Yoltic Barrera Coach Liles 11-11-17 Texas History Bessie Coleman Essay Bessie Coleman was an American civil aviator who became the first female African-American pilot with a flight licence. She was born on January 26, 1892 in Atlanta, Texas. She was one of thirteen children to Susan Coleman and George Coleman. Her parents were both sharecroppers. Her father later ended up leaving to seek better opportunities in Oklahoma, but he never came back. Her mother tried her best to support her family
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When Bessie returned to Chicago in October, she was interviewed in her apartment by a reporter from the Chicago Defender. The paper photographed her proud mother, Susan, holding the silver cup presented to her daughter by the Shuffle Along cast. Bessie told the Chicago Defender that she had ordered a plane built for her own use, a Nieuport de Chasse with a 130 horsepower engine in which she intended to give exhibition flights in America and other countries. Although Bessie was known for much exaggeration
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BESSIE SMITH 1894 – 1937 Bessie Smith, known as “Empress of the Blues”, was born on April 15 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was one of seven children to a part-time Baptist preacher and his wife. However, by the time Bessie was nine years old both of her parents were dead. Bessie and her brother Andrew were already singing on the streets of Chattanooga for spare change. Bessie’s older brother Clarence had joined a travelling vaudeville1 show as a comedian and dancer and in 1912
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Civilization Day, by Ornette Coleman, was recorded September 9th, 1971. Coleman’s album Science Fiction consisted of a variety of songs that were very different, that included Civilization Day. Some important elements of what we’ve learned were evident in this song. The musicians combined collective improvisation with solo improvisation. He referred to this improvisational concept as harmolodics, a shortened form of the words harmony, melody, and motion. The alto sax, trumpet, and non-walking bass
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Coleman Corporation Introduction The Coleman Company is one of the largest sellers of camping equipment and is devoted to inspiring people to get outside. Coleman is committed to their customers, stakeholder and their most important asset the employees. Coleman strives to hire excellent talent inside and outside the company to add to their team of successors. Coleman’s innovation is providing the highest quality products to its customers by following their mission and values which is the core
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BESSIE SMITH essie Smith, “The Empress of the Blues” was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920’s and 1930’s. Bessie is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era. She and Louis Armstrong were a major influence on other jazz vocalists. Her birthday isn’t known for sure, but the 1900 census indicates that Bessie was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 1892. The 1910 census recorded her birthday as April 15, 1894, a date that appears on all subsequent documents
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and a full necklace of gold coins. It was said that she was the ugliest women in show business, but all that gossip was set aside as soon as she started singing. During this time Ma Rainey met Bessie Smith. Bessie was first a dancer for the Rabbit Foot minstrel shows, then Rainey became a mentor to Bessie Smith and led her to stardom. They became really close friends as the years went on. Even though Ma Rainey
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would stop this and future wars. To them, wars represented the failure of male leaders (pg. 320). 2. BESSIE COLEMAN- The first black woman to earn her pilot’s license in 1921. Coleman crashed and died while practicing for an air show in Orlando, Florida. After Coleman’s death, her friends and fans took up her dream of establishing a flying school black Americans, naming it the Bessie Coleman School (pg. 344). 3. ADELINA OTERO-WARREN- With an elite background and was bi-lingual, Warren proved
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Bechet- saxophone—A 31. Lester Young- saxophone – B 32. Benny Carter- saxophone—B 33. Ornette Coleman-saxophone—B 34. John Coletrane- saxophone—B 35. Coleman Hawkins- saxophone—B 36. Johnny Hodges- saxophone—B 37. Charlie “Bird” – saxophone—C 38. Wayne Shorter- saxophone—D 39. Robert Johnson- guitar—A 40. Huddie “Leadbelly” – guitar—A 41. Kid Ory- trombone—A 42. Bessie Smith- singer – A 43. Sarah Vaughan- voice—B 44. Ella- Vocalist—B 45. Benny Goodman- clarinet—B
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Georgia(1971–1975) James Earl Carter, Jr., was born at the Wise Sanitarium[6] on October 1, 1924, in the tiny southwest Georgia city of Plains, near Americus. The first president born in a hospital,[7] he is the eldest of four children of James Earl Carter and Bessie Lillian Gordy. Carter's father was a prominent business owner in the community and his mother was a registered nurse. Carter is descended from immigrants from southern England (one of his paternal ancestors arrived in the American Colonies in 1635)
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