Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Compton Cowboys' motto is "the streets raised us, the horses saved us." [ 6 ] The team works to provide an alternative route and positive role models to inner-city youth. This effort helps give youth a path away from gangs and crime.
She started Compton Jr Posse in her ranch and made a difference in thousand of lives. The youth care for and ride horses. She has received numerous accolades. When Akbar retired in 2019, the students took over the program. [2] [3] Some former students founded the Compton Cowboys. [4]
Centennial High School (Compton, California) Central Avenue (Los Angeles) Compton College; Compton Community College District; Compton Cowboys; Compton Creek; Compton Cricket Club; Compton Fashion Fair; Compton High School; Compton station; Compton Unified School District; Compton/Woodley Airport
Albert Camarillo, right, a Chicano studies scholar and author of "Compton in My Soul," a memoir about growing up in Compton during the 1950s and 1960s, speaks at Color Compton on Aug. 24, 2024.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Need help? Call us! 800-290-4726 Login / Join. Mail
Barksdale attended Compton High School where he was a track and field All-American. In 1980, he finished second in state in the 440-yard dash. He accepted a track scholarship from the University of Arizona. He was originally a 400 metres athlete, but switched his specialty after clocking 20.1 seconds in a 200 metres practice run.
But perhaps Allen’s greatest feat was surviving a rough upbringing in Compton, Calif., making it to the NFL and living 52 years. Allen contracted meningitis at 3 months old and was given 24 ...