Elizabeth Smith (Bessie Smith) Elizabeth Smith was born on April 15‚ 1894 in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. Her parents were Laura and William Smith. She was one of the second children. She was born into a poverty stricken black family in the segregated south. Her father was a Baptist minister he died soon after her birth leaving her mother to raise her and her siblings. She was about nine when she lost her mother and two brothers. Bessie and the remaining siblings were raised by their
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Direction. Ma. Fernanda Introduction: One Direction is a boy-band formed by Zayn Malik‚ Liam Payne‚ Louis Tomlinson‚ Harry Styles and Niall Horan‚ the band was formed in a contest called The X Factor. Body: The X Factor UK is a British competition in which several people in order to fulfill his dream of being a singer going to participate. So as determined to win Niall Horan‚ Harry Styles‚ Louis Tomlinson‚ Liam Payne and Zayn Malik entered the contest individually‚ then his mentor Simon Cowell
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MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE Name:Tan-awon‚ Johanna Marie R. Prof. Architect Gregoria Mercado Bs.Architecture/ AR 1-11ar-2 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Antoni Gaudí From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Antoni Gaudí | Biography Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Catalan pronunciation: [ənˈtɔni ɣəwˈði]; 25 June 1852–10 June 1926) was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí’s works reflect his highly individual
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Chester Weinberg Gold Thimble Award - thanks to his graduate collection of Op-Art sweaters hand-knitted by his grandmother. Jacobs is currently leading his own Marc Jacobs Company and is the main head fashion designer for Louis Vuitton‚ he announced that he will be leaving Louis Vuitton in 2014 to focus more on his own company. Jacobs has a lot of social media accounts‚ he has over 400 thousand followers on twitter @marcjacobs and more than 100 thousand likes on his Facebook page. Not only does
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3 introduction: the novel ’Holes’ by Louis Sachar‚ communicates the strong character of stanley yelnats by using the language technique of dialogue to show how hes changes from being low self estemed and degraded‚ to a hero who is recognised in society. when stanley yelnats is framed for a crime he did not commit and is sent to camp green lake‚ a camp where boys dig holes all day as punishment‚ he discovers something hed never none about before‚ something hed actualli been waiting for but
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homeless for a while. She found work wherever she could‚ but it was a struggle. Looking back on those days‚ she chose to use the memories as inspiration to bring emotion to her singing. Growing up‚ Fitzgerald was a fan of jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby‚ but she had always dreamed of being a dancer. In 1934‚ the Apollo Theater in Harlem had an amateur night. Fitzgerald was planning on dancing‚ until she saw all of the talented dancers that went before her. She then decided
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After analysing the poems The Pylons‚ The Express‚ Slough and The Wiper written by Stephen Spender‚ John Betjeman and Louis MacNeice (respectively)‚ a clear picture of poetry in the 1930s was formed in my mind. All four poems speak of new inventions in the industrial sector‚ each in their own‚ way‚ but all referring back to the general industrialization of the 30s. Even though they all discuss roughly the same theme‚ they do not all discuss it in the same way‚ some welcome the change‚ some are
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still know today from the jazz ages. One important name during the jazz age was Louis Armstrong is known for many Jazz songs like “What a Wonderful World”‚ “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “Go down Moses.” Another name was Billie Holiday and she was known for “God Bless the Child” and “Billie’s Blues.” The other name was Duke Ellington‚ who have many recordings like “Take the A Train”‚ “Black and Tan Fantasy”‚
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families would have either daily or live in help. A great example of the “nuclear family” is the movie Meet Me in St. Louis‚ directed by Vincente Minnelli. The movie consists of two biological parents (Alonso and Anna Smith)‚ five children (Lon‚ Rose‚ Esther‚ Agnus‚ and Tootie)‚ and their grandfather (Grandpa). Also included in the family is their maid‚ Katie (Minnelli‚ Meet Me in St. Louis). The movie takes place
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zoologists in the world who for 18 years studied gorillas in Rwanda with Louis Leakey. She was viewed by many not just as a hero but as a role model. She had all the determination to save and protect the apes‚ to study the apes and just risking her life to see and study them‚ and most likely just viewed by many others in the need of reference to find out more about the apes. She traveled to Africa and met anthropologist Louis Leakey and that’s when her first encounter with the apes was and she fell
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