Katherine

Katherine Dunham was the first choreographer to integrate African American dance with modern dance highlighting the importance of African American culture. She showed the world just how beautiful African American heritage is, but did not stop there. Katherine Dunham influenced the African American culture by fighting her way into the dance community, by developing ethnographic research, and by empowering her Illinois community through the art and outlet of dance. “As an artist, educator,…

“The morning after noted child prodigy Colin Singleton graduated from high school and got dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, he took a bath,” (3). In the book An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. Colin Singleton is a prodigy, not a genius. When he gets dumped by Katherine the XIX, the nineteenth Katherine that Colin has had a relationship with, he finds himself thinking about having a Eureka moment. A Eureka moment that will lead Colin from a child prodigy to genius…

Katherine Dunham By: Deborah D’Silva “Katherine Dunham revolutionized American dance in the 1930 's by going to the roots of black dance and rituals transforming them into significant artistic choreography”-KDCAH Background/Personal Information About Katherine Dunham Katherine Mary Dunham was born on June 22nd, 1990, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She was born to her father Albert Millard Dunham and her mother Fanny June Taylor, and was the younger sister to Albert Dunham Jr. (Library of Congress).…

Hidden Figures is a biography film about an African American women mathematician Katherine Johnson, and her colleagues Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. It is about the challenges they faced while working at NASA during the time of the space race. Katherine Johnson was a widowed mother of three who works most of her time and struggles to be the first African American in her department at NASA. Dorothy Vaughan is a wife and mother who does supervisor work but does not get promoted to supervisor…

The story “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield provides an opportunity to examine many elements of fiction. The story is set in an unnamed French town in which the “Jardins Publiques” (125), or Public Gardens, are a central part of the town. Miss Brill is an unmarried, middle-aged woman who often comes to the gardens on Sunday afternoons to listen to the band play. While at the park, she observes many people, including a woman in an ermine toque in whom particular interest is taken (127), both…

Katherine Ann Porter “One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.”- Katherine Ann Porter. This quote from Ms. Katherine Ann Porter was the anthem of her writing. Porter had a gift that many authors could not possess, and had the utmost courage to present her talent to the world. Porter was one of the strongest writers of her time, always astonishing her audiences with her views and beliefs. Through her biography, the time period she wrote in, criticism, and her contribution to…

Katherine Johnson was much more than a lady in a skirt solving equations. She was an important figure in African-American and women equality. This incredible lady faced hurdles like working with all white males, overcoming women stereotypes, and dealing with racism. All the while, she raised and supported her family while working a time-consuming and difficult job in which she worked many nights overtime. Katherine is amongst other great people as those who proved women and African-Americans are…

In John Green’s fictional novel “An Abundance of Katherines” (2006), Green implies to his audience that there is a hidden theorem for every relationship, and he attempts to use his character’s adventures to solve the theorem. Green develops his ideas by sending his characters on a road trip to learn about different kinds of relationships, and also to have many comical adventures that relate back to the intended relationship formula goal. Using many different experiences and situations, Green…

Katherine C.G. Johnson was born August 26, 1918 in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia to Joshua Coleman, a blacksmith and farmer, and Joylette Coleman, a teacher, Katherine Johnson experienced childhood in a family unit that esteemed the significance of instruction. The Coleman’s set elevated requirement for their four offspring and did everything they could to support their most youthful little girl's conspicuous ability for math. As there was no Negro secondary school in White Sulfur…

Prior to this course I had no idea what Anthropology was, in fact, I thought it was very similar to an archaeologist or philanthropist, but the term “globalization” made me have a peculiar interest. Anthropology focuses on the studies of humankind, past, present and the future of those residing in that community, tribe, or country. It is meant for those interested to understand in a clear manner the complications of cultures throughout history, to draw an understanding of the social, cultural,…