Oakland

Central West End Starts at West of Midtown and runs down the city corridor (History of St. Louis Neighborhoods), which is a belt of, land connecting two areas together (Merriam-Webster Online). The neighborhoods are North Delmar Boulevard, South Oakland, Chouteau Avenues, West DeBaliviere, and lastly Forest Park by Vandeventer Avenue (History of St. Louis Neighborhoods). Central West End officially became a neighborhood in 1819. During this time the largest populated area was around Clayton…

Breakfast program was an apparently thriving part of the Black Panther’s programs, spreading far and wide. National Geographic’s article “The Black Panthers: Revolutionaries, Free Breakfast Pioneers” talks all about the breakfasts, saying, “Born in their Oakland, California headquarters in 1968, it was one of the first organized school breakfast food programs in the country… by the end of 1969, the Black Panthers were serving full free breakfasts to 20,000 school aged children in 19 cities…

This sports study will define the increasingly important role of female coaches in all-male basketball leagues. The presence of female coaches in collegiate basketball defines the expanding parameters of coaching opportunities for women in the male-dominant NCAA men’s basketball league. The example of Theresa Phillips, Stephanie Ready, and Jennifer Johnston that defy the patriarchal culture of men’s coaching in all-male leagues at this level of performance. Patriarchal values in all-male…

My Ethnography My own personal theme is about resilience. Throughout my life I have shown evidence of resilience by overcoming challenges such as being on poverty and not being able to pay bills for a while, sometimes needing to borrow money from others. To overcome the obstacles I gave my family hope inspiration because of how hard I was working in school so I made them think that if I can get decent grades in school and still have lots of free time to do my chores, rest and do things that I…

Herb Brooks once said, “You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.” Australia is considered to be a ‘sports mad’ country, this country excelled in international sports throughout most of the 1960s, and local participation rates were high. Sports in the 1960’s had a strong effect on society. There were only so many teams for leagues, and different sports were bigger back then, then they are now. There were some very important and outstanding players then that…

Amy Tan is an Asian American contemporary feminist writer who is best recognized for her introduction of Asian American culture in her literary works . All Tan’s novels are critically popular and successful with her books being included on the list of must reads. Most of Tan's novels highly focus on the challenges faced as an immigrant-born child, the social-cultural differences between China and America, and emotional effects that challenge relationships between first generation American…

Family is such an important aspect to everyone’s lives, it is what shapes and develops you for the society that you are a part of. For this photographic essay, I decided to look at a family that I know well, the photos that I was able to gather from them help show their family and the uniqueness that they hold. The Kendall-Wright family is a biracial family of 4, who’s family has gone through many steps to identify who they are as a family. I have labeled and described the photos based on the…

“Amy Tan is the daughter of Chinese immigrants that came to the United States fleeing the civil war in china”. Tan was born in Oakland, California she received her BA and MS degree in English. “In order for Tan to find her ethnic and her voice she started to write fiction books”. Fish Cheeks is a story that Tan wrote about the time when her parents (not knowing that she was in love with the minister son) invited the minister family for Chinese Christmas Eve. She worried a lot because she didn’t…

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou describes her coming of age as a mature but insecure black girl in the American South during the 1930s and later on in California during the 1940s. Maya’s parents divorce when she is only three years old and ship Maya and her older brother, Bailey, to live with their paternal grandmother, Annie Henderson, in rural Stamps, Arkansas. Annie, whom they call Momma, runs the only store in the black…

introduced her to a movement about better care for the mentally ill. Dorothea’s grandmother passed away in 1837. She returned to Boston once again after hearing the news of her grandmother’s death. She spent the next few years in Washington, D.C. and in Oakland, Virginia because of her health. During this time she stopped teaching because she received a large inheritance that could support her. Dorothea finally regained her strength by 1841 and visited a jail in East Cambridge, Massachusetts…