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Recently in class we observed the controversial film A Raisin in the Sun which initially was a play written by Lorraine Hansberry in the late 1950s. Lorraine was the youngest of her siblings and grew up in rural Chicago back during the era of segregation. It was evident that her hard trials growing up directly correlated with this film as the setting of the plot occurred in her hometown, Chicago, right before the Civil Rights Movement began. This explicit film vividly conveyed many important issues

Nina Simone’s 8th studio album, Pastel Blues, is an album featuring a fusion of sistering genres: blues, jazz, soul, folk, and gospel. Nina, being the brilliant arranger she was, is known for her ability to blend these genres into her signature sound. A sound most struggle to classify due to its avant garde nature. She got her start in music by playing the piano in church. One evening her church had a recital where her talents were recognised. Which lead to her starting piano lessons. Nina and her

This song was created for a british musical and other artists have covered the song but Nina Simone covered the song for her 1965 album “I Put a Spell On You” and brought the most attention and notoriety to the it. The speaker is someone who is trying to finding their own confidence and how to recover from bad days and when they figure it out how they feel. The first stanza she mentions mundane things that most people would not see the meaning or beauty in like “birds flying high” and “sun in the

A Moment to Remember Some things will stick with you forever, as for me it was words I will never forget. It is about the time my dad told me that he was proud of me. It was sweet music to my ears, like a Billy Holiday or a Nina Simone song. It was a moment that would live on till the day I die. Words matter the most when it comes from one who means the world to you. I am my father first child out of four children. Growing up I never wanted to disappoint him. Although, my dad rarely expresses himself

There are 1,957 four-year colleges in the United States. There are 76 with an eagle as a mascot, 46 which use the tiger, and 39 bulldogs. Yet there is only one college who has a spider as a mascot. Spiders are often popularly known as mean and scary. So why would a university choose a spider as a mascot? In researching this essay, I found that the answer lies in the history of baseball at Richmond. Apparently the term "spider" was first used to describe Puss Ellyson, a baseball pitcher in 1894 because

I love animals. They are special creatures, we get the honor of sharing this wonderful planet with. What if I told you our zoos aren’t doing their jobs of providing and caring for the animals. Zoos have been around for a very long time, early zoos were organized by taxonomy. In our modern world over 100 million people visit zoos worldwide. As these facts show, zoos have thrived in our world for a long time. At what cost for the animals though? Most of the animals in zoos aren’t even endangered. Zoos

A Study in female destiny – Nina Wang “If you can actually count your money, then you are not really a rich man.” John Paul Getty, American entrepreneur, Quoted by “Observer”, 1957 The life of Nina Wang had long enraptured the public. It was the tale of how an ordinary schoolgirl married her childhood boyfriend and became fabulously wealthy in the process. Nina Wang was reputed to be one of the wealthiest women in Asia. Although she married, she did not bear any children. Therefore, it could

My friends and I were walking down a dark alley we heard screaming, fighting, and a lot of movement. When we looked in the alley all we saw was... If you are aggressive to the pets they will be aggressive back and will be worse for you because they can bite,scratch, or even make you bleed. Animals should not be kept in cages. When animals or pets are stuck in cages they don’t have fun in their life they don’t play, run and not even do anything in a little box. The only thing they can do with a little

another song called Strange Fruit sung by Nina Simone which is a very political song talking about gruesome lynchings that happened before and at the turn of the century. With help from the sample, West uses the pain of lynching and drug abuse to compare with the break ups he goes through. The instrumental of the song starts off very slow at the beginning we can hear a piano in the background that slowly begins to play. Over this soft piano sound we hear Nina Simone break through. She sets us up with

Go with the flow I have been to multiple concerts before but nothing compares to the Resonance Music and Arts Festival, a weekend long camp out of like-minded, motived, music loving individuals. In simpler terms, modern day hippies. These hippies focus more on medication, dancing, and yoga as a way to reach the ultimate state of joy. The people around me, the clothing they wore, the smell of weed that filled the air, and the music that blared through the speakers were all things I will never forget