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    Roaring Twenties Facts

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    * Harlem became the capital of jazz and many white people took interest in African-American-inspired music * Famous artists of jazz during this time were Louis Armstrong‚ Bessie Smith‚ and Edward Kennedy Ellington * The Cotton Club was a very popular nightclub where different cultures converged * The “Harlem Renaissance” term was originated from the strong political‚ social‚ and cultural influences Harlem had on the lives of people * “The New Negro” came out of the Harlem Renaissance

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    The 1920s‚ also known as the ¨roaring 20s”‚ was a new beginning especially for the U.S. socially and economically .In addition to this cultural change that swept across the country ‚ was born nicknames such as ¨The Jazz Age¨ were given to this decade for the new self expression of music and dance . The automobile changed many things in 1920s. It drastically changed life of Americans. One of the people acknowledged for this innovation of the automobile was Henry Ford. Henry was born in Wayne County

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    times and tribulations of America genres‚ artists‚ and styles were influential in countless occasions. But four instances stood out in my mind more-so than the others. The Jazz of the Deep South‚ giving hope for young African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance. The second it the music of the late 50’s and the 60’s. Screaming out against the Vietnam War. The Beatles. The Stones. Woodstock being a gathering place for people who stood for something. People wanting change. Next is Tu-Pac’s music

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    MODERN FAIRYTALE Fairy tales can be traced back from thousands and thousands of years without really any specific time of origin. The history of fairy tales or fairy stories have fantasy creatures such as faeries‚ fey‚ goblins‚ elves‚ trolls‚ witches‚ giants‚ mermaids‚ gnomes and or talking animals. Enchantments‚ far-fetched events and explicitly moral tales‚ including beast fables‚ are also usually part of the plot. The term "once upon a time" is used rather than an actual reference to date and

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    The Art of Early Autumn

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    “Early Autumn”   With the advent of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s‚ strong black voices‚ writing with African-American rhythms and cadences‚ broke out all over the country. Of this remarkable creative outpouring‚ one voice rose among all of the rest. This was the voice of poet Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes was a well known poet‚ novelist‚ journalist‚ and playwright‚ and was nicknamed the "Poet Laureate of Harlem”. During the Harlem Renaissance‚ Langston Hughes gained fame and respect

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    Bourgeois relied on the participant-observation method‚ meaning that he chooses to live and integrate himself in the society he studies. To write his book “In Search of Respect”‚ Bourgeois was living with his family next to a crack house in East Harlem for five years during the 1980s. Furthermore‚ he later wrote a book called “Righteous Dopefiend” based on his time living among drug addicts on the streets in San Francisco for 12 years as well as his book “Ethnicity at Work: Divided Labor on a Central

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    Researching the Twenties Area One: Politics and Government The Harding‚ Coolidge‚ and Hoover administration can be summed up as more of a “hands off” approach to running the government. Harding was corrupt with the Teapot Dome scandal‚ Coolidge didn’t want to mess with businesses in our economy‚ and Hoover got blamed for the Great Depression. The Teapot Dome scandal involved the Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall‚ appointed by Harding‚ who was leasing Navy petroleum reserves and making bribes

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    Tiffany Walker Examination 1 Art 220 Dr.J.W. Cyril Art Appreciation: 9:30 a.m. 10/2/12 Essay Romare Bearden‚ Prevalence of Ritual‚ Tidings‚ 1967 had a bright mind about the African American culture. Bearden took a little from his background and what he was seeing in his time or that was around him to use in his paintings. In this piece he was using an angel to send a message to the woman as letting her know that things will get better. When I look at this piece I see there is church to

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    autobiographies. He was the first African American to support himself as a writer‚ and he wrote from his own experience. Hughes never married and is not known to have had any significant romantic relationships. He died alone on May 22‚ 1967 at a hospital in Harlem due to complications from prostate cancer. In February 2002 the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp honoring Langston Hughes. This stamp was the 25th in the Black Heritage series and marked Hughes’s 100th

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    Aaron Douglass Aspiration

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    The Work’s Progress Administration’s support of public art projects like Douglas’ demonstrates it was supportive of the Harlem Renaissance and the new embrace of culture after World War I. Aspiration (1936) depicts three elevated individuals‚ two males and one female‚ looking and moving onward towards a technologically advanced society of tall buildings and factories. They

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