The Staple Singers

Mavis Staples made an impact on the civil rights movement as a singer. Mavis was in a singing group with her father, brother Pervis, and her two sisters Yvonne and Cleotha.(Family Circle) The family band was created after her father gave up his job as a cotton picker in Illinois. Mavis, at only age ten became the lead singer of the Staples Singers. Her voice sounded a lot older and much bolder than a singer her age should. This group was just the start of the impact that Mavis had on the Civil Rights movement. In 1946 the band made their first official debut. They were given the opportunity to sing in a church in Chicago and the crowd loved them. From then on, the Staples Singers performed more songs and were given the chance to record an…

Gramophone Award however they were changed because of the Recording Academy which recognized due to their outstanding accomplishments it had gone through the years. The Awards are help around February in the Staple Center in L.A. To start off, I was told to go to the fourth floor of the Grammy Museum. The tour began with me being able to see how the award design itself has changed throughout the years since 1959, as well as who has won these awards. As I was able to walk pass the Grammy Awards…

For over half a century the Grammys has annually congratulated artists in the music industry for their achievements in performing and songwriting. Every year since 1959 they would vote and nominate various artists from different categories to celebrate their success for that year. The nominees would be the artists who made the biggest sales in the months of October the previous year and September of that year. The actual event is held during February of every year. For 2017 it was held in the…

Military strategy, such as new weaponry and biological disease spread, wiped out former populations, which cleared space for colonization, allowing the European empire to expand. Agricultural advancements, such as spice trade and wheat growth, boosted Europe’s economical wealth. Works Cited Ahmad, Iftikhar, Herbert Brodsky, Marylee S. Crofts, and Elisabeth G. Ellis. "Shaping the Industrial World." World Cultures: A Global Mosaic. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004. N. pag. Print. "Food…

Who would be your ideal “celebrity” (famous person) neighbor? Why? MICHAEL JACKSON; The” King of Pop”, the “Grooved one” was the greatest pop singers of the latter half of the 20th century. I love Michael Jackson because he loves us more and being an American Black, he was proud of his ethnicity, he was proud of himself and had pride and dignity. He was crowned king in African colony. He was known as the 7th wonder of the world. He was a true humanitarian and he founded HEAL THE WORLD FOUNDATON…

Food Biography Bread is one of the most staple foods in so many different cultures. There’s the standard American white bread, Jewish Challah, Indian Naan, and so on and so forth. In a wider lens, bread is a language in itself; a language that has always intrigued me/spoken to me. Since I was little, about 3 or 4, I’ve been… intrigued by bread, to say the least. It may’ve had something to do with the fact that bread was the first ‘real food’ to actually enter my mouth. While I may not be able…

Everyone at the Staples Center that night knew the real main sporting event was here in L.A. I decided to pay homage that night and wore my classic San Diego Clippers customized JJ Reddick jersey, with Blake Griffin’s own personalized Jordan 1’s that are made in red and black. Jordan wore her DeAndre Jordan jersey with some Clipper sweat pants. I even had a beanie with the clipper’s on (that’s saying a lot since I usually wear my hair in an afro). We head over back to the Staples’ and were meet…

contract with the Staples Center differ from the sports department accept press passes for the events held in the arena? The two situations differ in two main ways. For one, when sports journalists report on a game they may give the article a certain slant, but for the most part, the story will be fact-based. A sports story based on a game will either say the home team won or lost regardless of whether the reporter was given free passes. Therefore, the nature of sports reporting compared to…

Every day, we as humans, face tasks that we must come to a decision on whether we are going to do what is morally right, or for the better for the greatest amount of people. Utilitarianism is the action that is best, which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers (100). This may be helpful for short term tasks and requirements, but in the long run always choosing the action that benefits everyone would ultimately hold people back. I will discuss both sides to utilitarianism, how…

Utilitarianism is an attractive concept because you are always trying to increase the net pleasure of the world depending on that specific consequence rather than going around with a set of morals that might not be appropriately applicable to every situation. Regarding whaling, if the net pleasure coming from the harvested whale outweighs the net pain in terms of the whale then whaling should be permitted, albeit regulated. In keeping accordance with Singer, the pain and pleasure points of the…