earned her aviator’s license‚ Bessie Coleman earned hers and proved to the world that everyone deserves the chance to fly. Bessie Coleman endured many hardships‚ accomplished what most people thought impossible‚ and inspired many blacks to learn to fly. Bessie Coleman had many obstacles in her way before she could earn her aviation license. Because of her race and gender‚ Bessie Coleman was not allowed to learn to fly in America. No pilot in Chicago would teach Bessie because no one thought she could
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Listening Analysis Paper Alex Kosarko MUS 185‚ Summer 2009 For my listening assignment‚ I chose the piece‚ “St. Louis Blues” by Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong‚ recorded in the late 1920s. At this time‚ the country was in the transition from country blues (a single artist accompanied by a single guitar) to city blues (a single artist accompanied by either a piano and/or several instruments). In city blues‚ the form was based on a very rigid 12-bar blues structure‚ which used mainly the
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Dear Aunt Bessie‚ November 25‚ 2013 Knock knock. Who’s there? I don’t know just read this letter Aunt Bessie. So as you know progressivism is a series of reforms needed in order to repair the underside of America. You also are aware that you have asked me to give away your million dollars to three reform movements in the levels of $600‚000‚ $300‚000‚ and $100‚000. The three problems I came up with are women’s suffrage‚ food safety‚ and child labor. I have decided that Woman’s suffrage will
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Dear Aunt Bessie‚ Hello Aunt Bessie‚ I am sorry I have not been writing to you lately. I am having trouble running the mills by myself since my family has died of malaria. Which is why I now know where I will put your million dollars that I have received from you. Progressivism is a tough moment in our history. We are battling progressivism‚ which is a movement reformed to change America. This is why I have chosen to take your blessed million dollars‚ and put it towards these reforms; 600‚000
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Having Our Say is a detailed narrative report on the lives of Sadie and Bessie Delany‚ two elderly African-American sisters‚ who are finally having their say. Now that the people who kept them down is long gone‚ Sadie and Bessie tell the stories of their fascinating lives‚ from their Southern Methodist school upbringing to their involvement in the civil rights movement in New York City. Sadie is the older‚ and sweeter of the sisters. She was first colored high school teacher in the New York Public
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Where will you put your million dollars? Dear Aunt Bessie‚ It’s an honor that you have chosen me to distribute your entire life earning of one million dollars! I promise you that I wont let you down. America is growing day by day and it needs help because there are many problems that it’s facing. I’ve narrowed it down into four important causes on where your money will go. My choice for the most important cause is the woman’s suffrage‚ this cause will receive your $600‚000. Jane Adams‚ the co-founder
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Elizabeth Smith (Bessie Smith) Elizabeth Smith was born on April 15‚ 1894 in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. Her parents were Laura and William Smith. She was one of the second children. She was born into a poverty stricken black family in the segregated south. Her father was a Baptist minister he died soon after her birth leaving her mother to raise her and her siblings. She was about nine when she lost her mother and two brothers. Bessie and the remaining siblings were raised by their
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While a wide range of art forms were associated with the Civil Rights movement‚ music certainly had the most impact on its early stages as it was a medium by which many‚ namely those being oppressed‚ could express their disdain for the status quo. The musicians involved with the movement came from a mixture of backgrounds and the music served as a source of empowerment for those who shared similar sentiments with those performing it. Being that jazz and blues were popular genres during that time
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The Delany Sisters Sarah and Bessie Delany were extraordinary women. They were very intelligent‚ kind‚ yet feisty women. Sarah and Bessie Delany were very close sisters and lived to be one hundred and four and one hundred and nine years of age. The Delany sisters were able to live long because of the way they lived their life. Over all these two women lived a good life and had two loving‚ caring‚ and wise parents to help who they have become in our American history‚ but life for The Delany sisters
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"Flow My Tears" and "Lost Your Head Blues" “Lost your Head Blues” was written and performed by Bessie smith‚ known as the “Empress of the Blues.” She lived from 1894-1937. The songs Smith sang along with her performances allowed her the opportunity to become popular in the 1920’s. While the songs she sang were revolved around her life‚ and not that of the community‚ many folks said that the stories were relatable to them. “Lost Your Head Blues” in particular was a sad love song that became a popular
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