... entertainers in the world." After the death of his mother, Morton began playing in whorehouses and in the bordellos of the Storyville district of New Orleans. There he became active as a gambler, pool shark, and a lot of things that caused his grandmother to throw him out of the house as a bum and a scalawag. ... She did not want him around his two little sisters. As a wanderer, and during the fair of 1904 ... pieces set before him. In 1912, Morton briefly settled in Chicago's South Side where he published his first number, " The Jelly Roll Blues," which was brought out by William Rossit...

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... -American literature and a playwright. She was born in Eatonville, Florida, an all black town. Growing up, Zora Neale Hurston experienced separate but equal politics of Eatonville. This experience deeply affected her outlook on racial issues. Her writings had a huge influence in the Harlem Renaissance. This dramatic play is appropriate for all ... ages, but I would suggest it for the more mature person because of some situations, including some minor violence and some adult situations that the younger audience might not understand. There was nothing inappropriate for viewing, just a litt...

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... She didn't attend college instead she moved to Manhattan and worked as a cabaret singer. Her Broadway debut lead to a recording contract and a long series of gold records. Over her career she has mastered nearly every entertainment medium available and won numerous awards. ("Barbra Joan Streisand." Bio. A&E Television Networks, ... was raised with a single mother and her brother. The fact that her mother being single caused a lot of struggle for her. There was only one person in the house working and bringing money into the household. After a while things started getting tuff for her fam...

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... jazz and blues coming from the African culture, and mixed it with the traditional classical concert sound that originated in Europe and had been played for hundreds of years. He could be equated as an American equivalent of Verdi. His name, George Gershwin, conjures memories and nostalgic imaginings of the Jazz Age ... 1898 in Brooklyn, New York. George had two brothers, Arthur and Ira, and one sister, Francis (Frankie). Although George is the most well known of the family, his brother Ira was also a successful lyricist. In fact, if it weren't for Ira's interest in music, George's parent...

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... that many others and I had expected was not there. Instead there was a small, cozy, intimate shack that looked like the remnants of an old house. It was almost as if I were at home relaxing in my living room. This setting made the audience feel involved and apart ... and musicals, lighting and sound are used as well, but elaborate settings and props are used to capture the attention of the audience. I believe the absence of settings and the minimal usage of props was purposefully not used in "New York Values." By doing this, it allowed the audience to concentrate and not ... deviate fro...

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... shrine 4) You are a god, live like one! As prevalent as hippies were, it astounds many people to hear that there was a subdivision of the group. Yippies, as they were called, were much like other hippies, only more extreme. The yippies were New Left radicals with a no-holds ... invoked more action towards the issue and, often, unprecedented controversy. Many of the crazy occurrences once deemed hippie-actions were, unequivocally, the work of a yippie group. One very active yippee was Jerry Rubin, who appeared before the House American Activities Committee wearing a Santa Claus Suit. Yipp...

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• Grade Level: High School