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- 3991: The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John Greenleaf Whittier
- ... a 25-pound grinding stone on top of his head at the age of six. His master, Robert Mumford, tried to break his pride constantly by exerting harsh and swift punishments. He possessed no civil rights and in the eyes of the law he was not a “person”. His masters were oft to treat him with inhumane cruelty. Similar to Venture Smith’s life growing up in the slavery system, Douglass ...
- 3992: A Review of Dudley Randall’s “Ballad of Birmingham”
- ... the event took place, it must have made an impression on him. The 1960’s were a decade of political instability and radical change. The early half of the decade saw much of the civil rights action, and the later half of the decade saw more of the opposition to Vietnam. Perhaps during 1969, the author witnessed some of these demonstrations and was reminded of the earlier tragedies. The structure of ...
- 3993: "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers": Women and Society
- ... the courage to demand the minister for his help. "I will not give her up!" She firmly states. "Speak thou for me… Thou knowest what is in my heart, and what are a mother's rights…Look thou to it! I will not lose the child! Look to it!" (Ch.8). She refuses to let the power of the men intimidate her, and gets what she wants. While most women of ...
- 3994: Lesbian Poetry
- ... this Sapphic style of poetry. Angelina Weld Grimke wrote of the African-American experience along with lesbianism. Of mixed racial background, she (named after her mother's aunt, an abolitionist an advocate for women's rights) was born in 1880 in Boston. After receiving a physical education degree she eventually became an English teacher which she did until her retirement. While teaching, she wrote in many genres including poetry (Hull 6 ...
- 3995: Blake's "London" and "The Garden of Love"
- ... this repetition to stress the mechanical behavior of the world around him. The word "charter" has connotations of something that can be sold or hired for money. Blake is connecting this idea with the chartered rights of Englishmen given three hundred years ago by the crown and never to be taken away. By using the subject “street,” and the river “Thames,” Blake is announcing to the world that this structural society ...
- 3996: Rap and Rock ‘n’ Roll
- ... bop with country music, rock ‘n’ roll in the early 1950s was frequently denounced as the devil’s music, especially in the southern states where Elvis got his start. White musicians like Carl Perkins and Bill Halley adopted, and adapted, the new music, but when they did, black rock got reclassified as rhythm and blues, which then became code for “black” music. In this way, rock ‘n’ roll was largely taken ...
- 3997: Rock Music
- ... n' Roll. Record companies distributed records played by whites but composed by blacks. Whites were frustrated because there weren't any white artists, and they didn't want the blacks to be the stars until Bill Haley appeared with his "Rock Around the Clock". In this decade, Elvis Presley introduced a music that was sexual-suggestive, and outraged many adults of that time. In time, he changed the style of the ...
- 3998: Rock Music
- ... n' Roll. Record companies distributed records played by whites but composed by blacks. Whites were frustrated because there weren't any white artists and they didn't want the blacks to be the stars until Bill Haley appeared with his "Rock Around the Clock". In this decade, Elvis Presley introduced a music that was sexual suggestive and outraged dull adults. In time he changed the style of the music by adopting ...
- 3999: Canadian Music Artists and Their Impact
- ... was difficult to have missed the attention Lilith Fair generated. It was the first all-women festival. It changed the rules for women performers in the music industry. Lilith Fair proved that an all-female bill was as good for the business section as the entertainment listings. Sarah's Lilith Fair raised over 700,000 dollars for charity. This year Sarah plans for Lilith Fair '99 and hopes it's success ...
- 4000: Tupac Shakur's Last Album: Makaveli
- ... of criminal activity. As he got older and did more albums, he started to single out certain people that made it hard for him to further his music and acting career. He mentions Dolores Tucker, Bill Clinton, and Bob Dole in his song “How do you want it.” In “Picture Me Rolling,” he talks about Clinton Correctional Facilities and the DA that prosecuted against him. Similarly, he lashes out against other ...
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