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Jackie Robinson was an inspirational figure to the African American community. He was a very well-tempered, courageous, and persistent person. Jackie Robinson was considered a baseball legend; he pursed his dreams of playing in the major league and didn’t let the color of his skin stop him, that is truly the reason he is such a legend today. Jackie Robinson is a baseball legend; he was very well known and respected, but this was not always the case. Jackie Robinson was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo Georgia.

In A Lincoln Preface it states Abraham was elected president in 1860(Carl Sandburg, pg 453), this shows that Lincoln was dealing with the slavery issue his entire presidency. They provide us information including Lincoln’s birth year being 1776, and that Harriet Beecher Stowe visited him(Carl Sandburg, pg 453, 454). This shows how much slavery was affecting him and the United States. In Arthur Ashe Remembered it told us how Arthur Ashe created the Arthur Ashe Foundation to help find a cure for aids and how he contracted it through surgery, this shows how much he cared about beating his battle with aids and how he wanted to help others throughout their battle too(John McPhee, pg 461). Also, about how Ashe received many honors throughout his tennis career including 1968 U.S. Open and the 1975 Wimbledon Singles Championship(John McPhee, pg 461).

Jesse “J.C” Owens, the son of a sharecropper and grandson of a slave, is a renowned and popular historical figure. He is treated with awe for his physical accomplishments as a record-breaking Olympic champion, but he is also recognized for overcoming the humiliating and abusive treatment he encountered while working towards this goal. Owens was born on September 12, 1913 in Alabama, as the tenth and final child of Mary and Henry Owens. When he was young, Owens suffered from a severe lung disease, pneumonia (Israel 5), however he still managed to swim and fish, and develop a love for running (Israel 6). Owens did not officially attend elementary school, but he did attend Cleveland East Technical for his high school years where he met a coach

Heroes that helped change Prejudice What makes people act heroically ? For example the article “Woman who helped Anne Frank died at 100” , Miep Gies helped Anne Frank family escaped the holocaust. The article “How Jackie Robinson changed Baseball “, Jackie Robinson acted heroically because he wanted everyone to be treated the same. The article “The underground Railroad” , Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape and go to the north were they can be free.

Michael Jordan Basketball star Michael Jordan has changed the game of basketball forever. Every young athlete only dreams to be half as good as the king of basketball once was. Nobody is yet comparable to the stud, with his success and skill, nobody will anytime soon. Jordan played college basketball at the University of North Carolina. After just three years of college, he was drafted by the Chicago Bulls, he helped the team make it to the playoffs.

The American Dream Many authors tie in an aspect of everyday life into their writing. “Fences” by August Wilson is just one example of how this can occur. Wilson ties in the aspect of the American Dream into this play through one character. Some would say the American Dream is the ability to dare and to dream.

Barry Beckham’s novel, Runner Mack, was published in 1972 and became the first baseball novel written by an African American. The novel follows the life of Henry Adams, a young African American male who moves to a northern city in an attempt to initiate his professional baseball career and start a home with his new wife, Beatrice. Beckham invokes Langston Hughes’s poem Harlem in which Hughes asks “What happens to a dream deferred?” to tell a common, yet underrepresented story of the black experience in America. Henry’s undying belief in the American Dream exemplifies the illusion that every person has the chance to achieve their dreams and obtain social mobility by pulling themselves up from their bootstraps.

Why is it that the people who care the most about you hate to see you fail? Do they feel your pain? Even though they may not physically feel what you are going through they do understand that failure is rough. They know how much it hurts to accept a loss and they understand just how bad it aches because everyone feels the all too real sting of failure.

Who was Michael Jackson and what was so great about him? Michael Jackson has been an influence on the world since he was a kid and is still an influence even though he has passed away. He was such a great artist and he is missed dearly, worldwide. Even though he’s gone, people still think about him as the greatest artist that man had to offer. Michael Jackson is one of the most revolutionary artist in history for his inspiring journey through fame and his impact on humanitarian issues.

According to the internet, a hero is a person who is idolized or looked up to for their outstanding achievements. For me a hero is person who gives of something for themselves to help the good of others tremendously. Throughout times the ideal hero has changed from war time heroes, to comic book and movie heroes. In today’s society it is more exciting to watch a man in tights pretend to save lives in a movie than a man or woman sacrificing their lives to keep this country strong and the people protected. I believe that it different throughout culture because it’s different from person to person.