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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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    7. El Barrio and the Upper East Side: It had been a crazy morning as I ran all over my house trying to find my jacket and boots. My mom had been admitted into the hospital that morning for a massive headache and all I could think about was whether or not she would be okay. I took her to the emergency room that day before so going to class was the last thing on my mind. My father and sister had agreed to stay with her till I ended class so I was more at ease knowing she wouldn’t be alone. After

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    that he assumed the role as the man of the house and started working on a farm to support his family. The resident was able to buy and own the farm he worked on. Since the resident’s arrival in the United States‚ he worked in a warehouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The resident’s most recent line of work was building furniture for a company. Resident stated he has no military history. Resident is currently receiving Medicare‚ Medicaid‚ and Social Security. Psychiatric‚ Substance/ Alcohol Abuse

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    district in 2005 was 95 tons and in 2011 78 tons. Access to parks in this district is higher than in Brooklyn. In 2009 the access to parks was 97.2% in this district than Brooklyn. As for environmental complaints‚ in 2001 the air complaint was 0.9 rising tremendously in 2011 to 3.0.

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    When I read “Only the Dead Know Brooklyn” I was a bit confused with the choice of words the narrator used to write this story. It made it hard to understand the point of the story. To me the narrator was trying to make the readers read with an accent. I laugh when I tried to read this story out loud because some words I could not pronounce‚ such as “Bensonhoist” (29)‚ so I looked online to see if there was an audio version for this story. To my surprise there was. The person reading it read the story

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    Mr.dude Mr. man Per.4 1/29/11 Word count:298 “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” annotation “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” originally titled “Sun Down Poem” appeared first in Whitman’s work of Leaves of Grass in his second revised edition. By his last revision in 1881 the free verse poem was one of a kind during its era and gave rise to many criticisms due to its informal style. The poem on a literal level discusses the sights and sounds seen on an average venture with the “scallop edged waves in the twilight”

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    Al Sharpton “The Reverend” Full Name: Alfred Charles Sharpton‚ Jr. Born: October 3‚ 1954 Brooklyn‚ NY Occupation: Baptist Minister Civil Rights/Social Justice Activist Radio/Television talk show host Education: Graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn‚ NY Dropped out of Brooklyn College after 2 years Chronology: • Born in Brooklyn‚ NY to father Alfred Sharpton Sr. and Ada Richards‚ then raised in Queens‚ NY. [1954] • Preached first sermon‚ “Let Not Your Heart

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    physician‚ Dr. Rashad Trabulsi laid the foundation for his successful career as a pre-med undergraduate at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ After earning his associate of science in 1999‚ he matriculated at New York Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls to earn his medical degree. Dr. Rashad Trabulsi established his first medical office‚ Brooklyn Heights’ Pain Management & Wellness Center‚ shortly after receiving his doctor of chiropractic in 2004. Over the next decade‚ Dr. Trabulsi

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    certain issues with my writing and eventually reform them. I had no idea how urban environments interacted with their varied demographics‚ and how Philadelphia functioned as a city. Reading the course texts gave me a clear understanding of the gentrification process and how people interact within cities that act as concrete jungles. The texts inspired me to go in the city of Philadelphia and understand how various ethnic groups respond to the actions of each assembly. Writing about the misfortunes

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    I intern at the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center‚ that provides comprehensive health care and support services to youth from 10 to 24 years old. At the beginning of the internship‚ I was assigned to serve the Harlem community which has high proportions of Black and Hispanic residents who have low socioeconomic status. Many of the Harlem residents live below the Federal Poverty Level and spend more than 30% of their monthly gross income on rent. Harlem has higher unemployment rates than New York

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