Kyrie Irving Informative Speech

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From Richard Simmons last breathe he said " Everyone and everything in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody and everything" ("Richard Simmons Quote"). In this it shows that everyone and everything is similar in ways so why not just be nice to it/them while we still have them. I think that this quote has a reason that it is a well known around the world. This research essay will show you how Kyrie Irving, Tennessee, the history of the american flag, the freedom rides and Kevin Durant.

First, Kyrie Irving and his life so far. He was born in Melbourne, Australia on March 23, 1992. Though he was born in Australia he has a dual citizenship with the U.S.and Australia. While that was all going on his mother had passed away
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This civil rights movement started on the date of May 4 of 1961. When these events occurred the freedom riders were recruited by the CORE which was formed by the government. As time went on the freedom riders tried to help the cause by trying to split these bathrooms between race , but once the idea of this was heard it would be shot down by the whites because of all of the riots activist. When the group of these so called freedom riders went down south they would see major acts of terrorism which had nearly ten significant explosions within two days of the first journey. As time went on these violent protest were getting worse as buses were burned and civil rights activist were killed. At one time in this journey the freedom riders had to call RFK (Kennedy's brother) to send SWAT soldiers to protect them while they were traveling from Montgomery to Jackson. From the time that they were on the road to the time in the towns three of the thirteen were killed. As this was seen across the nation the North banded together to form the freedom riders of the north. The freedom rides are a major part of Kevin Durant's life especially sense he is

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