The Bronx

not belong to a single race/gender of people, but a multitude of people. A lot of artists pursuing music erupted during this time period and contributed to their genre of music. Hip hop in the 1900s was developed by black and Latino youth in the Bronx. Many types of dancing were produced due to hip hop, for example, break dancing and breaking. Hip hop was very popular amongst the youth of the 1900s. "Three individuals…

1. Just a gathering of mothers (pp. 76). The photo albums were thick with memory: hairstyles, running meets, graduations (pp. 76). They were all so different, so little in common (pp. 78). No newspapers big enough to paste him back together in Saigon (pp. 81). The only thing you need to know about war, son, is: Don’t go (pp. 86). Mother seeks bones of son (pp. 90). That’s my boy up there and he’s come to say hello (pp. 98.) At all of their coffee mornings, it had always been distant, belonging…

Culture is “the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively” (Culture n.d.).The culture of jazz and jazz performers is deeply embedded in American History. However, within Jazz culture the Latin jazz performers sub-culture emerged during the 1940’s and has continued to grow since. From the time when Latin Jazz was created, its performers have been considered a subculture due to the fact that they not only play the same music, but they share the same…

Hip Hop music is arguably the most popular genre of music in modern America. Hip Hop has reached such a huge level that it can not be only defined as a form of music but it should defined as a culture. It is a culture that began throughout the youth of African-Americans in the late 20th century. It began in the inner-cities of New York and it shaped into a culture that allowed the youth of the inner-cities throughout the nation to express themselves and allow them a place in society. Hip Hop…

African American oppres-sion where they weren't considered very important political affairs. African Americans felt that if they put their thoughts out in music, they might be heard, the same as other oppressed groups have done. During the 1970's in the Bronx, a new type of music was born. Hip-Hop was a rhythmical type of music with pronounced beats and upbeat tones and crazy breakdancing. This new type of music "explores…

This concert was to showcase the international pianist Molly Morkoski and as well the master class the after day. Prof. Morkoski is an instructor of Piano at CUNY-Lehman College in the Bronx, New York and has come all the way across the country to showcase her marvelous piano playing. One idea that really captured my attention in the program notes is the program and the choice of pieces; some are great piano repertoire and while one of them is an orchestrated piece. Starting off the concert…

Ralph H. Baer The Father of Video Games Ralph Henry Baer had just finished the blueprints for his Brown Box. The Brown Box was the first video game console that you could use through the television. Ralph worked for Loral; a television company. His boss had asked him to create a new and improved television. During their conversation, Ralph proposed the idea of the Brown Box to his boss. To Ralph’s surprise, his boss quickly turned it down. His boss wanted nothing to do with it. Ralph Baer…

80’s, rap music that we know of today had an entirely different form. Young African American men turned to Hip-Hop as a way to express themselves in these inner-city environments. Slick Rick was a stunning example of a pioneer of rap music from the Bronx and was known as “Hip Hop’s greatest storyteller”. This…

children from five middle schools in New York City. While, participants for this program under the second research setting 264 African American and Latino mothers and their children were recruited from a pediatric health clinic waiting room in the Bronx borough of New York City. Of these two research studies, only the second study proved to be effective in lowering or reducing sexual activity among the group of adolescents. Based upon the findings of this second study, the original group that…

Frederick Buechner once wrote “You can kiss your family and friends goodbye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives with you.” This thought applies to The Other Wes Moore, a book written about two young boys with the same name. Both Wes Moores go through twists and turns in their lives. One grows up to be a successful certified U.S Army trooper, while the other will…