Willie Mays

Here, it is useful to turn to Cruz’s positioning—both as a gendered and racialized subject—in the salsa industry to understand the factors which led to her recognition, and the tensions inherent in her success and visibility. Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, women have been influential to the production and development of salsa, especially as the genre struggled to enter a new era of Latin musical production in the U.S. (Aparicio 2002, 136). Artists like Celia Cruz, Yolanda la Duke, and La…

The name Ullman and Woolman were interchangeable throughout the years, however, Woolman became the preferred spelling for Thomas and his family, from the time of his leaving the family home in Foley and moving to Parry Sound proper on his marriage to Rebecca on January 28, 1880. There he started out as the near ubiquitous lumberman and a new dad. Edith was born just a comfortable nine months later on November 13, 1880. It was too tough a go for him in the mills and he uprooted his family and…

Racism, unfortunately, is something that black students still struggle with at predominantly white institutions, especially when it has to do with greek life. Lawrence Ross explores racism and how administration tries to minimize the severity on college campuses in his book Blackballed. In chapter one titled, Jim Crow Greek Row, he focuses in on a particular incident that happened involving the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter at the University of Oklahoma. Ross argues that white…

A portion of the ideas or practices that I found in the film that are specified in sections 4, 5 and 6 are the Raza Unida individuals couldn't have a place with different gatherings. The Immigration and Naturalization administration proceeds with the approach of bothering and unlawfully ousting Chicanos and inhabitant Mexicans to Mexico. That decades old foul play has offered ascend to activities and associations to uncover these practices and refusal to utilize monstrous assets to bolster the…

Though he came from humble beginnings, Johnny Cash, born J.R. Cash, rose above his many failures to become a true American success story and living legend. Johnny Cash once said, “You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” Using this philosophy, Johnny Cash rose to become one of the greatest country music…

Prior to World War II, Americans fell into a dry spell of no entertainment, causing a frenzied exploration to find new enjoyment for the spiritless people who had nothing to do. Fortunately, major animation corporations, such as Disney, were able to encounter and explore new people and technology in Hollywood that would soon bring entertainment to Americans. Once animation began to flourish, animation companies, like Warner Brothers, started to exchange new ideas with each other to barricade U.S…

In her biography she recounts her own particular pains as a female slave (which may safely be left to speculation), but then changes her writing to reference more generally, “the slave girl” (11) and her suffering at the hands of “fiends who bear the shapes of men” (11). She goes further to explain that, of sin and sorrow: “in slavery…

Jack “Jackie” Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia on January 31, 1919. He was the son of Jerry and Mallie Robinson, and was accompanied by four other siblings. His parents were not very wealthy at all, working as tenant farmers until the couple split and Mallie was left to work as a maid. She did just enough to provide for her children, and it showed throughout their high school careers. While most of her children became very successful, Jackie could be considered her biggest…

Amusement in America Disney expansion to Shanghai And Introduction Amusement parks have been created to in order to push the importance of fun. This fun can with be with a family, friends even a school event. Many of America’s popular amusement parks would include six flags, SeaWorld, Bush Gardens and all of the Disney theme parks. In the last decades there has been an increase in the appearance of amusement parks across the world. The economic challenges shift from high unemployment and budget…

control their own bodies and make decisions according to what they want to do with it. A woman's body belongs to them, so they have the choice of doing whatever they want to their bodies and have it not be anyone else's business what they do with it (Willie Parker, MD). Research proves that around 18 years after abortion was legalized, the crime rate began to drop. When women have the open and accessible option of abortion, the crime rate is reduced by a significant amount (Abortion reduces…