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The event “brought together the upper stratum of black society in New York, taking place at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem which was officiated by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr..” Zelda enjoyed the time she shared with her clients and they appreciated how she helped each personally style and design listening to every need. Zelda Wynn Valdes was also the first Black designer to open a shop on Broadway Street and West 158th in New York in 1948. The name of her Manhattan based boutique shop was…

inhabitants. In the 1920s, the growth of the population in America was driven by the immigration of many people from various countries in the world. As a result of the immigration of people from other countries in America, there was the formation of new ethnic groups and races. As such, the growth of diverse population in America in the 19th century caused racial, ethnic and gender complexity.In this era of 1920s, the people of America witnessed difficulties due to the subject of race and…

Grease and Hairspray both show numerous signs of 1950s culture. Grease is a musical romantic comedy, which takes place in the 1950s, that depicts the lives of different cliques and how each of them are different, but at the same time similar. Hairspray, which also takes place in the 1950s, and does an amazing job showing how it was to live with racial discrimination. Grease took place in California in the 1950s. There are scenes that take place at their local high school, at the beach, at…

Everyone behaves differently in the morning. Some may wake up energetic waiting to start the new day while others wake up dreary. “Five A.M.” by William Stafford depicts a speaker walking down a familiar street and enjoying the early morning. “Five Flights Up” by Elizabeth Bishop is another poem that takes place in the morning; however, the speaker in this poem is unhappy. “Five A.M.” and “Five Flights Up” both reflect on the early morning surroundings, but they use different techniques to show…

Sticking together is a major part of being in a gang, if you can’t do that then it’s not a gang. Gangs are a group or groups of delinquents who show their power through violence. Loyalties in a gang are deeper than any other allegiances. Gangs provide a sense of belonging and replace what their family does not provide. The loyalty between members of a gang is important in order to be a gang, like in The Outsiders where Ponyboy and his gang have to stick together to get through many struggles.…

and one Latino (Raymond Santana, fourteen years old), so they were wrongly convicted of rape a white woman in New York City in April, 1989. In about 1984 in New York City it was danger and people were selling drugs, gang’s wars, and the economy was terrible. Also, the building was old fashioned, the people sleeping on the street, they used drugs, and people was afraid to walk in the city. One night people throwing rocks a black girl and the same night Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana and Korey…

businesses of old and new were coexisting alongside each other, some of the store was probably existed there for a long time and some looked brand new. One of these old buildings I remembered the most was the Kingsway theatre because I liked to watch movies. The theatre was quite old, there was rot and rust on the signs which seems like it has been there for a long time at first I thought the theatre has been closed down for a long time but surprisingly it was playing old movies alongside new…

“consumer society.” Many Americans were uncomfortable with this new, urban, sometimes racy “mass culture” but many people lived in the moment surrounded by the newest kitchen appliances, shorter skirts and lots of alcohol. Although technology, culture, and science were advancing, life wasn’t always “the bees knees.” Racism and segregation was still a continuous issue especially with the rise of the new KKK, woman were advocating a new way of feminism that was promiscuous and non- traditional,…

organized crime. Although dangerous, people needed the money. Immigrants began to come into the cities of America. Populations of cities were growing because of the criminal groups swarming the streets. The business was a draw for immigrants coming into cities of America because of its quick and easy method of money making in their new country. In New York City alone, 250 000 immigrants lived in the city and by 1910, that number had jumped to 500,000 immigrants and…

Argentinian tenor saxophonist, Gato Barbieri, has been engaging jazz fans for over 50 years. Gato Barbieri is Spanish for "Barbieri the feline"; his genuine name is Leandro Barbieri. Gato's vocation has crossed from free jazz to Latin jazz, to jazz-pop and in 2002, Gato discharged his 50th studio collection. He initially took up music with the clarinet, at age 12, subsequent to hearing Charlie Parker's Now's the Time. Gato Barbieri started his expert music life playing the alto saxophone with…