Battle of Baltimore

He left collage a whole year early in order to carry out his plan of becoming a professional football player. After he enrolled into the NFL draft in 1996, he was a first round pick for the Baltimore Ravens where he played for the rest of his time as a middle linebacker. He lasted 17 years at one team, breaking a record for longest time playing for only one team. In his last season his team made it to the Super Bowl, where Lewis finished his…

Without Sanctuary Reflection My first reaction to the narration wasn’t as shocking as I thought. It was horrifying to see the pictures and to also hear a detailed description with research behind it. History always has a way of telling a story and bringing up great discussion, especially when comes close to heart. Growing up, I’ve heard plenty of stories; but I have never actually encountered anything demeaning to my social perspective, self- esteem, or character. Throughout this paper I would…

Zero Tolerance policies were enacted for school safety; however, some people took them to different levels and practiced them in wrong ways. Some people support the policies, while others oppose it. This always happens whenever a new policy or law is passed. Arguing to make things better is a good thing. Every opinion is considered and there’s a possibility that an opinion can makes a huge difference. Although zero tolerance policies were enacted to prevent possible violations that might occur,…

The media today is cluttered with negative images of African American males. I believe that something needed to be done about it. The media has such a huge impact on today’s society. Things that you see and hear in the media are affecting good people in a very bad and harmful way. I believe that the media doesn’t see the harmful stigmas that it is placing on a whole group of people and the consequences that it has for them. This is very disheartening because it is keeping racial stereotypes and…

To begin, I will be raising the question and asking, What was money like for African Americans in the late nineteen hundreds? My hypothesis to this issue is, to make money, you must have some connection that will get you a job for a decent amount of cash to live off. As I read the required books, In the nineteen hundred there were no such thing as a man to have a “connection” for the African Americans. Therefore, this is because of the extreme racism going on. When no one wanted to hire an…

In her play, “A Raisin in the Sun,” Lorraine Hansberry projects several conflicts that African Americans faced in the 1950s through her characters. These conflicts include the pressure to either assimilate to the current American standards or to maintain African tradition, the urge to make money to get one’s family out of the ghetto, the need to lead one’s family, and the tough decisions to be made to support and protect the family. Hansberry openly addresses the fact that there was a serious…

Marguerite Ann Johnson was born on April 4, 1928 to Vivian Baxter and Bailey Johnson Sr. Johnson had trouble growing up due to the color of her skin. In 1945 Marguerite Ann Johnson would graduate high school and give birth to her son Clyde Bailey “Guy” Johnson (Cox, 113). During her singing and theater career, she took the name Maya Angelou. Unfortunately Maya Angelou passed away on May 28, 2014 at the age of eighty-six. Angelou’s style of writing was influenced by her childhood and her…

In the short story, “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and in the poem “The Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti the authors portray a tremendous amount of symbolism. “The Chrysanthemums” is a short story about a middle-aged woman named Elisa, who is married with no children and is very unsatisfied with her life. The poem, “The Goblin Market” tells a story about two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who are tempted by goblins to eat the forbidden fruit they offer them. In the short story and the…

close to my heart so dear. I am born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland and over the past few months a lot has changed the city for the good and the bad. I am an eyewitness of police treating citizens as if they in war against each other. There are several individuals in Baltimore who have no respect for the police at all and the reason is they feel as if the police officers have no respect for them. After the death of Freddie Gray, the people of Baltimore lost even more respect for the police…

news reports from the news, the story about how Tracy hurt the police officer got more and more violent in the description. SPRITZER: (v.o.): …Elsewhere in local news, teenage TV personality and rabble rouser, Tracy Turnblad, has escaped from the Baltimore Women’s House of Detention. Authorities believe she may have been aided by the once promising, formerly wholesome teen idol, Link Larkin. If sighted, citizens are asked to notify police or, if phone service is not available, simply shoot to…