The Ernie Davis Story

In the book Baseball Great, the author, Tim Green told the story from the main characters point of view. That helped build suspense because it showed what was going on inside his mind with all the adversity going on with his baseball team and with his dad losing his job and how he overcomes it. He also used used plot structure to engage the reader by having many unexpected events happen to make the ending very suspenseful and unpredictable. For example," 'I tried, Garry. ' Dallas Said. 'I 'm sorry, Its all over. ' (Green 17)" That was when Joshes dad got fired from his professional baseball team when he had been doing very good and expected to get moved up to the majors but he got cut and was left without a job and no one to make money to support the family. Another, " 'Josh doesn 't need to make your team, he not playing, '(Green 34) " In the book Josh moved to a school that was traditional very bad at baseball, and now that josh moved their they were getting excited and hoping for their first ever city championship. Then at the first tryout Joshes dad unexpectedly came and forced him to quit the team,

Leaving last week’s class, my mind was darting in all sorts of directions. While the “Eyes on the Prize” excerpt gave me a concrete understanding of the historic events of the desegregation of Little Rock High School, “Little Rock Central High: 50 Years Later” brought up all sorts of observations and questions on race in America that I hadn’t necessarily thought to address before. I think these two films were particularly interesting to view back to back because of their difference in style, content, and execution.

When famed baseball player Jackie robinson broke the color barrier, many young black atheltes all across America were eager to follow in his footsteps, One of them being a skinny 7 year old kid from Richmond, Virginia named Arthur Ashe. “I grew up aware,” Ashe wrote in 1981, “that I was a Negro, colored, black, a coon, a pickaninny, a nigger, an ace, a spade, and other less flattering terms”, and this held true for any other African American growing up in the segregated south. For a young Ashe, racial discrimination was a part of everyday life. “I never thought much about it,” he explained. “Life was that way. There were certain theaters I couldn’t go to, certain soda fountains and schools and playgrounds that weren’t for me. There was no

The Blind Side can be summed up in three words: determination, hope, and courage. In the nonfiction book The Blind Side by Michael Lewis, the protagonist undergoes these feelings, and as readers, we see him rise from the bottom to the top. Michael Oher is a poor black teenager, who does not know his father or his birthday. His mother is addicted to crack cocaine, and he cannot read or write. Michael’s whole life changes after a rich, white, and strongly religious family plucks him from the streets. Two concepts alter Michael’s world forever: the love that the family has and the exhilarating game of football. If you are looking for inspiration, you should read The Blind Side because of its dynamic characters and uplifting storyline.

The movie Glory Road is about a Texas El Paso basketball coach putting a team together that will win, he knew that in order to do so he would have to bring a change to the world of basketball. Not caring about racial colors he recruits black players from different parts of the country with great talent to be great. This change would bring a bigger struggle. In this movie there are different types of leadership and different types of racial interactions.

The year is 1971 in Virginia, Herman Boone is hired as the first African American football coach. Coach Yoast is now the team's defensive coordinator for T.C. Williams High School, who happens to be white. The majority of the

I still have the image of Emmet Uncle’s scared eyes when he was testifying at court. He was afraid that he could become a victim of blindness and revenge, just like his cousin did. I cannot forget the eyes of a proud black woman who finally got to sit on the front row of a bus. It’s amazing that such small things can make people happy. I believe that this movie’s goal is not only to educate us on the history of United States, but also to urge us to think progressively, and to believe that hard work is always rewarded, as long as you have a dream and your intentions are

Many people don't realize it, but the rigorous coaching style of Herman Boone, as displayed in the award winning movie Remember the Titans, should be adopted into today's coaching methods. The movie portrayed how football teaches leadership, as well as, high standards for high school football players.

The context of the story depicts how the Black people in society, despite their intellectual ability, are disadvantaged in society and life in general and their fate depends upon the wishes of other people in order for them to gain an opportunity to succeed and not based on merit.

Davis began getting heavily recruited by Syracuse University. Coach Ben Schwartzwalder began routines of coming up to Elmire to visit Davis and his family. Since Davis grew up with his grandfather, he always wanted his grandfather, “pops” to have a say in what he did. Davis still had no idea where he was going to attend, but what sealed the deal with Syracuse was when Jim Brown the former Syracuse running back came to help Coach Schwartzwalder recruit, Davis ("Ernie Davis

Don Haskins, who was known as "The Bear" is one of the best coaches in collage basketball history. He started off by playing college basketball at Oklahoma A&M. After he was done playing college ball he went to coach the boy's and girl's at Benjamin High. He also leaded the basketball programs at Hedley and Dumas high schools which are both located in Texas. In 1961, Haskins took over the UTEP program. His first two teams both had winning seasons and made a few apperances in the NCAA Tournement He was doing pretty good in El Paso. When his 1966 team won the NCAA Championship, he was known as the first coach to ever start a black lineup in the major college level. This event was captured in an 2006 motion picture called "Glory

The playoffs, an anxious three weeks for many baseball players. In San Francisco, around 3:00 pm the pitcher, Alan Time glances towards the back of the old rusty fence and is hesitant to pitch the ball. Out of the corner of his eye, he spots his dad not as relaxed spectator, yet an angry person stomping onto the field. Confused, Alan Time walks up to his dad, Garrett time, to see that he is fighting with another parent from a different team. Soon Garrett Time has a broken nose and a fractured finger. After the fight Garrett Time states “None of this would have happened if i would have controlled my anger.” T

The research paper is about John H. Franklin's topic in “The Train From Hate” which is a terrific piece of literature. Mr. Franklin was born in Rentiesville, Oklahoma, on January 2, 1915. He attended Harvard University and eventually obtained a PH.D, and subsequently he became a well-known historian of his time. Mr. Franklin was one of a kind individual and particularly known for his effort concerning scholarship that focus on Southern history and racial politics. He published many books throughout his career. He was also prominent as an academic leader and a civil right activist standing against racism and injustice.

“Violence can either be emancipatory, when directed at forces of oppression, or reactionary, when directed at popular forces struggling against oppression.” In the film, In Football We Trust, directors tony Vainuku and Erika Cohn build a human interest documentary with classic, historic documentary elements to share the story of Polynesian boys in the Salt Lake City, Utah area that are struggling with poverty, family dynamics, and violence as they try to use football to save them and their families. Much like Debra Merskin states, “If Anglos, by way of media-supplied information, come not to expect much of Latinas and, because of the function of internalized oppression, Latinas do not expect much for themselves, the

Considered by many film critics as a landmark in American filmmaking, The Birth of a Nation is a silent film drama released in 1915 directed, co-produced, and co-written by David W. Griffith. The stars include Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, and Miriam Cooper. It is based on the book The Clansman by T.F. Dixon, Jr. The film revolves around the relationship of the Stoneman family from the north (Washington, D.C.) and the Cameron family from the south (South Carolina) during the American Civil War in the 1860s and tackles the discrimination/slavery of African-Americans. A major part of the film highlights how members