Cassius: A Very Brief Summary

Piccolo became his consigliere. Street tax came about again thanks to Stanfa and that meant every criminal had to pay a tax on his activities which created tension and threats of violence on the streets of Philadelphia. Felix Bocchino used to collect the street tax but then someone murdered him and at first Stanfa and the FBI had no idea who did it but then it was clear that it was a group of new mobsters; Joseph Merlino and his group. Stanfa decided he needed new blood and got some Sicilian Soldiers. In 1992 Stanfa started to plot against Merlino so he decided to by the saying “keep your friends close but your enemies closer”, and so he kept Merlino closer.

Adventurous and dangerous, Louie Zamperini’s life was one that many will never forget. Louie’s childhood wasn’t very great, he would get into lots of trouble from fights and running from the police. When Louie’s brother Pete heard about everything that Louie was doing, so he decided to get Louie into running track, and soon enough Louie would win every race he was in. Then at the age of 19 he qualified for the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Louie then went into the military and then he had been captured by the Japs.

Although no segregation in training was allowed, only a few blacks were admitted, and no blacks were working as officers until boxing champion Joe Louis came. Louis protested against segregation in the OCS and as a result, Robinson’s (and Louis’s) application was accepted (Robinson and Duckett 41). After OCS he was assigned as a special service officer. Seeing how black troops were treated, he decided to do something to overcome discrimination and humiliation in the army. He appealed to the commanding officer.

This resulted into a four year long struggle with Tripoli. The US Marines landed on Libya and threatened control over Tripoli, resulting in a peace treaty being made between the United States and Tripoli. But this didn’t stop the other Barbary states, who continued to demand money. Jefferson’s actions led to other US navy missions to end all tribute payments for

Robert Francis Kennedy had just finished his victorious speech for his run for president on June 5th , 1968 ; Robert wouldn't walk out the Ambassador Hotel alive. The assassination of Robert Kennedy was unjust because he opposed segregation, he was against the Vietnam War ; but some believe he mistreated the Palestinians. Robert sometimes called Bobby opposed segregation just like his brother and former president John Kennedy. After John was elected president he made Robert attorney general and with this power he would use the federal government to help bring an end to segregation. Bobby would send out 500 plus troops to assure of the Freedom Riders safety from angry whites.

In this final scene, Ricci attempts to steal a bike and appears to almost get away with it until a crowd of people chase him down and reclaim the bike. Ricci’s son Bruno who is just a child bails him out of trouble and from getting beaten by the people he stole the bike from. This ending to the film is sad in so many aspects, Bruno just wanted to get a bike so he could provide for his family and reclaim his job. Now he sets a bad example for his son and is left with nothing. Italian Neorealism does not portray happy endings while Classical Hollywood Cinema films do portray these happy endings and tend to make people feel

During the first three preseason games of the 2016 NFL season, Colin Kaepernick formerly quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers sat through the national anthem in protest of police brutality towards African American individuals. When asked about it, Kaepernick said, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of colour.” News outlets immediately attacked

‘Dill gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out’ p.9 This has already been mentioned back in the section about how Jem broke his arm. Two mentions in the first chapter seem to indicate that this is important. Who is Boo Radley? Where do they want him to come out from? ‘It was all right to shut him up, Mr Radley conceded, but insisted that Boo not be charged with anything: he was not a criminal’ p.12 Boo has been shut inside for 20 years, the stories about him are greatly exaggerated, for example Jem’s description of him ‘judging from his tracks’ p.14.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a very established man who influenced America to make leaps and bounds in regards to racial injustice. He was born on January fifteenth, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, and led a very normal, two parent childhood, his father being a preacher and his mother also being very involved with the church, along with his two siblings. Martin realized during his youth what a devastating toll inequality was taking on America. An example of this would be when a young Martin and his father went into a shoe store and they were told they will not do business with “colored folk” in the front of the store; this hurt Martin’s feelings greatly, but his very religious mother had always told him, "even though some people make you feel bad

This idea originated from something called a sit in where people would sit in front of the thing that they were protesting against until they were convicted, arrested,of were granted the thing they were protesting for.Another way that John Lennon protested Was when he was offered and mbe and declined it.The Beatles had each been awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen 's 1965 birthday.John Lennon declined this to protest against the vietnam war.While most would be honored to accept this award Lennon rejected it,This was just another way that John Lennon Was not going to let anything get in his way to end the vietnam war and all other violence in the