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    equal,” to be considered constitutional. These laws existed to not only keep blacks away from the whites, but to humiliate them, let them know they were below people of the white race. “The segregation principle was extended to parks, cemeteries, theatres, and restaurants in an effort to prevent any contact between blacks and whites as equals.” Contact between races was kept to a minimum in most places, with blacks having rare contact with whites. Jim Crow Laws, though, were not only legislated by

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    in the theatre, four blocks of wood were aligned horizontally to create a fountain, beaded curtains stood on both sides of what became known to be Vittorio’s closet doors, a locker stood to the far left of the stage and wooded cabinets were on the platform of the stage to be used as mirrors in the girls dressing room at the dance hall. Throughout the presentation, the set design was continuously changed to accommodate each scene. The four blocks that were used previously to create a fountain were then

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    After the Civil War, African American slaves were set free, and they were given more rights. The rights they were given weren’t fair compared to the one whites had. African Americans did not gain their freedom during the reconstruction period.     When it came to committing crimes, the African Americans had it worse than whites did. Any crimes like rebellion, arson, burglary, and assaulting white woman came with death penalties for any African Americans. If whites were to commit crimes like that

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    lived in single storey private houses called Domus, consisting of multiple rooms built around the Atrim. The Roman forum was an oblong space adapted from the Greek agora, located near the intersection of the Cardo Maximus and Decumanus whereas the theatre and amphitheatre were located at the perimeter of the city, wrapped around by city walls. The forum was mainly composed of public buildings such as baths, temples of worship, civic centres and administrative buildings, enclosed by colonnades and either

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    During this time colored people still had to use separate bathrooms from whites. There was a lot of segregation between black and white people. African Americans couldn’t use the same water fountains either. Even in some restaurants they didn’t let colored people in. They even gave them their own theatres. They tried to keep colored people as separate from white people as they could.

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    In this city there was a large theatre there, made to hold thousands of spectators, and plays were performed all day. Theaters were temples to Dionysus, the god of pleasure (and wine). The greeks were famous for their plays- all of which were based on legends and myths. The city was also

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    Greece’s history can be traced back to the Stone Age hunters, then the early farmers, to the Minoan civilization, the dark ages and to present day. Through all those centuries one thing can be agreed on by many historians and scientist that the ancient civilization of the Greeks was one of the most influential and thriving time in history. Many new ideas, innovations, art and architecture was developed from it and many of those innovations are still used to this day. There style of architecture with

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    The fountain School of Performing arts performed the play Quality Street written by J.M. Barrie in the Sir James Dunn Theatre. This play was first performed on Broadway in 1901. The main message that runs through this play is the possibility of second chances. The play argues this through means of showing that the characters ended up with what they wanted after they took matters into their own hands and lived life the way they wanted. Phoebe Throssel, played by Ms. Ivy Charles, is only able to

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    Shopping In Brea

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    Shopping in Brea Shopping in Southern California conjures up all kinds of images of trendy and chic boutique stores or walking the strip in Beverly Hills or another posh suburb of Los Angeles. California has always been seen as a fashion trendsetter with its fashion choices as hot as its weather. Luckily for residents of Brea all of the fashion and shopping opportunities that are synonymous with Beverley Hills can be found at the local mall or the trendy downtown district. These great shopping

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    The Greek Temple

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    Greek town had an open-air theatre. These were used for both public meetings as well as dramatic performances. The theatre was usually set in a hillside outside the town, and had rows of tiered seating set in a semicircle around the central performance area, the orchestra. Behind the orchestra was a low building called the skênê, which served as a store-room, a dressing-room, and also as a backdrop to the action taking place in the orchestra. A number of Greek theatres survive almost intact, the

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