1. Jelly Roll Morton- Pianist (1890-1941) He was a creole who went on the road performing after his family got kicked him out for performing at a prostitute house. 2. Buddy Bolden- Trumpeter (1877-1931) He was known as the “Father of Jazz”. However‚ due to his drinking habits and a full diagnosis of dementia praecox‚ he was admitted to the Louisiana State Insane Asylum at Jackson‚ a mental institution‚ where he spent the rest of his life. 3. Sidney Bechet- Clarinetist (1897-1959) He never recorded
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When I mention the names Sarah Grimke and Frederick Douglass what comes to mind? Abolitionists? Equal rights activists? Of course‚ these two individuals are making great strives to fight for what they believe in. The sad thing about it is that we don’t have enough people with the likes of these two. England abolished slavery in 1834 so how long will we go on with this inhumane cruelty toward people. Our country is in a state of denial and if we don’t wake up soon‚ we will all pay the price. I’m going
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Sarah Kay is a poet from New York City‚ who is also a poetry teacher‚ the founder and co-director of the V.O.I.C.E project. Sarah wrote many books some being best selling ones including "B" and "No Matter The Wreckage". She took place in many different conferences as a speaker and as a listener. Her most famous speech was at the Ted Talk conference in 2011 where she walked the audience through a journey‚ her own journey‚ and what it was like to grow up loving poetry. Her speech seems beautifully
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Assess the strengths and weaknesses of Natural Law as an ethical system 15 marks Natural law is a rational theory‚ which doesn’t need you to believe in God to understand it. You could be a Darwinian atheist and believe in natural law derived by empirical observation‚ with the primary precept of survival - preservation of life. Furthermore‚ it is a clear-cut approach as it sets out an absolutist approach with a set of rules that everyone should follow if they aim to do what is good. The set of
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CELESTE CARTWRIGHT HISTORY 68 April 18‚ 2012 ASSIGNMENT #2 Sarah Hale and the Ladies Magazine In the late 1820s many women’s magazines were published but men were the ones who produced my men. This was because the legal status of women was over powered my men which was called coverture. This magazine was edited for by women‚ which has never been done according to Sarah Hale. In this magazine she defined to perimeters called “woman sphere”. It was basically teach women to get more familiar with
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6: Cast out the Bondwoman! “And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian‚ which she had born unto Abraham‚ mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham‚ Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son‚ even with Isaac. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son. And God said unto Abraham‚ Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad‚ and because of thy bondwoman‚ in all that Sarah hath said unto thee‚ hearken unto
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Sarah Osborne Dear Boston Globe‚ I am writing to you from my jail cell in the hope that you will publish my letter and let the world know my story. I was born as Sarah Warren in Watertown‚ Massachusetts in 1643. In 1662‚ at age 19‚ I married Robert Prince‚ a Salem Villager. He purchased a 150-acre farm‚ in Salem Village‚ next to Captain John Putman’s farm‚ and I moved in with him. Putman was our neighbor‚ my husband’s brother-in-law‚ and the executor of my husband’s will. We had two sons‚ whom
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Sarah E. Goode‚ born in 1855‚ was the first African American woman to receive a United States patent. Her invention was a cabinet bed. When the bed was not in use‚ the invention also functioned as a roll-top desk. During the time of its invention‚ people commonly lived in studios or small apartments. Most people did not have the space for bulky or large pieces of furniture because there was little space in there homes as it was. However‚ the cabinet desk was an ideal piece of furniture because it
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The pumpkin queen Cadet Ramirez Exploration of space B2 Utah Military Academy The pumpkin queen Sarah Frey is known as the pumpkin queen because she grows the most jack pumpkins in the united states (The big orange ones for halloween). Just this fall she shipped 5 million pumpkins. She says if it hadn’t been so hot and humid she would’ve shipped more. Eat not carve Sarah frey believes you shouldn’t just carve pumpkins for entertainment and decoration but eat them. She is now using more
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I – Sarah Baartman and the Politics of Looking “The expropriation and appropriation of Sarah Baartman by the colonial and capitalist gaze has lasted long enough. It is not a good idea to create new images of her‚ because each new image repeats and continues the past exploitation and humiliation of her body.” In the article The arena of imaginings: Sarah Bartmann and the ethics of representation‚ Rosemarie Buikema looks into the controversy around Willie Bester’s statue of Sarah Baartman
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