Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985), better known by his stage name J. Cole, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer. Cole first received recognition in 2007, following the release of his debut mixtape The Come Up. Shortly after the release of The Come Up in 2009, Cole was contacted by American rapper Jay Z and subsequently signed to his record label Roc Nation. In that same year, Cole released his second mixtape, The Warm Up, which was itself followed by Cole's third mixtape, Friday Night Lights, in
Johnny Cade did not kill unlawfully and also he can’t apply for a minor committing the crime because he’s 16, one year over the limit. According to Oklahoma law, first-degree murder is a person “unlawfully and with malice aforethought causes the death of another human being.” It is also not manslaughter because it is not a homicide committed without a design to effect death and in the heat of passion, but in a cruel and unusual manner, or by means of a dangerous weapon. Johnny did not have time to think and had to stab Bob to save Ponyboy’s life. Ponyboy was being drowned and to save him, Johnny had to commit the act of homicide. It lists that it was a justifiable homicide because it means that homicide is legal when committed in the lawful
Calvin Johnson has been the best wide receivers in the NFL in his whole career being 6’5” 240 he is the toughest receiver to cover and his stats prove it. As seen in the picture from CBS sports. In 2012 he had 1,964 yards which is the most ever in a season in the entire history of the NFL and with his stats not dropping that much a lot of people thought he still has a lot of time left to make an impact in his career. Except he announced a couple weeks ago saying that he was retiring at only age 30. Many people have there opinions on why he is retiring although he has not completely said why he is retiring.
William Johnson was a slave before being freed at age 11, along with his mother, Amy, and sister, Adelia. He got his barber shop in 1830 from his half brother, James Miller. After starting his barber shop, he keeps a diary and he used it until he died. He also owned a bathhouse and bookstore.He married named Ann Battles, who was also a free african american. They had about 11 children before Johnson died. He lived in the free town of Natchez, and he almost had about three thousand dollars in 1835. Johnson was friends with other freed african americans like Robert McCary and hunted and fished with them. Johnson and Baylor Winn got into a dispute and it ended in Johnson`s favor in court. Winn was upset and shot Johnson when he was returning to
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.
William Johnson was born a slave in the year 1809 but was freed by his owner, probably his father in 1820. His owner had earlier released William’s sister and mother. William Johnson upon being freed became a barber apprentice in Natchez town. William’s brother-in-law had a barbershop which he took over in 1830 and later on got married to Amy Battles. They had eleven children. Amy was a free person and just like William was black (National Humanities Center Resource Toolbox, 2007). William Johnson went on to operate several barbershops, owned land, and rented buildings. He also had a bathhouse and regularly loaned white and black people money which was paid at an interest. Like other free blacks in the South, William Johnson owned slaves and at times sold them too. The diary is a record of his daily personal endeavors, majorly about the payment of his debts, the items he bought and the running of his family. William was murdered by a free black man, Baylor Winn, with whom they had a boundary conflict. Despite his murderer being identified, he escaped prosecution since according to his evidence, he was a white man, and so no black man could testify against him (Humanities Center Resource Toolbox, 2007).
The theme I have chosen for my story is outcast as it is relevant to current society as some individuals continue to exclude particular people. The excluded individuals are usually racially discriminated against. Discrimination has recently impacted my life due to the way I dress in order to fulfil my religious beliefs. Certain individuals discriminate against the majority Muslim women, as they believe that we are oppressed due to religious head garment we commit to.
On April 22, 1921, Mrs. William A. Servin and her daughter-in-law, both members of the Nyack Women’s Club, went for a hike along Pearl River; a hamlet located roughly twenty miles from Manhattan and just north of the New Jersey border. After traveling along a grown-over path the two women happened upon four children they later described as, “so wretchedly clad and so encrusted with dirt as to seem scarcely human.” Disturbed by the children’s unkempt appearance and fearful for their overall well-being, Mrs. Servin contacted the county truant officer and local law enforcement to investigate.
My childhood was very hard. At the age of 17, I was an orphan. My mother was a writer and my father was a minister, author and professor of Latin, Greek and philosophy. My mother died and then, three years later, my father died. I went to live with my aunt. My brothers died and I was heartbroken.
Bryan Johnson: a son, a brother, a uncle, a friend, a lover, a athlete and outdoor enthusiast. Bryan Johnson is a man with many hats, depending on the day you may see several of these. When he is not working, Bryan loves to be in the outdoors or spend time with his family. Bryan is tough as nails, however, on the inside he is softer then cotton candy.
Born in San Antonio in 1986, Wesley Matthews, Jr. came from true sports pedigree. He father, Wesley Matthews, was a former NBA point guard who won two NBA Championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. His mother, Pam Moore, also played basketball and was an All-American runner. Matthews, who is currently a six foot five inch shooting guard was named Mr. Basketball in 2005 while playing for James Madison Memorial High School. After high school, Matthew received a lot of pressure to attend his father's alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Instead, Matthews chose to go to Marquette University. He made a good choice and was named Second-team All-Big East in 2009.
When Bobby Adedge was 18 years old, he had already won two Olympic gold medals. By the time he was twenty-two, he had been a well-known goalie on a prestigious professional hockey team. He had married an even more famous supermodel, who had her own budding career as an actress. He was thought to be smart, having invented the first dissolvable hockey puck, which was great for planet Earth and recycling, but not-so-good when hockey games went into overtime, the puck often melting onto the ice before the game was over. His inventor-phase was short-lived.
When the United States of America joined World War 1 in 1917 the rst of the world had been at war for three years. The U.S. deployed an estimated 4,355,000 troops to around the world. Around 204,004 of them returned home injured. Henry Johnson was one of those soldiers.
Jamar clark African American, 24 years old was shot by the minneapolis police on november 15 2015. Two officers were involved Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze, protestants of black life matters and other institutions that support civil rights are unsatisfied because no charges were pressed against the two officer. In my opinion the death of Jamar Clark is not justified with enough evidence that proves the innocence of the officers.
Eric Harris born on April 9, 1981 in Wichita, Kansas. His father Wayne Harris was a U.S. Air force transport pilot and his mother Katherine Ann Poole was a homemaker. His family would relocate often cause of his father but when his father retired they moved from Plattsburg, New York to Littleton, Colorado where he met Dylan Klebold. Dylan Klebold born September 11, 1981 in Lakewood, Colorado. His father Thomas Klebold and mother Susan Yassenoff were pacifists and would make Dylan and his older brother attend the Lutheran church. At home they would obey some rituals keeping with Klebold's maternal grandfather's Jewish heritage. In school Eric and Dylan were not very popular and were mostly bullied. In one of Dylan’s journal’s entries he wrote “ I hate you people for leaving me out of so many fun things. And no don't … say, 'Well that's your fault,' because it isn't, you people had my phone number, and I asked and all, but no. No no no don't let the weird-looking Eric KID come along. Some of the past crimes of Eric and Dylan were stealing computers from a