One early morning in 1962‚ Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin broke out of Alcatraz prison. Using nothing but a raft fashioned out of raincoats‚ the three men traveled out into the foggy San Francisco Bay‚ never to be seen again. This was over 50 years ago‚ but the escape is still significant today. Society today still cares about the escape from Alcatraz because of its presence in the media‚ Alcatraz’s reputation as “escape-proof”‚ and natural human curiosity. First of all‚ the
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Sex and Social Movements in San Francisco Social deviance and San Francisco go together like peanut butter and jelly. From the California Gold Rush to current social justice movements‚ the city has offered a place to foster new ideas and shelter outcasts. In a time where men dominated the public sphere‚ madams of the Barbary Coast were still able to have financial agency. Later down the line in the 1960’s‚ San Francisco provided a platform to reanalyze conventional norms in an era of political unrest
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The first electric streetcars in San Francisco began operation in 1892 under the auspices of the San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway. At that time‚ it was estimated that it cost twice as much to build and six times as much to operate a line with cable cars as with electric streetcars. By the beginning of 1906 many of San Francisco’s remaining cable cars were under the control of the United Railroads of San Francisco (URR)‚ although Cal Cable and the Geary Street Company remained independent
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to have been able to visit different cities all over the world‚ but only two of them have completely captivated me‚ San Francisco‚ California and Miami‚ Florida. Even though these two cities are located in the same country‚ both have many differences such as in the public transportation‚ food-population‚ and lifestyle. Both cities have public transportation‚ but in San Francisco is more convenient and people give more use to it because you can find a stop in every corner‚ and also because there
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based Missions all throughout California was a way for them to maintain ultimate social‚ political‚ and economic control. Spanish explorers arrived on the border of California during the 16th century. The very first Franciscan mission was built in San Diego during 1769. By 1833‚ twenty two Spanish Missions existed from Southern California to Northern California. Native Americans made up about one-third of those who lived and worked at the Missions. There were an estimated 310‚000 Indians living in
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A Journal about a “Burrito” Raphael Zepeda’s poem “Burrito‚” is one of the best works of literature we had read in class. This poem shows us that no matter what happens to you something else can be happening to another person. For example like how somebody might be happy because they have a new born baby and someone right across from them can be extremely sad because someone who is very close to them may have passed away. This poem had reminded me of the time when I was at the hospital because
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Claire Hasenoehrl Mrs. Hacker Honors English 10 23 October 2014 The Escape from Alcatraz "The Rock" was thought to be unescapable. Nobody thought that surviving the swim from Alcatraz to mainland could be accomplished by the inmates. However‚ many escapes were planned and attempted. Most escapees were caught‚ but some remain unaccounted for. Morris and the Anglin brothers’ escape from Alcatraz was a well-planned endeavor still surrounded by mystery today. Alcatraz was a maximum security federal
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Reading about the San Francisco State College Strike‚ it became very clear how racist and hypocritical the U.S. educational system was. Students‚ faculty members and community activists had to fight hard for equal access to higher education and a new education curriculum that would include studies of the history and culture of all people including ethnic minorities. As Asian Americans were facing similar systematic discriminations‚ they joined other racial groups to initiate and support the student-led
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away. It’s first production was basically a failure. No one liked it‚ neither the audience nor the critics. The popularity of the ballet was gained when it came to the United States in 1944. The first production in America was performed by the San Francisco Opera Ballet‚
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Ashir Mirza 4/23/2012 LST 303 The class has broadened my thinking process quite a bit now since the beginning of class. The Oral presentation on gentrification in El barrio has changed my outlook on how communities in the united states are being manipulated to change because of the area they live in and how that area is in need of change but not for the betterment of the people that live in that community but for the investors and other people that are trying to move in to change the demographics
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