Baton Rouge

many immigrants realize their dreams? Few find out what their dream is but a Syrian Muslim man named Abdulrahman Zeitoun, he grew up in Syria and then moved to the Americas, for what is now known as New Orleans. Zeitoun soon meets Kathy is wife in Baton Rouge and soon had four children. Zeitoun’s wife Kathy, is also Muslim but was born in the Americas which considers her as a white Muslim American. In the book Dave Eggers creates a picture of a couple who had a huge bondage with each other and…

Enrico Darnell Nelson, the son of Percy Nelson and Johnda Johnson was born on August 14, 1973 in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Hospital with. He has a wife, two daughters, and a magnificent home in Lake Elsinore, California. Some of his greatest achievements include having a wonderful family, living in his own house, and graduating from high school. He would say that his personality is demanding, controlling, picky, has a sense of humor, understanding, loving, kind, and caring. I chose to write my…

Fitzgerald (2014) describes residential segregation as urban areas that are disproportionally composed of people of color while suburban and rural areas are almost all white. Factors that contribute to the ongoing residential segregation in our society include socioeconomic status, prejudice of minority groups, and housing discrimination. Although the socioeconomic status of individuals is a factor that determines where these people will live, black homeowners are still less likely to live in…

The black panthers used the media to their advantage and rapidly began to grow capturing the attention of thousands of Americans. As a result of the party's growth, groups such as the Ku Klux Klan began to make their way into the federal law enforcement advocating racist and violent abuse towards people of color. The leader at the time, President Hoover began to notice the advancement of the movement and feared "the rise of the black messiah", and the white allies who united to support the…

central cities, which create a black class isolation. The second identifies the change of racial isolation, where blacks become separated from whites. In this research a unit of analysis of the 278 block groups within the incorporated city limits of Baton Rouge, Louisiana was used. Using data from the police department in the 278 block Shihadeh collects the necessary information needed. In addition, Shihadeh also uses census data to help support the research. The results of the research show…

“If you allow one single germ, one single seed of slavery to remain in the soil of America... that germ will spring up, that noxious weed will thrive, and again stifle the growth, wither the leaves, blast the flowers and poison the fair fruits of freedom” (Rose). The enslavement of African Americans occurred in early America, before the civil war took place. The primary cause of this need for slaves came with the need for assistance in agricultural settings in order to be more efficient with…

Imagine fighting for a great cause, not only for your country but for your own race! African Americans fought for both the Confederates and the Union. Some of these African Americans were former slaves, others were African Americans who wanted to abolish (or get rid of) slavery. Over 180,000 African Americans served in the Civil War. Many however, were not recognized after the war ended. At the time when the Civil War occurred there were over 4 million slaves in the south. The Union fought to…

in his retirement from professional football. Having completed post-graduate studies and a D.D.S. at the University of Tennessee in the Oilers off-season and additional orthodontia degrees from Loyola University of Chicago, Cannon returned to Baton Rouge to open his own dental…

In November 2008, I was a normal teenage girl in the eighth grade, when my mother, Stacie Laprarie, was diagnosed with breast cancer. I remember this day very clearly. I had a normal day at school, only to come home and find both my parents upset. As soon as my brother and I walked in the door, our parents sat us down at the kitchen table, to tell us that our mom had received a phone call from her doctor and, she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. They told us not to worry, and they…

Indianapolis says that, “historians believe that made him the youngest soldier to serve in the Civil War”. Since the drummer led the army into battle, this allowed Black to get captured. Edward Black was taken, in 1862, as a prisoner during the Battle of Baton Rouge. Black was finally released when the Union army took control of the city of New…