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- 1341: Jimi Hendrix: A Reflection Of A Man Through His Music
- ... haze, all in my brain” and “Got no money, don’t know why” are brought to mind), Harry Shapiro and Caesar Glebbeek in Electric Gypsy suggest that the inspiration may have come from Hendrix’ Native American background and more specifically reading The Book of the Hopi. The Indian interpretation of “Purple Haze” and the traditional blues “Red House” are the two best examples of Hendrix paying homage to his ancestry on ... of us had nothing to do with that Axis cover. When I first saw the that design I thought, ‘It’s great, they have an Indian painting about us, but maybe we should have an American Indian’” (Welch 117). Axis: Bold As Love marks a more obvious return to Hendrix’ Native American heritage. Where Are You Experienced? was more intent on reaching the mass market, Axis’s purpose was as much for Hendrix himself as it was for his audiences. When asked about the difference between ...
- 1342: Sympathy
- During the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the African American population still felt the aftermath of slavery through the beliefs and actions of the white societies. During slavery African Americans were dehumanized, looked upon as property, and treated worse than animals. Furthermore, slaves were denied ... bird and the African Americans throughout history. Dunbar uses vivid language, repetition, and symbolism to relay his comparison throughout the poem. Ironically, the life of a caged bird is indeed the life of the African American. An African American, like the caged bird, was forced to live in captivity and please others on command. The second stanza begins with "I know why the caged bird beats his wing"(8). The speaker understands why ...
- 1343: Ebonics in Schools
- ... leader Jesse Jackson defended Oakland's school over a controversial plan to recognize black English in the classroom (N.A., p.1). On December 18, 1996 the Oakland School Board approved a policy affirming Standard American English language development for all students. This policy covers the effectiveness of the strategies that must be utilized to ensure that every child will achieve English language Proficiency (Hawkins, p.1). This policy is based ... standards of all students. The data shows the low levels of the student performance and lack of students in the Advanced Placement Education Program. These recommendations focus on the unique language stature of the African American Students (Shister, p.2). One of the programs recommended is the Standard English Proficiency Program, which is a state of California model program. Which promotes English-language development for African-American students. The S.E.P. (Standard English Proficiency) training enables teachers and administrators to respect and acknowledge the history culture, and language that the African American student brings to school (Cambell, p.2). Recently ...
- 1344: WoodStock Music Festival
- WoodStock Music Festival WoodStock music festival, took place near Woodstock New York, on August 15, 16, and 17, 1969, and became a symbol of the 1960’s American counterculture and a milestone in the were often referred to as hippies and who characteristically rejected hartred and authority, protested against the Vietnam War, supported the civil rights movement, dressed differently, and experimented with sex ... communities and some area residents were suspicious of the looks and behavior of the young people who attended. Yet the festival was peaceful. The event, thought by some to mark a high point in the American counterculture History WoodStock music festival, took place near Woodstock New York, on August 15, 16, and 17, 1969, and became a symbol of the 1960’s American counterculture and a milestone in the were often referred to as hippies and who characteristically rejected hartred and authority, protested against the Vietnam War, supported the civil rights movement, dressed differently, and experimented with ...
- 1345: Conflict In Vietnam
- ... attack with the objective of destroying any hostile forces." Retaliation air attacks began that very same day with the goal of destroying Vietnams gunboat capability. As two more United States boats where supposedly sunk more American air and sea forces where sent into the region but held back from direct combat. This is when the United States officially entered the Vietnam War. They did this for a few different reasons the ... this sort continued for some time. While u.s. troops where being brought in from other places in the world in order to launch a ground attack. By the end of 1965 over 180,000 American soldiers where stationed in South Vietnam under General William S. Westmoreland. The United States with superior firepower helicopters, planes, and many other advantages over the North Vietnamese where very confident about the outcome of the ... a hard time in the field fighting the surprise attacks of the guerilla warfare which the Vietnamese used. United States soldiers where growing war weary. The war effort no longer received the support from the American public that it had at the beginning of the conflict. All of America was posed with the question of "what are we fighting for?" protests against the u.s. governments involvement in Vietnam broke ...
- 1346: The Race to the Moon
- ... flight. (Gold 31). Since 1956, the U.S. Army had prepared to orbit a satellite with its Jupiter C rocket. But it was decided to use a "nonmilitary" rocket, the Vanguard, to carry the first American satellite into orbit. On December 6, 1957, the 72-foot rocket was ready for liftoff. Inside it carried a 3 ¼-pound, grapefruit-sized metal sphere equipped with miniature instruments. Unfortunately, this launch attempt, as well ... satellite projects run by the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The total budget for the new agency was estimated at $217 million. (Yenne 108). Hundreds of thousands of people in many organizations worked in the American and Soviet space programs. There were dreamers, brilliant engineers, and talented managers on both sides, but there were vast differences in the way the programs were run. For example, an American official with important technical and managerial roles was a well-known personality in the highly publicized U.S. civilian space program. His counterpart in Russia was known officially as the anonymous Chief Designer and ...
- 1347: French And Indian War
- French and Indian War The victory of the English in the French and Indian War initiated a series of actions that eventually caused the American Revolution. These actions consisted of England not allowing the colonists to move westward, starting to heavily enforce the Navigation Laws, and issuing new laws to pay the war debt. After the war, Great Britain emerged as ... and placing new restrictions on the colonists to benefit the mother country. The French and Indian War was the turning point in the relationship between the colonists and Mother England. Some historians doubt that the American Revolution would have even occurred without this war. Without the immediate need of money, England probably wouldn't have demanded so much from the colonies. The excessive acts of mercantilism were belittling to the ...
- 1348: The Immigrant Experience
- ... degree. This was because of Samuel Nunes, a Jewish doctor who helped to stop a disease that had already killed many people. Even then, Jews were given land away from the main town. In the American Revolution Jews did not take any specific sides. Some believed that the freedom that they had gained under the English rule would be lost. Other felt that the taxes were too high and joined the Patriots ... Jews in Eastern Europe (before World War I), which was legal. There were also laws which discriminated against Jews. In Russia, a czar had been assassinated, and Jews were blamed out of fear of a revolution. This caused a flood of immigrants into the United States. Most of America's famous people are descended from immigrants if they are not immigrants themselves. People, like Albert Einstein, a famous physicist, and ...
- 1349: Computers Not The Greatest Invention Of The 20 Th Century
- ... Pascaline, used eight movable dials to add sums up to eight figures long. Pascal's device used a base of ten to accomplish this. For example, as one dial moved ten notches, or one complete revolution, it moved the next dial - which represented the ten's column - one place. When the ten's dial moved one revolution, the dial representing the hundred's place moved one notch and so on. The drawback to the Pascaline, of course, was its limitation to addition. In 1694, a German mathematician and philosopher, Gottfried Wilhem von ... encode the machine's instructions from the Jacquard loom. The loom, produced in 1820 and named after its inventor, Joseph-Marie Jacquard, used punched boards that controlled the patterns to be woven. In 1889, an American inventor, Herman Hollerith, also applied the Jacquard loom concept to computing. His first task was to find a faster way to compute the U.S. Census. The previous census in 1880 had taken nearly ...
- 1350: The Comparisons of Charles Manson to Transcendental Philosophy
- ... family” would gather together in a house, when generally they would sit contently and listen to Charles preach. Usually the sermon would last for an hour or two and include stories and prophecies about the “revolution” that Manson felt was coming. Manson called this revolution helter skelter, after a Beatles song, which he felt told about the future of our society. Manson believed that the African- American members of our society were troublesome and would over-through the white race. Therefore, Manson began to prepare for helter skelter by informing his family. Instead of waiting for helter skelter, Manson wanted to ...
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