Earl Lloyd

It's a big mess down there" Mr. Lloyd said. “Come on dad,” Myles replied. “I am meeting my friends at the park to play basketball today". “Your friends can wait but your chores come first. Being responsible, disciplined, and accountable will take you far in life. Always remember that son,” Mr. Lloyd answered as he left Myles’ room. Myles heads for the basement huffing and puffing, disappointed that his plans have been changed. "You got to be kidding me" Myles shouted as he saw boxes everywhere. He didn’t…

The Best of the NBA Have you ever wondered what basketball was in the olden days where basketball came from when was it first founded and who was the NBA Greats and how they played?The NBA was founded on June 6, 1946, in New York City it was invented by James Naismith.Earl Lloyd was the very first African American NBA player to ever play in the league and he was an African American. According to History “Lloyd grew up in Jim Crow Virginia, and went to West Virginia State where he was the star…

In the short story, the question at the end of the story is the Lady or Tiger. I chose The Jealous Princess. And the King’s arena. They said chose one door from two of the doors to see what comes out the lady or the tiger. The semi baric king who was an exhausted, funk, and withal, of the authority so irresistible. When every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course, his nature was bland and genial, but when there was a little hitch. This was the…

things such as: ending racial segregation, putting a stop to prayer in public schools, making the right to privacy very clear through the constitution, and much, much more. Without the Warren court, there is no say on how the United States would be right now. The background of the court is about as important as what happened during the years that it took place. The name Warren court refers to the Supreme Court from years 1953 to 1969. The chief justice at the time was Earl Warren, who was known…

The Hereford Mappa Mundi was created in around the 1300s and is currently being kept in the Hereford Cathedral. The map was drawn on a single sheet of vellum (calfskin). It measures 162.56cm by 132.08cm (64 inches by 52 inches) and has many drawings that delineate the period in which the map was made, showing us about how people lived in that time. The maps were drawn and written with lots of detailed information, but could only be read by people who spoke a certain branch of French (Norman…

It is amazing to think about when Louis Armstrong was born. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans,Loiusiana in a section so poor that it was nicknamed the Battlefield. Louis Armstrong had a difficult childhood, his father was a factory worker and abandoned the family soon after Louis’s birth, his ,other often turned to prostitution, She left him with his grandmother.Amrstrong was obligated to leave school in the fifth grade to begin working. Contributions: So after all after…

“GoodBye Earl” by the Dixie Chick’s is a song that was produced by Blake Chancey. The song explains a violence situation that between a husband and wife. The main characters are Earl the husband, Wanda the wife, and Mary Anne Wanda’s best friend. In the beginning of the song, it explains that Mary Anne and Wanda were best friends, all through their high school days. But, one day Mary Anne decided she would like to start a new better world for herself, so she moves to Atlanta. Wanda was left…

ability to overcome the hardships of poverty shows that the poor should bear responsibility for their own situation. A justice with firsthand experience with corporations or the military or government bodies (to choose just a few examples) may have a deeper understanding of both their strengths and their weaknesses. In the end, it seems difficult to support the conclusion that a justice’s politics are the sole (or even the primary) influence on his or her decisions. There are simply too many…

There has never been anyone like Art Tatum, who is one of the greatest jazz musicians in history. Tatum was born on October 13, 1909, in Toledo, Ohio, and he was the child of amateur musicians. His father was a mechanic, and his mother was a housemaid who worked in white homes. Although he was not born into a wealthy family, his unique talents helped propel him into the spotlight. If anything, Tatum proved that it was not impossible to become a world-class extraordinaire despite growing up with…

His body lay in state in the foyer of the Supreme Court Building – the first time such a ceremony had taken place on the death of a Supreme Court justice. Ironically, his enemy, President Richard Nixon attended his funeral and then resigned the presidency on August 9, 1974. Earl Warren was buried on July 12, 1974 with military honors at Arlington Ceremony. Earl Warren’s legacy One of Earl Warren’s core beliefs was that public office was to be treated as a public trust. He was one – perhaps one…