MICHELLE ROBINSON OBAMA - THE EARLY YEARS Born on January 17‚ 1964‚ Michelle Robinson was raised in a one-bedroom apartment on Chicago’s South Shore. Of note is that she shared a "bedroom" with her brother‚ but it wasn’t much of a bedroom. It was actually the living room with a divider down the middle. Michelle’s father died in 1990 two years before she married Barack‚ but her mother is still alive and living in the same one-bedroom apartment‚ protected by a burglar-proof wrought-iron door
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Ray Charles‚ whose full name is Ray Charles Robinson is widely known for his inspirational life story‚ transformation of jazz and his influence on nearly every genre during his active years. With his distinct vocals and passionate piano playing skills‚ Ray Charles knew how to entertain a crowd along with bring people together. During Ray’s primary active years there was still much racism going on towards colored people. Ray’s music helped the current white and black generations come together during
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Michael Martens Sociology Professor 11 November 2009 Jackie Robinson: The Unexpected Hero The name Jackie Robinson is recognized widely around the country. He is known as someone who broke the color barrier in American Baseball‚ and someone who fought through some of the toughest circumstances. He was an activist athlete‚ and used the sport of baseball to break down the traditional barriers and convey his ideas. To many‚ Robinson is a hero; one who Americans can relate to due to his background
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The Salem witch trials occurred around the 1690s in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Some young women started to have fits and their bodies would seize. These fits had seemingly no medical explanation‚ so the people of Salem deemed it witchcraft. The people of Salem then had to decide which people were witches. They accused both men and women of witchery‚ and when they were found guilty‚ they were hanged‚ but why were these people found guilty? The people of 17th century Salem were convicted of witchcraft due
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Jackie Robinson is one of the most well known people in baseball. Without Jackie Robinson blacks might not have played baseball until later in time. Jackie Robinson was one of the most courageous people of his time for being a pioneer despite the odds. In Jackie Robinson’s time‚ African Americans were not just segregated in sports‚ they were segregated in life. For example‚ African Americans went to different schools than whites; they were not allowed to sit in the front of public transportation
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The Salem Witchcraft Trials and The Nuremberg Trials are two alike yet very different trials. The Salem Witchcraft Trials is about the trials of people who were accused to be witches. The Nuremberg Trials is about the trials of the men charge of the Nazi Germany army and the killing of inconcent men‚ women and children. The two trials are alike because they both have to do protecting the public and doing good for the public. They are diffrent because Salem Witchcraft Trials Trials is about witches that
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Observation in a courtroom trial For this service learning project I went downtown first to the Daley center‚ then to the Circuit Court of Cook County. While there‚ I observed various criminal court cases‚ most which dealt with domestic violence and abuse. There was one particular case that stuck out to me the most. Torense Arnold vs.Latrarice Johnson was the second criminal case‚ with the man being the defendant against charges of domestic battery‚ burglary‚ and felony. Latrice Johnson had described
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the English settlers. There was an exceptionally difficult time in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the early 1690s. This was the year that the Salem Witch Trials began. It was a time where none of the townsfolk trusted anyone and reports people for the silliest of things. These reportings lead to a series of cases of witchcraft in Massachusetts. These trials began in February of 1692 and drew out till 1693. It was one brutal year for the colonists of Salem that year (Brooks). It all started out in January
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Marilynne Robinson has written “the most complex thing we know of [is] the mind brain.” An important theme in Lila is that every human being is completely unique and complicated. Lila demonstrated that she is unique and complicated. She is very straightforward. Lila met Reverend Ames in front of the church after shopping. She told him that she did not plan on getting baptized and acted as if she is ignorant. Reverend Ames accepted her decision‚ but still gave the suggestion of baptism. He saw that
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against the sound block. “I plead Mr. Robinson guilty for the murder of his ex-wife‚ Mrs. Robinson. You are sentenced to 25 years in prison!” shouted the judge. “BANG! BANG! BANG!” the sound of the gavel getting louder and louder in Mr. Robinson’s head. The sound will forever haunt the man. Mr. Robinson would never be the same again for he will spend the next 25 years of his life living with hoodlums and eating nothing but rice‚ beans‚ and a small roll. Mr. Robinson had made the worst decision of his
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