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You probably have heard of her, but under a different name. Does Maya Angelou ring any bells? Dancer, actress, singer, writer, playwright and poet, this phenomenal woman strode past many of the societal barriers of her youth, as well as her own personal inhibitions. Maya did not have an easy life, by any means. She was raped multiple times by her mother’s boyfriend, kept silent under threat for her brother’s safety. After the crime was revealed, Maya’s uncles murdered her rapist. The guilt from…

American poet and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Gwendolyn Brooks, National Book Award Winner, Ai Ogawa, and Emmy Award Winning Poet, Kwame Dawes are all essential components of the time of which they wrote. Writer Gwendolyn Brooks is a unique poet who is publishing poems that withstands the Civil Rights Movement. The poem “We Real Cool”, written by Gwendolyn, talks about seven young pool players whom left school to live the fast life and die young trying. Ai Ogawa develops poems with substantial…

Lono and Kū are two Hawaiian gods that were most often represented through feathered basketry and wooden sculptures. Lono is known as the god of agriculture, plants, rain, pigs, peace, and most often connected to the idea of genealogy; while Kū is well known as the god of war, forests, canoes, houses, and crafts. These are two opposing gods in Hawaiian culture and are dependent on each other because of their juxtaposition to one another. They complete a sort of higher balance between each other…

poet at president Bill Clinton's 1993 inauguration. Maya was also well known as a great educator, historian, author, playwright, director, and producer. Angelou had a distinguished career in film as well as television. In 1971 her Georgia, Georgia was the first movie screenplay by a black woman to be produced. She was nominated for Tony Award in 1973 for her performance in look away and for an Emmy Award in 1977 for her performance in Roots. Maya was active in the Civil Rights Movement and was…

In her poem entitled “Human Family,” Maya Angelou writes, “I've seen the wonders of the world/not yet one common man...but we are more alike, my friends,/than we are unalike...We are more alike, my friends,/than we are unalike.” Angelou is correct in saying people are often more alike than they think. One of the most common human characteristics is possessing the desire to feel accepted, which, in turn, forces most people to conform to society’s standards. University professor and…

is taken away it serves as a conflict and it makes one feel as if they are worthless.In “Sympathy” Paul Laurence Dunbar talks about a bird that is isolated in a cage from its habitat and makes an effort in trying to escape the cage. In “Caged Bird” Maya Angelou compares a free bird to a caged bird and their how different their lives can be when in two different scenarios. In both of these poems the birds are alike in many ways and also very different. In “Sympathy” and “Caged Bird” both of the…

The history of mathematics in the near consisted of three distinct divisions of time. The mid-third millennium is when there became evidence for knowledge of symmetry and geometry. Then continuing on into the later third millennium the establishment of accounting for time and labor became prevalent as well as the use of the sexagesimal place value system. The first systematic accounting techniques were developed in the southern Iraq city of Uruk as a result of a growth in the size of the city by…

Situated in central New Mexico, starting to the South in Tijeras and the Cibola National Forest and ending in the San Marcos/Lone Butte Area, the Turquoise Trail is a scenic and historic area which covers roughly 15,000 square miles, and connects Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The name is derived from the blue-green turquoise precious stone first mined by the early Pueblo people, who lived along the Rio Grande River as far back as 900 A.D. Mining and gold rush, Native American spirituality and…

Ancient Maya By Emily Guyer The Ancient Maya Are different from the maya today. The mayan culture today does not do the tradition’s that their ancestors did. One of them is the law that they follow is the same as in the us. The language that they peak is spanish which they are only allowed to speak because the language that their ancestors had was wiped out from there colcher. So they still do some of the traditions that their ancestors did. By gardening, clothing and then music. The maya…

THE ANCIENT MAYA: Art and Recreation The ancient Maya were a tribe well known for their unique games and art forms. Their art was essential in telling the stories of their past. They also had many fun board games, the main one being Bul, along with their famous sport called Pok-A-Tok. The main board game that they like to play was called Bul. The game could be played by two people or by equal teams. The game was a war game that was about killing and capturing the other teams pieces. This…