Imagine a classroom environment that is chaotic‚ full of noisy students engaged in "playtime" for the majority of their day. This is my earliest recollection of my kindergarten experience at Public School 5 in Brooklyn‚ New York. P.S. 5 is located in the Bedford Stuyvestant section of Brooklyn‚ which at the time‚ was a neighborhood comprised mostly of African-American families. Community School District 16‚ where P.S. 5 has always been considered a low performing district and according to the website
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States. Capone was born in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ on January 17‚ 1899. Growing up in rough neighborhood‚ Capone took part in being in two children’s gangs known as the Brooklyn Rippers and Forty Thieves. At the age of fourteen‚ Capone quit the sixth grade. In between his scams he worked as a clerk in a candy store‚ a pinboy in a bowling alley‚ and a cutter in a book bindery. He also took part in the notorious five point gang in Manhattan‚ working in Frankie Yale’s Brooklyn Dive‚ the Harvard Inn‚ and
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Most recently‚ I took a trip to Brooklyn with a few of my family members. We were going from Brooklyn to Times Squares and back. I remember the subways being jammed pact through out the station and standing up on the train itself holding on to an metal pole to keep my balance because the seats were all taken. My cousins Alary‚ and Autumne Montague‚ who lived in Brooklyn at the time‚ told me how people preferred to use public transportation such as taxis
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theme. As a drama this movie shows the racial tensions in Bedford-Stuyvesant‚ Brooklyn in 1989. The setting is of the neighborhood street is important to this movie because the story is about the community dealing with being suppressed and racism. In Do the Right Thing‚ the film is shot on location with the addition of Sal’s Restaurant. The street corner is Malcom X Boulevard and Quincy Street‚ Bedford-Stuyvesant‚ Brooklyn. The set of Sal’s Pizzeria plays a major role in the movie. Sal the owner
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to never be found.The bum expresses interest in going back upstate and taking back the large roll of bills. Bud makes a deal with him and leaves the shelter to eat‚ following the advice of the bum worried about him. After eating‚ he walks to the Brooklyn Bridge‚ but haunted by men in derbies ‚ he jumps off the bridge with the last fantasy about being a rich city alderman. Finally‚ the captain McAvoy of the tugboat Prudence witnesses the incident and Bud’s body is fished out from the water. We can
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When Jackie Robinson first played baseball‚ no one knew how good he could be‚ but soon‚ he played up for the Brooklyn Dodgers‚ and he became the best baseball player. That was the sound when Jackie Robinson played in his first ever game. Home run! I chose Jackie Robinson because he is the best baseball player ever‚ and he was the first black baseball player! He also inspired many black people to do what they love to do. My essay will provide facts and and things that happened when the great Jackie
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New York Cosmo Value Chain Executive Summary Professional sports team have to put effort in development and the implementation of value chain strategies. In the case of most sports team the analysing your customers‚ market‚ and other trends is important because it identifies sources of cost and revenues. As the New York Cosmos become more and more involved in community outreach‚ the value chain is a helpful for us to increase revenue. The purpose of this presentation is to indentify the New York
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When Jackie Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day April 15‚1947 he forever changed the faces of major league baseball. Robinson was the first African American to play in the majors in the 20th century.Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers .The impact Jackie Robinson made on Major League Baseball is one that will be forever remembered. On April 15 each season‚ every team in the majors celebrates Robinson’s
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Era of the 1920s and 1930s. On January 17‚1899 in Brooklyn New York‚ Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born to Italian immigrants Gabriele and Teresina Capone. Capone’s father was as a barber‚ and his mother was a seamstress.Gabriele and Teresina had seven sons and two daughters‚ of whom Alphonse was the fourth oldest.Capone’s life of crime began early as a teenager‚ Capone grew up in a rough neighborhood and was a member of two kid gangs‚ the Brooklyn Rippers and the Forty Thieves Juniors.Capone quit
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Roger J. Dostall’s (PCC) Maternal Ancestor Private Henry Clay Wood‚ United States Marine Corps Henry Clay Wood was born in Wales‚ Maine in 1836; the same year of Battle of the Alamo took place. Oral family history spins the story that Henry was born to an American Indian woman and an unknown father. As a foundling‚ he was left on the doorstep of a Protestant minister. No one is sure how he came by the surname Wood; thought Henry Clay was a prominent statesman and a popular name of the era. By
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