. Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on April 7‚ 1915‚ in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ to Sarah Julia "Sadie" Fagan (née Harris). Her father‚ Clarence Halliday (Holiday)‚ a musician‚ did not marry or live with her mother. Her mother had moved to Philadelphia at the age of thirteen‚ after being rejected from her parents’ home in Sandtown-Winchester‚ Baltimore for becoming pregnant. With no support from her own parents‚ Holiday’s mother arranged for the young Holiday to stay with her older married
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into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Holiday spent much of her childhood in Baltimore‚ Maryland. Her mother‚ Sadie was only a teenager when she had her. Her father is widely believed to Clarence holiday‚ who eventually became a successful jazz musician‚ playing with the likes of fletcher Henderson. In her difficult early life‚ holiday found solace in music‚ singing along to the records of Bessie smith and Louis Armstrong; holiday began singing in local clubs and renamed her “Billie”. Holiday became involved
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This was how Holiday managed a more somewhat stable home life‚ but unfortunately her mother’s marriage didn’t last that long either. They got divorced a couple years later which left Billie and Sadie struggling all over again. Sadie often cleaned other people’s houses‚ but the money she earned couldn’t support her family. Of course‚ Holiday went to school when she was young‚ but she ended up skipping school later on. In fact‚ she and her mother had to go to court
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Book of the City of Ladies‚” have created much debate on the nature of her writings and her‚ as an author. Shelia Delany in “’Mothers to Think Back Through’: Who Are They? The Ambiguous Example of Christine de Pizan” analyzes how Christine de Pizan‚ by the standards of her time‚ is mislabeled as “a reformer or proto feminist” when she rather seems “at best a contradictory figure”(Delany 315). Although Pizan may display opposing opinions in her works‚ Delany’s dismissal of her efforts to improve the
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Martin Delaney Alexa Roy Martin Delany was born in West Virginia a free man‚ the son of Pati and Samuel Delany. He was considered free because his Mother Pati was a free women. In his growing years he and his siblings were taught to read using the New York primer to learn to read. To keep from being arrested his mother moved the children to Pennsylvania a free state. He did have to leave school occasionally to help on the family farm but eventually he did migrate to Pittsburgh where
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character in the story Tortilla Curtain. He has a very strong influence on Delany Mossbacher‚ one of the central characters in the story. His influences‚ along with the tragic string of events concerning Delany and Candido‚ produce a complete turn around in the ideals of Delany by the end of the story. At the start of the story Delany is a “liberal humanist”‚ albeit a hypocritical one‚ but by the end of the story Delany is carrying a gun looking for Candido. It is easy for readers to categorize
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The Universal Need When viewing strangers we obtain impressions from what they wear or how they speak. Whether it’s the diction and the pronunciation of their words or the type of attire they wear we assume there is nothing beyond that. Combined with what we hear from our peers‚ the new associates are then given identities that are not theirs‚ and soon they are no longer our equals. Eventually barriers form to separate those that differ from us from those who are similar. We create false beliefs
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in a fury he explains to Mammy Judy and Daddy Joe how he will no longer‚ “be made a fool by false preaching‚” (Delany‚ 20). Daddy Joe tells Henry not to lose his religion and he responds: “Religion!...That’s always the cry with black people. Tell me nothing bout religion when the very man who hands you the bread at communion has sold your daughter away from you!” (Delany‚ 20) Henry’s powerful words put his fury of the religious slave into perspective. His effort to awaken his brethren
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sometimes all I wanted to do was talk to my brother and get his advice. I have three dogs. My dogs Sadie‚ Tootsie‚ and Lucky are cuddly and soft toy poodles. My precious dogs were prancing around in the playroom chewing on toys and playing around when all of a sudden‚ Sadie‚ my oldest dog‚ starting acting weird. Sadie was staring at the wall‚ walking weird‚ and breathing heavily. I ran to get my mom. Sadie is twelve‚
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about people who are different from them. In The Tortilla Curtain‚ Delany yells at two Mexican men falsely accusing them of arson‚ "Delaney looked round at his neighbors‚ their faces drained and white‚ fists clenched‚ ready to go anywhere‚ do anything‚ seething with it‚ spoiling for it‚ a mob. They were out here in the night‚ outside the walls‚ forced out of their shells‚ and there was nothing to restrain them." (Boyle 289). Delany angrily accuses two Mexican men‚ José Navidad and his friend‚ of arson
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