Morgan Freeman

Morgan freeman is a respected renowned actor, narrator, and producer born June 1, 1937 in Memphis,Tennessee. Son of Morgan Porterfield Freeman and Mayme Edna Revere and the youngest of five children. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a barber. Born in a time period of Jim Crow and Segregation his parents moved to Chicago for work while he stayed in Charleston with his grandmother. His father was an alcoholic which lead to the separation of his parents. After his grandmother died when he was six he moved to Chicago to stay with his mother where they relocated twice; first to Tennessee then later back to Mississippi. Unlike other actors acting wasn't Freeman's first career choice. Freeman wanted to be a fighter pilot, so following high school and turning down scholarships, he joined the Air Force. After realizing that that wasn't the life he wanted he left the Air Force in 1959 and moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting pursue.Before his big break Freeman found love in his first marriage to Asia Bradshaw in 1967. Only when he landed a part in the all African-American Broadway production “Hello Dolly” did his career get a break. Freemans started to get national exposure in 1971…

After becoming concerned with the decline of honeybees, Freeman decided to turn his ranch into a sanctuary for them in July 2014, starting with 26 beehives to make sure they would stay safe and alive, being a hero to bees, and he is already a hero to people around the world. To get where his is today, Freeman has had to achieve many things, be brave, and he was very confident. Morgan Freeman has many accomplishments from his earlier years. Morgan Freeman had gotten many accomplishments and…

In Morgan Freeman’s statement on racism, often quoted on the subject of racism, simply states “To stop racism, we need to stop talking about it.”, and the holds much truth. The idea that Morgan Freeman touches upon by saying “stop talking about it” is that we’ve exploded racism to such a dramatic point it's become oversaturated. Not just has the topic become oversaturated, it's become so divided on where people take a stance on racism, and how to address it. Today, whenever people discuss…

segregation of the world. In addition, Morgan Freeman explains a conversation that he had with a student in Mississippi; they stated, “We don't want separate proms. Then who does? Parents. School board” (Prom Night n.pag.). Children are usually influenced by their parents on decisions, but when they get old enough, sometimes they realize that their parents are wrong. Freeman states their teachers what to teach. As humans, people are highly influenced by the people around them, and generally, if…

Between a Teacher and a Parent The Ethos and Pathos Of Joe Clark’s Speech In the Movie “Lean on Me” “This is an institution of learning, ladies and gentlemen. If you can 't control it, how can you teach? Discipline is not the enemy of enthusiasm!” By Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman) Passion is the source which motivates the will to teach. It is clear, teachers do not step into the education field for the money. This is evident in the movie “Lean on Me” as Morgan Freeman is demoted to an elementary…

Tim Robbins plays a role in Frank Darabont’s ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ (1994) as a prominent banker named Andy Du Fresne who is unjustly convicted of murder and is then sentenced back to back life sentences at Shawshank prison. Tim’s character is befriended by a fellow inmate Red, excellently played by the world renowned one and only Morgan Freeman. These main characters greatly help to reveal the harsh realities of prison life. Much of the story is about survival – about surviving wherever…

Prom Night in Mississippi Reflection Prom Night in Mississippi is a documentary film about Academy Award-winning actor, Morgan Freeman who offers to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi under the condition that, prom had to be racially integrated. In this film, we view the struggles that are faced and overcome to have a successful integrated prom in 2008. My personal views, emotional connection, previous thoughts, reaction, and what I learned from watching this…

Morgan Freeman is a very inspirational person and has influenced many people by following his dreams and doing what he believes is right. He has an endless list of famous and inspirational quotes. Morgan is known for helping people follow their dreams. He encourages people to never give up. Morgan believes that failure comes from not trying. “The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.” (Freeman) Morgan Freeman was born on June 1st in 1937. He was born in Memphis Tennessee and is the youngest…

Morgan Freeman was born June 1, 1937, in Memphis tennessee. He was the youngest of five. Morgan’s father's name was Morgan Porterfield freeman, and his mother's name was Mayme Edna. Morgan was raised in Mississippi and Chicago in a low income home. After morgan was born his parents were struggling under the pressures of the jim crow south. They relocated to Chicago to find work. Freeman lived with his grandparents while his parents looked for jobs in Chicago. When morgan was six his…

"The Shawshank Redemption" starts off with the familiar brutality of a prison movie. Convicted in the late 1940s for the murder of his wife and her lover, banker Tim Robbins is thrown into the slammer (the Shawshank penitentiary in Maine) for two consecutive life sentences. Seasoned inmate Morgan Freeman—the narrator in this story—watches as the soft-spoken, vulnerable prisoner undergoes the inevitable gang rape. Prison, Freeman tells the audience in that inimitably authoritative voice, "is no…