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    unfulfilled in life. With further research showing that most of the participants retained the feeling due to not living to their fullest potential‚ the conclusion can be made that not following your dreams can create some emotional distress. The poem “Harlem” by Langston Hughes in 1951 projected a similar theory asking the question “What happens to a dream deferred?” After reading the poem I began to question a lot of the dreams I have had to push aside or forget about. As a fan of Langston Hughes I believe

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    The baddest dog in Harlem A brief summary The text ”the baddest dog in Harlem” starts with the main character is together with some friends outside Big Joes place. Suddenly many police cars arrive in the streets and something is about to happen. The police have been informed of a man who is using an automatic weapon. One of the policemen slips and his gun fires in the direction of the restaurant. This makes everybody think that the shot comes from the building on the other side and they all start

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    Crack in Spanish Harlem Philippe Bourgois For people that have never had to struggle for a buck‚ they could never imagine life in the streets. I grew up primarily getting everything I wanted‚ and obviously everything I needed. Never did I ever once have to ride a city bus‚ let alone be found anywhere near inner city streets. I use to believe that the people there were "bad‚" therefore they placed themselves in the street. But after going to school with kids in poverty‚ and somewhat seeing the

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    "Home Sweet Home" There are hundreds of people‚ young and old that live in my apartment complex and each of them have a different and unique story to share. My story is that I come from the typical middle-of -nowhere suburbia‚ where the grass is always green‚ and all of the houses look the same. In that community it is easy to become too comfortable‚ and forget that things aren’t so "perfect" in the rest of the world. When my step-dad past away‚ we sold the house and moved into town changing

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    Final Project: Theoretical Exhibit - Claude O. Monet Curatorial Statement Claude Oscar Monet was pioneer in the art scene of the 20th century. He invented the painting style impressionism and always followed his dreams. This exhibit is a short impression of his pieces and his passion for art‚ his wife and the nature. Biography Claude Oscar Monet was born 1840 on Saturday the 14th of November in Paris‚ France‚ and lived until 1926. His parents had beside him one other child. When he was 5

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    Dr. Claude Steele theory on stereotype threat or social identity threat‚ show how it affects every part of our life. He outlines his theory from the premise that a person social identity - a person’s sense of who they based on their group membership‚ in contextual situation raise a threat of being seeing through the lens of a negative stereotype‚ that are assigned by the broader society. Additionally‚ negative stereotype has an impact that can cause an alteration of behavior or to cognitively underperform

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    R.(2007). Black Artists and Activism: Harlem on My Mind (1969). American Studies 48(1)‚ 5-39. Mid-American Studies Association. Retrieved March 18‚ 2013‚ from Project MUSE database. Another case study‚ Harlem on my mind‚ was an exhibit that opened in 1969 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City that sought to explore the cultural history of Harlem‚ NYC‚ which was predominately black. With seemingly good intentions to celebrate Harlem’s

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    The Harlem Renaissance occurred in the early 1920s. It was an culture celebration in which African American artist‚ musicians‚ writers and performers were able to take back their culture identity. This celebration took place between the end of World War 1 and the middle of the 1930s. This Renaissance consist of some of the famous writers‚ poets‚ artist‚ and musicians we see today. Such as‚ Maya Angelou‚ Alice Walker‚ Louis Armstrong‚ Aaron Douglas and many others. This culture celebration consisted

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    Running head: SURREALISM AND HARLEM RENAISSANCE Surrealism and Harlem Renaissance Two Historical Art Periods Elisa Montoya Western Governor’s University RIWT Task 1 May 13‚ 2013 SURREALISM AND HARLEM RENNAISANCE Comparing and Contrasting the Two Art Periods “Surrealism and Harlem Renaissance” 2 While there are many different historical art periods I will bring together two that I found to be extremely interesting. There are so many wonderful facts about all the different art periods

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    Langston Hughes’s poem” Harlem”‚ ask a great question‚ what happens to a dream deferred? We start out early in our lives with an endless amount of dreams for the future. Dreams for ourselves and dreams on a global scale. As children we dream of being a fireman‚ a police officer‚ teacher‚ or an astronaut. On a global scale we dream of peace and equality. What becomes of those dreams when they are postponed and overdue? Interpreting the first verse of the poem “does it dry up like a raisin

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