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In “Trump Spends MLK Jr. Day Golfing” written by Jeremy Diamond, a staff writer for CNN News, Diamond sums up President Donald Trump’s MLK Jr. Day. Diamond starts the article off by throwing a jab at the President stating “President Donald Trump appears poised to ignore his own calls for Americans to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with ‘acts of civic work and community service’” (Diamond 1). This is the key message of the article, so it makes sense Diamond would start off with this statement. He

up as the only child. His family had very little money, Vernon and Gladys had many jobs, while elvis was in high school and he worked many jobs to help support himself and his parents. On march 24, 1958, Elvis is inducted into the U.S army at the Memphis Draft Board. On august 8,

The St. Jude Golf Tournament was taking place and our primary hotel was oversold. Initially, I was placed in a Marriott on Nonconnah Blvd. Being very familiar with Memphis, I knew that this location is in a dangerous part of town. I spoke with travel and they shifted me to a Hampton Inn 20 miles away in Bartlett, Tennessee. Memphis has a high crime rate, especially around the airport. The only area that is suitable for our crews is east of I-240 and north of Poplar Pike. Shady Grove Road is in

Bruno Mars, both a singer and a songwriter has made himself quite popular in the 21st century. Mars was born as Pete Gene Hernandez in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 8, 1985. While he was still a child, he attained “Bruno” as a nickname. He grew up in a family that was very melodious, his dad Pete was a Latin percussionist and his mom on the other hand was a singer. Mars had the opportunity to be in performances with his family such as a Las Vegas-style Revue that they performed with Motown hits and

Today I am going to do a report on the biggest pop star of all time Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson was born on August 29th, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. He is one of the most influential artist to have ever lived. Michael Jackson’s story of his life was one of the most providential and tragic stories in popular music ever. Michael was an African American singer, entertainer, and songwriter. Michael was apart of a large family that consisted of 9 siblings. Michael was the 7th sibling born out of all

At the age of thirteen, Elvis moved to Memphis, Tennessee with his family. At the age of eleven, Elvis received his first guitar. Elvis won his high school talent show. This was Elvis’s first musical success. At the age of eighteen, Elvis paid the Memphis Recording Service to record two songs. This recording made Elvis’s first record and started his musical career. Sam Phillips, owner of Memphis Recording Service and Sun Records, became instantly interested in Elvis

in East Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley was the son of Gladys and Vernon Presley, a sewing-machine operator and a truck driver. (Rolling Stones) It all started when Elvis recorded a cover of the old blues number “That’s All Right (Mama)” in downtown Memphis. The recording was a huge hit and was played all the time on local radio stations. From there, Elvis and his band evolved a distinctive

The Life of Michael Jackson Michael Jackson, also known as the “King of Pop,” was born on August 29, 1958. Jackson was a singer, dancer, music producer and songwriter. He started off in a family group known as the Jackson Five with his brothers. Michael was the lead singer of the group at the age of five. Later on in life, he went solo as a teen becoming one of the bestselling artist of all time. When Michael was in the group Jackson Five Motown records discovered them. Motown was one of the

Cross Road Blues was recorded in 1936 (Sullivan, 2013) and has been one of the most notable stories ever told. The track features Robert Johnson himself in a variation of the 12-bar blues structure as he deviates from the form to bare all emotion. His vocal prowess and slide guitar mastery is expressed in the usage of microtonal intervals which was common in the style of Delta Blues. Robert Johnson was a prolific songwriter who died at 27. His life and music was poorly documented

Martin Luther King’s inspiration for writing his, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was mainly to appeal to an undeniable injustice that occurred during his time. His letter was in response tos eight white clergymen, who objected to King protesting in Birmingham. Dr. King effectively crafted his counterargument after analyzing the clergymen’s unjust proposals and then he was able to present his rebuttal. Dr. King effectively formed his counterargument by first directly addressing his audience, the clergymen