10th Annotation

Syrucuse University. INTERNET CONSULTING SERVICES. 20 Dec 2008 .

This secondary source gave me information about Ernie Davis in his schooling. It also gave me his career stats at Syrucuse University.

Our Title

Our title is "Ernie Davis Running For Equality"

9th Annotation

"Ernie Davis " A Tribute To Success"." 26 Nov 2008 .

This source shows me a videos of Ernie Davis football career and also a slideshow of pictures

8th annotation

http://www.heisman.com/winners/e-davis6
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This site says that "Ernie Davis of Syracuse, a big, rugged 6'2", 212-pounder, played left halfback and was his team's leading ground-gainer for three seasons. He completed with 16 catches for 157 yards. He broke Jim Brown's career records in rushing (2,386 yards), yards gained all ways (3,414), scoring (220 points) and touchdowns (35). After graduating from college, Davis was signed by the Cleveland Browns for the (then) astronomical sum of $80,000. Shortly after signing and before he suited up for his first pro game, Ernie Davis was struck down by leukemia. He died as the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy."

7th Annotation (Picture)

Richards, Jeff. "Local Sports." Star-Gazette.com. December 8, 2001. 7 Nov 2008 .

6th Annotation (Picture)

Wyche, Steve. "The Express." NFL. 7 Nov 2008 .

5th Annotation

"Star-Gazette.com: Local Sports." Star-Gazette.com. 2005. 31 Oct 2008 .

The website provides quotes from Ernie Davis' fellow college team-mates. The article tells about instances when Ernie Davis helped win a game, even while being hurt

Introduction

During a time during racism and discrimination, there were blacks that had a great deal of talent that caught the publics eye. Ernie Davis a college student at Syracuse University was among the talented. Ernie Davis played as a running-back on the football team at Syracuse University and had quite a prestigious football career. Ernie was born December 14,1939 in New Salem,Pennsylvania. He was raised in Uniontown,Pennsylvania. He moved to Elmira,New York at the age of twelve to live with his mother and step-father. His talent begun at a young age.

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"Pages In The History Of Elmira; Ernie Davis the "Elmira Express"." cityofelmira.net. 2008. 23 Oct 2008 .

This website provided me with pictures of Ernie Davis. It told me that he was born in New Salem, Pennsylvania on December 14, 1939. He attended Elmira Free Academy for High School.

Thesis Statement

The actions Ernie Davis took against racial discrimination led him to be one of the most influential individual of his time. As the first black man to win the Heisman Trophy, Ernie Davis fight for equality and respect forever changed the face of American sports, and his story stills continues to inspire new generations.

3rd Annotation

Bethel, Kari. "Ernie Davis Professional football player ."Contemporary Black Biography. Volume 48.

This book talks about Ernie Davis early life, and childhood. It states that he was born December 14, 1939. This source also gave me alot of books i can also read about him.

2nd Annotation

"Ernie Davis: the "Elmira Express"." Pages In The History of Elmira. City Employees. 20 Oct 2008 .

This site talks about Ernie Davis living in Elmira, New York at the age of 12.Ernie was born on December 14, 1939 in New Salem, Pennsylvania.Ernie's accomplishments are notable during his college career. This site will help me with pictures and any other general information i need to learn about him.

1st Annotation

1. Carter , Bob. "ESPN Classic." 17 Oct 2008 .

This source talks about how Ernie Davis is well respected. It's a sports website so it basically talks about all the historical figures especially Ernie Davis. This source will be helpful with pictures and just general information about my person.

Topic Selection

I choose Ernie Davis for my NHD project because I am interested in learning about the first black Heisman Trophy. Ernie Davis is important in history because without his efforts to play football many black men wouldn't be playing today.

It's Over!!!!!

Bye Constitution High have a great summer i look forward to seeing you next year as a sophmore. 011

Service Learning Independent Hours Reflection

This year was my first year being apart of a school-wide service learning program. I am so excited i completed my 15 hours of community service independent hours. I completed the March of Dimes Walk for 6 miles. That was a really fun experience and i think i helped other people too.( I think i lost some weight too!!). I thought those walks weren't important and now i know how important it is to help someone that is different from me.

Service Learning Meeting May 15th

During service learning i felt successful because we accomplished the fact that we were able to see what how our society let their children do anything. I learned that growing up we need to watch children and things in our house. I never had any sterotypes about people or things. I learned can be a hard working person.

Service Learning 5

On friday's meeting we worked on our business cards and talked about how we were going to go out and do out surveys. Our topic is fun. i learned about things that i should talk to my parents about like lead paint. I learned that i can be a hard worker and i push myself.
In Bridget's group Franks for Frankie was a success! They raised about $1100 and all that money went to Frankie's Fight foudation.

Debate Gone Wild

Service Learning Video

Service Learning #3

In our 3rd meeting we were successful in designing our survey. We were challenged in finding local numbers for posion control. We are now working on designing a contact card magnet. In the group i am the recorder, i take notes.

Service Learning Project Part 2

During our second meeting we narrowed our topics to what were going to wprk on the most. I think i would want to be the Recorder of the group because i am worthy of keeping things organized and i also take good notes.

Service Learning Meeting

At our first meeting we discussed how we were going to inform others about silent killers. It was really fun and i hve to prepare research for our next meeting.

Service Learning Project 08

As I currently working on my Service Learning Project I successfully did 7 hours of babysitting my little sister. I'm now working on helping Bridget Filder on her community fair.

Service Learning Project 08

This year being a freshmen i understand Service Learning is important. With us doing Service Learning We must give back. I'm interested in giving back to my community. I know our schools many sponsors helped us alot, we can't repay him but we can help someone else. This year i was interested in working with my fellow classmate Bridget Fielder. She wan't to do a fair. I think that would be fun and we would raise money to give back.

For Independent service i was thinking:
1.Day Care
2.Retirement home
3. Local Library
4. Local Park
5. Local School

N.H.D

National History Day was a good experience for me. For my project topic I chose the topic Women's Suffrage. Basically Women's Suffrage is the right to vote. Back in the 1800's women lost there right to vote. They fought long and hard for many of years to get their equal right as men. Unfortunally my partner and I didn't make it to city. I don't feel bad about it because i learned alot that will help me do better in the future. I worked hard and feel like i did good. Next year i would probably do a documentry. I was really interested in that too. I would do more research and be more creative.

The Life And Times Of Richard Wright

Richard Wright
Richard Wright was one of the most successful writers of his time. Being an African-American writer wasn’t easy, but Richard Wright fought his way to the top.

Richard’s Wrights early years started in 1908 on a cotton plantation near Natchez, Mississippi. Growing up Wright was orphaned and before age 12 he didn’t have formal schooling. In his last year of school he moved to Memphis, Tennessee and he started writing. He was always poor and hungry, and could never afford books to read.

Richard Wrights career began after he moved to Chicago. He became involved in radical politics. He became interested in fiction, and when he moved to New York he began Uncle Toms Children.

His major success came in 1940 when is novel Native Son was published. It was the first book to be written by an African American for the book-of-the month club. Another success story was Black Boy. This was about his life in the south. Many people said this was his masterpiece. Richard Wright’s life ended in 1960, at the time he was working on 8 MEN.

Richard’s Wrights contribution to literature was important because he taught others how to be positive. He also inspired others because he came fro a rough background, and yet was still successful.

I think everyone should know Richard Wright was a very interesting writer. We benefit from him today because he was one of the most successful African American writers of his time.

Richard right has inspired me because he wrote stories that represent what many people go through (i.e.: Black Boy). I would like to be successful in the future just like him.

Why Do I Deserve An A?

Dear Mr. Romero,
Have you ever worked so hard to achieve a goal? Even after you had so much to do, you were stressing because you just can’t make time? Mr. Romero, that’s how I feel about English 1. I think I deserve an A because I mastered the step-up-to writing skills, I know how to tell a quest story, and I mastered the qualities of reading a challenging book.

I deserve an A because I mastered the step-up-to writing skills you taught me. I mastered the skills because in my essays that I write I always use my green, yellow, and red sentences, and I also use my transitions. These skills perfect my writing and also help me receive A’s on essays.

Secondly, I deserve an A because I can tell if any story is a quest story or not. With your help I was able to turn my quest story into a perfect narrative. Stories we read that were quest stories were Huckleberry Finn, Black Boy, and the Day I Won the Streets of Memphis. These stories had very interesting quest.

Lastly I deserve an A because I mastered the qualities of reading a challenging book. Huckleberry Finn is a very challenging book. After I finished the book I felt like I accomplished a lot. The way you helped us organize our notes were very helpful.

In conclusion, I deserve an A. As I leave your class, I would be happy to leave with a smile real wide, because I worked really hard in your class. Don’t you think I deserve an A too?

Sincerely, Brittany Davis