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DREAM Dreams. What are dreams? My poems was written in the Harlem Renaissance in 1926. It was written by an African-American poet/writer named Langsten Hughes. He was born on Feb 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. His parents divorced when he was young and his grandmother raised him after the divorce. His father moved to Mexico. Hughes traveled the world plenty of times. He attended college in Colombia University in New York, and finished his education in Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. He won a…

A Look Back at Woodstock In evaluating the generations, the Baby Boomers are often looked upon as the “hippies”, love children, and peaceful protesters (not to mention avid drug users). While these statements are typically true of the Baby Boomers, another thing instantly comes to mind when they are brought up: Woodstock. Woodstock was a 3-day festival that occurred in Bethel, New York in August of 1969 with nearly half a million attendees. Famed for its stellar lineup and notorious amounts of…

Langston Hughes is a very popular poet who wrote 103 poems. He was able to write poetry based on his life experiences and chose to write about some of the issues he addressed because of how he perceived the world. Langston Hughes was born in 1920 in Joplin, Missouri. He grew up in Lawrence,…

In accordance to federal law, the two hospitals in Joplin, Missouri, Mercy and Freeman Health System, have conducted individual advance directive education procedures for many years. These procedures have not been thoroughly analyzed with a comprehensive list that indicates advised properties and methods of communication and education an advance directive education procedure should practice. This has not occurred because a comprehensive list has not been developed. However, research focusing on…

Before comparing and contrasting these stories, however, I wish to discuss an important aspect of nearly all accounts of the tornado. Although these stories do not recount the smell of the tornado, all three narrators spoke of it on other occasions. For these three, and countless others, the odor remains the most visceral trigger for intrusive memories. Labeled simply as “the tornado’s smell,” citizens could not specify an exact source, listing the two most prevalent as natural gas, leaking…

popular event to be at then if you were a young person. People protested during this event also. Many celebrities also supported hippies like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and the The Beatles. Some examples of psychedelic rock songs are Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds by the Beatles, Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix, and Summertime by Janis Joplin. Hippies were very into to psychedelic rock lifestyle and the artists that I stated are popular for their music for writing there songs about psychedelics.…

writing was African American culture and he was among the first writers to “use jazz music and dialect to depict the life of urban blacks in his work” (A&E Network). Langston Hughes was born as James Mercer Langston Hughes, on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. He was the great-nephew of John Langston Mercer, the first African American to be elected to Congress. His parents divorced shortly after his birth and his father moved to Mexico. Hughes was raised by his maternal grandmother, Mary,…

Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley is the name that is given to the group of musical artists and producers of New York during the 19th and 20th century. The name was, at first, given to a specific location in New York. Tin Pan Alley was located between West 28th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. Tin Pan Alley is said to have gotten its name from the collective sound of the pianos all playing different tunes at the same time. This was said to sound like tin pans being banged…

Things began to change during a class overnight Nature Reserve camping trip when Auggie and Jack were attacked by seventh-grade students from another school who bullied Auggie. Not only does Jack defend Auggie, but other classmates: Miles Noury, Henry Joplin, and Amos Conti come to his defense and befriend him. After the nature reserve trip, everyone becomes nice to Auggie, and since Julian missed the trip to the nature reserve, he no longer was the popular one. becomes nice to Auggie, and…

version of Pursuit of Happiness becoming “so big that Cudi got wind of it somehow— and he hopped up on stage during the singer’s show in Paris… to show his approval” (Lutes). She also received commendations from Kid Cudi calling her “a modern-day Janis Joplin”. Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” could not have reached its pinnacle in fame without the aid of recording studios and high-tech music augmentations. The song in general is mainly synthesized and heavily produce, save for the vocals and…