annotations 6-11

"Ernie Davis, Football, 1959-51." suathletics.com. Syracuse University. 20 Nov 2008 .

The website showed a copy of Ernie Davis’ football record. The web document also expresses his career year by year starting at his sophomore year. The web site said that Ernie was first African American and the only SU player to win the Heisman trophy.



"Why Ernie Davis Matters." hnn.us. 2008. George Mason University. 20 Nov 2008 .

The web document stated that Ernie Davis followed in the footsteps of his ideal Cleveland Brown star Jim Brown. The web site stated that Ernie’s nickname was “the Elmira Express” and the reason for



"College Football ." usatoday.com. 2007. 14 Nov 2008 .

This web document was written about the movie based upon Ernie Davis’ life. The web document also gives information on his life and details that occurred in his life.



"Heisman Heroes: Ernie Davis(1961) ." sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 1999. 14 Nov 2008 .

The web document stated that Ernie Davis was called the “Elmira Express”. The document also stated that he was such a hero that former president John Kennedy asked to meet him.



"ESPN Classics: More Info on Ernie Davis." espn.go.com. 2007. 14 Nov 2008 .

The web document said that Ernie called his grandfather “Dad” and that his real father died in an accident. The web page also informed me that he was a three time all conference basketball player in high school.



"National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame." collegefootball.org. 14 Nov 2008 .

The website had consisted of a brief biography on Ernie Davis . The web page stated the he was the most celebrated college player of his time.

4th & 5th Annotations; Introduction

Ashe, Jr., Arthur R.. A Hard Road to Glory: Football. New York: Amistad Press, Inc., 1988,1993.

The book states that "Problems or not, players were generally acknowledged for their performances". Ernie Davis was the first to recieve the Heisman Trophy, but during the same time period two other running backs were awarded as well for the nations outstanding collegiate player.

"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.

2nd & 3rd Annotations; Thesis Statement

"Ernie Davis: A Tribute To "The Express"." erniedavis.syu.edu. Syracuse University, SU Athletics. 23 Oct 2008 .

This website told me that he was raised in poverty in Pennsylvania coal-mining country. it also stated that he hurdled social and economic obstacles to become one of the greatest running-backs in college football history. Davis a symbol for achievement that transcended race.


"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.

First Annotation

"Heisman Trophy." heisman.com. 2008. 17 Oct 2008..

On this website I learned about his prestigious football career. After graduating from college he wasa signed by the Cleveland Browns. Soon after signing with the Browns he died from Leukemia

NHD Topic Selection

i choose Ernie Davis for my NHD project because i am interested in the idea of the first black Heisman Trophy Award winner in 1961. This person is important to history because he was the first African American athlete to be awarded the Heisman Trophy award as the best player in college football. Ernie davis was named by the Scholastic Coach Magazine as an All-American selection. He left behind a legacy of inspiration and gratitude.

Service Learning 5/9

At last weeks meeting we began to watch a video documentary on Darfur. We reflected on how our progress was going on the assignments we were given. We learned alot about Darfur. Every week we learn more information about the devastation in Darfur. I learned how much people here in the United States should be grateful for the things they have and how safe they are compared to how the people in Darfur are living.

Service Learning Video

Reflection on Service Learning 5/1

At our meeting we talked about different ways of making people aware of the genocide in Darfur. We also talked about different fundraising methods to raise money for t-shirts and rist bands to sell. The group leaders brought up an idea on going to other schools and making presentaions to make people aware and reading books about Darfur to children in elementary schools. Memebers of the group also volunteered to wrtie letters to advise people about what we our doing, making a imovie presentation on whats happening in Darfur, and finding books we can read to students in other schools to make them aware.

reflection on service learning 4/25

At our last meeting everyone shared the information they found on Darfur. The information was very amazing. At the last meeting we also watched a slide show of pictures during the genocide in Darfur. The pictures were traumatic. In the group we volunteered on topics we would go in dept on such as whats going on in Darfur now which I chose to do. The group is going well as of now. We have a lot to try and accomplish.

Reflection on Service Learning 4/17

At our last meeting our group leaders introduced to us a new idea for service learning. They told us about the genocide in Darfur. After hearing about the genocide it was evident that everyone wanted to help the people in Darfur after taking a vote. I believe its a good idea but the question everyone was left with was how much of what we do is actually going to help the problem in Darfur. The part I would like to play in my group would be the recorder.

Service Learning (africa project)

At our service learning meeting we accomplished what our goal was; better education. In our group we started to brainstorm on our strategies on how to collect money for our project. We chose to do "adopt-a-classroom" for a classroom in Africa. For our next service learning meeting for our group I believe we should finish brainstorming and settle on a good strategy for our collection of money. The ideas we started thinking about our very good.

Service Learning 2008

This year for service learning as my independent service i would like to do a walk for a charity. I would also like to volunteer at the hospital. Also I can volunteer at an after school program to work with younger children. During the summer I can volunteer at an enrichment program. With the school I think a school wide recycling program for plastic and aluminum.The school can have a food drive where we collect can foods and then send them to homeless shelters, and nursing homes.The school can also make breakfast bags which you bring in backaged breakfast food (edible for elderly people) and put them in a bag and send them to a nursing home.

Reflection on NHD

My NHD topic was "Sheltering Fever Orphans".In my group there were three people.NHD was a good experience. I have a complete understanding of what a Primary and Secondary Source is and how to create a annotated bibliography. It's nice to know that I've learned something that some people don't do until their first year in college. I've also learned that its not always the best thing to work with your friends on a big project such as NHD. The hardest thing to do for NHD was finding a large variety of primary sources. The Mother Bethel Church was a big help with providing us with one valuable source: the rent book. NHD wasn't as hard as people made it seem to be. One thing I think that should be changed is that we should start the NHD project much earlier since we spend so much time finding research. With more time we can split the process half and half : we can find sources for the first half and the second half we can start conducting our project. One bad thing about the project was we had restrictions on our topic: our topic had to have some connection to Philadelphia. It would have been better if we could choose anything we wanted. NHD isn't something I would want to repeat doing every year.

what I believe my grade should be in english !

I believe my grade in English should be an A. I believe my grade should be an A because I have truly progressed in my writing skills. I am writing essays with more detail . Every time I write a essay or a paper I always think about the green, yellow,and red sentences. Using the writing skills I have learned this year in English help my essays flow well. I blogged every essay on my blog.I deserve a good grade and my grade shows just how much I do.

Controversy in Huck Finn

The word "nigger"? How would you feel if someone called you something other than your name and purposely tried to demeanor you? You'd probably feel anger and rage. But why is it that young people these days call each other "nigga" purposely? I have several reasons of my belief on the "nigga" and "nigger" controversy. My reasons are that people fought not to be called that,they were labeled with a harsh name, but still in the black community the word is used fluently towards one another.

People fought for years to not be called "nigger". Martin Luther King Jr. and others fought to be treated with respect and not be called a "nigger".The word is disrespectful , it shows ignorance and lack of respect for other races. Discriminating because of skin. I'd be angry if someone referred to me as a "big nigger" like when they called Jim "Mrs.Watson's big nigger Jim" in Huck Finn.

White people hated African Americans. They thought we were ignorant so they gave us a brutal name and enslaved us. White people wanted to make us slaves because we looked different and they thought that gave them the right to call us "niggers". I guess it made them feel superior over us. Wouldn't you think that the white people were the ignorant ones, hating us because of the color of our shin, then giving us a brutal label.

In my community today African Americans call one another "nigga". For them to address each other shows their lack of respect for them self.I don't understand why they think they can call someone of the same race as them a nigger it wont matter, but if a white person came up to them and called the a"nigger" they're ready to fight. If they don't want someone to disrespect them for calling them a "nigger" they mine as well stop saying the word period.

The word "nigger" is not apart of my vocabulary. I believe it should be deleted from every ones. With all the history behind this 6 letter word people still continue to use it.What did people fight for?What did white people call us a nigger? If only they knew that sooner or later we acted like the word didn't bother us and called each other "nigger".It seems this one word issue isn't settled and I'm not sure it ever will be.