People from Chicago, Illinois

wife, Joan, in the northern state of Illinois. The two hate slavery and often harbor runaway slaves at their house. Pinkerton runs a barrel making business that he cares very much for. There is an island that has an abundance of trees so Pinkerton goes out to collect wood for barrels. While he is there he sees the burning embers of a campfire but gathers the word and sales home trying not to think much of it. When Pinkerton gets back to his home, Dundee, Illinois, he can’t get the thought of the…

say a killer clown was born.He was born in Chicago Illinois John lived with his parents and had two sisters. As a young man John had a cruel and abusive life. His father was an alcoholic and he used to abuse john as a young boy. Their relationship wasn't good at all John's dad used to get drunk and abuse him for no reason. John's mother on the other hand was a very nice person she loved john with all her heart and she would always try stopping john's dad from abusing him but that wouldn't work.…

they’ve gotten answers from Representatives and CIA officers. May 1, 2003 The Heroin Of politics by Alfred W. McCoy gave all evidence that the CIA’s drug trafficking did become a fact. A quote from the book “Over the past thirty years, the U.S. and UN prohibition has simply served to push production and processing, and smuggling of illicit drugs back and forth across the globe’s three critical trafficking areas – between Turkey and Laos within the Asian opium zone, from Bolivia to Columbia in…

classmates at the time. I don’t recall what the plot was, but I played a King. The moment I’ve heard laughter from the audience was when I realized that I wanted to be a performer. I was also told that I have a learning disability during the 5th grade. I would be placed in Special Education from 2001-2009. Unfortunately, I was placed in a very terrible program. Being told repetitively from my old junior high school and high school that I would not succeed in life if I don’t get A’s on my…

I remember the day like it was yesterday, it was an average day in Hinsdale, Illinois, the sun was shining during the day and the moon came out at night. I was waiting for my parents to return from their daily meetings, but this specific day they were lasting longer than the usual. When my parents finally got home from their endless meeting, I was excited to see them since I was home alone for practically the whole day. I felt excited to finally get some human interaction. When they came home…

form called jazz poetry. Langston Hughes wrote for not just the African-American people, but for everyone who were, sat aside from the American dream. After analyzing a few of Hughes poems, his themes for expressing his personal life and struggles as an African-American people. The continuing 1920’s conflict for equality, social justice and a chance at the American dream. Exploring the life of Langston Hughes from his birth, childhood, inspirations, achievements, and his forms of poetry will…

they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit” (Brainy Quotes). In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family lives in South Side Chicago and faces racial discrimination. The entire family experiences different hardships over the years. While reading Hansberry’s drama, the audience can better comprehend the content with the help of sociological and biological criticisms. In…

death of Walter Payton affected many of people he has helped throughout his career? Born on July 25, 1954, in Columbia, Mississippi into a family of three. He grew up with his sister and older brother Eddie Payton who would help him get his football career started. Walter Payton would be given the nickname of “sweetness” that he would live up to until the day of his death. He was a star football player who played for the Chicago Bears as running back from 1975-1987. Walter Payton was a very…

on September 17, 1787, is the backbone of the United States government. Composed of three parts, the Preamble, the Articles, and the Amendments, the Constitution outlines a government that “puts the power in the hands of the people” (Constitution Center, 1). It was written from May through September of 1787, but not ratified until June of 1788, when New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the document. The Constitution was written by a plethora of authors who are referred to as the…

Infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of John Stanley Gacy and Marion Elaine Robinson. Gacy and his siblings grew up with a drunken father who would beat his children if he believed they had misbehaved in someway. Gacy's father also physically assaulted his mother, the only person that truly showed affection for Gacy. Gacy's sister Karen, when interviewed on Oprah, said that the siblings learned to“toughen up against the beatings”…