His mother worked as domestic worker and his father was a barber, but his father left his family when DuBois was at a very young age. DuBois mother continue to raise him Great Barrington, Massachusetts with” 4,000 residents and 50 of them were African American residents leaving him with little knowledge about the African American culture.” Where he attended school with whites and had encouragement from his teachers to graduate high school. DuBois mother “passed away when he was 16 and left him penniless “while was still in high school. He got a job at the local mill and continues to complete high school. “He was the first African American to graduate from high school” because of the encouragement from his teachers (W.E.
He changed lives for people all across the world. Born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King had a very good childhood; comparatively speaking. His parents attempted to shield him and his siblings against racism. Their act definitely rubbed off on him for what he did in the future. Religion was a big part of his life as both his father and grandfather
I was first introduced to Jazz by my father who only listens to Jazz. He is an avid fan of Jazz and Charlie Parker Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie are at the top of his list. This concert brought back memories of he and I riding in his Cadillac Seville to visit family members and he would mimic the instrument sound with his mouth “Down for the Count” & “Salt Peanuts” or his own versions of scatting. Fun times they were and still
Arpaio was raised by his dad who was a grocery store owner, because his mom died during labor. Arpaio graduated high school and worked in his dad’s store until he was 18 when he joined the Army. He served in the Army from 1950 to 1954 in the “Medical Detachment Division” and was also a M.P. After he was honorably discharged from the army in 1954, he moved to Washington, D.C. and became a police officer, a few years later he moved to Las Vegas. He served as a police officer there for 6 months before he was appointed as a special agent with the DEA.
Sy Oliver Sy Oliver,Melvin James Oliver, was born on December 17,1910 in Battle Creek Michigan. Sy’s mother taught piano and his father knew how to play every instrument and they taught a music class in Ohio. Sy’s father used to help the leading company of saxophones sell in the early 1900s in America. His father also was known locally for his choir, he would write their music and there Sy first saw that writing music was possible. Sy grew up all around music, he was only bound to be in the music industry.
It was created by Charlie Parker. Miles Davis was a huge fan of bebop because of its complex melodic and harmonic structure. After graduation from high school, he moved to New York to study music and follow his idol at the same time. He went to the clubs every night to see Charlie’s quintet. Later on, he was invited to be a trumpet player for
Mansfield has a hospital called Desoto Regional has been there since the early 1960s so my parents felt the town was a little secure for my granny just in case she gets sick. After for so long my granny started getting ill she had cancer and the doctors just couldn’t do anything for her anymore. So she went to see her angels on Thursday, April 11, 1999 at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport,LA . Thing wasn’t the same anymore so my parents just moved to from Mansfield to Shreveport,LA and still here
The modern composer I decided to research after examining various options is Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong was born August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the parents of Mayann Albert and Willie Armstrong. Louis moved from house to house among his mother to his grandmother Josephine Armstrong right after his birth due to Louis’s father leaving him. Once Louis’s mother conceived Louis’s Sister Beatrice four years later when Louis was 6 years old, he moved back in with his mother. Due to Armstrong’s family’s funds being very limited he did whatever he could to bring money home such as selling newspapers, vegetables, and joining a street singing group where he earned the name satchelmouth because of his wide grin.
B3 Bill Clinton Bill Clinton Bill Clinton was elected to be our fourty-second President of the United States in 1993. At that time, he was 42 years old. His wife is Hillary Rodham Clinton. They were married in 1975 and have one Daughter (Chelsea) who was born in 1980. He was elected as the Attorney General of Arkansas in 1976 and served until 1978.
For many years we have shown an amazing patience. We have sometimes given our white brothers the feeling that we liked the way we were being treated. But we come here tonight to be saved from that patience that makes us patient with anything less than freedom and justice" (The Biography Channel website, 2013, page 2). That first speech he made, electrified the struggling people of Alabama. The speech he made inspired and influenced the people leading them to look forward to achieve a goal in the civil rights amendment.