1. Jackie Robinson
Five questions were asked to find the history of suicidal behavior. ... The SSB is a 5-point scale that scales the lifetime history of suicidal behavior. In this study, (1) indicates no history of suicidal behavior, (2) a history of suicidal ideas, (3) a history of suicidal behavior, (4) a history of mild suicidal acts, and (5) a history of at least on serious attempt (Pfeffer et al., 1979). ... Hispanics were found to have a greater history of self-harmful behavior than Whites. ... Fernquist just followed the methodology of Steffensmeier (1989) and calculated percentages to find out the re...
As a talented actress, Winfrey has appeared in the motion pictures The Color Purple (1985), Native Son (1986), and in the television move The Women of Brewster Place (1989). ... Oprah has proved to have made a permanent mark on American history. ...
African American History It is often taught that the social and economic conditions of African Americans have been one of America's greatest struggles. ... In 1989 General Colin Powell became the first African American Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. ... He is the first Black Secretary of State in the United States History. ... Douglas Wilder was elected the Governor of Virginia, the first elected black governor in American History. ... There is nowhere that such a quote is more evident than in the American Social history. ...
Stories such as this are repeated over and over in the history of the civil rights movement in the United States: In January 1961, James Meredith, an African-American, applied for admission to the University of Mississippi. ... (Law) The history of Supreme Court rulings concerning school desegregation is one of initial unwillingness to dictate solutions, followed by growing impatience with the speed of integration in many jurisdictions, culminating in detailed and sometimes drastic orders for complete and immediate desegregation, and finally some backing off in the 1970's from hard-lin...