600+ Word Biography: Leontyne Price Leontyne Price is an American operatic soprano was born on February 10‚ 1927‚ in Laurel‚ Mississippi. Her full name is Mary Violet Leotyne Price. Leotyne was born in the segregated Deep South‚ also commonly referred to as the Lower South or the "Cotton States". She rose to international fame during a period of racial change in the 1950s and 60s‚ and was the first African-American to become a leading prima donna at the Metropolitan Opera. Leontyne’s
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Biography of Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2‚ 1869.When he was thirteen he was married to Kasturbia who was also thirteen. Gandhi’s family was strictly vegetarian but he ate goat meat a friend gave him and immediately felt sick. Later that night he dreamed that a goat was bleating in his stomach. He ate meat six other times until he decided it was not worth it. When Gandhi was sixteen his father died. Whatever Gandhi did for humanity he didn’t think it was enough. “To
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Cultural Biography Cultural backgrounds can change the way we define ourselves‚ other people‚ and all other things. Cultural backgrounds can shape how we view the world‚ and must be taken into account when teaching students of different backgrounds in our classrooms. I will define my own cultural background and how it affects me‚ and then I interviewed someone‚ Curtis from (and currently resides) Chicago‚ from a complete different background. I grew up in Charleston Illinois for the most
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Biography of Shakira Shakira (Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll) was born on February 2‚ 1977 in Barranquilla‚ Colombia. Shakira knew early on that she wanted to be a professional musician and by the time she was 8‚ she was already writing her own songs. The debut album of Shakia is Magia (Magic).That album was recorded with Sony Music in 1991 when Shakira was only 15 years old‚ but the album wasn’t well received. The album Peligro (Danger) was realised by Shakira in 1993 and is an sophomore album
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Mirabai Biography Mirabai was a great saint and devotee of Sri Krishna. Despite facing criticism and hostility from her own family‚ she lived an exemplary saintly life and composed many devotional bhajans. Historical information about the life of Mirabai is a matter of some scholarly debate. The oldest biographical account was Priyadas’s commentary in Nabhadas’ Sri Bhaktammal in 1712. Nevertheless there are many aural histories‚ which give an insight into this unique poet and Saint of India.
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Aysegul Torun Mr. Swiencicki Soc 2 Apr. 29th‚ 2013 Social Biography In this paper I’m going to write about a sociological biography of a person who I interviewed and I’m going to analyze some of the social problems such as “drug war and race”‚ race discrimination‚ drug abuse‚ and importance of a well structured family based on my interviewee’s answers. I like to talk about family because I think family is where everything starts. If we want to define what the social problem actually means
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19 March 13 Richard Pryor Ever wonder who and/ or what formed much of today’s comedy? How fame changes people? Well‚ there was one name in show business that audiences everywhere connected with years ago. His name was Richard Pryor. Richard Pryor was a man with a less flattering background‚ an interesting employment history‚ and a comedic style that every modern day comedian wanted to copy. His life‚ his story‚ his experiences made him who he was‚ a dynamic‚ life-changing‚ comparative‚ man
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understanding of context and values Examinations of Shakespeare’s play ’King Richard III’ and Pacino’s docu-drama ’Looking for Richard’ reveals relationships between the texts and their respective audience. The fifteenth century and twentieth century contexts demonstrates the values of each text and enables understanding of how the film enriches the ideas presented in the play. ’King Richard III’ portrays a hateful‚ corrupted Richard exploring divine justice and the notion of appearance versus reality in
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scenes of both. (50/50) Due: Thursday 16th Shakespeare’s play King Richard III and Al Pacino’s documentary Looking for Richard are two text composed more than 400 years apart that can be linked through their themes and techniques. The influence of these themes or values however‚ is subject to the context of the audience. Both texts explore the characterisation of the main character Richard and how he is presented. They explore the craft of performance‚ presenting two different
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Biography Paper comparing the lives of Colin Powell and Judith Nies December 6‚ 2012 Presented to
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