Bessie Smith was a rough‚ crude‚ violent woman. She was also the greatest of the classic Blues singers of the 1920s. Bessie started out as a street musician in Chattanooga. In 1912 Bessie joined a traveling show as a dancer and singer. The show featured Pa and Ma Rainey‚ and Smith developed a friendship with Ma. Ma Rainey was Bessie’s mentor and she stayed with her show until 1915. Bessie then joined the T.O.B.A. vaudeville circuit and gradually built up her own following in the south and along the
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Summer Reading 2nd Block Fahrenheit 451 Characters Guy Montag- Montag was a fireman who wanted to find a meaning to life. His attitude about life and society suddenly changed after meeting Clarisse. Also‚ he didn’t think before he acted and this got him into some trouble. He didn’t understand why he had to burn books. Montag saved some of the books he was supposed to burn and this was completely against the law. He was eventually caught and had to go on the run so that he was not put in jail
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The Physics Of Scuba Diving: Swimming with the Fish Have you ever wondered what it would be like to swim with the fish and explore the underwater jungle that covers two-thirds of the earth ’s surface? I have always been interested in water activities; swimming‚ diving and skiing‚ and I felt that scuba was for me. My first dive took place while on a family vacation. I came across a dive shop offering introductory dives‚ which immediately caught my interest. After much convincing (my
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Tommy Smith‚ fell short of the stereotypical "violence is key‚" category when he used his podium to raise attention to the hard times black people endured with simply one small gesture. On June 6‚ 1944‚ and Clarksville Texas‚ to the parents Richard and Dora Smith‚ Thomas C. "Tommie" Smith was born. Being one of 12 children‚ Tommy survived about times as a young boy but ameliorated to become a phenomenal athlete. In the mix‚ his family moved to California where Smith was voted MVP (most valuable
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When discussing the notable leader of the Jamestown Colony‚ otherwise known as John Smith‚ a rather interesting has arisen regarding his genuine experience with the daughter of Powhatan‚ the Native American Chief. The girl‚ widely known as Pocahontas‚ is known for her inextricable link to Captain John Smith‚ Smith who had a suspiciously idyllic story to share. According to the National Park Service Website on Historical Jamestown‚ Smith’s tale involved being brought before Chief Powhatan and preparing
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Earl Smith III‚ OD‚ PhD‚ has worked diligently throughout his career to aid the children of myopic parents from developing the condition. Dr. Smith has made multiple important contributions to the field of optometry and continues to today at the University of Houston. His career began many years ago‚ and his spirit to help started at a young age. Dr. Earl Smith was born in the late 1940s in Norfolk‚ VA after World War II had taken the victorious United States by storm. The diligent Dr. Smith would
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millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us’ - Inspector Google (Socialist) Inspector Google is showing to the everyone (and the audience) that there are millions of working class people that are expriencing a similar life style of Eva Smith‚ that are ’still left with us’. ’Look‚ Inspector - I’d give thousands - yes‚ thousands of shellings’ - Mr Burling (When she’s alive‚ he doesn’t do any action or gives a thought about Eva Smith‚ nor neither give a sign of
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Taber 1 Jake Taber Harris British lit‚ period 2 15 August 2012 Do Hard Things Chapter One: We don’t think ‘average teenagers’ exist‚” write the twins. Explain what ways you think popular culture misrepresents what the teen years are for? Think of one thing that would change if you and your friends believed—really believed—that low expectations were ripping you off? Culture these days interpret the teenage years as a time of making mistakes freely and without consequences. Their peers don’t
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Walt Whitman Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet‚ essayist and journalist. A humanist‚ he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism‚ incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon‚ often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time‚ particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass‚ which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. Walt was born in Westhills‚ Long
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al-Khwārizmī‚ in full Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (born c. 780‚ Baghdad‚ Iraq—died c. 850)‚ )‚ Muslim mathematician and astronomer whose major works introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and the concepts of algebra into European mathematics. Latinized versions of his name and of his most famous book title live on in the terms algorithm and algebra. Images Al-Khwārizmī lived in Baghdad‚ where he worked at the “House of Wisdom” (Dār al-Ḥikma) under the caliphate of al-Maʾmūn. (The House
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