perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955. She also performed at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939. After 2 years of studying the Boghetti‚ Anderson won a chance to sing at the Lewisohn Stadium in NY. Born February 27‚ 1897‚ in Philadelphia‚ Marian Anderson displayed vocal talent as a child‚ but her family could not afford to pay for formal training. Members of her church congregation raised funds for her to attend a music school for a year‚ and in 1955 she became the first African American singer
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refusing a film project‚ but returned to star in one of the biggest box office successes of her career‚ The Seven Year Itch (1955). When the studio was still reluctant to change her contract‚ Monroe founded a film production company in late 1954‚ Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP). She dedicated 1955 to building her company and began studying method acting at the Actors Studio. In late 1955‚ Fox gave her a new contract‚ which gave her more control and a larger salary. After giving a critically acclaimed performance
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A single great leader can create many great followers‚ but a single great follower cannot create a great leader. This assertion‚ if true‚ provides a perspective on where the gap is in America. A leader provides guidance and motivation to a group to achieve a common vision. The ability to be successful at this role requires the individual to actually believe in the vision first and then find the people that share their beliefs and rally them to achieve the vision. In most institutions (companies
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equal doctrine. This doctrine allowed local governments to segregate colored people from the whites. This segregation was seen in many aspects of an urban city such as drinking fountains‚ restrooms‚ restaurants‚ schools‚ and city busses. In December of 1955‚ the process of equality for colored people would begin with Rosa Parks not giving up her seat for a white man. This event would go on to ignite the Montgomery bus boycott.
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------------ BIO 150 Research Paper The Journey of Consumption (TB) Throughout the history of mankind‚ Tuberculosis (TB) has claimed numerous victims. During the 18th and 19th century‚ TB became an epidemic in North America and Europe‚ gaining the cognomen‚ “Captain Among these Men of Death.’’ Therefore‚ scientists have to find the pathogenesis of this disease to enhance their understanding of the epidemic (Daniel‚ 2006). Tuberculosis is categorized as an infectious disease in mankind’s history
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Bus Boycott This year the event I have studied was the Bus Boycott in American‚ Montgomery‚ in 1955. The causes of the bus boycott are the racial discrimination that the African American community had been shown and also Rosa Parks protest and arrest. The consequences of the Bus Boycott is the involvement and the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision of desegregating all of America ‚ and also another consequence that is important to the event is the grand boost in the Civil Rights movement campaign
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How did the Paramount decision of 1948 change the U.S. film industry? To what degree did the decision alter the way the industry did business? The Supreme Court ruled against the Hollywood’s monopoly of the film industry of the United States‚ directing that the production and distribution of movies be separated from movie exhibition practices. The ruling marked the death of studio era and led to numerous changes in film industry decades later. The paramount decision pushed the Twentieth century
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society. This was first argued by Milton Friedman in 1955 when he wrote: A stable and democratic society is impossible without a minimum degree of literacy and knowledge on the part of most citizens and without widespread acceptance of some common set of values. Education can contribute to both. In consequence‚ the gain from the education of a child accrues not only to the child or to his parents but also to other members of the
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Communists in the army. 1954 - Racial segregation is ruled unconstitutional in public schools by the U.S. Supreme Court. 1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery‚ Alabama. 1955 - The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge making the new AFL-CIO an organization with 15 million members. also in 1955 Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for polio 1956 - The Federal Highway Act is signed‚ marking the beginning of work
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Albert Einstein 14 de marzo de 1879 - Princeton‚ 18 de abril de 1955. Considerado como el científico más importante del siglo XX. conocido principalmente por el desarrollo de la teoría de la relatividad (especial y general) y la explicación teórica del movimiento browniano y el efecto fotoeléctrico. Premio Nobel de Física del año 1921 Pasó el resto de su vida intentando integrar las leyes físicas de la gravitación y el electromagnetismo así como divulgando valores pacifistas‚ socialistas y sionistas
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