Roy Campanella was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 19,1921.
Growing up in the mean streets of Philadelphia was pretty hard for him and his sister
Doris. Everyday as they walked home from school, they would teased by a group of
white kids, and sometimes even black kids, the kids would call them "Half- Breed". At
that time they did not know what that meant. He then realized he parents were different
races, his mother being the darker skin and his father being the lighter skin. Roy was the
youngest of four children. When he was seven years old him and his family moved to a
neighborhood called Nicetown. There were few black families that lived in Nicetown.
Roy lived two blocks away from his new school, and everyday after school he
would play stickball with the Italian and Polish kids. There in his new town he received
little discrimination, because there were no street gang, and nobody carried guns or
knives, at this time it was mostly peace and prosperity, until the Great Depression.
At this time he was about 12 years old, his day was now beginning at three o' clock in the
morning. Roy was now working as a milkman, delivering around his neighborhood, he
was earning 25 cents per day. The money that he earned he gave it all to his mother, who
saved it to buy him a new suit. The following year he helped his older brother Lawrence,
who had a lager route than Roy. By helping out his brother he was earning 50 cents.
The first time that Roy played baseball he fell in love with the game. The first glove that he ever had, it was a lost glove that he found while walking home. Roy's father did not like Roy to play baseball because he was scared he would get hurt, and one day while he was playing he got hurt. His father got very upset with him and told him that he wouldn't play the game again. At the age of 15 Roy was catching for the black Nicetown Giants, and while he was catching, he was asked to catch for an all-white American Legion team.
In 1942 the 20-year-old Roy Campanella was playing for the Elite Giants of the Negro Leagues. During the 1942 season Roy was invited to play in an all-star benefit game in Cleveland that was going to pay him two hundred dollars.
“In 1946, there were sixteen Major League Baseball teams, with a total of 400 players on their rosters, every one of the players was white. But when opening day came in 1947, that number dropped to 399, and one man stood apart. (42 2:30)” Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson made his Major League Baseball debut on April 15, 1947, as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Making Jackie Robinson the first African-American to play Major League Baseball (MLB). Jackie’s transition from the Negro Leagues to MLB was not an easy one. As a player, he transitioned very well, but it was Robinson’s teammates, Dodgers fans, the opposing teams and their fans that tested Jackie every chance they got, some hotels even prohibited the Dodgers to stay in their establishments
In Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, the readers follow the Alpha Company’s experiences during the Vietnam War through the telling’s of the main character and narrator, Tim. At the beginning of the story, Tim describes the things that each character carries, also revealing certain aspects of the characters as can be interpreted by the audience. The book delineates what kind of person each character is throughout the chapters. As the novel progresses, the characters’ personalities change due to certain events of the war. The novel shows that due to these experiences during the Vietnam War, there is always a turning point for each soldier, especially as shown with Bob “Rat” Kiley and Azar. With this turning point also comes the loss of innocence for these soldiers. O’Brien covers certain stages of grief and self-blame associated with these events in these stories as well in order to articulate just how those involved felt so that the reader can imagine what the effects of these events would be like for them had they been a part of it.
After his departure from the Army he joined the Kansas City Monarchs, an all African-American baseball team, of the Negro League. Due to low pay and constant traveling, he decided he did not want to make baseball a career although he was one of the top players. Until 1947 only white players were allowed in Major League Baseball but in 1945 Clyde Sukeforth, a scout for Branch Rickey who was the Brooklyn Dodgers club president, had been looking for an African-American player and was watching Jackie for a while.
The three films that I chose for this final project are; Fahrenheit 9/11, CSI season 1 episode 22, and West Wing Season 3 episode 1. These films are connected because they focus on different aspects associated with the attacks on September 11, 2001. Fahrenheit 9/11 is connected to the current topic because its main plot point follows Michael Moore’s narrative of blaming George W. Bush, our president on September 11 2001, for the acts of terrorism. Moreover, the film examines step by step the failures of President Bush before, during, and after the falling of the Twin Towers. The CSI episode took a somber and realistic tone airing an episode that featured Taylor expaining that his wife died when the towers fell. Furthermore, The West Wing,
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American baseball player who was known not only as an athlete but also because he was the first black man to become a member of a major-league team in 1947 when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was born in Georgia in 1919 but his father died when he was 5 years old and his mother moved Jackie and his four older siblings to California. He attended University of California at Los Angeles and was a star baseball and football player. He served in World War II and became a lieutenant. After the war he played on several Negro baseball teams. At that time, blacks were not permitted to play on teams in organized baseball. Branch Rickey, who ran the Brooklyn Dodgers team in the National league, decided to force the other teams to accept black players. he selected Robinson as the best Negro teams player for a test. When he first joined the team, there was much opposition to Robinson playing based completely on the fact that he was black , but within a few years blacks were accepted as regular players on most baseball teams after over fifty years of being a segregated sport. Robinson was an outstanding player and in 1949 he led the National League in batting, with an average of .342.
The color barrier was broken in 1947 by Jackie Robinson. He became the first African American to play in the MLB when the Brooklyn Dodgers signed him. As a rookie ...
Since Roy “played for Franklin,” Lincoln and Roy finally had something in common. He even played against Lincoln's new coach, Coach Yesutis. Roy then told him a story, about how in 1970, his teammate, Frankie Pineda, pushed Yesutis, who was stupid enough to push him back. Pineda then “busted” Yesutis’ face. Next, a random person came down from the bleachers to smack the him. Now Yesutis starts to cry, and I don’t blame him because those pushes and slaps must of really hurt! I wonder why Pineda pushed him in the first place. Maybe he just used to “little” fights like this that he doesn’t have to feel sympathetic for, since he is from Franklin. He must also not realize that everyone doesn't grow up the same way he did.
the family rich. He is now sixty-one He has lost one son in the war,
everything he owned. He took refuge in criminal activity, and was sent to prison. His
as a form of hired help since he had taken the job to pay for his
In 1947 Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers desperately wanted Robinson to play for him and his team. He would become the first black MLB player since 1889 when baseball became discriminated. In his first year he was the Rookie of the Year. He debuted in the International League with the Montreal Royals. This the led to Branch’s interest in Robinson since he was considered one of the best players in the International League and considering it was his first time playing with white men.
"He was like a hunter stalking a bear, a whale, or maybe the sight of a single fleeing star the way he went after that ball (Malamud, 162)." Since he is young, Roy Hobbs has great ability and amazing talent in baseball. However, just like a tragic hero in Greek myth, those ones who fight for their honor, but fail because of their hubris or the desire of being such immortal and an aspects of not accepting the truth and reality, Roy Hobbs' hubris, ambition and a desire for fame and his fortune really tell that he is a tragic hero.
As a victim of the one-child policy, I am well aware that the one-child policy is not only a violation of human rights, but also has long term negative consequences. China has become an aging society and is facing many challenges of providing care for the aging population. My life experience made me highly motivated to improve my abilities in advocating for social change and social justice as a social work professional in China, armed with a Ph.D. in Social Work from University of Chicago. . I am eager to continue to develop my analytical and research skills by obtaining substantive, methodological training in order to prepare myself fully for a lifelong struggle to ensure the aging population receive proper care. I am primarily interested in evaluating the sustainability and the effectiveness of social welfare, housing, and health policies in order to promote better long term care options for older adults. I also desire to become an educator to inspire more people to commit to the mission of social work and to equip them with the knowledge of social work to advocate for social
way they raised him and his siblings is what caused several of them to become alcoholics and
The profession of Social work is a unique and diverse field in that it has the capacity to reach many different individuals in many different aspects of their lives. Growing up with six siblings and being confined to a small three bedroom apartment, while my mother worked multiple jobs to provide for her children, often times I became reliant on others to guide me. In retrospect of my childhood, I have personally been affected by social workers, and each of them treated my family with such professionalism. These individuals who impacted my life, did not realize the blessings they were bestowing upon me. Little did they recognize, they forever enriched my life. I desire to do the same for others. I yearn to not only become a professional at promoting the well-being of others, but also making a long-term difference for others.