over one billion records and has 151 albums and singles (Kemp). Elvis is the artist with the largest number of gold‚ platinum‚ and multiplatinum certificates (Kemp). Elvis has performed in many arenas in the United States. Elvis Presley changed the culture of the United States by changing fandom‚ views on segregation‚ music‚ stardom‚ and fashion. Without Elvis‚ we would not live in the world we know today. Elvis was born in East Tupelo‚ Mississippi‚ but moved and grew up in Memphis Tennessee (Kemp)
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Attorney Thomas A. Stephens and Dr. Rory Donnelly were my parents. A Brooklyn New York woman meets a Detroit Michigan man in Chicago—they fell in love‚ got married‚ became doctors in their respective fields‚ and had three sons: myself (David)‚ Matthew‚ and Douglas. Our parents were an interracial couple in the 1970s. It was a time where the accepted norm and comfort zone was to date “within your own race”. America was dealing with the outcomes of the tumultuous 1960’s civil rights era and the racial
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English 10 21 May 2012 Western and Ibo Cultures What can we‚ civilized‚ technologically advanced people possibly have in common with the uncivilized Ibo people? In the story “Things Fall Apart” an Ibo village is disturbed by Westerners that try to change the Ibo people’s entire outlook on life. I really enjoyed this book because it reminded me that if you believe in something then you have to do everything to defend it. This story teaches us that no matter how sable something may seem‚ someone
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Cajuns Cajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana‚ consisting in part of the descendants of Acadian exiles—French-speakers from L’Acadie in what are now the Maritimes of Eastern Canada Louisiana and Texas 1.2 Million Cajuns Food Cajun food relied on local ingredients and wild game like duck‚ rabbit‚ alligator. Areas close to the water used fish and shellfish like shrimp and crawfish. Because Cajuns were poor they used every part of a butchered animal like a pig. They
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exact moment. It was like an attempt of defining what was real and giving the viewer an experience of their own. Realism art became one of the most iconic historical pieces of american history because of the way it inspired people and created great culture in multiple countries. Many realism paintings get judged by almost everyone whether it’s a good judgment or sometimes they get a bad judgement. The artist puts their own emotion‚ thought and creativity in their work but just like every person in the
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Dynasty the effect of this influence the fundamental revolution in Muslim history. The Abbasid’s did change the way that the Umayyad was run and it had taken it over with the help of the people who were fed up with the way that the caliphate was of hereditary and not chosen or a member of Muhammad. “The way that the Umayyad had favored the Syrian Arabs so the Malawi they joined the Abbasids in bringing them down” (Saylor). The Abbasid were heavily influenced by the Persian culture‚ and once they were in
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At a time when racial tension was very high in the US he had a strong influence on artists such as the Beatles‚ the Beach Boys and the Rolling Stones. In his early career‚ Berry’s songs were mainly classified as blues which appealed to the African American community. Later in his career Berry pivoted by increasing the tempo
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After 1500 there were many signs that a new age of world history was beginning‚ for example the discovery of America and the first European enterprises in Asia. This "new age" was dominated by the astonishing success of one civilization among many‚ that of Europe. There was more and more continuous interconnection between events in all countries‚ but it is to be explained by European efforts. Europeans eventually became "masters of the globe" and they used their mastery to make the
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After 1600 through the 1700’s‚ European culture generated a new artistic style‚ known as “The Baroque”. The term literally means "irregular pearl" and is use to describe the vibrant and wild artistic creativity of the seventeenth century. The newly created Baroque style grew out of the Catholic “Counter-Reformation”. Later on as the style spread to northern Europe‚ it became popular at royal places that use this new style as a symbol freshly emerging monarchies. As the book explains‚ Baroque style
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Pericles In the history of the ancient Greek civilization‚ there were many powerful and contributing men and women. Only one could be called the “Greatest Greek” and that man’s name is Pericles. Pericles was a wise and powerful leader of the city of Athens. He was a great supporter of the concept of democracy. Pericles guided Athens almost through the entire Peloponnesian War. Pericles promoted the arts and literature. This was a main reason Athens held the reputation of being the educational and
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