Creator and Victims: Martin Luther King Jr. and Aron Hernandez

“The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is to a more violent world” (Arendt pg 80). Violence is contagious, like a disease, which will destroy nations and our morals as human beings. Each individual has his or her own definition of violence and when it is acceptable or ethical to use it. Martin Luther King Jr., Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt are among the many that wrote about the different facets of violence, in what cases it is ethical, the role we as individuals play in this violent society and the political aspects behind our violence.

Aaron Hernandez was a Patriot’s star player at the age of 23 with a 25-million-dollar contract. June 26, 2013, Hernandez was arrested and dropped from the Patriots team for allegedly shooting and killing Daniel Abreu, Safiro Furtado in 2012, and Odin Lloyd in 2013. Hernandez had gotten a drink spilled on him in a club by Abreu and Furtado, and Hernandez followed them, pulled up to their car and shot a loaded revolver towards the victims. Charged with double homicide, investigators found evidence linking this 2012 case to his case about Lloyd. Within less than a year, Hernandez was charged with first-degree murder, his destiny of becoming a football superstar was taken away.

After learning about the ways that a Creator thinks and approaches tasks I think that I can apply certain aspects of this mindset in my own life. One important place I can apply this is in regards to the way I approach my assignments from school or work. A Creator always finds solutions to problems that they may

Not all children are born into the perfect situation, some children are born into a drug oriented and gang related family. “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.” This a powerful quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. how we can benefit a student’s life. The Giving Children a Mulligan in Life interest group would be a locally funded group in Atlanta which would teach life lessons through the game of golf in a fun and interactive way. “Giving Children a Mulligan in Life” would help with the record high levels of dropouts in this city. Certainly with Atlanta having one of the highest dropout rates in not just Georgia, but in United States at 59.1% with an 8% rise in the last two years reported by the Georgia’s Department of Education (2014) is more than enough of a reason for this group to exist.

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I will discuss how his leadership has impacted both America as a whole and the United States Army, as well as how Dr. King has influenced my own life as a Soldier, Military Intelligence professional, and leader.

“The bottom line is, people have a right to live their lives even if it doesn’t match what you think is correct. When we fight for civil rights, we must fight for equality for all; anything less is hypocrisy and an insult to the definition of justice itself.” Rev. Al Sharpton is a long time civil rights leader, minister, talk show host, and even has been known to give president Obama advice on civil rights issues. Sharpton’s article is set up by touching on unfair transgender laws in North Carolina, statements made by U.S. representatives, and the civil rights movement as a whole. He limits the article the time period beginning in the civil rights movement. Ding this allows the reader to only think about civil rights from a more progressive mindset. Sharpton does this all from his view. Due to his experience as a civil rights leader he speaks about the movement from a stronger perspective than most.

How does the case of Ossian and Gladys Sweet reveal the racism of the 1920s and affect other African American people?

In the article, "Aaron Hernandez Saga Won't Change How NFL Sees Players", Albert Breer talks about how former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was found dead, hanging from his bed sheets in his prison cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Massachusetts on Wednesday morning. Hernandez played for the New England Patriots as a tight end from two thousand and ten to two thousand and twelve. Hernandez was arrested after being convicted of murder in 2013. Investigators say that the murder that took a toll on Hernandez's career was gang related. NFL coaches are saying that this incident with Hernandez will change how the coaches view their players. As the NFL draft approaches, coaches are going to have to put a lot of thought on who they decide to draft this year. Coaches are saying that they must also pay close attention to the personalities and backgrounds of who they should choose. Talent isn't the only attribute to choosing a professional athlete. The character that the players have is also a huge factor on which team they

On November 6th, 1989, Aaron Hernandez, tight end for the New England Patriots, was born. Although he lived in luxury, Hernandez’s life was a struggle before he went bigshot at the University of Florida. His mother, turned to the courts for bankruptcy protection when he was a child. When Hernandez was in sixth grade, Terri, his mother, began taking bets for an illegal gambling organization. The Police later seized reams of evidence from the home. He did not know about his mother's doings, at least it is hard to say what he did and did not know at that time. Terri was also married to an ex-convict who was previously married to his cousin. Hernandez was no stranger to the streets as a teenager and he definitely knew his way around Bristol, even though he was an honor student. He was involved in a volatile underworld of gangs, guns, drugs and violence. He has been linked, by prosecutors and a civil lawsuit, to a violent series of assaults, shootings, and three killings. For 30 years, Aaron Hernandez was known on the streets of Bristol as The King.

Hernandez not only imitated his father’s sports star status playing for the Patriots, but also became involved with criminals and took on the role of his father’s gang-type lifestyle and began using drugs. His lifestyle choices almost prevented him from gaining his success as an athlete in the NFL. “Despite his obvious talents, NFL teams were wary of drafting Hernandez due to his admitted flunking of a drug test. Privately, many teams also worried about his association with gang types from his home neighborhood. He fell to the fourth round in the 2010 NFL draft before the New England Patriots selected him with the 113th overall pick” (Bio, 2015).

For most people, the name Aaron Hernandez was synonymous with a sports superstar. As a college player with the University of Florida, Hernandez was an All-American player and a member of the BCS National Championship Team. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in 2010, where he became the youngest active player on any roster in the NFL. He seemed destined for greatness, as one of only two tight end players on one of the leading teams in the NFL. During the 2010 season, he was named Rookie of the Week by Pepsi; he played in the Super Bowl in his second season in the NFL; and by his third year with the NFL he received the highest signing bonus of NFL tight end in history. However, there was a darker side to Hernandez that had a

Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy who was brutally beaten and murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Emmett Till lived in Chicago,but was visiting family in Money, Mississippi(source 2). Carolyn Bryant, the “victim”, might have thought he had whistled at her. Emmett had a small speech impediment because he had polio when he was young, and he sometimes whistled to help him. The only witness to this act was Carolyn Bryant. Emmett was beaten and murdered for whistling in a white woman’s presence in a small grocery store(source 1). Roy Bryant(Carolyn’s husband) was outraged and took J.W. Milam to kill Emmett. They shot him in the head and beat him up. Then they tied a heavy fan around Emmett’s neck

Martin Luther King in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail and Richard Rodriguez in "Blaxicans" and Other Reinvented Americans expressed contrasting insights concerning certain aspects of the notions of diversity and differences, as well multiplicity and otherness as characteristic to the American society. However, they both proved to be strong proponents of assimilation model. The paper will analyze King’s and Rodriguez’s perspectives of political action, race, social division, and religion. It will argue that the authors shared the deep Enlightenment based ideas, as well as advocated the concept of the "melting pot" Americanization, while emphasizing the creative role of minority.

“This book will, I hope, keep alive the memory of the Emmett Till case and provide a boarder understanding of the beginning of the civil rights movement.” pg.13.

In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American baseball player to play in the major leagues. This was one of the most historic moments amongst the black community. Nowadays, black people forget about these proud moments in which they were fair treatment. On Blacklivesmatter.com, the site’s main goal is to rebuild the Black liberation movement. I understand that the black community has felt helpless on numerous occasions, but like any other American, they have to move on and rise above it. People of the black community are Americans just like any other U.S. citizen and possess the same rights, yet they continue to single themselves out. The complaints raised on Blacklivesmatter.com about alleged racist acts are only based on incidents