. I am certain that Thomas was innocent because all of the evidence pointed back to the “victim” and her father. I am 100% certain that Thomas is innocent because the bruises on the victim‚ 19-year-old Mayella Ewell‚ could only have been caused by a left-handed person. Thomas‚ however‚ lost all mobility in his whole left arm after a cotton gin
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100 countries. Although baseball beginnings were humble‚ Jackie Robinson dramatically changed history in 1947‚ when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. As a very skilled player‚ Robinson won the National League Rookie of the Year award his first season‚ and helped the Dodgers achieve the National League championship‚ surprisingly only the first of his six trips to the World Series. In 1949 Robinson won the league MVP award‚ and he was introduced into the Baseball
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“I was beginning to think and feel in the language I used‚ to find my own voice in it‚ to sense that how one speaks influences how one means”‚ Barbara Mellix discussed in her memoir “From Outside‚ In” (298). Barbara Mellix grew up speaking three different types of English‚ black English‚ standard English‚ and college English. She understood where and when it was acceptable to use each of these languages. Black English was to be spoken with her family‚ while the standard English was spoken in public
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Anonymous (Traditional Scottish Ballad) Bonny Barbara Allan After reading the poem I decided to go ahead and write my essay on it. This poem really spark my interest because the poem itself had a lot of meaning but at the same time it also told a story just like what a song would do. If the story was about something amazing‚ it would be considered an epic story. If the story‚ that was told is something sad or usually about relationship then it would make the story a Ballad. This poem to me is
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IMPORTANT QUOATES A SPORTS WRITER OF THE DAY NOTED IN A JANUARY 20‚1958‚ARTICLE THAT DIDN’T EVEN WARRANT A BYLINE. “it was just about a decade before that professional baseball had been rocked with the color barrier being erased by Jackie Robinson. But O’Ree’s NHL milestone‚ the writer observed: He was greeted with no emotion‚ no applause and above all no animosity” QUOTE FROM O’REE Learning to play hockey as a two-year old and using blades to make his way to school on icy shoulders
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‘42’ is a movie about a professional American Baseball player Jackie Robinson‚ how he dealt with racism and how he broke baseball’s colour line in the 1940s. As the movie progresses‚ it also shows how the media had shaped society’s perception of the integration of coloured baseball players in society and how it was a success. In this movie analysis‚ the three topic discussions are racism towards African Americans‚ Diffusion of Innovation and the role of opinion leaders through various media effects
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Confirmation Saint Report (Saint Barbara) Saint Chosen: Saint Barbara Summary: Saint Barbara lived in Nicomedia and was the daughter of Dioscorus who prisoned her in a high tower in order to preserve her from the outside world and also due to her “disobedience.” While imprisoned her studies led her to secretly become a Christian. Before leaving on a journey‚ he intended to make a private bath-house for her which intended to have two windows‚ but instead Barbara made them put three windows‚
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