Bill Robinson – The Man That Began “Modern Tap Dancing” Bill “Bojangles” Robinson created a whole new style of tap dancing. Before him‚ tap dancers tapped on their flat feet. He was the first tap dancer to try‚ what now call‚ rhythm tap dancing. He tapped on his toes and heels separately rather than tapping flat-footed. He changed the whole basis of tap dancing by being one of the first black tap dancers to start dancing in white movies. He is considered a legend throughout the dancing world;
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a foundation that supports other organizations who share its guiding belief that every life has equal value. Located in Seattle‚ Washington‚ the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have an asset trust endowment of 36.2 billion dollars as of September 30‚ 2012. It supports grantees in all 50 states and 100 countries internationally in areas of global development‚ global health‚ United States program‚ and a smaller charitable support initiative sector. Bill Gates
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idea or a list of consecutive behaviors in a culture that is passed from one person to another; therefore‚ from parents to children‚ social media‚ or even something learned in school. There are millions of different memes out there today. According to Bill Wasik the author of “my crowd experiment: The Mob Project” correlates on flash mobs. Flash mobs are social experiments where many people get together and do funny weird things to get a point across almost like a meme; flash mobs are passed from person
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explosion caused damage to 300 surrounding buildings. Oklahoma City was going through a tragedy and needed guidance from a leader. Who would be a better option to comfort the families and friends of the lost victim‚ than the current president of America‚ Bill Clinton‚ who had once resided in Oklahoma himself? Oklahoma City needed someone to soothe their pain and give them back their lost hope. Clinton uses rhetorical strategies of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to appropriate an empathetic tone to the victims
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(1) Present Details Bill Simmons‚ a former outspoken analyst for ESPN‚ was suspended last September for his critical comments of Rodger Goodell surrounding his handling of the Ray Rice domestic violence incident. Goodell claimed to have not seen the graphic footage of Rice knocking out his then Fiancé in a hotel elevator. Rice was handed a two game suspension for the domestic violence incident. Simmons‚ who was outraged by this decision‚ went on the air to call Goodell a liar‚ and said that his
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Many know Bill Cosby from his success as an America comedian‚ actor‚ author‚ etc‚ but what he’s best at is providing his many words of wisdom as an African America educator. Bill Cosby address to the National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education goes down as one of the top speeches in America. His speech given at this ceremony was directed straight to the younger generation of the African-American community. He begins the speech
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"Bill and Hillary Clinton; What if Hillary Becomes President in 2016?" By Franklin and Betty J. Parker‚ bfparker@frontiernet.net‚ Dialogue Given at Uplands Village‚ Pleasant Hill‚ TN‚ Monday‚ June 17‚ 2013. FRANK: Hold onto your seat folks; it’s going to be a bumpy‚ sexy story about Bill and Hillary Clinton. We chose to review William H. Chafe‚ Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal‚ published in 2012‚ because the Clintons are‚ in our time‚ what FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt were in the 1930s-40s:
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Famous Thinkers The two famous thinkers in the week four Electronic Reserve Readings are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Bill Gates. Each had separate aspirations and both men contributed a significant amount of growth in the Twentieth Century. Bill Gates and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have gone “down in history as individuals who changed the way the world worked personally‚ socially‚ and politically”. “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential civil rights activists and speaker
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The English Bill of Rights was formed in 1689‚ and almost a century later in 1787‚ the U.S. Constitution was designed. As a result‚ many of the same ideas are adapted from the English Bill of Rights and transferred to the Constitution. There are many similarities between the two documents‚ but even though they have many commonalities‚ they also have several differences. For each document it is clearly seen that each point conforms to each country. The similarities between the Constitution and the
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The bill of rights was important because it guaranteed rights for the people which made it easily excepted. the bill of rights started the amendments to the constitution which likely resulted in some of the other amendments getting added in. i cant really say it has a big impact on my life‚ because for a i can tell it doesnt. i mean most of the amendments of the bill of rights are not used seriously much today. the first amendment guarantees the freedoms of religion‚ assembly‚ petition‚ press‚ and
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