Strange fruit Strange fruit is a song/poem by Billie Holiday which talks about the lynching mob. We have read it and heard it and this is my response to it‚ which includes how the imagery is explained‚ the message of the poem‚ how successfuly the point has been made and the differences between the poem and the song. Imagery The poem describes a gory image‚ Negroes hung from trees by the lynching mob. This scene is a horrible one to make into a poem‚ and writing techniques are used to make
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Reliable Primary Sources Primary sources are original records created at the time or after historical events occurred. Primary sources may include letters‚ manuscripts‚ diaries‚ journals‚ newspapers‚ speeches‚ interviews‚ memoirs‚ photographs‚ audio recordings‚ video recordings‚ research data‚ and objects or artifacts from the time in order for it to be considered reliable. These sources are raw materials that help interpret the past. Not every primary source is completely reliable‚ because they
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are painted green. Monet and Vincent van gogh their artwork was based on movements of Impressionism and Post Impressionism. Their interest shows outdoor environment to show effect of natural sun light or atmospheric light on day to day life scene. Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” is the great example of outdoor paintings and Vincent Van Gogh’s “The garden of the poets” is based on two poets combining with the garden that he is referring to. Van Gough’s painting the Garden of poets of poets is based on
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The Director of the Miss California USA and Miss California Teen USA said "I question these Legal Guardians’ ability to parent. It is one thing if your child wants to express themselves through dance or acting‚ but there are other ways to do it‚" (McKay Para. 12).In her pageants‚ she does not allow children to compete unless they are over the age of 16 years old. Do not stand on the sideline and allow children to be abused and look at themselves in a negative way for the rest of their lives. These
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Racism Racism has always been strong in America‚ but in the 1950’s there was more to be concerned about. There were laws for African Americans that would make them not as equal as whites. African Americans were only allowed to use their own bathrooms‚ school’s‚ water fountains‚ hospitals and busses. Racism in the 1950s was far aggressive with segregation and violence from today. Many African Americans lost family members during this time period. Many were adults but there were still children.
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. Claude Monet & Vincent van Gogh.. Art is mystery. Art work is different from many ways. What the artist meant? Why he chose the colors? The colors type and the name on the work are couple of things we can’t figure unless if we knew the artist ourselves .clude monet and vincet van ghoh are artist belong to the Impressionists movement but they are different in their life‚ art education‚ and art work. Claude Monet is French artiest. He was born in 1840. He was the second son of Claude Adolphe
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meant that he had to avoid antagonizing the southern democrats in order to gain their support‚ this can be shown by the fact that in 1938 more liberal congressmen tried to pass an anti lynching law Roosevelt refused to give his support to the bill saying that he “can’t take (the) risk." Of supporting the anti lynching bill as even though it may be the right thing to do ethnically for society as a whole‚ its not the right thing to do economically as America was coming out of the great depression and
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from the society of Paris lives his daily life hidden away in the bell tower of Notre Dame. He serves his master Jean-Claude Frollo‚ who saved Quasimodo as an infant on the very steps of Notre Dame. Jean-Claude Frollo is a cold and callous man who uses Quasimodo for his own benefit. While it can be said that Quasimodo is a monster on the outside‚ it can also be stated that Jean-Claude Frollo is a bigger monster internally. The two are opposing sides to the question: who is the Monster and who is the
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Webquest Directions: Use complete sentences when answering the questions. Type in the following web address Feel free to look at the pictures and read the information http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/ Click on Jim Crow Stories 1. Click on People and then click on Ida B. Wells. Explain the problems Ida B. Wells faced and her accomplishments. Some problems Ida B. Wells faced were that both of her parents died of yellow fever and she suffered with dealing
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churches were so corrupt‚ bribery practices and many other issues going through the church. This made him post the 95 theses on the door post of the church to affirm about the problems and the issues in the church and the way forward for the change (McKay et al.‚ 2014). This idea made many people from all regions believe and follow Luther’s way of salvation. This marked the end of many issues and problems that were going to the church such as in the office of the Pope and His reign. The Germans aristocrats
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