... of two of the many positive songs that Tupac wrote for females of color. (Tupac Shakur 1971-1996, by the editors of VIBE) Meanwhile, Tupac migrated to the South of LA. South Central was like a foreign country within a city, known for its dangerous, infamous gangs, such as the "bloods and crips". "He could be with this poet, pimp, or thug, and ... his songs. He was basically hollering "if you don't know what's going on in the ghetto, this is what's going on". (http://www.tupac-online.com/) During Tupac's stay in LA, he began to get fascinated with guns, weed, drinking, and tattoos. Tupac...

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... his house, the sniper opened fire, shooting Evers in the back. He died in front of his two small children. The suspect in his murder was a white supremacist, Byron De la Beckwith. Beckwith was quickly apprehended and charged for the murder of Evers. The gun used to kill Evers was retrieved with fingerprints belonging to Beckwith. However, the two eyewitnesses to ... the crime, both white police officers, claimed to have seen Beckwith in Greenwood, Mississippi, 60 miles away from the crime scene. Byron De la Beckwith was tried and acquitted twice in 1964 in connection with the Evers case...

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... killed by a gunman in front of his house in Jackson, Mississippi. The shotgun used to kill Evers was found nearby in some bushes with fingerprints still on it. Byron De La Beckwith, who was a vocal member of the Ku Klux Klan, was tried twice with all white juries and, despite the evidence against him, Beckwith was not convicted. Twenty years later ... information was found which suggested that the two juries had been tampered with. It wasn't until February 1994 that Beckwith was retried and found guilty. Byron De La Beckwith, then 73 years old, was sentenced to life imprisonment. The lo...

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... of the fortunate to purchase this/A Tribe Called Quest, The Love Movement album/You are privileged to witness the first in a series of attempts."" With this statement they completely show a la! ck of respect for their fans. They dignify themselves and at the same time insult the people who support them. The support, or lack of support from fans ultimately make ... ...

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... influential. She is born in Guatemala in 1907 and goes to college in Mexico City. She becomes a newspaper writer and begins labor organizing through unskilled workers. 1500 people came to LA in 1938 as a congress of Spanish speakers. This was known as El Congresso. Moreno also put together a civil rights agenda that stated factors such as; better education, better work conditions ... ...

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... three different companies, had major appointments to nine different musical positions including opera and orchestra becoming the first black to do so. His major recordings include Meyerbeer's "Le Prophete,"" Masenet's "La Navarraise,"" and award winning "Carmen Jones- by Oscar Hammerstein. His accomplishments are unparallel to any other black conductor. Lewis and Dixon together shocked the world. Both breaking new barriers, they ... ...

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... . "Then the renaissance came, times continued to changes nothing stayed the same there were always renegades,"" "Dr Martin Luther King, Malcolm X they were renegades of their time and age-(de la Rocha). Malcolm X and Martin Luther King are the two most famous black men in the Civil Rights era of the 1950's and 1960's. Both men shared the same goal of ... ...

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... . "Then the renaissance came, times continued to changes nothing stayed the same there were always renegades,"" "Dr Martin Luther King, Malcolm X they were renegades of their time and age-(de la Rocha). Malcolm X and Martin Luther King are the two most famous black men in the Civil Rights era of the 1950's and 1960's. Both men shared the same goal of ... ...

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