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    Billie Holiday

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    the early 1900’s. It was famous towards African Americans mostly and had many incredible artists. Artists such as Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and the famous Louis Armstrong are some of the fan favorites. Their smooth, peaceful melodies kept people of all races listening to the beat. Although jazz music is not as popular as it used to be, the artist’s legacy will always be strong. To begin with, Billie Holiday was one of the most influential female jazz artists of all time. Holiday, who was born

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    Strange Fruit was recorded and performed by an African American woman? This song was so powerful in exposing the truth of the great suffering of blacks before and during the civil rights era that is still known and used today. Many other Black women have performed songs similar to this one, which changed the history of American music in a very unique way. Today’s artists still sample legendary songs that shows the impact that African American women have on the music industry. The variety of music

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    Katy Perry is pop singer and also she write songs. Katy Perry is not her own name, but her full name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson. She was born in October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara City, California, USA. she is 5’ 7” (1.7 m) tall. Katy Perry has two sibilities. Angela Hudson is her older sister and David Hudson is her younger brother. She got married with Russell Brand and then they divorced. She was perform her first experience of singing in church. Katy Perry is an artist who was born in a conservation

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    the African American women during that time hasn’t received the spotlight they deserve. Female African American artists were instrumental in the development of the Harlem Renaissance. Enchanting blues singers, admired socialites, and poets who captured the hundreds of years of struggle African Americans endured artistically on paper, all heavily contributed to the development of black culture. Slavery had terminated about 55 years before The Golden Age and African Americans still faced prodigious

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    What Is The Doogle

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    along with her on a journey, spanning centuries and circling the globe. So, who are these women? They are the women who became successful by fighting their way through, even on the time when women were hardly respected as human being. Among them are American Journalist and Civil rights activist Ida Wells, Halet Çambel- the first Turkish woman to compete in the Olympics, Ada

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    I Too By Langston Hughes

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    ridiculousness of segregation. In “I, Too”, Langston Hughes expresses the American Dream will eventually be available for African Americans. When he says, “Tomorrow … I’ll be at the table … When company comes … Nobody’ll dare .. Say to me … Eat in the kitchen,” he is actually observing that the people in America will treat Blacks fairly in the future. “Still I Rise” was written by Maya Angelou, a female poet in the nineteen-twenties. As a female I the nineteen-twenties, she had to deal with a lack of equality

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    Examples Of Desserts

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    146). In the example 1, the singer explains to the receiver that the receiver will miss the slice of heaven she gave him or her last night. In this context, the slice of heaven seems to refer to a vagina or intercourse in general since hunger and eating are metaphors for sex (Kovecses 2002: 196). Furthermore, as desserts, women can be "simply done without" (Hines 1999: 148), and this aspect is depicted in the example 1 with the receiver first "taking a slice" of the singer and then discarding

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    of Jazz” and the ability to mimic instrumental sounds were just some some of the accomplishments that Ella Fitzgerald. Ella Fitzgerald was an American jazz and song vocalist. Ella came from a troubled childhood and during a period of time, early 1900’s, when life in America was tough. However, she overcame many obstacles and became the first African-American woman to win a Grammy Award. According to her biography, Ella Fitzgerald was born in 1917, in Virginia. Her parents separated

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    The late 1900s was a flourishing century for Americans. It led to popular leisure activities that many people found amusing. Many famous African Americans came about in this era and paved the way to their success. These African Americans showed the importance of music, acting, and singing during this era. On October 26th, two men and one woman were born to help spread the importance of African American History: Bootsy Collins, Mahalia Jackson, and Louise Beavers. William Earl Collins, or Bootsy

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    diva is a very famous and successful female singer of popular music. It is someone who has great talent, vocal facility and an ability to convey the emotional nuances of the music to her audience. Pop music is an umbrella term typically applied to chart music that appeals to a wide audience. Pop also for many people is deeply personal, it is the realm in which many of us make and discuss our first artist choices as young people. And know I'm going to talk about Celine Dion as one of the best pop

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