Magic (1929). In addition to his illustration work‚ Douglas explored educational opportunities; after receiving a fellowship from the Barnes Foundation in Pennsylvania‚ he took time to study African and modern art (biography.com). Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers Aaron Douglas was truly an important artist‚ teacher‚ and leader during the Harlem renaissance. His powerful murals‚ illustrations‚ and portraits you looked at today are examples of his legacy and his lasting influence
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president. He was born on August 4‚ 1961 in Hawaii. His parents were Ann Dunham and Barak Obama sr. At the age of 2 his father had left them‚ and moved back to Kenya. His mother Ann remarried and moved to Indonesia to live life with her new European husband. Later on in Obamas life his mother feared that he was not getting the educated that he needed and sent him back to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. During his high school years he was a tremendous basketball player and was on varsity. Obama
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poetry and Boston Art Festival Award in 1957. Cummings did gain all these awards and all his recognition is what he writes about and how he wrote. Cummings wanted to write in his own way‚ a new style. His style of abstraction and writing about real life struggles appealed to many of his readers. He would write with en masse in his mind “The opposite of the celebration of individuality‚ a principal subject of his lyricism.” (Dendinger 245). On top of all Cummings’s awards‚ he was labeled as one of
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moved to Russia in 1727 and served in the Navy for a couple of years. He later left the navy and got the job at St. Petersburg Academy as a professor in physics. He later left the science department and became a math professor. Later throughout his life‚ he met Katharina Gsell and they married each other in 1734. They had 12 kids‚ but only 5 of them lived past Euler’s age. They were married for about 39 years until Katharina died. Euler then remarried
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on April 16‚ 1755 one of the most sought after female painters was born to Louis and Jeannne Vigee (2014). Biography states this in their article “Elisabeth Vigee Le brun” “Her father was successful artist who encouraged her interest in art”. In her life time she was widely known and was credited for painting for very important people. She was also known for her fashionable portraits of the eighteenth century (2014). Elisabeth Vigee Le burn achieved early success as a young artist‚ her ability to
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Michael Jordan INFO Jordan‚ Michael (1963–)‚ American basketball player considered by many the greatest player in the history of the game. Standing 6 feet 6 inches tall‚ Jordan played both guard and forward. Above all‚ he has the uncanny ability‚ evidenced time and again in his professional career‚ to "take over" a game in its critical closing moments and ensure a victory for his team. Early in his career his athleticism‚ particularly his seeming ability to hover in midair while making dunk
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the world‚ this doesn’t account for the influence she’s had on her faithful followers. She’s had over millions people from all over the world follow her throughout her successful career. Oprah’s success is owed to the many trials she faced in her life. As a child Oprah was abandoned and was left to be raised by her grandmother in Mississippi until the age of nine. She then was forced to move with her mother in Wisconsin‚ where she was repeatedly raped by her siblings during her mother’s constant
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Columbia Law School. She was the first Latina to be appointed into the Supreme Court in 2009 by Barack Obama. Nomination took place on May 26‚ 2000. The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination in August‚ by a vote of 68 to 31. As a child Sonia lived a rough life with her family. Sonia comes from a family of Puerto Rican immigrants‚ and was raised with her
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Science‚ Engineering‚ Technology‚ and Mathematics‚ or more commonly known as STEM. From her early educational background to her still using mathematics in her later years‚ Lovelace’s lifetime is an inspiration to others in her career field. Lovelace’s life began on December 10 during the year of 1815 in London‚ England.
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of Western Union where he worked the Associated Press bureau news wire. Edison requested at the job to take the night shift which gave him time to spend time reading and experimenting‚ which were his two favorite pastimes. This side occupant of his life eventually cost him his job when in 1867 he was working with a lead-acid battery when he spilled su sulfuric acid‚ which went between the floor boards and went onto his boss’s desk below him‚ the next morning Thomas Edison was fired. Edison then began
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