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    these music production studios helped break down the racial segregation of black and white music, although they went about it in polar opposite ways. Motown Record Company (briefly name Tamala Records), located in Detroit, Michigan was birthed by Berry Gordy on January 12, 1959. His vision was for the company to produce black artists to bridge the gap between white and black segregated music markets and audiences. He dreamed about making an entity that would appeal to both the wider white pop music

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    Barry Gordy did not feel as though it was the right time to put out this type of music. What was also interested is that all Motown artist had to attend a finishing school in order to learn how to avoid all topics that seemed to be controversial. “Berry Gordy tried to block its release, calling it

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    The environment pays a big price for this, as these corporations do not find it important to put aside some funds to take care of it. This has caused people like Mr. Wendell Berry to speak out. In this essay, we analyze his interview with Bill Moyers and examine how this impacts us from a Christian perspective. Mr. Wendell Berry, an 82 year old from Kentucky, is an environmentalist who dedicated his life to fight for this planet.

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    that the world is not as it seemed to be when they were younger. They get more independent and their perspective of life changes. They will have to realize that they are not going to live forever. In the short story The Hurt Man, written by Wendell Berry and published in 2003, we meet Mat who learns all of this. During the short story Mat is growing up. He is born unexpected but he is still very much appreciated. His parents watch him closely so he does not get hurt but this change as he becomes

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    Part I: Q: What was your favorite place to enjoy music in Detroit? Essay: It has always been a personal goal of mine to go to as many shows as I possibly can every year. To fulfill this goal I have sometimes force myself to go to shows I don 't even care about. Perfect example of this being October 8th—the Volbeat/Five Finger Death Punch show at Compuware. I know this show is going to be a mess when we pull up are waved away from the parking lot by a typical clueless security guard sporting

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    confused than I already was. For example, at the end of the film when Miranda and Chloe were out of the mental hospital, that did not really make sense to me. Nonetheless, I think Gothika was a good movie that had me interested the entire time. Halle Berry, who played Miranda Grey, did an amazing job throughout the film. In the beginning of the film when Miranda was asking Chloe questions, you can see that Miranda had no emotion to the answers Chloe was giving her even though her experience was horrific

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    person like Lebron James advertising the soft drink Sprite. You may start thinking that since he is such a good basketball player and he drinks Sprite then if you start drinking it may be you will look like him at least a little. You look at Halle Berry advertising Revlon make-up. She says to you:” Only Revlon makes it, only you make it unforgettable.” Even if Revlon makes the exact

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    Miss America Miss America is a yearly pageant that goes on for any girl between the age of 17 to 24. There is a lot of people that enter this every year. Six beautiful and wonderful women have won from Oklahoma. Their life was so amazing when they found out they have won, some of them didn’t even know what to do. There is so much stuff they have to go through to get to enter in the pageant. After they do enter they are very busy with everything trying get to get ready for the big day. Miss America

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    Losing My Religion R.E.M. was an American Rock Band that formed in 1980. They are from Athens, Georgia and were one of the first alternative rock bands. The members of the band were Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Bill Berry. “Radio Free Europe” was the first song that they released in 1981. “Out of Time” and “Automatic for the People” were there two most successful albums. They have many songs, but there most well known single is without a doubt “Losing My Religion” and it was the first

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    Motown Impact On Society

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    “Motown was about music for all people - white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone” (Berry Gordy Jr.). Motown Records was founded in 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, by a young entrepreneur Berry Gordy Jr., in pursuit for better music and society. With the signing of many culture-changing artists, such as Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight, Motown’s influence in music and society has forever changed the lives of many. After their move to Los Angeles

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