Plessy v. Ferguson In 1896 the Louisiana Supreme Court was challenged with a case that had the potential to tear apart racial segregation in our country. The central question that revolved around this court case was whether or not segregation amongst whites and blacks was still equal. The decision made by the court prolonged unnecessary social/racial inequality‚ oppression‚ hate‚ and violence in our country. The court’s ruling had immutable repercussions that greatly scarred our nation’s history
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Jazz came from nineteenth century in New Orleans‚ In fact‚ this music genre came for African American underclass. Since the early times of seventeenth century‚ many native born Africans had been brought to America. They were unwilling to immigrate‚ and they hoped they can take away the elements of the their culture. Thus‚ they remained music and folktales. Most of these people were illiterate‚ they did not have entertaining activities‚ so they could only sing their songs. When the time passes by
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people in the Gulf Coast States that a major storm was on its way. New Orleans was the main impact of Hurricane Katrina. On August 28th‚ 2005 the mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation. Major Nagin also declared that the Superdome‚ a stadium located on relatively high ground near downtown‚ would serve as “shelter of last resort” for people who could not leave the city. For example‚ a lot of the New Orleans community did not even have access to a vehicle.
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New Orleans Jazz Band: Dag "They have a word down South to describe the way you feel when your packed into a crowded dive at 1:00 AM‚ where the cigarette smoke is so thick it makes its own weather; and the waitress is slinging bourbon and Fritos while some bad-ass Jazz Funk band rocks the house as hard as Blue Ridge granite‚ and the sweat flows down from the stage like the cloudy waters of Pamlico Sound. There’s a word for how you feel when you hear live Jazzy-funk music so sweet and hot‚ you
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The eye of a hurricane passes over New Orleans in a direction 60.0° north of west with a speed of 41.0 km/hr. Three hours later‚ the hurricane suddenly shifts due north‚ and its speed slows to 25.0 km/hr. How far from New Orleans is the hurricane 4.50 hours after it passes over the city? v1 = 41.0km/hr(cos30°‚ sin30°) = (35.5‚ 20.5) km/hr v2 = (0‚ 25.0)km/hr → D = v1×3hrs + v2 × 1.5hrs =Answer (105.9‚ 99) km A ship which can move at the velocity of v0 = (12‚ 6) m/s (x-axis: the West to the
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Published March 13‚ 1919. By Angela Kong New Orleans: Has the killer come back? Over a rough period of 10 months‚ a man who identified himself as the “Axeman” appeared. He is believed to be responsible for 11 attacks and 5 deaths. News spread throughout New Orleans‚ placing fear in its citizens. The killer attacked people in their sleep‚ using weapons only from the victims households‚ primarily an ax. The first attack happened on May 2‚ 1918. Victims Catherine and Joseph Maggi had been attacked
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came when “The Cosby Show” reached its peak of popularity. The news media loudly protested that there couldn’t possibly
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Salsa is a style of music and dance practice by different cultures on all over the world. Salsa is way of communicating others who you are‚ not only by singing also by dancing. Different cultures have different way of singing and dancing salsa. Sometime‚ even though people are from the same culture they have different ways of transmitting salsa music and dance. Salsa is a very unique style that can be projected as romantic melody or very energetic and dynamic. When Africans arrived to Cuba
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Many of the things he did in the old days‚ still live on in the music scene today. Not only did he have a unique personality but also was a fine teacher‚ and formed new styles of jazz in his playing. His songs still blast in many peoples’ homes‚ and his licks are still played by many musicians today. His most famous album‚ Kind of Blue‚ recorded and released in 1959‚ still sells five-hundred thousand copies a year
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Estrada ID: 1261250 Listening To Jazz Class Essay Following the swing era‚ which had come into existence in the 1930’s after the Great Depression‚ a new and more innovative jazz style merged in the 1940’s known as Bebop. Bop was not as popular as swing because unlike swing‚ Bop was not a dancing jazz style. Bop however did bring a new musical dimension different from swing. The Bop jazz style focused on advanced improvisations‚ emphasis on solos‚ and just musical virtuosity in general. Two
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