Louis Zamperini

Conspiracy theories have become almost a big trend in American culture. Many of these conspiracy theories relate back to the American government, and usually not in a good way. One of the most well known conspiracies is the Malcolm X assassination. Malcolm X was a prominent civil rights figure during the 1950s and 1960s. He fought for equality amongst White Americans and African Americans, which was seen as a threat by many White Americans. Although many believe Malcolm X was killed by his own…

Louis Daniel Armstrong, or as others more commonly call him, Satchmo the Great. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901. However, he told people he was born on July 4th, 1900 to sound even cooler. He was raised by his mother, Mayann, and lived in a poor small apartment in New Orleans with her and his sister, Beatrice. Growing up, his mother often went to dances. Louis and his sister would often peek through the door to watch everyone dance, so he practically grew up listening to the Blues…

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was born in South Carolina in 1917 and died in 1993. He was a jazz trumpet player, bandleader and composer. He received a music scholarship to the Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina. He was one of the pioneers in bebop and had performed in Minton’s Playhouse and Monroe’s Uptown House. He worked with Charlie Parker in 1945, and performed in New York and Los Angeles. After the Los Angeles performance in December 1945, Gillespie returned to New York and Parker…

ragtime. II. Central Part of Lesson (sequential instructional procedures) Ragtime (Class discussion) Ragtime is primarily a solo piano style and was the immediate precursor to jazz. 1. It originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in St. Louis. 2. It consists of each hand doing something different:…

Just look up Louis Armstrong, he created this masterpiece. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, he was born in the birthplace of jazz--New Orleans, Louisiana. He was in foster care throughout his teenage years. His father abandoned the family right after Louis was born, and his mother resulted to prostitution, so he was often left with his maternal grandmother. He began working in fifth grade where he developed a interest in music, this interest lead him to his jazz career. Louis…

Anthrax Outbreak Out of all of the diseases, anthrax seems to have the most potential for a massive outbreak. In its respiratory form, anthrax could easily be spread globally. It’s high mortality rate and typically short incubation period would allow casualties to increase quickly. The most effective way to create an outbreak of anthrax would be through direct acts of bioterrorism. As anthrax is not communicated person-to-person the spores would have to be continually introduced into the…

The country was divided on the subject of slavery especially in Alton where Illinois was a free state, but St. Louis, Missouri across the river, was considered a slave state. The year is 1837 and the slavery movement is well underway. Many people condone slavery because it will make their life easier. It will cost the owner a lot less to by 2 slaves at $1,500 each, (CITE THIS) than to pay for someone to work their land every year or pay for a maid to clean their house that will cost them…

Have you ever been in a difficult situation without the support of your family? In Holes by Louis Sachar, Stanley was struggling with difficult situations, but he had support from family and friends. Therefore, the theme in a hole is friends and family help you when you are struggling. I can see this in the beginning of the story, the middle, and the end of the story. In the beginning, Stanley was getting bullied a lot. In the middle Stanley, Stanley leaves camp to find Zero, due to Zero running…

The play M Butterfly, by David Henry Hwang, is an extremely complex piece of literature and a fascinating dissection of the East versus West mentality as well the gender binary. Examining Gallimard’s behavior under these lenses leads to many insights to his motivations and provides reasoning for his rather strange actions. These ideas which permeate the play are all grounded in the fundamental concept of ideology and the interpellation of the “subject” by said ideologies. As well as Althusser’s…

In the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, one can infer that this story takes place in the 1960s. Based on the mention of Johnny Carson in the exposition (46), the reader can already assume that the story is at least in 1962, because that is when Carson’s famous “The Tonight Show” would have first aired. Another important part of the same era would be the civil rights movement. It was a “new day” for black people (55), and one religious movement was a large part of it: the Nation of…