Edwin Arlington Robinson

Marvin Gaye was an American singer, record producer and songwriter. During the 1970’s, he recorded “What’s Going On”. The spring of 1970 was a dark time for Marvin Gaye and this song helped him talk about some controversial issues. His marriage to Anna Gordy, was crumbling, and he was devastated by the death of one of his duet partners, Tammi Terrell. His lyrics for this song were inspired by the stories his brother Frankie told him when he came back from the Vietnam War. The whole purpose of…

About one hundred and fifty-five years ago, Abraham Lincoln gave “The Gettysburg Address” on a blood soaked battlefield in Pennsylvania (Brown). “The Gettysburg Address” was first verbalized months after the battle of Gettysburg at a service to dedicate the opening of the national cemetery (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). Lincoln’s Address was spoken to the citizens and soldiers of the union in the wake of the second invasion of the North by Robert E. Lee (The Battle of Gettysburg Facts…

Arlington National Cemetery, is located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. extending over 1,100 acres of beautiful manicured grounds in Arlington, Virginia. It is the eternal resting place for over 275,000 United States armed forces. Members which served, fought and protected our country and our rights so that we could have our freedom that we so kindly have. Other graves sites are given for family members who were closely related to an armed forces member. My soul purpose for…

Most people perceive a cemetery as a place of mourning and sadness. What most people do not realize is that a cemetery is a place for remembering loved ones, heroes, and givers. At Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier which represents those soldiers who fought and sacrificed many things, but were never found or identified. These soldiers deserve to be remembered, honored, and respected for everything that they did for their country. I believe that the…

integrationist stance, while others like Malcolm X adopted a separatist stance. But one famous baseball player we all know as Jackie Robinson, found himself a little in between these two stances. Like both King and Malcolm X, Jackie Robinson favored black capitalism: building wealth through business ownership. But Robinson had his own spin on achieving this desire. Jackie Robinson wanted to own integrationist businesses with the white people and…

Jackie Robinson was a very inspirational athlete, known world wide and his name will go down in history. He was a role model, a leader, and made it easier for African American ballplayers everywhere. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was the first African American professional baseball player in todays day in age of baseball. Jackie is credited and rightfully so, with breaking the “color line” in baseball. While he was a great baseball player, that was not even close to the most important thing in…

The Man Who Changed Sports Forever With his ability to hit a single in the clutch, steal a base with his stellar speed, and to make remarkable plays with his glove Jackie Robinson transformed not only the game of baseball but a deeply divided nation at the same time. Robinson became the first African American baseball player to integrate Major League Baseball in 1947. During this time the nation was deeply segregated along racial lines. Jim Crow ruled the nation while African Americans were…

nobody wants you to quit when you 're ahead." Jackie Robinson What a day! On April 15, 1947, Major League Baseball 's color line was broken when Jackie Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Born Jack Roosevelt Robinson in Cairo, Georgia on January 31, 1919 to a family of sharecroppers, he was the youngest of three brothers and one sister. Jackie 's father left the family shortly after he was born and his mother , Mallie Robinson, was left to raise Jackie alone. Within a year…

changed when Jackie Robinson was giving a chance to change all of that. A man named Branch Rickey gave Jackie that opportunity to change the game and made Jackie the first African American to play in the Major Leagues. Jackie Robinson was born January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. The youngest of five children, Robinson was raised by a single mother. He went to John Muir High School and Pasadena Junior College where he played four sports; football, baseball, track, and basketball. Robinson was…

Jackie Robinson was one of the best baseball players of his time, and he helped promote the integration of blacks into professional leagues of all sports. Many people know Jackie because of his skills on the field, but few know about his hardships and his impact on ending segregation. Robinson was an athlete since he was in high school, and he excelled at football, basketball, baseball, and track. He later became the first African American to play in the Major Leagues. Along with his impressive…