Roy Campanella Essay

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Campanella: Roy Campanella was the Brooklyn Dodgers all-star catcher from 1948 until 1957. Campanella’s baseball career ended early due to a car accident in 1958. His car skidded on a wet spot on the road, crashed into a telephone pole, and his car was overturned, fracturing two of his vertebrae. He survived, but was paralyzed from the shoulders down and never played baseball again, causing the Dodgers to lose their all-star catcher. Campanella had four other siblings and had four jobs by age nine in order to pay for family needs. The accident shows how anything can happen at any time and could cause profound effects on society which still happens even today. (BC)

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In 1954, Cohn’s friend, who worked with Cohn and McCarthy during communist hearings, was drafted into the army and Cohn tried to get him special treatment for him. This was found out and led to charges against Cohn and McCarthy. Both were cleared, but these televised Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954 led to McCarthy’s loss of credibility and influence. Cohn earned lots of money because he had high-profile clients, but because of his expensive tastes, he owed $3 million in unpaid taxes. Even today, there is still corruption in our government that are just like Cohn trying to get his friend special treatment in the army. (BC)

Juan Peron: Juan Peron was the President of Argentina from 1946-1952 and he was re-elected from 1952-1956. Peron was anti-American and anti-British and in 1955 having antagonized the church, students, and others, he was forced into exile by the military. Church leaders excommunicated him and encouraged a clique of military officers to overthrow him, which they successfully did. Juan Peron did come back to power in 1973, but died in 1974. A political ideology called Peronism stemmed from him. There were many other attempts at removing a government leader after this occurred and they are still occurring today.

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