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- 1771: A Brief History Of The Blues
- ... songs having been found in Northwest Africa, particularly among the Wolof and Watusi. p. 233) The word 'blue' has been associated with the idea of melancholia or depression since the Elizabethan era. The American writer, Washington Irving is credited with coining the term 'the blues,' as it is now defined, in 1807. (Tanner 40) The earlier (almost entirely Negro) history of the blues musical tradition is traced through oral tradition as ...
- 1772: Was Andrew Jackson A Good Pres
- ... of the United States and put them in state banks. Biddle, in response, called in loans and raised the interest rates, in which his actions precipitated a short recession. Supporters of the Bank petitioned to Washington urging a rechartering of the Bank. Jackson blamed the recession on Biddle and refused. When the Bank of the United States died in 1836, it left the country with a fragmented and chronically unstable banking ...
- 1773: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- ... inherited his father's musical inclinations, if not all of his talent. He composed and conducted extensively throught Europe, but perhaps the last word on this 'Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart the Younger' was best spoken by George Bernard Shaw in a letter he wrote in 1897. 'Do you remember the obscurity of Mozart's son? An amiable man, a clever musician, an excellent player, but hopelessly extinguished by his father's reputation ...
- 1774: The Chain Of Art
- ... was one of the strongest art movements in the 20th century that gave birth to many other movements such as futurism and suprematism. The Forefathers of this revolutionary way of painting were Pablo Picasso and George Braque. Although it may have seemed to be abstract and geometrical to an untrained eye, cubist art do depict real objects. The shapes are flattened onto canvas so that different sides of each shape can ...
- 1775: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... public personality in her own right. When Eleanor Roosevelt traveled to New York City a week after her husband's funeral in April 1945, a host of reporters were waiting at the door of her Washington Square apartment. "The story is over," she said simply, assuming that her words and opinions would no longer be of interest once her husband was dead and she was no longer First Lady. She could ...
- 1776: The Avant-Garde Architecture O
- ... They are responsible for many of the largest pubic and private construction projects in the second half of this century. Some of these projects include the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library in Boston, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. When French President Francois Mitterand personally selected Mr. Pei in 1983 to design the Grand ...
- 1777: Heart Of Darkness And Apocalyp
- ... Dir. Francis Coppola. With Martin Sheen, Robert Duval, and Marlon Brando. Zeotrope, 1979. 2. Conrad, James. Heart of Darkness and Other Tales. Great Britain, BPC paperbacks ltd. 1990. 3. Hearts of Darkness. Dir. Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper. Paramount, 1991. 4. "HEARTS OF DARKNESS -- A FILMMAKER'S APOCALYPSE.", Magill's Survey of Cinema, 6-15-1995. 5. Worthy, Kim, "Hearts of Darkness: Making art, making history, making money, making `Vietnam'.".,Vol. 19 ...
- 1778: Oregon Trail
- ... Native Americans annual amounts and honored Indian boundaries. As a conclusion we can clearly see that the Oregon Trail is a very important part of our history. If it werent for the Oregon Trail Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Idaho and Utah would not be a part of the U.S. We can also see that the relationship between the Native Americans and the travelers was rather beneficial for the travelers ...
- 1779: On Apartheid
- ... schools. June 5, 1991 The Lands Acts of 1913 and 1936 and the Group Areas Act of 1950 are repealed. June 18, 1991 The Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed. July 10, 1991 President George Bush lifts most U.S. economic sanctions against South Africa. Sept. 4, 1991 De Klerk outlines his government's proposals for a new constitution that will provide suffrage to the black majority for the first ...
- 1780: Blaxploitation
- ... Throughout the 30s and 40s the gangster films rose to the fore, usually depicting gun-totting, slick-talking negros, entent on making it big. Despite the presence of Black independent filmmakers such as George Randall, African American issues were essentially ignored. The 50s and 60s brought social unrest and the Civil Rights Movement brought a need for films with a stronger message. The archetypes of the 20 ...
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