The Harlem Renaissance and a Hip Hop Culture In the sass’s a group of African-American intellectuals decided to come together and construct the New Negro Movement, later called the Harlem Renaissance. It was a time when black poets, novelists, and artists set out to disprove the negative stereotypes and prove that black people were not […]

Memphis Is the first city that I have men to that has a station such as Hot 107 that plays only rap and R&B. Most other places will only have songs that are mainstream and then they are only played on the dance music stations. The other mall reason I chose SIXTH was Its Involvement […]

The genre of Caribbean Music encompasses a diverse variety of musical styles and traditions from Islands that are located In the Caribbean Sea and it represents something that Is simple, exotic yet rich and wonderful. The styles range anywhere from traditional folk genres such as the Puerco Rican coagulant and Jamaican memento to more contemporary […]

The Truth” by Fern Supper In humanity, there is a very thin line of similarity between lying and telling the truth. In a fiction book, for example, the author is making up a story based on their own imaginative thoughts, interests, and events that they hope will happen in the future. Also, when someone is […]

China’s drone development program. The government and military are striving to put China at the forefront of drone manufacturing, for their own use and for export, and have made an all-out push to gather domestic and international technology to support the rogram. (NY Times, 09/20/2013, Edward Wong) The example mentioned above is one of the […]

A letter from eight white clergymen The clergymen’s letter suggests that the racial problem in Birmingham, Alabama, needs to be resolved in court peacefully. The exigency of his argument is to try to solve the racial issue with an innovative and constructive approach. The letter was written to the editor of a Birmingham’s newspaper. Based […]

My shrill, pea-less Fox-40 whistle rents the humid August air as I call for a safety break. Patrons in the pool grumble audibly as they grudgingly vacate their summer oasis against the sweltering Texas heat. As I head towards the shaded guardroom, I hear another worn-out grumble. Why? My friend is writing, or at least […]

Throughout my life, I have seen many of my friends fall by the wayside. They have struggled, stumbled, and fallen all too comfortably into the stride of mediocrity despite what they were capable of. One person in particular breaks my heart each time I see her. Renee and I were best friends for the bulk […]

The scorching August sun beat down on the sidewalk as I held my fathers hand tightly, afraid to let it go. We had just gotten off the T and the sweat was already pouring down our foreheads. Everyone around us was in a mad rush, all going to their own destinations and not acknowledging anyone […]

It seems that every day you hear a child has been diagnosed with Autism. It’s the catch-all, trendy term. My brother Lee was diagnosed when I was four years old. Then, we didn’t understand what it really meant, only that it would have a profound impact on our family. We learned to embrace Lee’s disorder […]