An Omitted History Tiffany-Ibenzie: Thompson-Oneaire HIS 204 Jeffrey Pilz February 15‚ 2013 An Omitted History African American history has been distorted for many years. "[T]he wider public of freedmen and freedwomen do not receive as much attention as one might wish in a book with a subtitle that promises a study of “popular politics.” (West‚ 2004). A lot of what is portrayed in history about African Americans has been the image of slave or criminal. Most times‚ history fails to show other
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Art History Survey 2 MODULE THREE READING QUESTIONS 1. How does Ernst Gombrich define style and how might we understand the relationship between an object’s style and the time and place in which it was created? Ernst Gombrich defines style as “any distinctive‚ and therefore recognizable‚ way in which an act is performed or an artifact made or ought to be performed and made.” He also portrays style as distinguished event or pieces that has “desirable consistency and conspicuousness” and “stands
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understand the history we can explain how it got its name. The name marimba derives from Bantu. In this group of African languages rimba means a flattish object striking out‚ and the ma prefix means many keys. In Guatemala the name marimba means the wood that sings. The first marimba that we know of consisted of a leg comprised of one‚ two‚ or three slabs of disconnected wood. African gourds were placed as resonators. A musician from Chiapas
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 HISTORY OF TELEPHONE 3 Early Telephone Development 3 The Beginning (1876-1900) 4 The New Century (1901-1940) 6 Modern Time (1940-Today) 6 CONCLUSION 7 REFERECENCE 8 INTRODUCTION A few centuries ago‚ there were only a few kinds of communication that people can use. They could speak to each other‚ they can use smoke as a means of communication to send their message from one place to another or they could use mail. Later on‚ they also had telegram.
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Skateboarding History The history of skateboarding from its first appearance in the 1950’s to the present day. The first skateboards were actually more like scooters‚ with the undercarriage consisting of rollerskate wheels attached to a two by four. Once the pushbar of the scooter-like contraption was broken off‚ skateboarding was born. 1950’s It wasn’t until the 1950’s‚ when the surfing craze was in full swing‚ that people realized skateboarding could recreate the feeling of riding
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The “sneaker” has changed many times throughout it’s history. Some people wonder what the appeal is for many people. There is a very interesting history of the sneaker‚ and the gained popularity through their history. Another reason is that some people buy shoes for their collecting purposes‚ which is good for the sneaker business. People may buy sneakers because they want their favorite athlete’s signature or model shoe‚ or the athlete is promoting the shoe‚ so people like that they can be similar
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Germany‚ a country rich in culture and heritage‚ yet plagued by the fallout of World War I and World War II‚ has progressed to become the centerpiece of the European Union and the world’s third richest economy. The first German Empire dates back to the Roman Empire starting in the 8th century AD. During the Middle Ages the German Empire fended off many attacks against their soil from the Hungarians and the Slavs. Fighting and power struggles continued until the 1400’s‚ when the modern world gradually
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cartoons and everybody( whether they’ll admit it or not) has seen at least one musical in their lifetime and are able to sing some of the songs from it. It seems that musicals have made an impact on society but yet are still not taken seriously. The history of musicals dates back to the Greeks. It is a common known fact that the Greeks incorporated song and dance into their stage comedies and tragedies as early as the 5th Century B.C. Some used existing songs but it is known that Sophocles wrote his
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The History of Chocolate Do you like chocolate? Who doesn’t like chocolate? Chocolate is a favorite food of many people‚ but only few people know about the history of chocolate. That is why I am going to ask you to explore the history of chocolate by reading this essay. The history of chocolate begins with a plant whose scientific name is theobroma cacao which means “food of the gods”. According to the historians‚ the Mayan in Central America is the first who learned to plant the cacao plants around
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Slavery‚ and Anne Moody’s Coming of age in Mississippi proivide excellent examples of the hardships African Americans went through for their fight for civil rights. Worse than slavery exemplifies the despair found in the almost forgotten era in black history. Written by Historian Oshlink‚ this texts acknowledges the time period known as reconstruction in the New South‚ where slavery was replaced with convict leasing and eventually the Parchman prison farm. Oshlink sets his book in Mississippi where he
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