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On the date of January, 17, 1899 was the birth of an infant named Alfonso Capone. Soon to be this baby would be a notorious bootlegger, pimp and Gangster. Al Capone led the way of organized crime and revolutionizing the meaning of modern day gangsters and bootleggers. Al Capone was born in Brooklyn New York In 1899 he was born to the parents Terasina Capone, and Gabriel Capone. Al Capone was born 4th out of 7 brothers. Al Capone was from Italian descent and was baptized a Roman Catholic. Al…

Since the end of World War II, much of the rise and fall of American cities has been documented. As Keynesian economic policies began to fail, cities such as, Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Seattle began implementing new strategies to recover their urban areas. Although many differences exist between these cities, one prevailing ideology is alike to all, neoliberalism. Neoliberalism is simply defined as an ideological rejection of egalitarian liberalism in general and the Keynesian…

New York Burning, the award-winning book by Jill Lepore takes place in the mid-eighteenth century of New York City’s, Manhattan during a period where around 20% of the residents were enslaved. The book focuses primarily on the slave rebellion of 1741 and the vicious retaliation that had occurred at the time. However, the events that occurred in 1741 were quite unique seeing as there were plots to which around 200 people were involved. They wanted to take revenge on the towns people and murder…

history from an economic, social, and a political viewpoint. The world's fair was the about the 400th year celebration of Christopher Columbus's voyage to America. Multiple states were battling against each other to host the world's fair. In fact, Chicago so happened to be the best choice out of three states. During the building period of the world's fair, America was introduced to more advanced technology like the Ferris wheel.…

poem "Hold Fast to Dreams" by Langston Hughes. Without dreams one's life has no purpose. In the play A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that tells the story of the hopes and dreams of a five person African American family living in Chicago in the 20th century. As Mama, the head of the house, receives a retirement check of 10,000 dollars, each person in the family has their hopes and dreams of what to do with this large sum of money. Walter is the son of Mama and the main male…

The Chicago mob was one of the most notorious criminal organizations in U.S history during the early twentieth century (Lyman & Potter, 2015 p.88). You had bosses such as William “Big Bob” Thompson and Mont Tennes who changed the history of Chicago. But it was Al Capone who made Chicago one of the most ruthless and crime ridden towns in the nation (Lyman & Potter, 2015 p. 88). Capone started off in New York City, but after he was suspected of committing two murders, he had two options; to…

Towards the end of the 1960’s the draw of the suburbs was beginning to gut the middle of most American cities. As the 1970’s wore on a plethora of reasons such as crime, job losses, and racism made them all the more attractive. Cities appeared to be dying. Then a strange thing happened, in the mid-1990’s crime began to drop rapidly and people began moving back to cities. Today cities like New York that were on the brink of collapse are thriving. Even stranger, because of the recession post 2000…

“Life Of A Pimp” Chicago illinois 1960, the city was busy like any other night, live music, basement parties & clubbing all day until dawn. The town was always awake it didn't even matter what time of day it was, everybody was always out riding, walking and you always seen the little children play about too. But, at night the worst things happen to anybody at any time people didn't care they still went out and wandered around. Back then cops didn't really care what people did they just picked…

IV. Utilizing an electric barrier will eliminate issues for boaters on the Great Lakes Not only are Asian carp affecting the ecosystem and food web in the Great Lakes, but they are also affecting the humans who use the lake. During the summer season, the Great Lakes are used the most for the use of boating and sport of fishing. After the invasion of the carp, many boaters, as well as the fishing industry, have faced many impacts from the species. This section will discuss the consequences that…

names!!!!!!!! When I signed up for the EDCI 20500 I was not sure what to expect when going to Chicago Public Schools. In class, we discussed, watched videos, and read books over inner city schools and the experiences that the students have and teachers have in the schools. Before I came to Chicago and attended George Leland Elementary School, I expected the classroom to be bland. When we talked about Chicago Public Schools in class we talked about how they do not have a ton of money to buy…