... 1930s-1980 was called Soul Music. In the 1930s, as more and more African American were moving into the cities, Blues went through a major change. This new genre was described as "sophisticated urban music." (The Rhythm and Blues Primer), with "lyric ( ) on a more happier terms [than Blues] ( )" (Bowman). This ... period called, "Modern Black Music." It stated in the 1980s a new type of sound from the youth of African American communities. This was a genre of music, which was mostly poetry with synthetic Rhythm and Blues or Funk backgrounds. This music was called, "Hip-Hop," and it immedia...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Most of the time authors use the poem for telling their problems and tensions. Also the author use the theme and literature to define their poems. The Poems that I chosen for comparing are Miss Rosie by author Lucile Clifton and Mother to Son by author Langston Hughes. Miss Rosie and ... Mother to son are alike but different in vernacular, author is life time & tone, metaphor, Theme and Genre, etc? The vernacular or native language that authors used in these two poems are kind of uneducated, in Miss Rosie author used the words of native language like (when ... {16-17}. and in the poem of Mot...

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• Grade Level: High School

... I go by whatever we practice and try our absolute best to live by the rules of the book. When it comes to music; I listen to whatever I like. Doesn't matter the genre, title or artist. If I like it, I'm downloading it onto my IPod and listening to everything thing I like on shuffle. My culture is stereotyped to only relate to gospel and rap ... it any better. I believe that no matter what the media shows about a culture, you should never judge yourself or a person outside of your culture based on stereotypes. Stereotypes do not define you or anybody else. Get to know somebody from a dif...

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• Grade Level: High School