Bess Marvin

There's something magical about loosing yourself in a painting. You can control what canvas you use, the colors, and it can be anything you want. Mr. Howards, Clary's art teacher, sat at her desk as she waited for her students to finish their work. Clary Fray was only a fourth grader in the advance art program. It was her dream, ever since she was old enough to pick of a pen, that she's one day go to the art academy, that there would be a day that her paintings hung in a art gallery. Her mother,

of this, African-Americans were fighting for their basic human rights, to be equal, and to be free. Many would express their feelings through different types of mediums, usually music. Five artists, I found to do this were Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Nina Simone. Their music became anthems of the movement and gave hope and power their listeners. These artists have become icons of the movement with their powerful words. With his soulful voice and good looks, Sam Cooke is

“Year 4, day… I… Don’t remember. This is a message to anyone who finds this. The IFM is screwed up; I’m fed up with their lies. I’ve… Seen things. They are using us as their lab rats… Their, toys. I’ve decided to run. I can’t stay another day knowing that abominations like what I saw are out there. I don’t know where I’m going to go, but to anyone who hears this, I advise you run too.” Isaac puts away his recorder, taking the cartridge out and hides it in the silverware tray. He proceeds to leave

Studying about the human culture lets us look into other cultures from an up-close and more personal perspective to understand their culture from there stand point. We must use a different approach, as anthropologists who conduct their research by understanding that there are two approaches for evaluating a culture and that is emic and etic. I will be examining an aspect of my own culture and I will also examine an aspect of another culture from an emic perspective. I will demonstrate a culturally

Motown vs. Stax Emerging out of the turbulent civil rights period in the United States, the majority of the black minority population finally found a means by which to express their voice to the world through music. This movement stemmed from two extremely different music studios located in opposite regions of the United States. One of these companies arose out of the north, which very rigidly rigidly controlled their product and polished young talent to fit an agenda. In contrast, its opposing

President Abraham Lincoln, issued an act after the civil war and called it the Emancipation Proclamation. The only reason why the Civil War was fought and this act was passed is because of the termination of slavery, and African Americans wanted equal rights. Slavery was eventually abolished, but even after one hundred years later, Blacks still did not obtain equal rights. All African Americans didn’t have an option to eat, drink, or use the restroom with whites. In 1955 they had enough with segregation

On April, 2 1939 Alberta and Marvin Gay Sir gave birth to the famous R&B artist Marvin Gaye in Washington DC. He had two sisters and three brothers all lived with him. Marvin Gaye started singing at his father’s church when he was only four years old. When Gaye realized he could sing he fell in love with it and wanted to make music a career for him. The only down fall Marvin had was the brutal beating he had to take from his father and his mother would just watch he was to the point he wanted to

From songs like “My Girl” by The Temptations to “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye, Motown has had a number of successes. Other similar artists Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross, as well as many more, help create this small-record company, founded on $800, into a powerhouse in the music industry. Motown Records had well over 100 hit singles throughout the sixties and seventies, and continued this push longer until it’s dissolvement in the 21st century. Motown created a new a mixed sound

Most people can say that one of the most important things in life is happiness. Happiness is key to a worthy life. When you are happy, you go about your day much better than if you are sad or angry. Happiness occurs internally but external factors such as music can always help. Music is responsible for extracting certain emotions, such as happiness, in any listener. I chose to call my playlist “It’s Going to Be a Good Day” because everyone needs a playlist to start off their day right by listening

Although the 1980s was a wonderful decade, there were some negative events. The 1980s contained many assassinations, such as John Lennon, Anwar Sadat, Marvin Gaye, Indira Gandhi, and Olof Palme John Lennon, an English musician, was a member of the legendary rock band, the Beatles. Mark David Chapman assassinated him at only forty years old. He shot two bullets in the left side of Lennon’s back and another two bullets in his left shoulder with a Charter Arms .38-caliber pistol. He was declared