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Pink Floyd The Dark Side of The Moon By Alais Galvez Pasadena City Professor Kyle Luck College Music 24B History of Rock Music May 4, 2018 “Pink Floyd were an English Rock band formed in London in 1965”. (Wikipedia) On March 1, 1973, a band called Pink Floyd released an album called, The Dark Side of the Moon. The songs on the album, The Dark Side of the Moon is “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,” “Echoes,” “Breathe,” “On the Run,” “Time,” “The Great…

1. The African American museum is the only African American firefighter museum in the whole United States. The name of the museum challenged me to write about this unique site .I was wondering what the history of this archeological site is. Why specially the African Americans as firefighters. I decided to search more about the African American museum; so that I can briefly get an overview about the history of this place. The African American firefighter museum is located in Los Angeles County in…

Jackie Robinson was one of the best baseball players of his time, and he helped promote the integration of blacks into professional leagues of all sports. Many people know Jackie because of his skills on the field, but few know about his hardships and his impact on ending segregation. Robinson was an athlete since he was in high school, and he excelled at football, basketball, baseball, and track. He later became the first African American to play in the Major Leagues. Along with his impressive…

And Still We Rise by Miles Corwin 1) In this book there was two teachers, Toni Little and Anita Moultrie. These two teachers had different styles of teaching their class. One way of teaching that really popped out at me was how Toni assigned an essay to the class to see the difference in writing of the student. This way she would be able to see which students were dedicated to school or which ones where just there to be there and not even pay attention. Another way of teaching that I found very…

The American Civil Rights Movement is characterized through several select personalities. These figures exhibited strong character throughout their careers in activism that revolutionized the ideals and opportunities of the 20th century, standing as precedents for courage and perseverance in the face of widespread systemic oppression. However, not all of these figures received the acknowledgment and acceptance that their legacy deserved. One such figure was Bayard Rustin, a lifelong Civil Rights…

Manet is one of several portraits Édouard Manet painted of his wife. Madame Manet is a 23-7/8 x 20 in. oil painting, that was created between the years 1874-1876 in Paris for George Moore; however, it can now be found in the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California. Also residing at the Norton Simon is Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of the Artist’s Mother. Van Gogh painted this 16 x 12-3/4 in. image for himself while in Arles, France using oil paints as his medium. Both of these pieces depict…

Planned Parenthood has yet again found itself in the news for doing something that is very disturbing. Well, I should say it is very disturbing for most people. However, the people who find their way to the top of this organization that will turn 100 next year, seem ok with practices that are unethical, not moral and highly illegal. Once you understand who Margaret Sanger (the creator of Planned Parenthood) is and what she stood for, the current behavior begins to make more sense. Sanger was…

and I had done much for it. Jackie Robinson has done a lot for baseball of all leagues. Jackie Robinson has changed Major League Baseball for the better. Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. He was raised with four other siblings in Pasadena, California by his mother and uncle. His Father left the family when Jackie was a baby. Jackie had to help his mother out by delivering newspapers and selling food during game at the Rose Bowl, as she did many other jobs to earn a living.…

story that may not be accepted by the school guidelines. “Speech Sounds” by Octavia Butler, presents a story of a breakdown of humans ability to communicate because of a large disease. The tale focuses on a heroine attempting to reach her home in Pasadena while living a dangerous world. In this world, a Pandemic has taken away people 's ability to communicate through speech or removes their ability to read. The heroine meets with a man, and they travel in a car towards the heroines destination,…

Ántonia’s spirit made an impact on Jim, causing him to return to visit her as an adult. “I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise” (My Ántonia 175). Life is personified to intervene, and given as a reason for why Jim was unable to return and visit Ántonia. Ántonia was so important to Jim because of her success, that he made a point of returning to visit her. “Not only the progenitor of a large, vigorous family, she is also the source…