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The Negro League was a professional baseball league made for the African Americans who were segregated from playing baseball on the same team as the professional Caucasian baseball players. This league was just one of many that wanted to help stop segregation in sports, but in order to accomplish their goal they needed followers and supporters, and that was the hard part. They not only needed to persuade the African Americans, but also the Caucasians who started the segregation. They needed…

Jack Prelutsky a funny children’s poet who hated poetry as a kid. Jack Prelutsky has wrote many children's poems and is known by many, But do you know how he started writing poetry. Jack Prelutsky was born on September 8 1940 in Brooklyn, New York.When he was still a baby a fire burn his family’s apartment. He was very poor growing up. He went to public school in the Bronx and hated poetry as a child. He went to the High School of Music & Art and after that he went to Hunter College and flunked…

massive tests. Every proctor I ever had just read a book, or the morning paper. One particularly shocking case at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights is a prime example of how some proctors let the test takers do as they please. According to a New York Times article from Ellen Oliver, “Proctors at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights were “inattentive” and careless during the original testing on May 5, leaving exam booklets unattended, failing to check the students’…

Question : Taking into account slavery and economic distinctions among people, how,if at all, did regional difference influence the development of the United States between the colonial period and the 1830s ? During the American Revolution slavery was a National Institution, even though the numbers of slaves were the worked and lived in every colony. However, before the U.S Constitution was formalized states in the North were abolishing slavery outright or passing laws that would provide…

When I first visited New York, I was going to see “Cabaret” on broadway. I had recently become obsessed with the broadway actor, Alan Cumming, and I couldn 't miss the opportunity to see him live. I ended up falling deeply in love with the city, and I knew it would be my future home. My father and I navigated the city trying to find all the major sites. On our way to Rockefeller, Studio 54, and everywhere between, I was able to observe the people of New York City. New York is filled with…

I attended a large public, Christian schools in Brooklyn. My school included grades K4 -12, with approximately over 950 students every year. I can proudly say that my parents’ Christian background is what motivated them to take me to that school for their well-rounded, Christ-centered learning and education…

Jackie Robinson despite being faced with many threats and insults throughout his time in the Negro Leagues, joining the MLB, and his retirement showed people how one man can make a change. Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier, journey was not an easy task as people may think, with many struggles in his path. By “breaking the barrier at the age of twenty-eight” (Linge 56) and being able to fight through his struggles and not giving up showed how much strength he had. These…

Salvation speech Hawaii a place that used to be referred to as "paradise" has now been converted into "hell". We live in post apocalyptic Hawaii, where supplies are decreasing very quick. A big corporation supervises the production of kelp which has contracted a disease. We can no longer consume kelp. We live in the year 2300 where there is plenty of advanced technologies, so we expect a cure and medical attention for those who are sick. Scientists here are trying to figure out a solution but…

The 100 is a novel written by Kass Morgan. Kass Morgan studied at Brown University to achieve her Bachelor’s degree for literature and then later got her Master’s degree at Oxford. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York. The 100 is her most successful novel written and she has been awarded many things for this novel. This novel takes place around 300 years after the Earth was exposed by radiation, which made the Earth not safe to be on. In the novel, humans are known as the “Colony”. This…

It from one hand saves money by decreasing the amount of money spent because recycled items would be cheaper than new ones. For example, using new aluminum costs doubles the price of recycled aluminum. According to my research, the Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, New York, measured that recycling its cardboard and plastic reduced the waste by more than 50% which saved $25,000 a year. In addition, it allows employment opportunities by giving people the ability to have private business instead of…