My interviewee was 56 year old Don Carter who was born and raised in Bentonia Mississippi. Bentonia is a rural are in Yazoo County off highway 49. This small town was once the place where drug dealers lived‚ gangs fought‚ and prostitutes made a living. But Don Carter brought about a total change and brought this community peace and safety. During the interview the question was asked “What was Bentonia like when you were coming up or what one of your best memories is?” Don started to go into a daze
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because somethings may point to a person doing a crime doesn’t mean that the person actually did and there needs to be more research and evidence to back all this up especially if people are being sentenced to life sentences in prison. Rubin Carter who was accused of committing a triple murder was in fact innocent‚ after almost 20 years of being behind bars. Rubin who was also a middleweight boxer other known as “The Hurricane” was arrested for the murders of three people downtown in the Lafayette
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Name : Philip Class : Belgium Subject : Human Resources Management Character : - Jack Carter Jennifer Carter Customer Employee Facts : - Jennifer Carter graduated from state university in June 2003 Jack Carter opened his first Laundromat in 1990 and his second in 1992 Jack had decided by 1996 to expand the services in each of his stores to include the dry cleaning and pressing of clothes. Each store has its own on- site manager and‚ on average ‚ about seven employees
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in Clifton‚ New Jersey. In 1966‚ at the height of his boxing career‚ Carter was wrongly convicted—twice—of a triple murder and imprisoned for nearly two decades. During the mid-1970s‚ his case became a cause celébrè for a number of civil rights leaders‚ politicians‚ and entertainers. He was ultimately exonerated‚ in 1985‚ after a United States district court judge declared the convictions to be based on racial prejudice. Carter‚ who grew up in Paterson‚ New Jersey‚ was arrested and sent to the Jamesburg
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Coach Carter: The True Story Of Ken Carter… Or Is It? Coach Carter is a story of a dedicated basketball coach who puts his undefeated team on a lock out due to their bad academics and disrespectful behavior. He went to extreme measures to see his students excel and be successful in their lives. The film was released January 15‚ 2005. It was directed by Thomas Carter and co-produced by MTV Films and Tollin/Robbins Production. Coach Carter although an inspiring story of a dedicated basketball coach
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COACH CARTER Production Information Tension mounted as the Richmond High Oilers faced the upcoming basketball championship. The town was wild with excitement over their undefeated team and the bleachers were filled with cheering fans for every game. No one could imagine that on January 4‚ 1999 the community would erupt in dissention and so many lives would change forever when Coach Ken Carter padlocked the gym‚ refusing the players access for failing to keep up their grades. Inspired by a true
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Name: Gabrielle Le Gendre ID Number: 811000149 LITS 2507: Introduction to West Indian Poetry (B): Selected West Indian Poets Essay Title: The examination of the ways in which Eric Roach and Martin Carter demonstrate their awareness of the importance of poetry to the region‚ and their own role in shaping it to the region’s needs. Submission Date: Tuesday 26th March‚ 2013. Question: “The poets studied on the course demonstrate in and through their poetry their awareness of the
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Obinna Anene 2/5/2013 English 2111 1:00-1:50 Bio Paper Dr. Carter G. Woodson Who is Dr. Carter G. Woodson? Dr. Woodson‚ Known formally as “The Father of Black History”‚ was the first son out of nine children born to former slaves‚ Anna Eliza & James Woodson in 1875 in New Canton‚ Virginia. At a young age‚ Dr. Woodson would work as a sharecropper and a miner just so that he could help provide for his family. He attended High School in West Virginia in his late teen years at the age of 20
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Carter Administration The first critical piece of foreign policy done by the Carter administration was the passing of the SALT II treaty later in the administration. It was the first treaty that successfully passed after these talks‚ and it stated‚ “Declaring their intention to undertake in the near future negotiations further to limit and further to reduce strategic offensive arms.” (The Government of the United States) The treaty was explicit in demanding the reduction of all aspects of the Soviet
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physical performance. It would involve explaining and predicting attitudes‚ feelings‚ and behaviors in an attempt to improve performances. I chose the film on Coach Carter directed by Thomas Carter‚ sports psychology can be used effectively to improve performances of the high school team. This movie is about a man named Coach Carter who takes on a coaching position at a high school that is run down and these boys have no discipline. In order to be on the basketball team the players would have to
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