1921

Born to Julia Mae Means Walker and Shelton Walker on July 4, 1921, Ethel Mae started her life’s journey in Ashburn, Georgia. She was the fifth born of ten children. She received her education at Eureka High School in Ashburn and she accepted Christ at an early age. Ethel was an adventurous girl and at the age of 22 she and her sister Augusta (Inez), decided to catch a train to Chicago, Illinois in hopes of receiving better lives. Their Aunt Oda Mae Means-Patterson welcomed them with opened…

Because I find Jewish culture interesting, I did research on Klezmer music. Klezmer music was the traditional music of the Jews of Eastern Europe. The most influential form of musical expression in the Jewish community was the singing of the khazn. The rabbinate (the association of religious authorities) didn’t allow singing khazn because they were distracting the worshipers. The Hasidizm which is (a charismatic religious sect) created a spiritual interpretation of piety encouraging song and…

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was an Austrian man who had led a party called the ‘National Socialist German Workers Party ' that ruled Germany. He became the dictator of the German Empire in 1934, with all this power in his hands he declared that the Nazi’s invaded Poland. This order caused World War II and about fifty million people died because of this, six million of them being Jews. Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in an Austrian-Hungarian (today Austrian) town called Braunau am Inn. He…

optimistic not only for African Americans, but also for women. Up until this point jazz music performed by African Americans was not popular amongst the majority of citizens and had been ignored. The first mass marketed jazz recordings were made in 1921, and the popularity of jazz music instantaneously spread. The Charleston was composed by James P. Johnson, who was African American, and quickly became one of the most popular dances in the United States at the time. This dance, the Charleston,…

The framers of the constitution wanted to have a president with limited power because they wanted to prevent another tyranny. As stated in Federalist #46, “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands…may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” The framers created a government with checks and balances which caused the separation of power composed of the three branches: Legislative (congress), Executive (president), and Judicial (supreme…

Today, when we hear the term “slavery” we often relate back to an unpleasant and appalling time in American history. A time when many African Americans were forced to provide free labor and treated cruelly. We think that as a society that we have progressed into a nation where things of this nature do not happen. Sadly, in America slavery is still very much alive. A form of slavery that exists today is called human trafficking. This article describes human trafficking as the exploitation and…

16 Sep. 2016. Andrews, Evan. "The Black Sox Baseball Scandal." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2014. Web. 16 Sep. 2016. By July 5, with the Defense 's. "An Account of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox Scandal and 1921 Trial." An Account of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox Scandal and 1921 Trial. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Sept. 2016.…

Terry , pioneer animated cartoonist whose Terrytoons became one of the best known motion picture animated products. During silent era from 1921 through s 1929, Paul Terry began his own series called Aesop’s Film Fables. These littles films had nothing to do with Aesop or his fables, always featuring Terry’s character from Farmer Al Falfa. In 1928 Van Beuren Studios take over and the story…

limited to debating loyalty to the crown and status in the Empire, but that they could discuss anything that they felt need to be addressed. Therefore, the British delegation gave the Irish delegation more leeway than Lloyd George wanted and on 8 October 1921 when the Irish delegation arrived in London, noticeably without De Valera, they had a great chance to finally get some separation from Britain. Collins’ initial thoughts going into negotiations was that both delegations were equal and…

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