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    Daniel Boone Essay

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    Daniel Boone was born on October 22, 1734 and later died on September 26, 1820. He was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier explorations made him one of the first heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the state of Kentucky. Despite resistance from American Indians, for whom Kentucky was a traditional hunting ground, in 1775 Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky. There he founded Boonesborough

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    Remeber the Titans

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    my opinion, coach Boone had many leadership strengths: He had his goal to make the team a winning team, and to do that he knew he would have to overcome many obstacles, to make the players a real team and a group of players. To do that, he needed the capacity to motivate the team, to push them harder to achieve the goals, to make them expect more from themselves and their teammates. For me, one of the best moments that showed coach Boone was a very good leader was when he Boone woke up all the

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    happening. The first example would be between the coaches. Coach Boone was given Coach Yoast’s coaching position, and offers him an assistant position for the team. Coach Yoast accepts the position, only for his players, but ensuring that his old assistant gets a job as well. Now that the teams have integrated, there really is not enough room for all the coaches, and it seems like each group is looking out for their ‘own.’ Coach Boone also has his assistant working with him, so now this makes four

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    11 11/11/15 Daniel Boone Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, frontiersman, whose frontier exploits make him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He is most famous for his settlement of Kentucky. He nearly spent 30 years settling that wild land. Boone also carved out what they called the Wilderness Road and building the settlement station of Boonesboro. He served for General Edward Braddock as a wagoner during the French and Indian War. Boone was also a Lieutenant

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    Yakin, it illustrates the unity and teamwork of a football team regardless of every player’s race. When differences are set aside and people will work together, everything will work out as planned. This motion picture tells the story of Coach Herman Boone, played by Denzel Washington, his colleague Coach Bill Yoast, played by Will Patton, the team’s defensive end player Julius Campbell, played by Wood Harris, the linebacker Gerry Bertier, played by Ryan Hurst, and the quarterback player Ronnie “Sunshine”

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    Boone inches away from Gary’s face, locked eyes and told him “You take a look at her, because once you step on that bus, you ain’t got your mama no more! You got your brothers on the team and you got your daddy. You know who your daddy is, don’t cha?” Boone kept his eyes on Gary without blinking. “Gary, if you want to play on this football team, you answer me when I ask you, who

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    paint a dramatic and emotional image of 1970 Virginia, when a community of African-Americans and European-Americans are forced to integrate. Expected to become a complete failure, Herman Boone (Denzel Washington), is appointed as the head coach of TC Williams High School football team. In his time of coaching, Boone leads his team to unbelievable success, making his whole community proud. The movie released on the 25th of January 2000, goes back in time to 1971 Alexander, Virginia, where schools were

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    There are many people in our world today, that believe racism is a problem of the past, that segregation and inequality are expressions that are not relevant today. The cold heart felt reality of this statement is that racism, is even more alive in our world today, than ever before. Circumstances such as, Caucasians being paid more than African Americans for the same job and Caucasian police officers gunning down innocent African Americans and being acquitted for it, are just some examples of the

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    communities. “Remembering the Titans” is a classic true story in which racism was the key issue of the movie. In the movie, black students were being integrated in T.C.’s all white school and the school district decided to bring in a new head coach, Herman Boone who was black. Therefore, the district demoted the high school football head coach and hall of famer nominee, Bill Yoast, who was white. This demotion cause outraged in the school, within the football team and the community. As the movie progressed

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    it emphasizes on rewards or pay-offs,” (Expectancy Theory of Motivation, n.d., para. 5). In Remember the Titans, Coach Herman Boone, portrayed by Denzel Washington, expects big things out of his high school football team. As the newly appointed head coach and a black man, Coach Boone was faced with big expectations or else he would have to face the consequences. Coach Boone established that his team would show tremendous effort in the fall football camp at Gettysburg College. He set ground rules as

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