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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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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“The Truth of John Smith” The text I have chosen to write this essay about is an account by John Smith about his experiences in the New World and his first encounter with Native American people. The text I’m using is from the coursepack page 105 to page 107‚ General History of Virginia‚ New England and the Summer Isles‚ from the second chapter in book three. Although this text holds many interesting aspects‚ I have chosen the one aspect that interested me the most‚ namely‚ in which way the truth
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and John Smith is a story that has been told time and time again. Disney even made a movie about their story‚ teaching the importance of taking care of the earth. The real story is a firsthand account from John Smith. He says that in 1607‚ he was captured by an Indian tribe‚ at some point he meets Pocahontas and she feels sympathy for him and begs her father not to execute him‚ thus saving his life. There has always been questions bought up about this though‚ many question whether Smith was telling
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Social Order Creation: Hobbes vs. Smith Hobbes and Smith are at odds about the idea of how power plays into social order creation. Hobbes believes that in the state of nature‚ man has no power to control others‚ and because of this‚ everyone is aggressive towards one another‚ as no one can trust another. Because of this‚ social order is necessary to give man incentive towards cooperation and trust‚ by selling your individual rights to freedom in order to gain social rights of security and safety
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Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee in April 15‚ 1894. She was the most popular female blues singer known as “The Empress of the Blues”. She started her career by singing in tent shows in 1912‚ alongside another blues specialist Ma Rainey. Bessie influenced other singers including Aretha Franklin‚ Nina Simone‚ Frank Sinatra‚ Billie Holiday‚ Dinah Washington and Janis Joplin. Bessie Smith was married to Jack Gee on June 7‚ 1923. She made her first record with Columbia records “Downhearted
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Crichton Smith. Throughout the poem Crichton Smith successfully creates a haunting portrayal of his guilt-laden grief over his mother ’s final years and the role he played in her neglect. This neglect is evident in the vivid image of his mother ’s home combined with her frailty. Crichton Smith adds to this his own role in failing to rescue her and subsequently emphasises the extent to which he is plagued by regret. The poem is divided into three stanzas‚ the first dealing with Smith ’s memories
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