Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

most of her themes) and the music she always wanted to study. She wrote novels, short stories and dramas. In all she received the recognition of both the public, her fellows writers, and critics.    Carson McCullers is a talented Southern American writer who touched others with her ability to describe human complexity with a touch of poesy.    Carson is a precocious writer considered to be full of talent. She started to

be an mathematician and statistician, was the first African American to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1965) and is especially known for his contributions to the theory of duels. Blackwell was also a pioneer in textbook writing and game theory. Blackwell wrote one of the first Bayesian (relating to or denoting statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem) textbooks, his 1969 Basic Statistics. Blackwell was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity (Tau chapter – University of Illinois

During the 1920’s and beginning of the 1930’ alcohol sale is prohibited. American Indians became citizens in 1924. The massive stock market collapsed in 1933 causing the Great depression with 13 million people unemployed. The year 1945 many things happened like the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and they also exploded the first hydrogen bomb, and World War II ended, also the US becomes charter member of the United Nations. In 1954 the Supreme Court rules that public schools

Assess the impact of Ansel Adams as an influential figure in the conservation movement Intro America’s National Parks are deeply indebted to the American photographer Ansel Adams. Through his masterful photography, he turned Yosemite National Park into an American icon. Ansel spent the majority of his life fighting for the National Parks through intense political activism. He was a key figure in conservation in the United States, beginning in a time when environmental conservation was a rare concept

Frances Jackson Coppin’s letter to Mr. Frederick Douglass captures a passion that continues to stir in the hearts of professors, who strive to uplift the human “race” of students as they obtain an undergraduate education. Answering the call to teach, many new faculty are assigned multiple duties that can cause both excitement and fear. Learning how to balance discovery, application, integration, and teaching (Boyer, 1990, p. 17-19), along with service to university and local communities, may all

performances. Marian Anderson was born on February 27, 1897. She was considered one of the most celebrated African-American artists of the twentieth century. Anderson identified herself as a contralto, which is the lowest frequency female voice with in a choir. Although Anderson is classified as a classical vocalist her repertoire included many genres such as opera, traditional American songs, concert literature and spirituals. Her live performances spanned the years of 1925 to 1965. The majority of

in 1876. About eleven years after his birth and nine years after the birth of his younger sister, Frost’s father died due to tuberculosis-a bacterial disease that affects the lungs-on May 5th of 1885. Shortly after his fathers death, the remaining members of the Frost family moved to the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, where frost would eventually attend and graduate Lawrence High School as co-valedictorian alongside Elenor Miriam White-the woman who Frost would eventually marry in December of 1895-at

the Story Film” 4. The Hollywood sign 5. The growing film industry 6. The new Hollywood 7. The beginning of the Academy Awards 8. The Golden Age of Hollywood 9. Hollywood during the War Years 10. Stars Conclusion Bibliography Foreword I have always been fascinated by the Hollywood’s world, a world of mixture between reality and glittering fantasy, of beauty, glamour, art, a world in which any dream can come to reality. The word Hollywood conjures the outstanding images of Sunset Strip

criticism. She manages to trudge on. Her works express both an artistic and mathematical feel, somehow finding a beautiful marriage between. Her obsession with art and knowledge can be greatly attributed to her parents, as she was very successful at an early age. Her art career is one of many triumphs and breaking boundaries in the art world. Lin has a great love for nature, and many of her pieces help to express the significance of this, and she loves to enthrall the audience.

Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.” These were some of the earlier writings that started the worldwide love for his amazing writing talent. During the fall of 1971, King started teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. King would write short stories on the weekends and evenings while he had free time. One of his first major works Carrie, was accepted for publication by Doubleday & Co. on the spring of 1973. Later in the