Greenwich Village

uprising or the Stonewall rebellion) were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. They are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States.” The riot was one of…

Bernard Goetz was born in New York in the year of 1947. He earned a degree in electrical and nuclear engineering from New York University by 1969, which then a few years later by 1975, he started his very own business out of Greenwich Village apartment where he stayed at the time setting up electronic equipment. Prior to shooting the four teenagers at a New York City subway in 1984, Goetz had been mugged before by three African-American men at a New York City subway also in 1981. With these…

painter who was requested by the Queen of England to paint five portraits of the Indians on display at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. Swoboda’s paintings helped to reinforce and grant the seal of official approval to an idealized image of the village craftsman (Mathur 89). This native artisan however was in sharp contrast to the European style professional painter who was being trained in the techniques of oil and easel in the colonial art school in the colony. Ravi Varma from Kerala was…

Rachael Ray is now a well-known name across the country. She is mostly known for her shows, but she has much more than that. She even has her own charity. Rachael Ray is a kindhearted and helpful person. She just wants to make the world a better place. This is her story. Rachael Domenica Ray was born on August 25, 1968, in Glens Falls, New York. Her parents are Elsa Scuderi and James Ray. She has a younger brother named Emmanuel. Her older sister’s name Maria Betar. Rachael loves her family.…

Honky, by Dalton Conley is a memoir discussing being white in the predominately black, and Spanish projects, in New York’s lower eastside. Typically white in America, is the power race, but not in Dalton Conley’s life. I would equate Dalton’s life to a science experiment. What happens when you throw a middle class white kid, with artistic parents, into a housing complex with a bunch of poverty Blacks, and Mexicans? Dalton’s curiosity, and unawareness provides him a surprising journey through…

“Sonny’s Blues,” written by James Baldwin, is a story about addiction told from the narrator’s point of view about his brother, Sonny. Sonny is a long-time drug addict who has spent a majority of his life trying to fix himself in order to find his identity. Told through his brother’s eyes, who also struggles with his own identity, he explains the multiple paths Sonny has to take in order to find his identity. Social Identity is something that effects everyone just like with the character’s in…

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf: Play Review/Analysis Edward Albee’s stunning and provocative play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf first premiered in 1962. The play provided an essential insight into American life. Coming out of the 1950s, the idea of a happy family was emphasized by our culture, and success was often measured by having one’s own house, car, and kids. These shallow measures of success often hid real problems. In Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Albee seeks to reveal the truth…

not all citizens are given equal rights. Specifically, gay and lesbian people are denied these rights. Under the current federal civil rights law, sexual orientation is not a protected characteristic. After the 1969 Stonewall riots of gays in Greenwich village, gays and lesbians have been trying to win civil rights protection against discrimination in the workforce, housing, and other rights we as citizens of the United States are obligated to. In Romer v.Evans, the court violated the federal…

Jimmy yet again created another group, called Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. In an attempt to put his name out there they played in many various Greenwich Village cafés and clubs. After a few months passed, Jimmy had an image that went with him; the phenomenal guitarist. Jimi was finally getting his foot in the door. In 1966 while Jimi was performing at a gig, Linda Keith spotted him. Linda was a British model and she was also dating the Rolling Stone’s guitarist, Keith Richards. She…

Baseball has to be one of America’s best pastimes. There are only a hand full of sports that have originated in America, and with that said, baseball has to be one of the most beloved sports we have in today’s time. Baseball has affected young men, men of color, even women and along the way started some club and team rivals. There has been such a love for the sport since it came about. This sport really gives room for competition, family oriented events, and everything in between. The earliest…