In the end these individuals and a town at large realize that the color of their skin does not make them, their goals, or their lives any different from one another. ... I believe that the reason this is the only number that is retired throughout the league is that breaking the color barrier in baseball was that significant of an accomplishment. ... On the other side of the color line, the star African-American player, Julius, forced the black players to play their absolute best, despite their feelings toward the white players. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Paul was highly regarded in the town of mostly whites, it was as if the towns" people actually had forgotten the color of his skin and just accepted him for him. ... Paul, even at age 20, had overcome barriers that many of his people at that time were not going to be able to overcome themselves. ... Paul treated everyone as if they were all the same color nobody had preference. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the process of growing up, there were many times I felt the need to change my sense of identity. I strongly believe that my family and society at large play a major role in those changes. My racial identity in particular, was the most disturbing. I have to say that this racial identity pr...

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• Grade Level: High School

Michael Jordan: A Lesson Achievement There are ten seconds remaining on the clock. It is game six of the 1998 NBA finals, the Chicago Bulls lead the series three games to two, and the bulls have the ball. Who will take the final shot for the Bulls? Of course none other than the greatest basketbal...

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• Grade Level: High School

Parents all over the United States fear that their children might be attacked inadvertently for wearing the wrong color scarf or hat that might provoke rivalry among local gangs. ... There would no longer be the economic barrier that separates one child from another. ...

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