While Orlando is primarily known for its theme parks, Orlando is also rich in history. There are several history museums in the greater Orlando area well worth visiting. So, if you want to take a break from the heat, and the endless miles of trekking at Disney, Universal Studios, or SeaWorld, visit one of the ...
The Harlem Renaissance remains one of the most significant artistic movements in American history, far surpassing its original importance to one specific minority. The renaissance served to create a consciousness of identity for African-Americans, while also forcing white American to confront the importance of an ethnic group too long considered inferior. The Harlem Renaissance is ...
We all remember those passion-filled moments when music simply changed the way we did things. If we didn’t talk, act and dress with a certain gleam or swagger; we altered primarily our way of living, way of being and way of thinking. Without a doubt, music of all shades has influential characteristics. It keeps us ...
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s stands as one of the most prominent movements in African-American culture and American history. After many decades of suffering through imprisonment and oppression by the White man, African Americans began to unite together to demonstrate their strong beliefs of racial pride and self-identity. Arriving in the hot bed of ...
In Jazz, Toni Morrison sought to create a novel that expressed the essence of jazz. In her introduction to Jazz, Morrison writes, “I wanted the work to be a manifestation of the music’s intellect, sensuality, anarchy; its history, its range and its modernity” (xix). Morrison explains that her intent is to create a novel that ...
