Ms. Anita Jackson

Mom. my Dawgs! #82UGAGrad 😎#MathRules I’m a fan of football, tennis, #WWE, #AEW, love, laughter, positivity, and life.

[Ms. Anita Jackson @MsJMath8]

How absolutely fantastic!

[FultonCountySchools @FultonCoSchools]

Four-time Grammy Award-winning artist and author @lizzo visited @NewCollegePk_ES today to debut her children’s book, Lil Lizzo Meets Sasha B. Flooring. Every K–3 student received a hardcover copy, making this a memorable day for our young readers! #FCSnews #ReadFCSread

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

Please send a prayer up for Jalen Hurts 🙏🏾

[Atlanta Falcons @AtlantaFalcons]

Kendal Daniels is alert and has movement in all his extremities. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for further evaluation

[Aaron Leicht @aaronleicht]

Alabama fans: You can be sad, but you can’t throw beer cans and physically assault the players.

Great job to @WilsonRaylen for showing maturity and poise in the face of drunken ignorance.

This “fan” should be banned. #GoDawgs

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

Ernie Davis' father died in an accident shortly after he was born.

His mother could not raise him on her own, so when he was 14 months old she left him in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, with her parents. His grandfather was a coal miner. He raised the boy until he was 12.

Then Ernie went to Elmira, New York, to live with his mother and his stepfather.

At Elmira Free Academy he earned eleven varsity letters. His basketball team won 52 straight games over his last two years and he scored 1,605 points.

About thirty schools offered him a scholarship. He said he picked Syracuse because it gave him the best chance to carry the football.

They gave him number 44. That was Jim Brown's number.

He broke most of Jim Brown's records with it. 2,386 rushing yards. 6.6 yards a carry. 35 touchdowns.

As a sophomore he scored 16 points in the Cotton Bowl against Texas, finished the season undefeated, and Syracuse was the best team in the country.

In 1961 he won the Heisman Trophy. He was the first Black player ever to win it. President Kennedy asked to meet him and shook his hand.

Then comes the part of this story most people do not know.

The Washington Redskins took him first overall in the 1962 draft. Their owner had kept that roster all white long after the rest of the league integrated, and the Secretary of the Interior had just told him to sign a Black player or lose the lease on his stadium.

Ernie Davis refused to play for them.

He was traded to the Cleveland Browns for Bobby Mitchell and a first round pick, and he was going to line up in the same backfield as Jim Brown.

In July of 1962 his neck swelled up. Doctors thought mumps, then mononucleosis.

On August 1 they told him it was acute monocytic leukemia.

He went to Johns Hopkins. He got into remission for four or five months. He came to the facility and practiced without contact and sat with Paul Brown working on game plans.

On August 18, 1962, Cleveland put him on the field at a preseason game, in a spotlight, in uniform, and let the crowd see him.

That was it. That was the only time Ernie Davis ever stood on that field in front of people.

He died at two in the morning on May 18, 1963, at a hospital in Cleveland. He was 23.

Both houses of Congress stopped to eulogize him. More than 10,000 people came through the wake in Elmira. A message from President Kennedy was read at his funeral.

He is in the College Football Hall of Fame. Syracuse retired number 44 in 2005.

He is the only man to win the Heisman Trophy, go first overall in the NFL draft, and never play a single professional down.

For more stories like this, follow us on any platform @thesportsontap

[On3 @On3]

NEW: Missouri freshman DJ Jones has received a heart transplant, Eli Drinkwitz announced🙏

Jones was hospitalized awaiting a transplant, which was successful, and he’s now recovering.

https://t.co/7RGyvBi6y7

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Ivy is a 4-year-old Steelers fan who brought her Terrible Towel to every cancer treatment. She is a cancer survivor in remission, now.

[Jared Diamond @jareddiamond]

In middle school, Ray Kerr spent nearly two years living in a tent in his grandma's backyard.

One night, his father woke him and his brother up, had them pack and fled to Reno. Then they entered foster care

Now, Kerr is the breakout star of October.

https://t.co/QHwrngFq59

[Powered by the Culture @poweredculture]

In 1939, 20-year-old Jesse Lee Bond was lynched in Tennessee after asking a store for a receipt. More than eight decades later, his great-granddaughter, Kyra Harris Bolden, made history at just 34 years old as the first Black woman to serve on the Michigan Supreme Court.

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Happy World Teachers’ Day! 🍎

Today is a chance to celebrate the educators who plan, adapt, encourage, reteach, listen, notice, and keep showing up for students every day.

So much of teaching happens in moments that never make it onto a lesson plan, but those moments matter just as much.

To every teacher making a difference in ways both big and small, thank you. ❤️

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

To teach is to change a life forever! ❤️ To our teachers, thank you for everything you do to help us grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. #WorldTeachersDay

[Ms. Anita Jackson @MsJMath8]

The best tradition. I was boohooing.

[United Cajun Navy @Unitedcajunnavy]

There are so many amazing college football traditions, but one of our favorites is the @uiowa Hawkeye Wave to the pediatric patients. WE'RE NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING! 😭 @ESPNCFB @CollegeGameDay

[Ms. Anita Jackson @MsJMath8]

@opieblackwell @NBCNews ❤️

[David Pollack @davidpollack47]

To me there is nothing better you can give someone than your prayers. Thank you all so much for your prayers. They are felt. Out of surgery and doing great. Step 1 ✅

[ESPN @espn]

Miles Caton performs "America the Beautiful" ahead of the US Open Final in New York 🇺🇸

[Ms. Anita Jackson @MsJMath8]

😊🥰

[Ms. Anita Jackson @MsJMath8]

@WWEBigE I am so excited to be able to share the #Cameo you made for me for my son's (Brandon) birthday. I can't wait to give it to him ❤️ Now, I boohooed because it's perfect. I forgot to tell you that we are big fans of yours, too. 🥰This mom is so appreciative!

[Ms. Anita Jackson @MsJMath8]

I spy,🕵️, with my little eye, at least 4 I know...Congratulations @RCMSPanther @opieblackwell @AmandaS_EDU and @pwright1717 ! Wahoooooo!!!!!

[FultonCountySchools @FultonCoSchools]

Shining bright across our district! Congratulations to our elementary, middle, and high schools earning a Climate Five-Star Rating for creating positive, supportive environments where students can thrive.

#Launch26 #FCSnews #FultonCountySchools #FCSAchieve

@FCSSuptLooney

[Holy Bible @Holy__Bible1]

“Heavenly Father, give me strength, wisdom, and peace. Guide my steps, protect my heart, and help me trust You in every situation. Fill my life with Your grace, love, and purpose. In Jesus’ name, Amen.” 🙏❤️