The new black

have Ragtime and Blues contributed to the emergence of Jazz? Beyond the fact that Jazz has several contributors, Ragtime and Blues each have their own way of adding onto and impacting what is already a well-known genre. Jazz is a type of music of black American origin (which emerged at the beginning of the 20th century) characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm. The two styles (Ragtime and Blues) of music contributing to Jazz differentiate in many ways…

humility is not. For example, in the following statement Lewis attempts to explain that pride causes an individual to possess a superiority complex, which seems to remove them from any awareness of others and places focus only on themselves, “The real black, diabolical Pride comes from when you look down on others so much that you do not care what they think of you,” he continues by speaking specifically about Christians, “Whenever we find that our religious life is making us feel that we are…

built it. The protesters also question if they truly belonged at the university and questioned if the university was really for them. The name on the building reflects old traditions such as the “Idea of Wilson that led to the continuous genocide of Black people in this country. He is a murderer, we owe him nothing.” The protesters are questioning if the old traditions are thought to have been…

daughter: Coming of age as a Mexican American woman. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Francisca was born in Atoka Southeastern New Mexico, on April 2, 1931. The second child of the family first was her sister Antonia. Francisca focuses on her mother’s family side explaining her roots in New Mexico during the Great depression in 1930, her transition from New Mexico to California, and her education. Francisca’s mother was the fifth of fourteen children. Her grandfather owned lands,…

The article I am using from this website is “The News Media and New Media: The Internet’s Effect on Civic Engagement” by Jed D. Brensinger, Rebecca Gullan and Janis Chakars. The article contained a brief reference of each authors credentials. Jed Brinsinger received his Bachelor of science in psychology at Gwynedd-Mercy…

The Pros and Cons of the New Deal On October 29, 1929, also known as Black Tuesday, there was a sudden collapse of US stock market prices that was later called the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a great economic crisis that not only affected the United States, but also other countries such as Great Britain,France, and Germany. The Great Depression lasted from 1929-1939, and during this time period there were a series of program created by the administration of at the time President…

Early on as kids one is usually taught the Golden Rule: Do not do to others, what you would not do to yourself. In Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, the life story of Okonkwo is told, and the struggles of the clan when a new religion is brought to the clan that Okonkwo lives in. Rev. Smith is a disrespectful missionary sent to convert the Igbo people, those of Okonkwo’s clan, after Mr. Brown the previous minister became sick. In Cosmopolitanism, written by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Appiah tries…

banks fail with uninsured deposits, leading to people losing the entirety of their savings. Surviving banks were no longer lending freely to the general public, and unemployment skyrocketed to nearly 25%. This infamous event is now referred to as Black Tuesday and the time period to follow would be known as the Great Depression. Events soon grew immensely worse with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which raised taxes on imported goods, forcing the general public to buy American goods. This…

entire ecosystem of swamps for hopeful mosquito eradication and introduced entirely unknown invasive species to the American South. Despite these severely negative aspects, the CCC did do their part. They planted over 2.3 billion trees, built over 800 new state parks and severely increased infrastructure development throughout the country. Without the CCC, the country would be a little bit more behind the environmental curve per say, yet probably would be better off in some respects. In the end,…

How did football affect the culture in Odessa? Odessa, Texas was settled in the 1880’s in hopes of turning into a destination town. The land was a dessert and was useless to farm or raise livestock. It wasn’t until the discovery of oil and gas deposits, that Odessa became a boom or bust oil economy. A “boom or bust” economy is the process of economic expansion and contraction that occurs repeatedly. The rise and fall of oil production within Odessa’s economy impacts family structure, the…