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In this essay we will take a look at the unique history of the Negro Baseball Leagues. We will discuss how they were an integral part of the African American culture and what they meant to their communities. We will also discuss some of the more famous players of the Negro Leagues as well as take a look at what the impact of Jackie Robinson being the first African American to be signed to a professional Major League team was and how it affected the future of baseball. Black American men were banned

When most people hear Bruce Springsteen, they just think of a few songs that he wrote, but he has actually won twenty Grammys and is known as the boss of rock and roll. His success was known to have begin by himself in his basement as a young teen. He started out playing locally but then he made his own band and started travelling a little. He then signed a deal with Columbia Records and produced songs that won multiple highly prized awards. He has made songs that are still known today. Bruce Springsteen

college degrees and has had many, many other jobs. He has dual B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from The University of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Paul has a Ph.D. in Information and computer science from The University of California, Irvine. He was the director of ISI’s high performance computing and communications divisions. Paul Mockapetris was also the chair of the Internet engineering task force (IETF). Additionally he was the program manager for ARPA in the early 90’s

lots of women lost their determination. Women astronauts helped the future generations to see that occupations can be successfully held by women. www.windows2universe.org/kids_space/nicole.html Sally Ride was born on May 26, 1961 in Los Angeles, California. In June 18, 1983 she was the first American women astronaut to fly in space. Sally has one sibling named Karen Ride and their parents are Dale and Carol Ride. Before Sally got in science she was a nationally ranked tennis player and it was

Football with a side of Murder Orenthal James Simpson, commonly known as "O.J." or "The Juice," famous for the Heisman trophy and football hall of fame. He became a wanted man after police found his former wife Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman brutally murdered at Nicole’s condominium in Los Angeles. With his back ground of violence and his temper, police had their guy or so they thought. The trail had the world on the edge of their seats and taking sides. The first thing Yeltsin said when he stepped

Jackie was born January 31, 1919 on a cotton plantation in Cairo, Georgia. At only 6 months old Jackie’s father left his family. His family was living in a one room house and then got kicked out, so then they move to Pasadena, California. That is where Jackie got his start playing baseball with the kids in the neighborhood. Jackie goes to high school and ends up playing baseball, football, basketball and track. People called Jackie the best all-around athlete in America. Jackie enrolls at UCLA, and

monster Grendel and his mother. Beowulf, a prince of the Geats, the son of Ecgtheow who voyages to Heorot, the hall of Hrothgar, king of the Danes and the great grandson of the hero Scyld Scefing. There at Heorot, Beowulf destroys the monster Grendel, who for twelve years has haunted the hall by night and slain all he found therein. When Grendel's mother, in revenge, makes an attack on the hall, Beowulf seeks her out and kills her in her home beneath the waters. There are many different events in

Bruce Springsteen is a legendary singer and artist. Bruce had mentioned many times during interviews that one of the things that was not popular in his household was him. His father disliked how he was trying to become a singer, but Bruce says that his relationship with his father had helped him become a better singer; he wrote many songs about him. Something else that help Bruce write his music was Elvis Presley. When Bruce saw Elvis perform on a show, he instantly fell in love. In the New Jersey

Julia Child was born on August 15th 1912, she was born in Pasadena California were she was the eldest of three children, Julia often went by many nicknames such as “juju” “juke” etc. Her father John Mcwilliams was a graduate at princeton and was an early investor in California real estate, The family was actually rather wealthy and as a result Julia Child was a rather privileged child, She studies at San Francisco's Elite Katherine Branson school for girls, she was an astounding 6’2 and stood out

Here is how he did it. Born in San Francisco in February 1955 to two unmarried graduate students, Steve was put up for adoption within a week of his birth. He was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs, who soon after moved to Mountain View, California, a rural town Silicon Valley. Steven Paul Jobs was named after his adoptive father who was a machinist. A neighbor down the street introduced him to the wonders of electronics, which taught him about the inner workings of products. When Jobs