User:James Little42

My name is James Little. I was born on 2-23-1970. I have never been married and I have no Children. I'am Black and Irish. I was raised by my Mother, Uncle and Grandfather in New Brighton Pennsylvania which is located in Beaver County Pa. My mother had three Children. My brother Billy,Sister Mya and myself. My Grandfather worked for J & L Steel Company for 37Years. My mother also worked for a steel company by the name of B & W for 10 years. Moreover, I was raised on 6 acres of land in a beautiful Home surrounded by family who loved and supported each other. In addition, this land/property has been in our family for five generations and dates back to the 1920's.

I was born an ATHLETE in every aspect of the word. The first organized sport that I played in was baseball when I was in the second grade. I loved playing baseball. The second organized sport that I Played in was Football. I began to play in organized football when I was in the third grade. In addition, I played in organized football from the third grade through college. I participated in organized track/field all through High School. Here, I ran the 100,200,400 and relays.

I excelled at playing football. I was a quarterback for 16 years but I also could play running back and Receiver. Ironically, I was highly recruited from the time I was in the 10grade for playing free Safety-which is a defensive position. In 1986-I was named to the Pennsylvania All-state Team as a Free-Safety. I still have boxes of recruitment material from Universities such as Rutgers, Georgia Tech, Purdue, Indiana State University, Etc. However, I took the SAT exam 4 times coming out of High School but I could not get a passing score of 700. In fact, my Mother enrolled me in a six week long SAT Preparation course here at the Local Community College. I still could not pass the test. I was devastated. I wanted to attend Rutgers University on a Full four year scholarship. In 1986/87 I was Rutgers University football staff Number 3 Recruit in the United States. But there hands were tied and they could not offer me a full scholarship because I was classified as a proposition 48 Student/Athlete. Here, a Proposition 48 Student/Athlete is someone who scores below a 700 on the Standardized Test (SAT)coming out of High School. My life would forever be changed because of 1 test. I just was not a good test taker.

Nevertheless, I went onto graduate from West Virginia University in may of 1993 with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Political Science and a Minor in History. I then went onto Graduate from the University of Louisville with a Master Degree in Humanities with a Published Thesis Titled "Hate Crimes" 106pages long in May of 1998. Quick Note-While I was in Graduate School I tried to join the Military-Air Force/Army. However, the Military would not take me because I was to handICAPPED with football injuries. For example-crack neck, bad knees/anckles and the fact that I have asthma. So, I decided to began my Phd Studies in Sociology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas from 1999-2002. From 2002-2013-I lived and worked in the Washington Dc/Maryland area. Here, I worked as a Head Special Education Teacher, Professor at a local college, among other jobs. I have had just about every job u can imagine. In july of 2010-there were thousands of us who were handICAPPED-Meaning,someone took there hand and eliminated our positions. We lost our jobs.

In 2011- a year after I lost my job-I joined Twitter/Facebook. Prior to 2011-I was never a member of Twitter or Facebook. In 2011-I created CPI-Cell Phone Issues; Tweet of the Week and The Right Now Factor on twitter/the internet. In addition, I created(IGFilms)Independent Global Films-I'm producing a Movie Called handICAPPED. It has taken me two years of steady/continued Research that includes looking at the history of different countries. Based on my continued research, I have found that no one in the History of the Motion Picture Industry has ever produced a movie like handICAPPED. This Movie is on Legally Blind individuals-who are in Prison-in different parts of the World. I'am the first person to produce a movie like it.

Films-1985-Gung Ho-Directed by Ron Howard- I was in this movie as a 15 year old teenager. They filmed this movie in a town here called Beaver,pa. This town is located a couple miles from where I live at. I would ride my bike everyday to beaver to be in the movie. I was an extra in this movie for over a month.I have the actual clipping that shows me in the movie.I remember how much work went into each and every scene that I was a part of. I can still remember actor Micheal Keaton, who is from my area here in Pennsylvania, acting on stage right in front of me. I also remember meeting Norm from the sitcom cheers and shaking his hand. He had the biggest hand.

I would like to return back to University to finish my Doctorate Degree. Currently, I live back here in New Brighton Pennsylvania.

You can reach out to me at my email:jlittle4242@gmail.com or on twitter-@jlittle4242