First recorded in 1939‚ the protest song “Strange Fruit” came to articulate the racism and brutality of lynching* endured by so many in the United States‚ particularly in the south. According to figures kept by the Tuskegee Institute‚ of the 3833 lynchings between 1889 and 1940‚ four fifths of the ninety percent lynched in the south were of African American descent. As horrific and cruel lynching was‚ it was considered acceptable. Society at the time believed that lynching was an act that was
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“Strange Fruit Analysis” In response to the terrible act of lynchings‚ a poem was written in protest to the terrible acts. The poem “Strange Fruit”‚published in 1939‚ and written by Abel Meeropol and popularized by Billie Holiday is a poem that was written in protest to lynchings. Abel Meeropol was a teacher‚ poet‚ and social activist who was haunted by pictures of lynchings‚ which is when a mob takes black men who have been accused of wrongdoing‚ and usually hang them. The pictures haunted him
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leaves. The fruit is the largest tree borne fruit and can range from 8 inches to 3 feet in length and 6-20 inches wide. These fruits can weigh anywhere from 10-60 and have been reported up to almost 200 pounds. The fruit is yellowish green in appearance and has numerous cone points on its skin. The fruit is suspected to taste like juicy fruit gum‚ bananas and nectarines combined. The seeds can vary from ¾ to 1 ½ inches in length and there can be anywhere from 100 to 500 seeds in a single fruit. A milky
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Asparagus Delight Juicing Recipes Juice Recipe: 4 asparagus spears‚ 3 carrots and 2 celery ribs. Simple Asparagus Juicing Recipes - 6 asparagus spears‚ 3 celery ribs‚ handful of cilantro Pepper Beets Juice Recipe: 1/2 beet with green root‚ 3 carrots‚ 1/2 red bell pepper Beeting it with Cilantro Juice Recipe: 1/2 beet with green root‚ 3 carrots‚ handful of cilantro Sweet Beets Juice recipe: 1/2 beet with green root‚ 1 sweet potato‚ 2 apples Broccoli Sunrise Juice Recipe: 1 broccoli spear
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International SEPT Program‚ University of Leipzig AN ANALYSIS ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF VIETNAMESE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR Name of student: Dinh Kim Quynh Diep Email of Student: dkqdiep@yahoo.com SEPT ID Number: 08-02 Matriculation Number: 3227473 Module Number: 103 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Utz Dornberger & Dr. Noor Un Nabi Date of Submission: March 14th‚ 2013 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................
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The Importance of “Strange Fruit” On August 7‚ 1930‚ Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith were broken out of jail only to face a fate far more gruesome and violent than that which they may have otherwise endured (Frederick 40). The tragedy of their story‚ though‚ would eventually inspire a work of art so powerful that the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s is considered by some to have been born from it (Margolick 92). The song “Strange Fruit‚” written by Abel Meeropol and popularized by Billie Holiday
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07.02 Shopping List Shopping List- Fruits: bananas and grapes. Vegetables: broccoli‚ carrots‚ and sweet potatoes. Dairy: milk and yogurt. Meat and Eggs: chicken breast‚ eggs‚ and turkey. Cereals: oatmeal. Pasta and Rice: Rice. Snacks: pretzels and rice cakes. I decided to choose these foods because a lot of them are what I eat most of the time. Everything I listed is a healthy choice. Some of the foods can even be put into two different meals. All of them together will give me the nutrients that
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Bananas and Oranges: A Comparison Between Two Fruits As I sat down to write my compare and contrast essay‚ I thought it would be a simple task. Oh‚ how wrong I was! Coming up with two subjects to compare differences was easy‚ but finding ones with similarities also? Not so much. I have researched and googled every important issue that I thought would be interesting to debate‚ but did not have any luck of finding something inspiring. Finally‚ I decided that I was making this more difficult
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classmates and one poster made by myself. The poster on the left is “Dear Chili Pepper‚ why are you so hot?” by Ng Lai Yan. The poster in the middle is “A little is enough – Vitamins” and it was made by me. The poster on the right is “Chili Pepper – Fruit of Immortal” by Ching Man (Abby). The poster would be examined by its quality of design‚ science and conclusion. Quality of Design Generally‚ both posters are very beautiful and having high degree of originality‚ indicating that both of my classmates
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Materials and methods 1. Raw materials Full ripe cactus Opuntia dillenii fruits were harvested from the orchard of Faculty of Agriculture‚ Suez Canal University‚ Ismailia Governorate‚ Egypt during December 2014. Fruits were washed and glochides and the two distal parts (top and bottom parts) were removed. The fruits were mashed in a mixer by mixing for 15 s. After that‚ the seeds were separated‚ washed and dried by hot air in a convective dryer (WT-binder‚ Type F115‚ Germany) at 50 ºC‚ air velocity
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