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    Warriors Don't Cry. Jackie Robinson was the first African American person in the MLB. Back then people didn’t really like african american people so him being accepted into the MLB wasn’t smooth. He faced discrimination from fans in the crowd and even some of his teammates. It got so bad that people were sending letters with death threats. He did not let that stop him. In fact that made him an even better ball player. The insults just made him strive to be better. Like Robinson said “Let your…

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    This autobiography discusses the life and legacy of myself Warrant Officer Candidate (WOC) Joshua Coryell. I will converse key points in my life that lead to my attendance to the Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS), including key information about my personal and professional goals. The intention of this autobiography is to evaluate my writing abilities as well as give my Senior Training and Advising Counseling (TAC) Officer(s), a perspective on the heritage of my leadership attributes.…

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    When Bill Robinson was only 7 years old his grandmother raised him after the death of his parents. At age 5 years old Robinson began tap dancing for a living. He would soon drop out of school to pursue a career in the Art of Dance. In 1886, he joined the Mayme Remington’s troupe in Washington, D.C, and toured with them. In 1891, at the age of 12 years old Robinson joined a traveling company in the South before the War. in 1905 he worked with George Cooper as a vaudeville team, which…

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    Jackie Robinson Rough Draft Jackie Robinson is one of the most historic baseball players and athletes ever. Jackie Robinson was the first African American major league baseball player. He went through a lot of physical and emotional abuse to be one of the most historic characters in baseball history. He had the athleticism, the courage, and most importantly, the guts. Branch Rickey, the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers at the time was one of the only to believe in Robinson.…

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    of the bus when ordered to by the driver”. After the war, in 1946, manager and president Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson to the team and assigned him to play on the Dodgers top minor league team in Canada. He led the minor league team to the pennant and the championship (bio.com). It was during this time that Jackie Robinson proved he was a brave man and a good Christian. The Dodger President, Mr. Rickey, was a Christian and he wanted make sure that Jackie knew…

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    Robinson & Daisy’s Struggles Jackie Robinson’s struggle is that he didn’t have all the rights as his teammates. He couldn’t play the same without getting threatened. For example. The fans would boo him and throw items at him. The word everything that happened to him is racism. His own teammates would threaten to kill him, they would even sign a petition to not play. Daisy Junor’s struggle was she had to play every night and trained every morning. She also had to act like a…

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    Abbie Robinson passed away on August 31, 2017. She was born on June 5, 2003 in Des Moines, Iowa and lived with her mom, dad, and two brothers. She died doing what she has always dreamed of doing, skydiving. When Abbie was just a child, she had always wanted to skydive. She traveled to Kauai, Hawaii on a family vacation to complete this dream of hers. Sadly, the parachute didn’t open and she landed breaking almost every bone in her body. When Robinson was a child, she lived in Denver, Colorado…

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    Does someone know a guy who growing up was poor and did not have many opportunities, to becoming to many people the best first baseman to ever play the game? Albert Pujols grew up with his grandma America most of the time and they had to rely on government funds to make it along. Albert Pujols lived in a small house with dirt floors and hardly did Albert ever have shoes. But Albert Pujols always loved baseball and at times he would even play with a stick as a bat, a lemon as a ball, and a milk…

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    Film Analysis Superbad is a film that tells the story of three teenage boys in their last semester of high school desperately trying to gain sexual experience before going into college. Seth and Evan have been best friends ever since they were eight years old; they share a lot of memories together, but unfortunately Seth was not accepted into Dartmouth so they will not be going to the same college. Neither of the two boys is popular in their high school; they are considered to be an outcast.…

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    Jackie Robinson once said, “I never cared about acceptance, as much as I care about respect” (“Jackie Robinson”3). Former MLB player Jackie Robinson made an impact on the MLB by opening the door for other black players to play alongside him. He was a great baseball player and also a great person. Jackie Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players ever to have played the sport. Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. The youngest of five children in a rather poor…

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