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Scott Joplin Scott Joplin, the “King of Ragtime” was a revolutionary musician of the 20th century. Scott Joplin’s determination allowed him to bring life to the Ragtime genre. He worked hard to bring the sound of Ragtime into younger generations. Did you know that Jazz came from Ragtime, so without Scott we wouldn’t have Jazz ("Kids Music Corner RSS"). Scott Joplin brought life to Ragtime, created the first black operas, and the first Ragtime musicals. Scott Joplin altered the music of the 20th

feminism, realize that Black women have our own movements, such as Womanism(Alice Walker) Africana Womanism (Cleonora Hudson-Weems). Even when it comes to feminism, we were very active, as a matter fact we invented the feminist movement. Coretta Scott King not only helped with the Civil Rights Movement she was also active in the feminist movement. There is Black feminism that addresses sexism, racism, class. Some great black feminist are bell hooks, Angela Davis, Audre Lorde, Barbara Smith were among

Throughout history there has been events that show people breaking the rules. These events are shown in times of injustice and can catch the attention of others, which can make a movement to change the rules. In the memoir, Montgomery Boycott by Coretta Scott King, it shows the time of injustice in the USA and especially in Montgomery.. “Mrs. Parks found a seat at the beginning of the Negro section...

Coretta Scott King. Though they come from the very similar backgrounds, their structure and writing are mildly different. Despite their vast difference in tone, both Alice Walker("Everyday use") and Coretta Scott King ("Montgomery boycott") capture the reader's attention and impact the readers with their similar ability to paint a picture in our minds. First, the serious and determined tone of Coretta Scott King helps the reader understand the unity shown during each event. In addition, King portrays

Coretta Scott King changed civil rights. Coretta Scott accomplished so much in her lifetime. You might wonder what happened? Coretta Scott King participated in protests and activated many women organizations. She also formed committees and would even travel around the world to deliver speeches. Not only was Coretta Scott King starting her own legacy, but she was also continuing her husband s Martin Luther King Jr. legacy. Without Coretta Scott King's speeches and more of her work, the world wouldn't

Parenting is challenging in the best of times, but how do we teach our kids about the violence that saturates the news and social media? How do we teach them about racism, prejudice, and discrimination? Research from Harvard University recommends children as young as three years old, when exposed to racism and discrimination tend to accept and mimic it, even though they might not understand their feelings. By age five, white children are considerably biased towards whiteness. To reverse this bias

story has a relationship, whether to other people, nature, society, or even to themselves. These create dynamic characters whose ideas are more likely to pop out and influence yours ideas. These two methods of bringing forth an idea is how Coretta Scott King and George Orwell developed their idea of tyranny and breaking unfair rules. In the book Animal Farm, George Orwell uses time in order to develop his ideas about how the Russian revolution went. George sprinkles the idea of tyranny down slowly

A typical example is the work of Martin Luther King Jr with his famous speech ‘I have a dream’ (1963) in which he incited for the end of racism in the US. From the use of repetition of ‘I have a dream’ to create emphasis on his vision on racism to the use of metaphor ‘happiness is a sunny day, loneliness

Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book award winner, Alice Walker is the author of The Color Purple. The Color Purple has been labeled as a critically acclaimed novel. This is because Walker has no filter discussing topics such as: race, sexism, and systematic oppression. This novel takes place in rural South Georgia and spoken through the eyes of a young African American girl who becomes a grown woman between 1910 to 1940. This detail is important because for people of color, things were

The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds is a realistic book and a winner of the Coretta Scott King Award that is given to outstanding African American authors and illustrators. The main character Matt wants his life to back to normal before his mom died. Matt gets a job at a local funeral home and starts watching the funerals. He looks for the person that was the closest to the dead person. When he sees them he understands that he isn't the only person that is grieving. During one of the funerals