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I did not grasp that I was physically bigger than my classmates until they started bullying me. I was in the fifth grade and I had these chunky red Timbaland boots on and it was raining very hard. Suddenly, we heard a crack of thunder and my next door neighbor looked at me and said “Reina, did you take a step?” Ever since then all the kids in school called me Earthquake until the sixth grade. Unfortunately, the same boy and I were in the same class until ninth grade. Every year he bullied me…

on primarily African American college students at the fictitious historical black college (HBCU), Hillman College, in Virginia. Before the Civil War, there was no form of higher education provided to African Americans, and higher education was prohibited in certain parts of the country. In 1892, the second Morrill Act was passed requiring states to create separate land grant colleges for African Americans if they were being denied access from the existing colleges. Many of the HBCUs were…

to Dr. Shyamala Gopalan Harris, a breast cancer specialist, who emigrated from India and Donald Harris Jamaican American who taught economics at Stanford. Harris also had one younger sister named Maya. Harris graduated from Howard University a historically black college and to Hastings…

success because you learn more about the world and people around you. In the mid 1800s most colleges and school’s barely accepted African-American students. Consequently, after the Civil War African-American education began to blossom so, black ministers and white philanthropist began to establish schools. There were over 100 of them that were opened, that we now call HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges or Universities). Therefore, their hunger for education made them work diligently to obtain…

black leaders such as Malcolm X, and black artist such as Langston Hughes. He was following Hughes footsteps when he decided to go to Historically Black College, Lincoln University to study creative writing. It was here that he met musician Brian Jackson, who he soon began to create the majority of his most influential works with after leaving college. Heron used his music to speak out about whatever issues he felt were pertinent…

The Events That Shape Who We Are Individuals are exposed to experiences in life on a daily basis. Every experience affects a person in some way. Some past experiences are filled with darkness: sexual abuse, emotional abuse, bullying, accidents, fear, and more negative events. While, some past experiences are filled with light: great families, a cheerful childhood, adventures, romance, and more positive occurrences. These past memories are good, bad, or a combination of both shaping our…

The idea of Under Armour all started in 1996, when a 23 year old and former University of Maryland special teams captain, Kevin Plank, had an idea that revolutionized the “Armour” of athletes. Back in his playing days, Plank despised having to wear a cotton shirt underneath his uniform and pads. He and his teammates also hated having to change those sweat filled shirts over and over again during practices and game days. Frustrated with the sweat filled t-shirts, he set out to create a solution,…

footwear, apparel and equipment in the world and their product attributes such as quality, performance and reliability. Nike offers customer support and service, and they also have identification with prominent and influential athletes, coaches, teams, colleges and sports leagues who endorse their brands and use their products and active engagement through sponsored sporting events and clinics. And finally they have an effective sourcing and distribution of products, with attractive…

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Mr. Trump meets HBCU presidents. Sounds odd, right? Trump’s meeting with HBCU presidents brought many mixed emotions to surface throughout the country. Some felt the presidents from our prestigious HBCUs should not have accepted the White House’s invitation to meet with Mr. Trump. Many questioned Mr. Trump’s motives and believed he intended to buy their loyalties. People from this camp view the entire episode as simply an opportunity for a cheap photo opportunity. On the other hand however,…