... levels in the bloodstream. Twenty men lost their lives. Not even Washington Roebling was safe from the disease, it left him paralyzed and dependent on the help of his wife, Emily, to direct construction from his home up above the site. (http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/brooklyn/. October 25, 2002.) The Towers The towers were going to have to serve two ... pianos. Another huge difference was made by Roebling. He decided to use what he saw as the metal of the future for the four cables. He used steel. (Jackson. Page 39.)  Final Construction Thoughts The year 1883 was already under way...

• Word Count: 2211
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... as noble outlaws and are young and most often poor." (Cattleman 106) New York City conceived graffiti and it will always be the capital and cultural center of graffiti." (Powers, 39) When graffiti first started coming up, it was done predominantly by Puerto Rican and African American youths from poor inner-city neighborhoods. Now, graffiti has attracted people, male and female ... on the subway walls and the tenement halls- In more recent hip-hop/rap songs graffiti is still talked about. In Cormega's song "Testament", he says, "So never questioned it/ poetry I'm manifestin' it/ Graffiti...

• Word Count: 1116
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... , Illinois, to live with his mother and her husband, eventually settling in Cleveland, Ohio. It was in Lincoln, Illinois, that Hughes began writing poetry. Hughes began writing in high school, and even at this early age was developing the voice that made him famous. After graduating from high school ... launderer, and a busboy, and traveled to Africa and Europe working as a seaman. In November 1924, he moved to Washington, D.C. Hughes first book of poetry, The Weary Blues, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1926. He finished his college education at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania thr...

• Word Count: 1071
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... arts school where he graduated and earned his bachelor's degree. He then later attended the University of California-Riverside where he earned his masters and PhD (Poetry Foundation). He co-founded the Mid-Atlantic review in 1975 with Michael Shannon, but this was not the start of his literary fame. He first stepped ... when his fourth book he wrote got published "Questions about Angels." From here people began to fall in love with his quirky and witty poetry that not only got them to laugh but also to think. His book was only the start of his career though. In 1994 he was recognized ...

• Word Count: 898
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Harlem Renaissance was an explosion of African-American arts, with middle and upper-class blacks as the dominant leaders. Poetry has never celebrated pride in African-American culture more than that period in the 20"s. The reasons behind the outburst of artists ... haven in Harlem. For those that weren't stricken with poverty during the Renaissance, rebellion was caught by many. The core to the colorful jazz and poetry emerged because of this want for acceptance urged by DuBois and the rebellion brought on by the post-war celebration. Some used their abilities as a source ... literature ...

• Word Count: 876
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... even the Brooklyn schools were closed for the day. People came from all over the country to be a part of the opening ceremony and estimated 14,000 people showed up. Emily Roebling was given the first ride over the completed bridge with a rooster in her lap, a symbol of victory. Chester A. Arthur, president of the United States, walked across the bridge to ... meet Emily on the other side. That night, there was a great party in honor of the Roeblings" beautiful bridge. Hundreds of thousands of people cheered for over an hour as fireworks exploded ... ...

• Word Count: 1432
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... poems. While attending Harvard he worked as an assistant editor for Opportunity magazine where his column, The Dark Tower, boosted his literacy reputation. Other poetry collections from Cullen were The Ballad of the Brown Girl, which was published in 1927, and Copper Sun, which was also published, in the same ... Arna Bontemps and novelist and editor Wallace Thurman. ("Harlem Renaissance" 2) Countee Cullen changed the Harlem Renaissance because he allowed everyone to experience his poetry before they knew who they were reading it from. He wanted other artists to follow his lead but they...

• Word Count: 1342
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... his now settled mother and her new husband after she got a job and got her life back on track financially. Langston attended Central High School in Cleveland, and began writing poetry in 8th grade where he was selected as the Class Poet. When Hughes was 19, his father offered to send him to college in Europe so that he could escape ... Journal of Negro Life and History and founder of Black History Week. In 1926, he moved back to Harlem. In that same year, Alfred A. Knopf published Hughes's first book of poetry titled "The Weary Blues". He then received a scholarship to Lincoln Universit...

• Word Count: 1126
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... African American culture; poems that display Hughes affection for black Americans across all divisions of region, class, and gender (Rampersad 3). His writing was both depressing and inspiring at times. His poetry, spanning five decades from 1926 to 1967, reflected the changing black experience in America, from the Harlem Renaissance to the confused sixties. At the beginning of his career, he was ... his writing often reflected his mood. Race relations were the shadow of his career, following him from his first poem to his last. The tone and subject matter of Hughes' poetry can be linke...

• Word Count: 1313
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... the quiet years before World War 1. Where he learned the blues and spirituals, he would later use this to put the musical elements into his poetry and fiction. Langston was an only child and when he went to school he was the only black student. As a Black in Kansas, there ... He wrote an essay, which describes that slept in "Ten Thousand Beds."" Hughes finally settled in Cleveland, Ohio. It was in Lincoln, Illinois Hughes started writing poetry. After graduation he spent a year in Mexico and a year in Columbia University. During these years, he had odd jobs as an assistant cook, launder...

• Word Count: 534
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... get his points across to the reader. Hughes was influenced by Jean Toomer, another black writer and poet. It seemed as though Hughes used his poetry as a way to combat against the ongoing struggle that African-Americans still face today. Many believe that his best poems were inspired by the city ... Renaissance used much of the Black culture in his work. He began to use the Blues, Ballad form, dance rhythms, folk speech, and Jazz in his poetry. Hughes had success in many different fields of writing. His best drama, "Mulatto," a play, was performed on Broadway 373 times In 1935. In his b...

• Word Count: 978
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Edward Estlin Cummings was an American poet, who was one of the most radically experimental and inventive writers of the 20th century. Some distinctive features of Cummings's poetry is the abandonment of uppercase letters and his use of grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation. He had his own unique style of writing unlike any other writer in history. E.E. Cummings ... of drawings and paintings titled CIOPW, (an acronym for the materials he used: charcoal, ink, oil, pencil, and watercolors). Over the next few years Cummings published many other books of poetry. He published VV in 1931, ...

• Word Count: 678
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... in New York City, not only do they pay the state tax of $1.50, but they also pay a city tax of $1.50. With the federal tax of $.39, that brings the total tax to $3.39, and pushes the price of a pack of cigarettes to approximately $7.50. The government places these taxes on cigarettes for two reasons. The first reason is to reduce ... ...

• Word Count: 1141
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... . But Langston didn't want to go. He knew if he didn't go to Mexico he would probably never attend college. These next years are where Langston wrote most of his poetry. He could only write when he was at his worst he never wrote when he was happy. Langston didn't do much that summer except read books, ride his horse, felt ... to write. So he quit and got a job as a busboy wiping tables and washing dishes at a hotel. He there met Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (Who is considered a founder of modern singing poetry. In the final 20 years of his life he was considered the best known poets in the U...

• Word Count: 1086
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Edger Allen Poe, at the start of his writing career, went to New York City where he had some of his poetry published. He submitted stories to a number of magazines and they were all rejected. Poe had no friends, no job, and he was in financial trouble. In 1835, Poe finally took a ... the heart ceased. The old man was dead." His eye would trouble me no more." To sum up, Poe started his writing carrier in newspapers by publishing his poetry with the expectation of publishing for the public but no one was willing to accept his works. As a result, he started working as an editor for a newspaper ...

• Word Count: 882
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... their aura" whenever something seems less than happy. Perhaps the longest running joke of the group is Ross's three failed marriages. His first wife, Carol, left him for another woman; Emily, wife number two, divorced him shortly after their London marriage in season five because she realized he was still in love with Rachel; and Rachel he married in season seven ... ...

• Word Count: 2486
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Religious Radicalism As I read Emily Lesk's views on prayer in school, I came up with a few of my own. Lesk, a Reform Jew, attends a Virginia high school, and she refuses to take part in the state's required ... ...

• Word Count: 363
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... his son Washington Roebling, who after three years of construction developed cassion's disease. Although bedridden, he used a telescope to watch over the building process. Through orders given to his wife Emily and then passed on to the workers, the bridge was eventually completed. Connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn over the East River, the bridge is 3,460 feet. The final price tag was ... ...

• Word Count: 1346
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... most prolific, creating many stories and poems that are still read today. Jean Toomer's greatest contribution to literature and the Harlem Renaissance was "Cane" (Smith 193). Cane was composed of poetry, short stories, drama, and prose that cover African-American culture in the rural south and urban north. Cane was and still is the greatest piece of African-American literature of ... in Pennsylvania as a Quaker. His writings after Cane were never officially published. His post Cane work was considered to be tedious and boring. He wrote several autobiographies, four novels, plays, poetry...

• Word Count: 2498
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... 's nice to be able to sit with your best friend and just listen to music without talking. She doesn't just write songs. It's poetry set to music. I know that you think that that is the definition of a song. Poetry set to music. Well maybe you're right. Just don't ever say that to one of her hardcore fans. They are a tight linked ... ...

• Word Count: 828
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... . It's an emotion that reminds them of how vulnerable, and precious human life is. Edger Allan Poe was the first writer to start horror, death, and mystery into literature and poetry. He set higher standards of writing, as dark as his life may be. A look into Poe's childhood might tell where his fascination with death came from. Edgar Allan Poe was ... was also in England where young Poe took interest in Gothic literature, which was very popular at that time. However, John Allan forbad him from studying what his heart desired: poetry. When Poe was 15, Jane Stith Standard, a person he loo...

• Word Count: 824
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... tells of how he "slept in the garage the night he died, and [he] broke all the goddam windows with [his] fist, just for the hell of it" (39). The death of Allie caused Holden to become very volatile because he didn't know how else to express his grief. From then on, many of Holden's emotions are channeled through ... ...

• Word Count: 840
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... was nominated with highlights for having a 82-124 record as a NBA head coach and in his first season with New York, knicks finished second in the Atlantic Division with a 43-39 record. Last, Willis Reed's career was the general manager/vice president of basketball operations, for the New Jersey Nets in 1988-1996, and senior vice president, player development and scouting ... ...

• Word Count: 371
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... freight from Buffalo to New York City and the trip took 20 days. The canal made it possible to deliver a ton of freight for only $10 in eight days."(Buehr, 39) "The construction of the Erie Canal was thus, the first -and quite possibly the best-school of general engineering in the country"(Cowan, 103) Business increased in every canal town ... ...

• Word Count: 1338
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... and the United States there came many hardships, such as unemployment and high inflation. These hardships produced a restless society. The society then looked for something or someone to blame (Fried, 39). They found someone to blame. Communists. Throughout the country there was a witch hunt known as the Red Scare. A basic idea was formed: Communism was evil. Anyone who participated in such ... ...

• Word Count: 1551
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School