i am doing my paper on a women named ella Fitzgerald. She made 230 albums in her life time and sang and toured most of her life. She has gone through so many things in her life that people has judged her for like her love. she quotes"I've had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn't work out. I don't want to dwell on that and I don't want to put people down, but I think all the fabulous places I've been, the wonderful things that have happened for me, the great people I've met - that ought to make a story."(fitzgerald).This women went through so much but kkept her head high and made sure everyone saw that in her music. I still wish i got michael jackson.
The person that im doing my topic on is Gwendolyn Brooks. A interesting fact is that Gwendolyn Brooks attended the second Black Writers Conference at Fisk University in Nashvill. She is a very inspiring African American. She was part of the The Black Writer and Human Right. This gourp has alot of African americans.
I'm learning that Gloria Naylor was a bold and influential woman. She was born in the time period where sexism and racism were at its peak. She was very moptivational and wrote many books on the effects of racism and sexism. She wrote about African Americans because she felt as if there were not enough books written about them in Ameruican literature. Most women at this time didn't stand up for themselves due to society's outlook on them; Gloria was different. She fought for herself and other women among and also stood up for African Americans. She educated the people who judged them by writing. This move was very brave for an African American woman.
My person is Margaret Walker Alexander. I learned that she was from Birmingham, AL on July 7th, 1915. Her father was a Methodist minister and a teacher. Her mother was also a teacher and both encoureged her to write. She went to Dillard University for two years and then transfered to Northwestern University in Chicago to get more opertunities after she graduated, being how she was black. At the young age of 19, she graduated with a B.A in English in 1935. In 1937 she published "For My People", one of her most famous books. In 1943 she got married to Firnist James Alexander. I think that her being a civil rights writer and a sufferage movement writer will help me write my thesis statement.
There are many different interesting facts about my person. She had graduated High School by the age of 16. She had astounding academics. She was born in Depew, New York and moved early in her life along with her family to Buffalo, New York. She married Fred James Clifton, they had 6 kids together before he died of cancer. There are many different important facts and accomplishments that I could use to make my thesis statement, but I manly used parts of her poetry to start out my paper. - Shawn krough
Dizzy Gilespie is the youngest of 9 children and his father died when he was 10 years old. His dad influenced him the most because he was a pro at playing the trumpet. In 1945, he created a band with his friends but the band was unsucessful. The year he became 72 years old he recieved a reward for playing the trumpet. He was moslty influenced by Roy Eldridge and Louis Armstrong because they had the best sound in jazz. His home town was in camden and it was very hard for him.
Some intresting facts about my person (Michael Jackson) is that he was born in Gary, Indiana. At the age of thirteen Jackson launched his solo career. He was badly injured while filming a commercial for Pepsi-Cola. Jackson also had a ranch he callen "Neverland". He has been charged with sexually abusing children at his ranch. I personally think that last fact contains great information that I could use for my thesis statement.
The person im reasearhing is Nate king Cole. I have learn lots of facts about of Nate. He dropped out of high school to join a big band. He also smoked 4 cigarettes a day, he thought it kept his voice deeper. He died of lung caner in 1965.
For my research project i got Richard Wright. I have never heard of him or his writtings. I learned that he grew up from a sharecropping family. He moved to Memphis and all over the state of Missouri. Also, he wrote a book called "Black Boy." He grew up with no father and only a mother and his grandmother. When Richard was in eigth grade he wrote his first complete story.
The persong was a jazz singer and was in the rcok and roll hall of fame,she was singing in jazz clubs in harlem,Newyork and that her real name is Eleanora Fagan. The information i can consider using to help my theisis is to say what she have done for music and how she made a diffrence(VC)
For the research paper, I was assigned Alice Walker. What I've learned about her so far is that she was a poet, novelist, and she also wrote short stories and a collection of essays. Her book, "The Color Purple", won the Pulitzer Prize. Her novels really stand out because they talk about realistic situations such as, rape, violence, isolation, troubled realtionships, multi generational perspectives, sexism, and racism. All of her writings were successful. She is said to be one of the most admired African Americans. -Marina Parkinson
My researh project is on a Countee Cullen. There are a lot of interesting facts about this mysterious man. He was born on March 30th, 1903. He was adopted in his early years by Reverend Frederick A. and Carolyn Belle. No one really knows when exactly when he was adopted, or how long he knew this people. To add to that, no one really knows where Countee was born. People argue New York City, Baltimore, and Louisville. Countee stuck with that he was born in New York City, but his college transcript and his close friends said that he was born in Louisville. Like I said he is a very mysterious man. He went to New York University where he became a Poet, anthologist, novelist, translator, and a children's writer. He lived his life with most of those backrounds. During his life time he made a lot of poems that meant alot to people. Countee Cullen passed in the year of 1946 on January 9th. His poems lived on and people will never forget who the man he was.
For my research paper I was assigned Duke Ellington. He was a famous jazz composer, orchestra leader, and pianist. An intresting fact about him is that his family was very protective of him. He was into baseball as a kid and one time got hit with a ball. When his mother found out she took him out and put him into piano lessons. His works have inspired the world and have influenced original jazz.
The person I'm reaserching is Langston Hughes. I have learned some interesting facts. Langston Hughes is a poet, He writes mostly about African Americans. He also was the first Black American to be elected to public office. His first published poem and also one of his most famous poems was "The Negro Speaks of River". Langston Hughes was a member of the abolitionist family. His father did not think he would make a living by writing, Langston decided to follow his dream and prove his father wrong. I can consider using the facts that he decided to persue his dream of writing and state some of his best poems. I think all the things I have read about him so far are interesting.
the person i am researching, Rita Dove, is a literary genius. Born in the industrialized city of Akron, Ohio, on August 28, 1952, Grew up surronded by upper-middle-class standards. At her graduation in 1970 she received a National Merit Scholarship and the Presidential Scholarship, which placed her among the top 100 college applicants nationwide.Dove chose poetry over law as her life's work. She continued to write and produce amazing poems about life and the struggle of being a african american woman.
I have learned that biggie smalls was only 24 years old when he was shot. He had two children, a boy and a girl.And each year on biggies birthday, they have a party to remember what good he has brought into the world. i would like to use that even though he was selling crack when he was in highschool, and he has made some bad decisions, that he his still a good person. People still look up to him, these are some things that I would like to include in my thesis statement. -cheyenne wiggins.
The person I am reasearching about is Zora Neal Hurston. She is a african american wiriter who tried to show the idea of African Americans still reatained thier folklore culture but also embraced the white american cutlure. She did this through the novels she wrote. Another intereting fact i learned was that she wrote a autobiography called "Dust Track on a Road" that it was censored becuase she showed her political and racial views in the biography. I think all this will help me lead my thesis statement in a good direction. I think I will talk about how she wanted to represent the African American community as having a rich culture that includes the folklure and the American culture also.
While researching Bessie Smith I've learned many things about her. One thing i found interesting is that she came from poverty, along with 6 other siblings. Also, during her time slavery was still a big issue, but she overcame it and had a very succesful career. SHe sadly died September 26th, 1937 after a car accident. She suffered from blood loss after being denied treatment at an all white hospital.
My person is Nikki Giovanni; what I learned so far is that she moved around alot. Nikki grew up when they seaperated the whites and the blacks so life for her was hard. Also I learned about her family, who she depended on the most,and most of all who she looked up too. Through my research I discovered that she became a well known poet, she received around 25 honorable awards. Some of these awards are "Rosa Parks lady of Courage" award, She was put into Ohios "Hall of Fame". Some of the smaller awards that she got were Women of the year in Essence, Mademoiselle, Ebony ,and Ladies home journal. I belive that the more I learn about Nikki the more her story becomes the "Rags to Riches" type of story.
There are many intresting facts Ella Fitzgerald about her life. But she also went through hardships such as her mother dieing in 1932. Also, she was sent to a reformatory school for her behavior. As you know with hardships come joyfulness. Such as, she got her big break in 1934 in a Harlem Apollo Theather contest in which she won. Afterthat she joined the Chick Webb Band which is when her career took off.
June Jordan was a writer in the early 1900s. she wrote about the things that went on in her life. as an african american woman, she wrote a lot about their rights and personal concerns. she also wrote about her childhood and her own son. she didnt want to raise her son the way she was raised, which was also another topic of some of her work. Jordan was loved by many and was often called the universal poet.
I am learning a lot about Ralph Ellison. I have been learning how he came about and how he became a writer. Before he became a writer he was a trumpet player and composer. I also am learning about where he is from and what he has accomplished. There are also many problems with his early life, like when his father died when he was only three years old.I think the biggest thing I am learning about is why he wrote his books and how he felt about the world. I think that, that information will help me with my thesis.
I am writing my research paper on Sammy Davis Jr. He was an african american singer who started his career at a very young age. He was married twice and had three children. When he was four, he started preforming with his dad and uncle until he was old enough to go solo. I have a lot of information that can form a thesis. Such as, how he died, songs he wrote, and how his life treated him because he was african american.
My person that I'm researching is Richard Wright. So far, the interesting facts that I've learned about him is that he is a writer/poet, worked many jobs in his life, and rised through poverty as an African American. The information that I've been reading has basically informed me that his life experiences portray through his writings, and that he also tried to get Americans to realize the life of Afican Americans, and that the way they treated them cause certain African Americans to act the way they do.
My research paper is on Gloria Naylor. Until I started doing research, I never even knew who this woman was. I have found out many interesting things about her. I have found that the book "the women of Brewster Place" was what got her noticed as a writer. The book tells the stories of black women. It shows how they all have to over come different things in their lives and they all have different experiences. I think that in my paper I'm going to link this novel and the events that transpire in it to what was going on in America concerning racism throughout Naylor's life. She was born in the year 1950. I've done further research on what was happening througout the 50's and 60's and have found many things that could have inspired her novel.
Biggie Smalls was a very great rapper. He had a bad life growing up. He was poor and lived with only his mom. Biggie got arrested twice for being caught with drugs. He was shot and killed at the age of 24. His real name is Christopher George Latore Wallace. I might use information about the lyrics of his songs to help me with my thesis.
Billie Holiday's songs not only reflected her own life and harships, but african american's difficulties in the United States. Billie Holiday's life was extremely hard. She was raped at the age of ten, became a prostitute at thirteen, and was addicted to drugs and alcohol her entire life, causing her death. For instance, Billie's song "Strange Fruit" was about the racism faced by African Americans in america, and how horrible it was. She wrote the song because she hates injustice and people who commit it.
what i am discovering is that countee cullen tends to be fueled by his racial compassion to show the pain and hardship endured by his ancestors at the sametime his own hardships throught an average persons life in harlem. i am still amazed however when i see his use of religion in his writings while he was homosexual himself. i wouldnt have imagined those two things together.
There is alot of interesting facts im learning about Nat king cole. he origonally was a pianist. he learned to play when he was 4. he dropped out of school at 15 to join a band with his brother. he and his brother were a full time jazz player. later he created a band with a guitarist a bassist but no drummer. that day he was named nat "king" cole.
The person that I am going to be writing about it Toni Morrison. Through research, I have found out that she was the first black woman to receive Nobel Prize in Literature. She grew up in poverty and wrote a lot of inspirational novels. The things that she did in her life could help me write my thesis statement.
My person is Jelly Roll Morton. He was a very famous jazz musician and claims to be the creator of jazz music in 1902. His real name is actually Ferdinand Lamothe. His parents died at a young age and he had to move in with his aunt uncle grandmother and grandfather. He was kicked out of his house by his grandmother at 12 years old and had to make a living on his own. This probably affected him and his music and could help me with the formation of my thesis. -definitely not issa cardona
My research paper will be on Gwendolyn Brooks. I have already learned that Mrs. Brooks was a poet in the 1960s. She was big on equalism and unity. During the 60's there was still segregation. Also, I learned that Brooks was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prise. My thesis statement will work around the time period that Brooks wrote in and the things she wrote about.
My research topic i am doing my research paper on is Ralph Ellison. Before i started researching facts about him i had no clue who he was and what he did during his life. Now that i have found many facts about him i know some about what he did. He was an American writer who took seven years and finally completed his first novel, Invisible Man. He was also a literary critic . This is what i have found out about Ralph Ellison so far. I will probaly use some facts about his life for my thesis or the books that he wrote. -Kristian Mcniss Period 3
Lucille Clifton was an African American poet. She was born in New York, 1936. Clifton graduated high school at the age of 16. She enrolled at Washington College then transferred to Fredonia state college. She went for a Drama major. Lucille's Mother died when Lucille was only 20 years old. I feel that the death of her mother open the door to a whole new section of emotion and sensitivity to Lucille. She would imply deep emotion into her works. She was awarded many of times for her poetry.
The person that I am researching is a fiction writer, scriptwriter, and an essayist. She had her named legally changed in 1970 to Bambara because it was a name from a trunk from her great-grandmother. Most of the books that she has written are based off of life of the normal African American family and how their hardships affected their lives. She expresses this through short stories within her published books. Her most notorious book is "Gorilla, My Love. How she explains the life and obstacles of the African American family of the 60's, would be a great to base my thesis off of. It may give me a view into what she had seen.
I am learning a lot about my research person, James Brown. I learned that he revoloutionized hip hop and other forms of music. He was very unique with his styles of performance due to his dance moves and his screaming singing voice. He also influenced many other big time performist such as Michael Jackson. Knowing that he came from such deep poverty and without parents is good information to help me form my thesis. Also, his journey from being a criminal as a young adult to a famous star helps me to form my thesis.
The person i am researching is Rita Dove. So far i have found out that she is a very intelligent african american woman. She was raised by her father and mother who pushed her do work hard in school, and it paid off. She has received numerous literary and academic honors, among them the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and, more recently, the 2003 Emily Couric Leadership Award, the 2001 Duke Ellington Lifetime Achievement Award, the 1997 Sara Lee Frontrunner Award, the 1997 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, the 1996 Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities and the 1996 National Humanities Medal. Ms. Dove was born in Akron, Ohio in 1952. - Chelsea Simpkins
For my research paper I was assigned Ella Fitzgerald. As I read through numerous biographies, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and more, I have learned many things about her. For one, she was a talented jazz musician. She grew up without her biological father and her mother died when she was young. She moved in with her aunt after her mother's death and that is when she began to sing. She was in a band and when the lead singer died, she took over the band, then went solo. Since then, she has made herself into a musical legend and is well known for her music.
My research paper is on Louis Armstrong. Some interesting facts i have found about him are, even though he was a very famouse jazz player he was treated just like any other African American. He wasnt aloud to play in certain bars, some anouncers wouldn't even anounce his name because of his race. Another interesting fact is that even though he was treated poorly and grew up in a bad enviorment he always has a smile on his face and a great attitude. The information i can use to help make my thesis is the racism he went through.
the person i am learning about is Tupac Amaru Shakur.He was named after a peruvian revolutionary 'Tupac Amaru II'. Tupac was born in New York City and moved to Baltimore where he went to highschool and college. when he moved to California he started selling drugs and got involved in the gang life style. Tupac was killed at age 25.he was shot while in the back of a car and taken to the hospitol,he went into a coma and six days later he died. still to this day no one has figured out who murdered him but many people believe it was the workings of "Biggie Smalls" a rival rapper from the east coast. although Tupac is dead his songs are still played all of the world.
My research paper will be on a famous trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie. He was also the pioneer of a new jazz style, Bebop, also known as Bop. He was born in the early 1910's, and was very interested in music at a young age. He played for various bands and eventually formed his own. He worked with another famous contemporary jazz musician, Charlie Parker, and also a lot of the others. He started gaining success and fame in the 1940's. In his late years, he performed in various countries as a cultural mission for the U.S. The most interesting part to me was that Dizzy Gillespie tried to run for the president of United States, although he didn't succeed. He had a autobiography named To Be, Or Not... To Bop, in which he mentioned about this experience and his views on social injustice imposed to African Americans at the time. He had said that "jazz is the African Americans' own culture." I am most interested in the relations between the racial segregation/injustice at the time and Dizzy Gillespie and his music, and how his music was gradually accepted by people and spread out more when the predominant audience was White people.
My reasearch paper is about Jelly Roll Morton. he is to be called "jazz's first arranger". He started out playing professionally in New orleans. His father abandoned him at a very early age. Im learning from him that even though your not in the best life situation you can still make something of your self. Jimmy Strong
i am doing my paper on a women named ella Fitzgerald. She made 230 albums in her life time and sang and toured most of her life. She has gone through so many things in her life that people has judged her for like her love. she quotes"I've had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn't work out. I don't want to dwell on that and I don't want to put people down, but I think all the fabulous places I've been, the wonderful things that have happened for me, the great people I've met - that ought to make a story."(fitzgerald).This women went through so much but kkept her head high and made sure everyone saw that in her music. I still wish i got michael jackson.
ReplyDeleteThe person that im doing my topic on is Gwendolyn Brooks. A interesting fact is that Gwendolyn Brooks attended the second Black Writers Conference at Fisk University in Nashvill. She is a very inspiring African American. She was part of the The Black Writer and Human Right. This gourp has alot of African americans.
ReplyDeleteI'm learning that Gloria Naylor was a bold and influential woman. She was born in the time period where sexism and racism were at its peak. She was very moptivational and wrote many books on the effects of racism and sexism. She wrote about African Americans because she felt as if there were not enough books written about them in Ameruican literature. Most women at this time didn't stand up for themselves due to society's outlook on them; Gloria was different. She fought for herself and other women among and also stood up for African Americans. She educated the people who judged them by writing. This move was very brave for an African American woman.
ReplyDeleteMy person is Margaret Walker Alexander. I learned that she was from Birmingham, AL on July 7th, 1915. Her father was a Methodist minister and a teacher. Her mother was also a teacher and both encoureged her to write. She went to Dillard University for two years and then transfered to Northwestern University in Chicago to get more opertunities after she graduated, being how she was black. At the young age of 19, she graduated with a B.A in English in 1935. In 1937 she published "For My People", one of her most famous books. In 1943 she got married to Firnist James Alexander. I think that her being a civil rights writer and a sufferage movement writer will help me write my thesis statement.
ReplyDeleteThere are many different interesting facts about my person. She had graduated High School by the age of 16. She had astounding academics. She was born in Depew, New York and moved early in her life along with her family to Buffalo, New York. She married Fred James Clifton, they had 6 kids together before he died of cancer. There are many different important facts and accomplishments that I could use to make my thesis statement, but I manly used parts of her poetry to start out my paper.
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ReplyDeleteDizzy Gilespie is the youngest of 9 children and his father died when he was 10 years old. His dad influenced him the most because he was a pro at playing the trumpet. In 1945, he created a band with his friends but the band was unsucessful. The year he became 72 years old he recieved a reward for playing the trumpet. He was moslty influenced by
Roy Eldridge and Louis Armstrong because they had the best sound in jazz. His home town was in camden and it was very hard for him.
Some intresting facts about my person (Michael Jackson) is that he was born in Gary, Indiana. At the age of thirteen Jackson launched his solo career. He was badly injured while filming a commercial for Pepsi-Cola. Jackson also had a ranch he callen "Neverland". He has been charged with sexually abusing children at his ranch. I personally think that last fact contains great information that I could use for my thesis statement.
ReplyDeleteThe person im reasearhing is Nate king Cole. I have learn lots of facts about of Nate. He dropped out of high school to join a big band. He also smoked 4 cigarettes a day, he thought it kept his voice deeper. He died of lung caner in 1965.
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For my research project i got Richard Wright. I have never heard of him or his writtings. I learned that he grew up from a sharecropping family. He moved to Memphis and all over the state of Missouri. Also, he wrote a book called "Black Boy." He grew up with no father and only a mother and his grandmother. When Richard was in eigth grade he wrote his first complete story.
ReplyDeleteThe persong was a jazz singer and was in the rcok and roll hall of fame,she was singing in jazz clubs in harlem,Newyork and that her real name is Eleanora Fagan. The information i can consider using to help my theisis is to say what she have done for music and how she made a diffrence(VC)
ReplyDeleteFor the research paper, I was assigned Alice Walker. What I've learned about her so far is that she was a poet, novelist, and she also wrote short stories and a collection of essays. Her book, "The Color Purple", won the Pulitzer Prize. Her novels really stand out because they talk about realistic situations such as, rape, violence, isolation, troubled realtionships, multi generational perspectives, sexism, and racism. All of her writings were successful. She is said to be one of the most admired African Americans.
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My researh project is on a Countee Cullen. There are a lot of interesting facts about this mysterious man. He was born on March 30th, 1903. He was adopted in his early years by Reverend Frederick A. and Carolyn Belle. No one really knows when exactly when he was adopted, or how long he knew this people. To add to that, no one really knows where Countee was born. People argue New York City, Baltimore, and Louisville. Countee stuck with that he was born in New York City, but his college transcript and his close friends said that he was born in Louisville. Like I said he is a very mysterious man. He went to New York University where he became a Poet, anthologist, novelist, translator, and a children's writer. He lived his life with most of those backrounds. During his life time he made a lot of poems that meant alot to people. Countee Cullen passed in the year of 1946 on January 9th. His poems lived on and people will never forget who the man he was.
ReplyDeleteFor my research paper I was assigned Duke Ellington. He was a famous jazz composer, orchestra leader, and pianist. An intresting fact about him is that his family was very protective of him. He was into baseball as a kid and one time got hit with a ball. When his mother found out she took him out and put him into piano lessons. His works have inspired the world and have influenced original jazz.
ReplyDeleteThe person I'm reaserching is Langston Hughes. I have learned some interesting facts. Langston Hughes is a poet, He writes mostly about African Americans. He also was the first Black American to be elected to public office. His first published poem and also one of his most famous poems was "The Negro Speaks of River". Langston Hughes was a member of the abolitionist family. His father did not think he would make a living by writing, Langston decided to follow his dream and prove his father wrong. I can consider using the facts that he decided to persue his dream of writing and state some of his best poems. I think all the things I have read about him so far are interesting.
ReplyDeletethe person i am researching, Rita Dove, is a literary genius. Born in the industrialized city of Akron, Ohio, on August 28, 1952, Grew up surronded by upper-middle-class standards. At her graduation in 1970 she received a National Merit Scholarship and the Presidential Scholarship, which placed her among the top 100 college applicants nationwide.Dove chose poetry over law as her life's work. She continued to write and produce amazing poems about life and the struggle of being a african american woman.
ReplyDeleteI have learned that biggie smalls was only 24 years old when he was shot. He had two children, a boy and a girl.And each year on biggies birthday, they have a party to remember what good he has brought into the world. i would like to use that even though he was selling crack when he was in highschool, and he has made some bad decisions, that he his still a good person. People still look up to him, these are some things that I would like to include in my thesis statement.
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The person I am reasearching about is Zora Neal Hurston. She is a african american wiriter who tried to show the idea of African Americans still reatained thier folklore culture but also embraced the white american cutlure. She did this through the novels she wrote. Another intereting fact i learned was that she wrote a autobiography called "Dust Track on a Road" that it was censored becuase she showed her political and racial views in the biography. I think all this will help me lead my thesis statement in a good direction. I think I will talk about how she wanted to represent the African American community as having a rich culture that includes the folklure and the American culture also.
ReplyDeleteWhile researching Bessie Smith I've learned many things about her. One thing i found interesting is that she came from poverty, along with 6 other siblings. Also, during her time slavery was still a big issue, but she overcame it and had a very succesful career. SHe sadly died September 26th, 1937 after a car accident. She suffered from blood loss after being denied treatment at an all white hospital.
ReplyDeleteI am finding out alot about my person but its a surprise :P
ReplyDeleteMy person is Nikki Giovanni; what I learned so far is that she moved around alot. Nikki grew up when they seaperated the whites and the blacks so life for her was hard. Also I learned about her family, who she depended on the most,and most of all who she looked up too. Through my research I discovered that she became a well known poet, she received around 25 honorable awards. Some of these awards are "Rosa Parks lady of Courage" award, She was put into Ohios "Hall of Fame". Some of the smaller awards that she got were Women of the year in Essence, Mademoiselle, Ebony ,and Ladies home journal. I belive that the more I learn about Nikki the more her story becomes the "Rags to Riches" type of story.
ReplyDeleteThere are many intresting facts Ella Fitzgerald about her life. But she also went through hardships such as her mother dieing in 1932. Also, she was sent to a reformatory school for her behavior. As you know with hardships come joyfulness. Such as, she got her big break in 1934 in a Harlem Apollo Theather contest in which she won. Afterthat she joined the Chick Webb Band which is when her career took off.
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June Jordan was a writer in the early 1900s. she wrote about the things that went on in her life. as an african american woman, she wrote a lot about their rights and personal concerns. she also wrote about her childhood and her own son. she didnt want to raise her son the way she was raised, which was also another topic of some of her work. Jordan was loved by many and was often called the universal poet.
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I am learning a lot about Ralph Ellison. I have been learning how he came about and how he became a writer. Before he became a writer he was a trumpet player and composer. I also am learning about where he is from and what he has accomplished. There are also many problems with his early life, like when his father died when he was only three years old.I think the biggest thing I am learning about is why he wrote his books and how he felt about the world. I think that, that information will help me with my thesis.
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ReplyDeleteI am writing my research paper on Sammy Davis Jr. He was an african american singer who started his career at a very young age. He was married twice and had three children. When he was four, he started preforming with his dad and uncle until he was old enough to go solo. I have a lot of information that can form a thesis. Such as, how he died, songs he wrote, and how his life treated him because he was african american.
My person that I'm researching is Richard Wright. So far, the interesting facts that I've learned about him is that he is a writer/poet, worked many jobs in his life, and rised through poverty as an African American. The information that I've been reading has basically informed me that his life experiences portray through his writings, and that he also tried to get Americans to realize the life of Afican Americans, and that the way they treated them cause certain African Americans to act the way they do.
ReplyDeleteMy research paper is on Gloria Naylor. Until I started doing research, I never even knew who this woman was. I have found out many interesting things about her. I have found that the book "the women of Brewster Place" was what got her noticed as a writer. The book tells the stories of black women. It shows how they all have to over come different things in their lives and they all have different experiences. I think that in my paper I'm going to link this novel and the events that transpire in it to what was going on in America concerning racism throughout Naylor's life. She was born in the year 1950. I've done further research on what was happening througout the 50's and 60's and have found many things that could have inspired her novel.
ReplyDeleteBiggie Smalls was a very great rapper. He had a bad life growing up. He was poor and lived with only his mom. Biggie got arrested twice for being caught with drugs. He was shot and killed at the age of 24. His real name is Christopher George Latore Wallace. I might use information about the lyrics of his songs to help me with my thesis.
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Billie Holiday's songs not only reflected her own life and harships, but african american's difficulties in the United States. Billie Holiday's life was extremely hard. She was raped at the age of ten, became a prostitute at thirteen, and was addicted to drugs and alcohol her entire life, causing her death. For instance, Billie's song "Strange Fruit" was about the racism faced by African Americans in america, and how horrible it was. She wrote the song because she hates injustice and people who commit it.
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what i am discovering is that countee cullen tends to be fueled by his racial compassion to show the pain and hardship endured by his ancestors at the sametime his own hardships throught an average persons life in harlem. i am still amazed however when i see his use of religion in his writings while he was homosexual himself. i wouldnt have imagined those two things together.
ReplyDeleteThere is alot of interesting facts im learning about Nat king cole. he origonally was a pianist. he learned to play when he was 4. he dropped out of school at 15 to join a band with his brother. he and his brother were a full time jazz player. later he created a band with a guitarist a bassist but no drummer. that day he was named nat "king" cole.
ReplyDeleteThe person that I am going to be writing about it Toni Morrison. Through research, I have found out that she was the first black woman to receive Nobel Prize in Literature. She grew up in poverty and wrote a lot of inspirational novels. The things that she did in her life could help me write my thesis statement.
ReplyDeleteMy person is Jelly Roll Morton. He was a very famous jazz musician and claims to be the creator of jazz music in 1902. His real name is actually Ferdinand Lamothe. His parents died at a young age and he had to move in with his aunt uncle grandmother and grandfather. He was kicked out of his house by his grandmother at 12 years old and had to make a living on his own. This probably affected him and his music and could help me with the formation of my thesis.
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My research paper will be on Gwendolyn Brooks. I have already learned that Mrs. Brooks was a poet in the 1960s. She was big on equalism and unity. During the 60's there was still segregation. Also, I learned that Brooks was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prise. My thesis statement will work around the time period that Brooks wrote in and the things she wrote about.
ReplyDeleteMy research topic i am doing my research paper on is Ralph Ellison. Before i started researching facts about him i had no clue who he was and what he did during his life. Now that i have found many facts about him i know some about what he did. He was an American writer who took seven years and finally completed his first novel, Invisible Man. He was also a literary critic . This is what i have found out about Ralph Ellison so far. I will probaly use some facts about his life for my thesis or the books that he wrote. -Kristian Mcniss Period 3
ReplyDeleteLucille Clifton was an African American poet. She was born in New York, 1936. Clifton graduated high school at the age of 16. She enrolled at Washington College then transferred to Fredonia state college. She went for a Drama major.
ReplyDeleteLucille's Mother died when Lucille was only 20 years old. I feel that the death of her mother open the door to a whole new section of emotion and sensitivity to Lucille. She would imply deep emotion into her works. She was awarded many of times for her poetry.
The person that I am researching is a fiction writer, scriptwriter, and an essayist. She had her named legally changed in 1970 to Bambara because it was a name from a trunk from her great-grandmother. Most of the books that she has written are based off of life of the normal African American family and how their hardships affected their lives. She expresses this through short stories within her published books. Her most notorious book is "Gorilla, My Love. How she explains the life and obstacles of the African American family of the 60's, would be a great to base my thesis off of. It may give me a view into what she had seen.
ReplyDeleteI am learning a lot about my research person, James Brown. I learned that he revoloutionized hip hop and other forms of music. He was very unique with his styles of performance due to his dance moves and his screaming singing voice. He also influenced many other big time performist such as Michael Jackson. Knowing that he came from such deep poverty and without parents is good information to help me form my thesis. Also, his journey from being a criminal as a young adult to a famous star helps me to form my thesis.
ReplyDeleteThe person i am researching is Rita Dove. So far i have found out that she is a very intelligent african american woman. She was raised by her father and mother who pushed her do work hard in school, and it paid off. She has received numerous literary and academic honors, among them the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and, more recently, the 2003 Emily Couric Leadership Award, the 2001 Duke Ellington Lifetime Achievement Award, the 1997 Sara Lee Frontrunner Award, the 1997 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, the 1996 Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities and the 1996 National Humanities Medal. Ms. Dove was born in Akron, Ohio in 1952.
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For my research paper I was assigned Ella Fitzgerald. As I read through numerous biographies, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and more, I have learned many things about her. For one, she was a talented jazz musician. She grew up without her biological father and her mother died when she was young. She moved in with her aunt after her mother's death and that is when she began to sing. She was in a band and when the lead singer died, she took over the band, then went solo. Since then, she has made herself into a musical legend and is well known for her music.
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My research paper is on Louis Armstrong. Some interesting facts i have found about him are, even though he was a very famouse jazz player he was treated just like any other African American. He wasnt aloud to play in certain bars, some anouncers wouldn't even anounce his name because of his race. Another interesting fact is that even though he was treated poorly and grew up in a bad enviorment he always has a smile on his face and a great attitude. The information i can use to help make my thesis is the racism he went through.
ReplyDeletethe person i am learning about is Tupac Amaru Shakur.He was named after a peruvian revolutionary 'Tupac Amaru II'. Tupac was born in New York City and moved to Baltimore where he went to highschool and college. when he moved to California he started selling drugs and got involved in the gang life style. Tupac was killed at age 25.he was shot while in the back of a car and taken to the hospitol,he went into a coma and six days later he died. still to this day no one has figured out who murdered him but many people believe it was the workings of "Biggie Smalls" a rival rapper from the east coast. although Tupac is dead his songs are still played all of the world.
ReplyDeleteMy research paper will be on a famous trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie. He was also the pioneer of a new jazz style, Bebop, also known as Bop. He was born in the early 1910's, and was very interested in music at a young age. He played for various bands and eventually formed his own. He worked with another famous contemporary jazz musician, Charlie Parker, and also a lot of the others. He started gaining success and fame in the 1940's. In his late years, he performed in various countries as a cultural mission for the U.S. The most interesting part to me was that Dizzy Gillespie tried to run for the president of United States, although he didn't succeed. He had a autobiography named To Be, Or Not... To Bop, in which he mentioned about this experience and his views on social injustice imposed to African Americans at the time. He had said that "jazz is the African Americans' own culture." I am most interested in the relations between the racial segregation/injustice at the time and Dizzy Gillespie and his music, and how his music was gradually accepted by people and spread out more when the predominant audience was White people.
ReplyDeleteMy reasearch paper is about Jelly Roll Morton. he is to be called "jazz's first arranger". He started out playing professionally in New orleans. His father abandoned him at a very early age. Im learning from him that even though your not in the best life situation you can still make something of your self.
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