The New York Trilogy

Jeffrey Gonzalez was pacing down the wide hallways at Badger Elementary. It was an overcast Wednesday morning. He was one of the only black kids in the school, but usually nobody seemed to care about it. Suddenly, a kid named Paul jumped out of nowhere. “Look at those clothes! What are these? Walmart 8s,” Paul smirked while pointing at his shoes. Others started to gather around and laugh. “No, these are Vans that I got from the Shoe Carnival,” Jeffrey shot back. The laughter only got louder.…

The Chicago Fire Chicago, 1871 it was a day like no other. It was a day where everything went to flames. It was the time where sacrifices were made. It is a day of the great chicago fire. It was a city ready to burn. It was like any other day in chicago, it was sunday the wind was blowing very hard, it had been like this for a while now, the people of chicago pretty much got used to it, but that is not all to the story. In the windy city mostly everything was ready to burn. One of the…

Adam Worth, an extraordinary criminal, born in 1844 in Germany, was born in a poor, Jewish family that had moved from Germany to Massachusetts when he was young. Worth ran away from his family at the age of fifteen to Boston, because he was tired of living with a poor family, especially because they were Jewish. Worth didn’t have much education because his family couldn’t afford to put him in school. He had one brother named John Shore, however, no one really knows anything else about…

Wouldn’t it just have to be today, on the day that he had the most important meeting of his life, that it had to rain fish? The roads were chaos, the radio stations were no better than static, and Huck was ready to burst a blood vessel. Was this traffic light going to wait until pigs flew to flash green? Wait, no. He wasn’t in the mood for any more airborne menageries this morning. Unwitting passersby ducked and swivelled in a contentious ballet, as the torn-ocean sky threw up last night’s…

the n-word, and then proceeds to says it repeatedly to various people in the song. The music video then transitions to Lil Dicky waking up in his bed, except that Chris Brown now inhabits Lil Dicky’s body. After initially being unsatisfied with his new body, Chris Brown ventures outside where he starts to see the benefits of his newfound freedom. He says, “Walking down the street and ain't nobody know my name (whoa). Ain't no paparazzi flashing pictures, this is great (whoa). Ain't nobody…

1980 marked the beginning of a revolutionary decade filled with self-discovery and innovative ideas emerging from the general public. With a consistent proliferation of uncanny fashions and creatively original toys the reoccurrence of their popularity into the 21st century created minimalistic surprise. The female fashions were designed to make ground-breaking statements to the male gender and the unique toys of the 80’s spurred a fascination like no other decade. Although the toys of the 80’s…

Alvin Cullum York was born in the hills of the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee near the city of Pall Mall on December 13, 1887. Alvin was born into a poor family of 13 people: Alvin's dad William Uriah York, Alvin's mom Mary Elizabeth York, and his 11 siblings. Living in an area where people though education wasn't important, York only received 9 months of schooling. After his father died when York was 24, he started working jobs to help his family out financially, and because of the stress, he…

Introduction: For sixteen years, George Metesky, also known as the “mad bomber,” eluded the New York City police during which time he planted more than thirty small bombs around the city, hitting movie theaters, phone booths, and other public areas. In 1956 he continued to discourage investigators, who turned to psychiatrist James Brussel as a last resort. They asked Brussel to study the crime scene photos and the notes that Metesky left behind for the NYPD. From the material made available to…

Black Arts Movement left a lasting impression not only on African-American culture, but on all American cultures. “…criticized as misogynist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, and racially exclusive, the Black Arts movement is also credited with inciting a new generation of poets, writers, and artists” (A Brief Guide to the Black Arts Movement). The Black Arts movement is dated from approximately 1960 to 1970, coinciding with the Civil Rights Movement, Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, and the Black…

Sasha is a 19-year-old girl grieving the recent passing of her father, Eli, and coasting through life without any real goals or long-term plans for life. Until Oswald-the starving art student- steps in. Taking immediate interest in her Oswald asks Sasha out at their first encounter. Sasha thinks he is fickle and doesn’t trust him enough to go out with him. He keeps insisting though, and finally she agrees to go out with him, but only if he is able to learn to ride a longboard. He succeeds, with…