Donald Jerome Driver born February 2, of 1975 is now a retired pro American football who skills showed as a wide receiver, and also one of the New York Times Bestselling author with his published book called DRIVEN which cover a background scoop of his life pros and cons to show how real insight of how life and play out. , and on the fact that he tried something different and completely new that played out when he was giving an award to be known for being a champion on season 14 a celebrity Dance show hosted by Fox called Dancing with the Stars. he was lucky have a good enough connection with his paired dancing partner Peta Murgatroyd Soon after resigning in Mississippi for playing college football for Alcorn State University where …show more content…
Growing up Donald had to be judged on everything he did ,which I can relate to knowing that most parents have been through a lot and their fears the next generation struggling like them, Not going to lie we take a lot of situations in life not serious not that we don't care but more of the fact that we see the easier way which might not be ideal to how parents understand things so we waste time, but after doing a reading he also give the message that you must work for what you have cause some times waiting for things pay off in your favor can set you back. The main focus of the book captured my interest and helped me understand the insight of how things work. It said that I can't say that I haven't been much of a reader, but I know the basic concept moral to do what you have to do right or wrong to get where you need …show more content…
More of a good cause, but I took it way more serious than it should've been I was 3 out of 5 shots putting Andy Lin at a 63% shooting percent. soon after I went up for a rebound and sprained my ankle which made me think how important the cause was knowing I should've sat out for the rest of the game I overcame my injury by wrapping it up and continuing to do it for the ones who’s needed the funding and ones who came out to support .This event was held for a whole day but still with that time frame we were able to earn 2,000 dollars from supporters. I would say that we were the best but we gave it our all and believed in ourselves to gain success which payed off in a win/win
Even though there can be better centers, Travis Frederick is one of the best centers in the NFL because he has so much experience as a center and makes a big impact on the Dallas Cowboys offence. He is also one of the tallest and biggest centers in the game and plays for the best offensive line in the NFL.
William B. Travis was born in Saluda County, South Carolina on August 1st, 1809 he was the oldest of the eleven kids of Mark and Jenna. At the time of Travis’ birth they lived on mine creek near the Red Bank Community which centered around their church . When Travis got older his family moved to Alabama with his uncle and there he helped a school house and he met a woman named Rosanna Cato and he fell in love with her and they got married on October 26, 1828 and had a child named Charles Edward Travis and he was born on August 8th, 1829 in Claiborne, Alabama.The leading attorney in Claiborne was James Dellett and Travis helped him and Travis eventually developed the position of lawyer and an partner in the law firm with James, then Travis operated a joint across the river in Gosport, Alabama and he began the publication of a newspaper
Caesar Rodney, the first of the delegation from Delaware, was a native of that state, and was born about the year 1730. His birth-place was Dover. The family, from which he was descended, was of ancient date, and is honorably spoken of in the history of early times. We read of Sir Walter De Rodeney, of Sir George De Rodeney, and Sir Henry De Rodeney, with several others of the same name, even earlier than the year 1234. Sir Richard De Rodeney accompanied the gallant Richard Coeur de Lion in his crusade to the Holy Land, where he fell, while fighting at the siege of Acre.
Joseph E. Lee was born in Philadelphia in 1849, he graduated from Howard University in 1873. He moved to Florida that same year and became the first African American lawyer in Jacksonville and in the state of Florida. He served in the House of Representatives from 1875 to 1879 and in the state Senate from 1881 to 1882. He was one of the most influential African American men in Florida through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He was elected municipal judge of Jacksonville and was one of the first African Americans to have this honor. He educated free slaves at a college by the name of Edward Waters College. Lee worked as a public servant acting at various times as a state legislator, a lawyer, federal customs collector and educator.
Earnhardt met his untimely demise during the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Earnhardt died Sunday February 18, 2001. He was involved in a three car accident on the final lap of the Daytona 500. Earnhardt was in third, he was behind two cars from his own Dale Earnhardt Incorporated team, and Michael Waltrip was in first followed by Earnhardt’s son Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt was slightly ahead of Sterling Marlin’s Dodge on the bottom of the high-banked fourth turn. Running three-wide behind the leaders heading into turn four on the last lap Earnhardt collided with Ken Schrader after he had made a little contact with Sterling Marlin. He spun out and Earnhardt hit the wall at 75-degree angle at about 150 mph and both cars slid down the
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
Bass reeves were one of the greatest old west legends. He was born in Paris, Texas in 1837. Bass Reeves served as one of the greatest and first black African American deputy sheriff Marshall Bass Reeves earned his place in history by being one of the most effective lawmen in Indian Territory, bringing in more than 3,000 outlaws and helping to tame the lawless territory. However throughout his occupation as a lawman he has killed 14 men during his service. Reeves always said that he "never shot a man when it was not necessary for him to do so in the discharge of his duty to save his own life." Over the 35 years that Bass Reeves served as a Deputy United States Marshal, he earned his place in history by being one of the most effective lawmen.
Hi I am Charles Arthur Floyd also known as “pretty boy” Floyd my greatest achievement is being a criminal such as a bank robber and if people try to stop me to rob a bank I will shoot them. In my younger life my family was poor then when I turned 16 I ran away from home then a couple months later I started to rob banks and being a criminal. I was born February 3rd, 1904 in Adairsville, GA I died October 22nd, 1934 and my location of death was in a cornfield east of Liverpool, OH my cause of death was homicide my remains were buried Akins cemetery in Akins , OK. My gender was male and my religion is Christian and race was white. My father name was Walter Lee Floyd my mother's name was Hamie Helan Echols Floyd my wife name is Ruby Hardgravers
Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. was born July 15, 1940. He was originally from Chicago, Illinois, but moved to Little Rock, Arkansas with his mother and stepfather. His stepfather, William D. Griffen, was a civil engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Simmon’s biological father, William Simmons, died when he was only three years old. Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. eventually dropped out of school and joined the U.S. Navy. In 1963, he left the navy. Two years later, he joined the air force for twenty two years. Simmons retired in 1979 with the rank of master sergeant.
Richard Ramirez was born on February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas. Richard was a mexican/american serial killer waiting for his death at San Quentin state prison. Richard was known for “Richie” or “The Night Stalker”.
Good afternoon. I am Brittany Salinas, and today, I am speaking about William Wheeler. He was the 19th Vice President of United States.
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?
I will be talking about Charles Richard Drew he was an american physician, surgeon, and medical researcher. He researched in the medical field if blood transfusion, developing better techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing bigger blood banks early in world war 2. As the most important african american in the field, Drew protested against the practice of racial segregation in the donation of blood, as it lacked scientific foundation, and resigned his position with american red cross, which maintained the policy until 1950.
Thomas J Clifford was the first North Dakota native-born president he served 21 years from 1971 to 1992 he was born March 16th 1921 Thomas also served as a counselor for many War veterans who were coming home to attend uindy or beginning their studies in 1957 Clifford received a masters of business administration degree from Stanford University he had the longest term as the
As an African-American writer and poet Richard Ward was born on September 4, 1908, in Roxie, Mississippi. Richard published his first short story at the age of 16, while gaining employment with the Federal Writers Project, he received acclamation for Uncle Tom’s Children. He was well know for his bestseller Native Son and for his 1945 autobiography. As a young child he was the grandson of slaves and son to a sharecropper. After his father left his family, when Wright was merely five years old, his mother raised him as a single parent. Richard attend school in Jackson, Mississippi, although he only managed to get a 9th grade education, talented in reading and writing. With a passion for American literature, sometimes he went as far to forge