opportunity to overcome challenges that can change their life. In the movie Lean on Me, the students and faculty of the inner city school Eastside High School, located in Paterson New Jersey, are given such opportunity. Over the years Eastside High has created a horrible image. When mentioning Eastside High to the residents of Paterson New Jersey, they will give a look of discuss. People believe that Eastside High is a lost hope. The students’ behavior are unbelievable, with all the fights, drugs that are
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
was played by Morgan Freeman. This film was released on March 3, 1989. Lean on Me was Morgan Freeman’s first major motion picture film where he stars as the lead role. This movie is loosely centered on Joe Clark, a real life principal from Paterson, New Jersey, who, just as the fictional character of Mr. Joe Clark, is a tough, hard, aggressive and abrasive. The fictional character of Joe Clark, who was also nicknamed “Crazy Joe”, was bought to Eastside High School from an elementary school after
conflict. The song Hurricane by Bob Dylan impacted the black majority of american society because the song was written after an arrested African American boxer, Rubin “The Hurricane” Carter, who was falsely accused of a triple homicide in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey on June 17th, 1966. Later, released from prison following a petition of Habeas Corpus after spending nearly 20 years in prison. He was sent with his friend John Artis, who offered to drive Rubin home on the night of the murders. Two eyewitnesses
spatial rhythms and the vision of poetry that emerges in "Sunday in the Park"--a section of Paterson particularly important for thinking about Williams's late poetic style because it contains the famous section beginning "The descent beckons / as the ascent beckoned," marking Williams's invention of the triadic stanza with "variable foot," a form he would begin to use frequently in the 1950's. My hope is to offer a new perspective on Williams's poetics by showing how it is rooted in a conception of space
Music that Saved a Life On June 17, 1966, three people were gunned down in Lafayette Bar and Grille in Paterson, Nj. Nearly a year later, Light Heavyweight boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter would be convicted by an all white jury despite a complete absence of physical evidence, motive or credible witnesses. He would sit in prison for 18 years. His freedom was finally granted thanks to public support brought by an 8 minute 33 second song by America’s greatest musical story teller. Bob Dylan, often called
fierce left hook. A New Jersey promoter by the name of Jimmy Colotto gave him this nickname when he saw him box and it has stuck with him ever since (Company). He won 21 matches in his career and overcame immense racial prejudice to achieve his life-long dreams and goals. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was a very powerful man and was one of the African American athletes that had faced major prejudice and was accused as a murderer. . Rubin was born on May 6, 1937 in Clifton, New Jersey (Company). At a young
Comparing Two Pieces of Stimuli: The Hurricane and Medea In this essay, I am going to compare and contrast two pieces of stimuli. The two that have been selected are 'The Hurricane' and 'Medea'. 'The Hurricane' is a song written by Bob Dylan, in 1974. Bob Dylan was an American artist and wrote about issues in America at that time. The focus in America during the 1960's was the struggle of Black Civil Rights. Racism was a major factor in America; most of the bills going through congress were
persuasive language is made possible by his master of rhetoric, or an effective use of words. Dylan uses no unnecessary words in this song, stating a clear point and purpose of each stanza, whether that be calling out the corruption of cops and the New Jersey justice system, spotlighting the lies of characters such as Bello and Bradley, or proving the likelihood the Carter committed none of the alleged crimes due to his strong character and set of morals. Rather than focussing on just one of three methods
The Wrongful Conviction of Rubin (Hurricane) Carter There is no doubt in the minds of many people who are familiar with the Rubin "Hurricane" Carter story that he, and the man who was convicted for murder with him, John Artis, are innocent of those crimes. While no one knows for sure who is guilty of the crime, but the one thing that is for certain is that Carter and Artis were victims of racial bias from many people who would see them in jail. This story is truly a tragic one of a promising
easy life. He was born on May 6, 1937, in Clifton, New Jersey. At the time, Clifton was a very controversial place to live. Blacks were being treated unfairly from birth because of the color of their skin. When he was about seven he moved with his family to Paterson. At the young age of twelve, Carter was arrested and sent to a home for boys, called Jamesburg State Home for Boys, by the Paterson detectives. Because of this incident, the Paterson detectives already did not like him, so this would
'I'm a guilty man, and I am not a guilty man"' (New Jersey). The case of Rubin (Hurricane) Carter has been a heated issue for the last 34 years. In the last year a new movie, The Hurricane, starring Denzel Washington has once again brought this case to the foreground of discussion. The question argued has been is Rubin Carter innocent or guilty of the murders he allegedly committed on June 17, 1966 in the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey. The proof is undeniable that Carter is innocent
William Paterson was one of the fifty-five delegates to attend the sessions of the Constitutional Convention. Paterson was born in 1745 in Ireland, when he was about 2 years old his family emigrated to America coinciding in Delaware. While him and his family stayed home, Paterson's, father would travel around America doing business. They lived in many places around the East Coast. The family ended up settling in Princeton, NJ. While in Princeton, William Paterson was able to take up the same business
Carter going into federal jurisdiction, when his case should have been heard before the Supreme Court of New Jersey. It was a gamble, but the federal judge gave fair justice to Carter and Artis. The State of New Jersey appealed the case all the way to the United States Supreme Court, which upheld the District Court’s ruling. Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was a boxer who hailed from Paterson, New Jersey. His story begins in the summer of 1966, during the Civil Rights Movement. Carter was at the Lafayette
Lean On Me was a dramatic, action movie made in 1989 that was based on a true story. This is a story about a school in Paterson, New Jersey. This school has less-than-average basic skills test scores and it faces the possibility of being taken over by the state. The mayor asks the school superintendent for help. He suggests that they hire Joe Clark as the school principal. Clark agrees to be the principal. When he arrives, he realize that the school is about to go under. He shakes things up by reassigning
etymological meaning of the word “compost” with the word “composition”. The denotative meaning of both of these words is “to place or set together”. To compose is to put together in a new form. To compost is to take apart what was put together, and to break down an old form so that it would supply the parts for a new form (Folsom 15). Whitman was living during a time when it was possible to watch the growth and expansion of the American language, and to see the increasing distance between it and
It all began December 12, 1915, when a boy named Francis Albert Sinatra was brought into the world. He was the son of Dolly and Anthony Sinatra, a pair of Italian immigrants. He was born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey where he spent his teenage years unloading trucks for the Jersey Observer newspaper. He then became a copy boy where he found a passion to strive for, journalism. However, the editor at the newspaper said, “copy boys don’t know enough to be reporters.” So, Sinatra went to secretarial
schooling is to teach children at home, or be taught at home rather than in the public school system, using an approved curriculum. Of course the parents have to have a degree to teach their children (except in New Jersey). According to the New Jersey Education laws all high schools in New Jersey will accept students who were taught by their parents. The parents have to bring proof of the child’s progress and the names of the textbooks the child has used (NJ Education Laws 1). I do not think many colleges
Taxes on Cigarettes The article “Smoke Signals”, by the New York Times and the New Jersey Sunday edition, presented an overview of for the state of New Jersey’s recent decline in cigarettes bought in the last year. The article starts off by explaining to the reader how smokers took a financial beating at the cash register every time they went to a convenience store to buy cigarettes. In a smokers reduction movement the state of New Jersey doubled the sales tax on cigarettes forcing smokers to spend
Albert Einstein My report will be about Albert Einstein and what his life was about. Also what kinds of theories he thought about. Albert Einstein lived between the years of (1879-1905). His life began when he was born in Prinstone, New Jersey in 1879, March 14. Albert Einstein was born with bright brown eyes, round cheeks, and a little bit of black hair. Albert Einstein started school when he was five years-old. Albert Einstein was Jewish, but still went to a Catholic Elementary School. The