Word: fisk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Instead of grilling Bob Boone or Jim Sundberg on why they called a certain pitch at a certain point in the game, Angell asks them about their craft. What ensues is a wonderful chapter, a round-table conversation with some of the game's best catchers, including Boone, Carlton Fisk, Terry Kennedy, and Ted Simmons, on how they go about their job. You find out how catchers call a game, settle down high-strung pitchers, seize up-and-in, rising 95-m.p.h. fastballs so as to turn the umpire's call to their advantage, and align the infield against great...
...goes almost as far back as the existence of many of Harvard's elitist final clubs. The Black groups go back to the time of collegiate segregation, which unfortuantely, is not so far back for Harvard. They were started at some of the nation's oldest universities, such as Fisk and Tuskeegee. These organizations survived in the face of great societal injustice and provided Black men and women with a place to belong...
...strongly disagree with the opinion of Eden Williams that we segregate ourselves to the detriment of racial relations. Our mere decision to attend Harvard University over such traditionally Black institutions as Hampton, Fisk or Howard Universities demonstrates our knowledge of "reality" as she perceives it. Yet we must vehemently denounce the notion that the awareness of this "reality" must be translated into assimilation and loss of our culture. Rather, we argue that the maintenance of one's own culture is essential in an effort to respect and appreciate dissimilar ones. Ms. Williams and those who concur with her are obviously...
...Carlton Fisk...
...portrayal of a college president who felt restrained from divesting because of the school's white founders, the movie also highlighted a current dilemma which besets many historically Black colleges--the lack of financial security. Despite the fact that many schools like Fisk, Moorehouse, and Morgan State are attended by mostly Black students, these schools are often not supported solely by Blacks. Instead they depend heavily on white benefactors. Lee clearly was calling for Blacks to rally together in support of their colleges, so they can be financially solvent and independent of outside interference...