... the east coast punk rock world."(Beeber, 45) The owner of CBGB's, an aspiring entrepreneur and supporter of artistic endeavor named Hilly Crystal, founded the club in 1973. The name CBGB's stands for "Country Blue Grass and Blues,"" but it was punk rock that emanated from bands such as "Suicide," ... "The Misfits," "The Dead Boys," "The Talking Heads," "Blondie," and countless others who were launched into stardom and immortality from the stage of the infamous club at 315 Bowery @ Bleecker Street, in lower Manhattan. A gig at CBGB's came to be like a badge of honor for many young aspir...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... advocacy groups that are aligned with specific political parties, even Republican, which at one point would have been a joke. The Democrats have the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, National Stonewall Democrats and Young Democrats, and the Utah Stonewall Democrats. GOProud, Log Cabin Republicans, and the Republican Unity Coalition are all Republican parties. Independent parties have GLBT ... ...

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... into a home, the white people would ask them to leave or offer to buy the house from them at a higher price than they paid for it. The Hyde Park Improvement Club was organized to keep negroes to certain districts. They made real estate agents refuse to sell property in dominantly white blocks to black people. The ... Club used violence to get black people to leave if nothing else worked. In a home on Greenwood Avenue, a group of them broke into their home and broke all the windows after ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Association), Lange found a job at a photo finishing shop on her second day in San Francisco. She made friends with the shop's customers and with members of the San Francisco Camera Club, which she joined to gain use of their darkroom. A gifted budding photographer and personable young woman, Lange was soon offered the opportunity to start her own portrait studio by one ... of the camera club's wealthy members. Lange opened her studio at 540 Sutter Street, behind an established photo finishing shop, and moved into the room below. Displaying her work in the shop's picture windows ... ...

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... Association), Lange found a job at a photo finishing shop on her second day in San Francisco. She made friends with the shop's customers and with members of the San Francisco Camera Club, which she joined to gain use of their darkroom. A gifted budding photographer and personable young woman, Lange was soon offered the opportunity to start her own portrait studio by one ... of the camera club's wealthy members. Lange opened her studio at 540 Sutter Street, behind an established photo finishing shop, and moved into the room below. Displaying her work in the shop's picture windows ... ...

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... to reach the targeted groups mentioned earlier, youth, disadvantaged and those with disabilities. The city's recreation community was fragmented into several social service agencies, including family services, YMCA, YWCA, Boys Club and a variety of counseling agencies. Joint ventures between the agencies were limited, and each agency seemed defined by the constituency it served. In New Britain, pioneering partnerships between all the ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 14
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate