In this educated person biography I chose to write about Rubin “Hurricane” Carter an African American boxer contending for the middleweight championship of the world but was wrongly convicted of a triple murder at the height of his boxing prowess on June 17, 1966 in Paterson, New Jersey and spent 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
Rubin Carter was born on May 6, 1937 in Clifton, New Jersey. Ever since he was a young boy he had been a troubled youth in and out of boy’s homes and later in his teens started serving minor time in jail for petty crimes of theft and assault, thou he later attributed this in his biography of not having parents or family to help him understand and deal with his problems at an early age. Rubin through the years had a tough time growing up in the hard streets and blamed race for many of his problems. In 1954 Rubin joined the Army at 17 and took up training as a boxer he thought this a better way of channeling all his hate and problems by taking out his aggression in the ring. During his time in the Army he rose to fame in for winning two European light-welterweight championships and decided that after he was discharged in 1956 to continue his boxing back home in Paterson, New Jersey.
In his return back home he again found himself caught up in what he described as hate filled racism that was brought on by white occupations of the police in the black neighborhoods and was again sent to prison for purse snatching, he spent for years in Trenton State maximum security prison.
In 1961 he thought he was finally getting a grip on things and turned professional boxer, his start was seen as thrilling with a four straight winning streak in which he earned the nickname “The Hurricane” due to his ligh...
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...nd Lisa Peters met with Carter in prison for Lesra and soon began to see for themselves that Carter may truly be innocent.
In 1983 Sam, Terry, Lisa and Lesra began a strong push with the help of lawyers Myron Beldock and Lewis Steel to once and for all free Carter and prove his innocence, and in February 1988 Rubin Carter was formally adjudicated of his crime and released from prison. Carter later received an honorary championship title belt in 1993 by the World Boxing Council and in 1997 earned his law degree from Dalhousie Law School and soon became a district attorney in Kamploops, British Columbia. Rubin currently serves as the director of the Association in Defense of the Wrongfully Convicted in Toronto, Canada and a member of the board of directors of the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia as well as the Alliance for Prison Justice in Boston.
Randy Roberts, author of the article “Jack Johnson wins The Heavyweight Championship” sheds light on the fight of Jack Johnson with Tommy Burns; he highlights the racial attitude in the twentieth century. Roberts opens his article by mentioning about the concerned whites, as the author proceeds, according to the whites it was a tragic and saddest day of their lives as the race won. Dixie was agitated, firstly, because Booker T. Washington dined at the White House and, secondly, the victory of Jack Johnson. However, blacks rejoiced all over the United States with this news. Roberts mentions about a journalist report, it stated that the genuine satisfaction the blacks experienced with the single victory of Johnson was not being observed in forty years.
“The 1910 Jeffries-Johnson Fight and Its Impact” was by far my favorite reading from the text this semester, which is the main reason for my choosing of this topic. Throughout this article, I found it to be incredibly intriguing how detailed it was on the struggles that Johnson went through. Discussing the difficult experiences he had as a rising black athlete and then to end up with a white woman who, to many, could or could not have been considered a prostitute. All of the events during Johnson’s life make him such an amazing person and a very interesting athlete to learn more about.
In his book, Blood Done Sign My Name, the author Timothy Tyson tells the story of the highly combustible racial atmosphere in the American South before, during, and after the Jim Crow era. Unlike Margaret Mitchell’s account of the glory and grandeur of the Antebellum South, Tyson exposes the reader to the horrific and brutal reality that the black race experienced on a daily basis. Tyson highlights the double standard that existed during this period in history, arguing that the hypocrisy of the “white” southern judicial system allowed the murder of a young black African-American male at the hands of white racists to go unpunished (Tyson 2004, 244).
sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. The case against him was largely
The retelling of his life mostly took place in the Los Angeles county; Boxer’s hometown but also in different jails and correction facilities around California. Events such as armed robberies, grand theft, and petty theft were crimes Enriquez was performing all of throughout city Los Angeles, as well as Orange County.. All were reasons that landed him behind bars. At the early age of 18, right when he became a man; Boxer was sent to Soledad Penitentiary in Northern California for 9 years. Reason was because of an Armed Robbery. A few years later, he was transferred to the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, California and then to Folsom Prison. While there, Boxer official...
Jimmy Carter was born in Plains, Georgia, in 1924. His father owned a small plot of land and worked as a peanut farmer (“Jimmy Carter Biography” 1). Growing up on a farm taught Carter responsibility and other essential values which would help him later in life. His parents were deeply religious, especially his father, who often taught Sunday school (“Jimmy Carter Biography” 1). Carter's values and traits
On Friday April 24th J.P. Walker, Preacher Lee, Crip Reyer and L.C. Davis got into Reyer’s Oldsmobile and they took off on a mission to kill Mark Charles Parker. (3 other cars of men followed) They went to the courthouse/jail in Poplarville and they could not get in. So they went to Jewel Alford’s House (The jail keeper) to get the keys to the Jail. Alford went with the four men to the courthouse. When he got there he went in and down the hall to Sheriff Moody’s office and got the keys to the jail. He opened the door to the jail and Lee, Reyer, Davis, Walker followed Alford into the jail. Alford then opened Parkers cell and Lee and Davis pulled Parker out of the jail and courthouse to the Reyer's Oldsmobile. Alford then left and the men got into the car.
Curley, Suzanne. “Bullies, Baseball Caps, and Black History.” Latimes.com. 13 Feb. 1994. Web. 25 Feb. 2010.
Jimmy Carter's one-term administration is associated with the occasions that overpowered it—expansion, vitality emergency, war in Afghanistan, and prisoners in Iran. After one term in office, voters unequivocally rejected Jimmy Carter's straightforward however melancholy standpoint for Ronald Reagan's telegenic positive thinking. In the previous two decades, in any case, there has been more extensive acknowledgment that Carter, in spite of an absence of experience, stood up to a few tremendous issues with unfaltering quality, valor, and optimism. Alongside his ancestor Gerald Ford, Carter must be given acknowledgment for restoring the equalization to the sacred framework after the abundances of the
President Jimmy Carter was born October 1924 in a little town called Plains located in Georgia. As a young boy, he grew up in Archery a little nearby community and Jimmy Carter was drawn into farming just the same way his father James Earl Carter was. His family was surrounded by peanut crops, politic talk and being faithful to the Baptist religion. While he attended school in a public school of Plains his father took care of the crops and worked as a business man; his mother Lillian Gordy Carter was working as a registered nurse.
James Braddock took his father’s lessons to heart when he practiced fighting in the old schoolyard before he reached his teenage years. He practiced for several years to be an amateur fighter. When Braddock first started boxing he avoided professional competitions for two years. Instead, they froze the title, which means Braddock earned money touring the country giving public appearances and boxing exhibitions. In 1926, he entered the professional boxing circuit in the light heavyweight division. Braddock started out well, knocking out opponent after opponent in the first few rounds.
The New Jersey Supreme Court, in a 4-to-3 decision, rejects an appeal for a new trial .
sentenced to 63 years in prison. Once again, his term was reduced, and he moved
In James S. Hirsch’s book about Rubin "Hurricane" Cater, Hurricane, the author describes how Carter was wrongfully imprisoned and how he managed to become free. Hirsch tells about the nearly impossible battle for Carter and his friend John Artis for freedom and justice. Both, Carter and Artis, were convicted of a triple homicide, and both were innocent.
Muhammad Ali was a man made to box. He had a great career before him since he made his first professional fight under President Eisenhower presidency. His Professional Career was really impressive. His had a great balance and was able to move his hands and feet in great speed and coordination. Ali was said to dance in the ring while destroying his opponents. Ali started fighting at a very short age, and his first teacher was Joe Martin (Hauser 18). Through hard work and discipline, he became a professional fighter and eventually the Heavyweight champion of the world. Although he lost the title twice, he regained it three times, putting him in the history books. His boxing career was put to an end when he started suffering from Parkinson's disease. This was the end of his boxing, but his greatness will never die.