Tin Pan Alley

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As many of you probably haven’t heard of the Divine Nine which consist of 9 different African American fraternities and sorority organizations which has been a pivotal part of African American history and culture since the early 20th century. Which are the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Phi Beta Sorority, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity. In the early 1900s, African…

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An array of events takes place during the University of Alabama’s homecoming week festivites. In the midst of all the events the university partakes in, the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) hosts an annual step show broadcasting the different talents and attributes the African American Greek System has to offer. The National Pan-Hellenic Council first made its debut on Alabama’s campus in 1974 housing a total of eight sororities and fraternities of the “Divine 9.” A part of the NPHC’s over…

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Eric Rudolph was the primary suspect in the Birmingham Summit’s Womens Clinic bombing. He used a remote control device at the clinic, which he planted in the clinic and planted, and then parked his car at McDonald’s. Then came back and planted a second device and went on a hill to wait (Burke, 2008, p. 129). Letter bombs are built to resemble almost anything that a terrorist may want it to resemble. Here are a few ways you may identify a mail bomb, for example, inspect for lumps, bulges, or…

Thesis: Pan Am flight 103 was one of the first commercial aircraft to be attacked by terrorists using an improvised explosive device (IED) containing Semtex, a plastic explosive, and a timing device hidden in checked luggage. FAA regulations of screening checked bags with X-ray technology were ignored, allowing the IED device on board with checked luggage in the cargo hold. The suspects, who were Libyan intelligence agents and employed by Libyan Arab Airlines in Malta, slipped the suitcase with…

1980, there were four genres that seemed to be more popular than others. These four included Tin Pan Alley, country music, music with strong African American influence, and contemporary styles. Without these popular music categories, this time period would not be the same. Though this category’s prime time was in the early 1900’s, Tin Alley Pan still remained quite popular throughout the 1950’s. Tin Alley Pan produced songs of entertainment, escape, and amusement. The textbook states, “These…

music. First opening in 1903, Tin Pan Alley, located on 28th Street, New York City, was a densely populated music publishing house where composers and ‘song pluggers’ would produce and promote their popular songs (Starr & Waterman: 2003, pg.32). Until 1930, Tin Pan Alley remained the forefront of musical innovation, hosting the greats of Broadway such as Irving Berlin and one of the kings of Jazz piano, James P. Johnson. By 1923, Johnson’s contributions to Tin Pan Alley had been recognised…