George Williams

The Young Men Christian’s Association (YMCA) originally started in 1844, founded by Sir George Williams (Ingols, Ladge, & McNett, 2012). The original intent was to improve the quality of life for young men in London, England (Ingols, Ladge, & McNett, 2012). It offered support and services for visiting sailors, World War I refugees and prisoners, as well as assisted African American soldiers as they returned to the segregated South (Ingols, Ladge, & McNett, 2012). After World War I and World War II, the YMCA expanded its efforts while playing a major role in urban communities across the United States. The programs provided boys and girls, including male and female adults across the nation with volley ball, racquetball, physical fitness, swimming, and basketball (Ingols, Ladge, & McNett, 2012).…

Bert Williams and George Walker in 1901 were the first african american to record music. Williams was extremely capable, with light skin and a fine voice, and he played all instruments exceptionally well. Under the desires of the time. Walker was an incredible humorist and artist, with dull skin, and would be relied upon to play the blockhead. The two met in San Francisco that year and formed a vaudeville demonstration. Williams and Walker worked hard to create quality theater. They needed their…

has arisen, George Washington Williams. He wrote an open letter to King Leopold II, condemning him for his horrendous treatment of the Congolese people including breaking all of the promises that Leopold built the Congo Free State on. While all of these claims to be proven true to the fullest extent and are later used to argue against Leopold by the international Congo protest movement. However, at this point in time Williams’ accusations against Leopold and his exploitation of the Congo weren’t…

This source is a quote written by American writer and activist George William Curtis. It discusses the overwhelming idea that geographical areas do not define distinction of a country; What defines a country is the love and passion one has towards it. This idea to him, is the foundation to a nation. The nationalist perspective of this source provided by George has an acquired bias towards a patriotic perspective. In only a short phrase, he is able to embody the devotion one has for their nation…

Backstory: William 'Bill' George Carter was born and raised in Hathian. His parents were alcoholics and drug addicts, fueling his own addictions as he would grow. Ignored and left to his own devices as a child, he developed a sociopathic mentality early on through tormenting and hurting weaking things. It began with bugs, ripping wings off flies, burning ants with magnifying lenses. Once bugs became boring and too easy for him, he moved up, ripping the heads off chickens, stuffing puppies or…

While I was at my tour at the William George Agency, I have learned three new things that were related to juveniles. The first thing that I learned on the tour was that the juveniles there on the campus are allowed to participate in athletic sport competitions against other high schools around them, even one of the schools they compete against is a school that’s in my home town. The Impact of the lesson for me was that, knowing the kids from William George school were allowed to play in…

” Will believes that “the general shortening of sentences reflects, in part, a change in nature of Inaugural Addresses.” He refers to Teddy Roosevelt who called the presidency “a bully pulpit.” Later addresses have had an incentive to tell Americans how to behave with phrases such as “The only thing we have to fear…” and “Ask not…” A more popular phrase which was used by Kennedy and Nixon was “Let us…,” which according to Will means, “For Pete’s sake, pull up your socks and shape up.” The…

How to ruin a child In the article it’s told that “the theory that praise, self-esteem and accomplishment increase in tandem is false” (George F. Will). Which is why some children soccer teams stopped counting goals and shower trophies on everyone, or that they even in physical education classes’ students are jump roping without rope. He says children are jumping rope without ropes because of self-esteem obsession and the list goes on, such as opening lunchboxes to find handwritten notes…

“[George] Washington possessed the superb self-confidence that comes only to those men whose inner life is faint” (William E. Woodward). When people look of George Washington, they see a tall, commanding figure that led an army to victory in the Revolutionary War. But is that all that was going on? Was George Washington more than the eye can see. Take a look and see what there is to find. George Washington was a multi-faceted man whose presidency is quite interesting, but his life before the…

Soon March was approaching, and the army was considering one question, "Should we stay in Valley Forge or quit"? Valley Forge was a harsh, frigid place with temperatures low as 33 degrees. During the winter of 1777 and 1778, Washington ordered many soldiers in Valley Forge to fight with him as an army in order to gain freedom from England. However, many soldiers considered the question, "Had you been a soldier at Valley Forge would you have quit?" The definition of quit means not to re-enlist…