Devonte Ingram Research Paper

The Dred Scott Decision of 1857 ruled that African-Americans, even ones who were not enslaved, were not protected under The Constitution and could never be citizens. This brings up questions that will be answered in this paper. Should slaves be American citizens? Is it morally correct for one to own another human? Does the Dred Scott decision contradict The Declaration of Independence which states that every man is created equal?

Elijah J. McCoy was born on May 2, 1844, in Colchester, Ontario, Canada. He was an inventor and engineer who were known for his 51 U.S. patents. His patents had most to do with lubrication of steam engines. McCoy returned to the U.S. in 1847 where he became a U.S. citizen. The Real McCoy is an expression used to mean the real thing, and has been associated with Elijah McCoy’s oil drip cup invention. But the most famous legacy McCoy left his country was his name; Elijah McCoy’s can be seen at the National Inventors Hall of

Charmayne James was a shy girl that grew up in small town of Clayton, New Mexico. Beginning her way to being the Million Dollar Cowgirl she is today at the age of 3 riding from sun up to sun down. She started rodeo at a young age on a horse named Bardo. When Charmayne needed her next horse she looked to a young bay gelding that was used in her fathers feed lot. This bay gelding became Charmayne’s once in a life time horse. The pair was entered in the Rodeo Hall of Fame, and hold the record for most consecutive qualifications into the NFR for men or women.

Anson Jones was an important part of the annexation of Texas. Without the help of Anson, it wouldn’t have been possible for Texas to be annexed to the U.S.

Olen Montgomery was arrested at the age of 17. He was released in July of 1937, along with three other Scottsboro boys.

Think of the many innovative black people out there. Although you have your typical, well known black athletes and musicians, consider other ways africans americans have made groundbreaking discoveries. African american in the medical field are especially underrated to many people. One surgeon by the name of Daniel Hale Williams deserves some recognition for what he has done for black surgeons and doctors.

Shawn Johnson is famous for her outstanding performance in the Olympic gymnastics games. Twenty-four year old gymnasts Shawn Johnson was born on January 19, 1992 in Des Moines, Iowa. Shawn Johnson attended the Olympics at age 16 and won a gold medal in the balance beam event for the U.S.A. Shawn Johnson participated on the show Dancing with the Stars with her partner Mark Ballas. Shawn Johnson is an influential person because she was born in Iowa, went to the Olympics in 2008, and won a gold medal on the balance beam in the U.S Olympics.

Hue Jackson is not at all surprised with the way Deshaun Watson is playing as a rookie.

In life a little mistake can have a big impact the rest of your life that is why it is important for parents to encourage their kids to make good decision to help them in the future. The Wes Moore's are two men with the same name with very similar but different lives. I think that the Wes Moore's had different lives because they were raised completely different One of the Wes Moore's had a father and a mother and both parents who were college graduates while the other Wes Moore never knew his dad and his mother was too busy to pay attention to him so we did whatever he wanted to do he did not have an example set for him not even his older brother was much help. For example, the author state that: "Wes sighed into the phone. He had heard it

All is fair in love and war, is a saying we have all heard before. In many cases it is true, but in the instance of David Owen Dodd it is also untrue. Dodd was a very brave young man that should get more credit than he has. Most people have never heard of David Owen Dodd , this is because the young man only lived to be 17.

Patrick Lee Riley, Jr, was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He grew up loving the game of baseball . He played on the varsity baseball team at Hickman Mills High School and after his graduation in 2007 he received a athletic scholarship from Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska were he received his bachelors of Psychology . Patrick's goals at that time was to pursue his childhood goal of playing in the NBA. He had an opportunity to go over seas to play professional basketball but the Lord had taken control of his heart and his love for Christ and to do his will superseded is desire to chase his childhood dream of playing professional basketball. So Patrick yielded his life to Christ completely and he is currently taking courses

Year 2031. Gordon Dillon had just become President of the United States. He was having a parade on July 9, 2031. The Day of the parade. In New York City down main street. There were Millions of people lined up on the sidewalks and in buildings. Gordon Dillon had hired an elite sniper to protect him while he was in the parade. The parade was starting and Gordon had many rivals of his because he had just beat Hillary Clinton in the presidential campaign. He was wearing a brace to help him keep his posture straight so he did not have to work as hard. What Gordon did not know is that there in one of these buildings is an assassin ready to take Gordon Dillon off the grid.

James Edward Harden Jr was born on August 26, 1989 in Los Angeles, California. Harden is the youngest of three siblings. His father, James Harden Sr. was in the Navy before he got addicted to drugs. His mother, Monja Willis, worked with AT&T. Harden was interested in basketball at an early age. Harden and his father didn’t get along well. In fact, his father never showed up at Harden’s high school games. That’s really sad! Thus, to this day, James refuses to use Jr. when he writes his name. Harden idolized Jason Kapono who played for the Miami Heat.

Big criminal! His name is Ben Boyd, who is now married to Allie Boyd, Boyd is a counterfeiter criminal, He is the nation’s top engravers of counterfeit plates. Boyd was born in Cincinnati in 1834, his father was a master engraver and when Ben was little, he had a lot of interest in his father’s craft, when Ben got older he would carry on the family business. He was taught by Nat Kinsey, he was known for his engravings of landscapes. Boyd got very rich, he made about 265,000 dollars Allie Boyd also had a father who was a very talented engraver, therefore, Ben and allie got married then went into buisness together.

Founded in 1980 as an offshoot of Charvel, Jackson is the only company created purely to satisfy the needs of a legendary musician. As the legend goes, you can thank Randy Rhoads just as much as Grover Jackson himself for the 35+ year Jackson legacy. Having purchased Charvel from Wayne Charvel in 1978, Grover Jackson would have continued just making guitars under Charvel moniker had it not been for Randy Rhoads approaching him to make the humongous departure from the Charvel lineup that was the signature Rhoads V shape. Soon after the release of the Randy Rhoads signature, Jackson guitars gained a massive following with heavy metal guitarists seeking outstanding quality handmade, American guitars. During this time in the 1980’s Jackson released