William Johnson Research Paper

James J Walker is a man that is put down in history as one of New York City’s mayors. Still James J Walker had a darker side to him that the public didn’t witness. James J Walker better known as Jimmy Walker was born June 19, 1881. A young boy that grew up in poverty, not being a great student, and dropped out of college later was graduated from New York Law School in 1904 and later went into politics and joined the State Senate. After many years in the Senate, Jimmy set his sights in on the 1926 elections for Mayor of New York.

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.

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.

Johnson had died in 1670, and no one had known exactly when he had been born. That was left to be a mystery. He was originally from Angola and brought to English settlement of Jamestown in the early 1600s (Blacks Were Not only Slaves 2013, 71). Since documentary accounts of lives of the first generation were not as credible, no one knows for certain whether the African Americans arrived in the New World as slaves or indentured servants (Gary 2008,). Documents of Johnson revealed that he was able to gain his freedom. With his freedom, he managed to buy hundreds of acres of land and became a successful tobacco grower (Gary 2008,). He even had his own indentured servants including, a fellow African whom Johnson was allowed to

“Never be happy with just good. Every single day, you need to do something to make yourself better than everybody else. That’s the only way we’re going to improve,” said JJ Watt, a NFL player. JJ Watt is a defensive end for the Houston Texans. He is not only a very good football player, he is an amazing person. When Hurricane Harvey hit the Coast of Texas, he spent his time, money, started fundraisers and got other people to help out. This is why Kindred should invite JJ Watt to speak to our community.

There are many African American public figures, who have inspired the hearts and minds of eager Black youth. These individuals have instilled within the community a sense of purpose and promise which has carried over into following generations. Some of these persons are household names and familiar pop culture icons. Many, however, are the unsung heroes who have continued to work in the shadows, while bringing others into the light of hope. One such individual, Dr. Calvin Williams, began his journey on the concrete slabs and in the dilapidated houses of New Orleans, Louisiana's Lower Ninth Ward.

Before it even began the Reconstruction was a political battle and President Johnson didn’t add well to the mix of the battle. “A lonely, stubborn man, he was intolerant of criticism and unable to compromise” (Foner, p. 579). Many people believed he was unfit for the political world and he wasn’t ready to be our president. He was a very racist man and he believed that African Americans played absolutely no part in the Reconstruction and believed they had no rights what so ever. The beginning of the Presidential Reconstruction (1865 – 1867) “Johnson offered a pardon (which restored political and property rights, except for slaves) to nearly all white southerners who took an oath of allegiance to the Union” (Foner, p. 580). Many people thought

Andrew Johnson grew up in Tennessee from heritage and worked hard to build a name for himself in politics. Johnson was elected as Lincoln’s running mate and was used to attract more votes for the Republican side, otherwise known as the “Union Party”. Johnson still was a true democrat and a southerner at heart; he didn’t actually think the same as Lincoln and other northerners. He had said that he denounced the bigger plantations and didn’t support the Confederacy.

“Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed.” -John Jay

T.H. Breen's book "Myne Owne Ground" brings about a different perspective of what living in the south and being black was like. It shows how a black was capable of great things and able to amass wealth equal to that of wealthy white gentlemen but is never recognized for it. Unlike other history books this one doesn't go on about slavery and it cruelty but instead offers a few examples of the accomplishments blacks were capable of. One such example was that of a man named Anthony Johnson who was able to escape slavery and establish himself as a hard working man and then later on as a land owning free black. He

Junior Jones is a 18 year old small town boy wanting to be a professional DJ. He does not remember family, because he was dropped off at an orphanage at the age of three. He does have dreams of a boy which he thinks is his brother. He has a drawn picture of his brother from a dream, he had drawn this picture a couple years back.

Dr. Umar Johnson bought up a lot of different topics about his about and about what is going on around us in the world. One thing that stood out to me was dating outside of your race, No I am not racist and I don't have an issue with anyone dating outside of their race but my personal opinion is to marry inside of my ethnicity. White people would never know what we go through as black women and black men and on how we get judged and how we get treated or shot when getting pulled over. Most videos that go viral is about a black man getting shot for reaching over to get license, insurance, and registration, is that right? No because they aren’t giving the black men in the world a chance because the police officers are so scared for their lives

If you would ask me now who my favorite artist was people might guess Laura Osnes or Sierra Boggess, while I find those two to be amazing artist they aren’t my role model. My role model is Jeremy Jordan, after attending Finding Neverland at the American Repertory Theatre in Boston I wanted to know more about Jeremy. I started listening to other shows he was in and fell in love with the characters he portrayed. After going through all of his broadway career I started watching some of the movies he’s been in. I began watching this one “Joyful Noise” as the movie went on I learned that one of the characters had a diagnosis of Aspergers like myself. As the movie went on I saw how Jeremy’s character understood how this character felt, to me it made

Have you ever wondered about our sixteenth president 's life,. That is why i decided to do my project on his life and impact on the civil war and slavery. His life started in the quiet town of Hodgenville, Kentucky, on that cold winter morning of February 12, 1809. He lived there from the time he was born till he was around seven years old, then he and his family moved to Indiana, there his family owned a farm which he worked on by day. At night or whenever he could, he would read even without much education. During this time in Indiana his mother died, he was ten years old.

Perhaps one of more interesting reads of the summer, an important fact to note is the overall dates in which both Samuel Johnson’s Rambler essay and James Boswell’s biography were published. In Samuel Johnson’s set of periodicals, titled Rambler, his 60th publication was published in 1750, while James Boswell’s biography on Johnson, was published in 1791, which means Boswell was able to use the ideas and concepts of writing a biography given by Samuel Johnson himself. In the 60th edition of Rambler, Samuel Johnson states that no form of writing is more worthy of protecting and honoring, than the biography. Though one may wonder, exactly how Johnson would have felt in regards to his very own biographical piece, written by Boswell.