Louisville, Kentucky

Olympic boxing team and traveled to Rome, Italy. Ali defeated Zbigniew Pietrzykowski from Poland to win the light heavyweight gold medal. After his Olympic victory, Ali was heralded as an American hero. He soon turned professional with the help of the Louisville Sponsoring Group, and continued overwhelming all opponents in the ring. Ali later started a different kind of fight with his outspoken views against the Vietnam War. Drafted into the military in April 1967, he refused to serve on the…

the south at a time of segregated facilities. He was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay, his father supported a wife and two boys by painting billboards and signs. "When clay was 12 years old, he took up boxing under the tutelage of Louisville policeman Joe Martin." At 22 years old, clay was a great young boxer, but only a few gave him a chance against Sonny Liston. Sonny Liston, who had knocked out Floyd Patterson in the opening rounds of the fight a week…

any chance that poor children might succeed. On the other side, in The City that believed in Desegregation, Alana Semuels talks about how Louisville, Kentucky overcame segregation laws in order to keep their public schools integrated. Cities like Detroit took the easy way out and became segregated again when they weren’t forced to be integrated. But, Louisville took the harder route and kept education integrated. They are equalizing their public schools in order to stop the oppression of…

George Rogers Clark is a little known military commander for the American Army. He helped us gain our freedom from Britain. He is a true hero and who knows what could have happened without him. George was born in Albemarle County, Virginia on November 19th, 1752. He had 5 brothers and 4 sisters. In fact his youngest brother, William Clark went on to co-lead the Lewis and Clark expedition which was a big deal. Considering the fact that he had five brothers and four sisters he was clearly raised…

sentencing guidelines vary from number of crimes to the type of crime whether it is a misdemeanor of felony. The severity of the crime will raise the sentencing crime to help instill punishment and to be used as a deterrence method from future crime. Kentucky State Institute will adhere and follow the guidelines of the 2016 United States Sentencing Commission Guidelines Manual. This manual will ensure equal sentencing is given to each offender equally and no one will be favored or discriminated…

at a community agency for eight weeks. I did my service work at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Louisville. I loved working with the students there, and because I loved it so much I decided to pursue a career in teaching because I wanted a job that I would love to go to every day. As an extension of the service- learning program, I also worked with Visually Impaired Preschool Services and Kentucky School for Blind. Working with these students sparked by interest to become a special education…

Muhammad Ali won five Guinness World Records. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 17, 1942 (Hauser 1). When Ali was 12, he met a policeman who introduced him to boxing (Gardner 1). Ali is considered to be the god of boxing because he won the heavyweight championship three separate times, won the Olympics at age eighteen, and made many humanitarian efforts. Muhammad Ali won the heavyweight championship three separate times (Hauser 1). This is a Guinness World Record that nobody has…

Many public schools across the nation have specific academic obligations that students must fulfil in order to participate in extracurricular activities. For example, Central High School in Louisville, Kentucky, requires that students maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.5 to take part in any after school activities, including marching band. Students who are passionate about music and marching are motivated by such requirements to be successful…

to get their rights. With the birth of this child grew a new expression of hope and courage. People believed in him in his later years. This man gave the colored a new chance for the freedom they tried so hard for. Cassius Clay was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1942 during a time that blacks were still treated as servants (Hauser 1). Flying through early childhood he was denied many things for being black, he always cried and never understood why. He took action when his bike was stolen, he…

She was however just and everyday person, that is, until she decided to pursue her dreams. Now she has starred in many major motion pictures that she has won awards for. Jennifer Lawrence’s birthday is on august 15, 1990. She was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Karen and Gary Lawrence. Jennifer grew up on a farm with her parents and brothers, Blaine and Ben. In 2013 Jennifer won an awarded and Oscar for the best performance by an actress in a leading role, thanks to the movie “Silver Linings…