Bill “Bojangles” Robinson was a very accomplished tap dancer, a strong leader of his beliefs and an inspiring role model to young dancers. He stood up for his race, and performed on one of America’s biggest stages, soon being recognised as a hero. Bringing tap dance from a former flat-footed style to a more dancing on your toes style, Robinson arose as well known celebrity in all of America. Robinson was born on May 25, 1878 in Virginia to Maxwell and Maria Robinson. Both of Robinson’s parents died when Bill was young, so he and his brother, Luther were passed to their Grandmother to be raised. Their Grandmother was a former slave who taught Robinson respect for his race. Therefore, he was not afraid, as other colored dancers, to dance wherever he pleased. Robinson began tapping on street corners when he was passed to his Grandmother. He was a hoofer; a song and dance man. He joked while he danced, which would seem hard, but Robinson danced rarely using his arms or travelling across …show more content…
He was one of the first colored dancers to perform at New York’s Prestigious Palace. That was when Robinson was given the nickname “Bojangles”. He was never quite sure why he was deemed “Bojangles”, however, some theories say that it meant “happy go lucky”, “squabbler” or “jangler”. After dancing at New York’s Prestigious Palace, he danced in Vaudeville, which is similar to present day Hollywood, from 1914-1927, making $3,500 per week. During his dancing career performing in Vaudeville, he married Fanny Clay who then became his business manager and secretary. Robinson danced in front of his first white audience in 1828, when he was 50. Within the next decade, Robinson starred in 14 motion pictures, available to any race. Robinson grew very famous, some of his fans included President Roosevelt and Will Rogers. He also taught and inspired many other famous tap dancers such as: Eleanor Powell, Florence Mills and Fred
The person whom invented Jazz was born in uptown New Orleans on September 6, 1877 to Alice and Westmore Bolden. Charles “Buddy” Bolden grew up in one of the most musically rich cities in all of the United States during the time, and it would have great influence in his life. As a young man, Buddy made money as a barber, however his heart was truly in his music. The cornet was his instrument, and he could play like nobody else. He was famously known as “The King” because of how well he played the cornet, as well as his public demand and popularity.
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919. He was born in Cairo, Georgia and was the youngest of five children. He had a grandfather that was a slave, Jackie’s dad was a sharecropper and Mallie, Jackie’s mother, was a maid. His dad ran away from the family when Jackie was only an infant.
“Robinson won letters in football, baseball, basketball and track at Muir Technical High School. He also attended Pasadena Junior College. When he left in 1939, he declined offers from the major colleges around the nation and chose, University of California at Los Angeles.” Also known as UCLA. It was close to his mother, which made it more of an attractive choice. Robinson’s only had two years at UCLA because of financial pressures. He was very impressive in his two years. He was the highest scorer in basketball competition, he was the national champion in long jump, All-American running-back, and he played shortstop for the varsity baseball team. He was the school’s first athlete to letter in four sports. Sounds like a freak of nature to me. (News Break)
Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, into a family of sharecroppers in Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of five children born to Mallie McGriff and Jerry Robinson. His middle name, Edgar, was in honor of former President Theodore Roosevelt who died 25 days before Robinson was born. After Jackie’s father left the family in 1920, they moved to Pasadena, California. Robinson 's mother worked various jobs to support the family. Jackie grew up in poverty in an affluent community. Jackie and his friends were excluded from many recreational opportunities. As a result, Robinson joined a neighborhood gang. His friend Carl Anderson persuaded him to abandon the gang. In high school Jackie attended John Muir high school being an outstanding athlete. He was a multi-sport athlete playing football, baseball, track, tennis, and baseball. Jackie won numerous athletic awards in high school. Jackie Robinson attended
Born Luther Robinson in Richmond, Virginia, his parents, Maria and Maxwell Robinson, died in 1885. Young Bill was reared by his grandmother, Bedilia Robinson, who had been a slave. In Richmond, he got the nickname "Bojangles" from "jangler," meaning contentious, and invented the phrase "Everything's Copasetic," meaning tip-top. He got
Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. However, at an early age of one year old, his single mother moved Jackie and four other siblings to Pasadena, California. In Pasadena, Jackie and his family grew up in poverty. Even though his family was impoverished, they lived in a predominately white neighborhood where they faced lots of discrimination for the simple fact that they were black. As Jackie was growing up, he excelled in baseball, basketball, football, and track. He went to John Muir High School where he was a letterman in all the sports that he excelled at. His early life fueled him to greater accomplishments as he got older.
Jackie Robinson was a star in the eyes of the black people around him. A hero even. He gave them something to cheer for, and a reason to
The grandson of a slave, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia; he was the youngest of five children. Jackie grew up very poor, but little did he know that his athletic ability would open the doors for his future. After his father deserted the family when Jackie was six months old, his mother, Mallie Robinson, moved the family to California in search of work. California also subjected blacks to segregation at that time, but to less of a degree than in the Deep South. The young Jackie defused his anger over this prejudice by immersing himself in sports. He displayed extraordinary athletic skills in high school, excelling at football, basketball, baseball, and track. After helping Pasadena Junior College
Not long after the family moved to Pasadena, California Robinson’s mother enrolled him into Pasadena Junior College. At Pasadena Junior College Robinson set a National Junior College record in the long jump of 25’ 6 ½” (Ringer 22). After only one year at Pasadena Junior College Robinson received an athletic scholarship to the University of California, Los Angeles (23). There, Robinson became the first Bruin athlete to earn varsity letters in four sports (25). Robinson was a standout in football, baseball, basketball and track (26). After three years of college Robinson left college to work to support his mother (29). He was one of four African American players on the 1939 UCLA Bruins football team. This was not normal to have so many African Americans when only a few dozen at all played on college football teams. Later, Robinson went on to play semi-pro football in Honolulu. Several months later, Pearl Harbor was bombed, and he enlisted in the U.S. Army (31). In the Army Robinson completed Officer Candidate School and became a Second Lieutenant (34). In 1944 Robinson faced a court-martial for refusing to move to the rear of an Army bus (42).
Epstein and Steinberg (2007) focus in their article on intersecting principles of culture and justice in contemporary media. Their findings are based on an analysis of Michael Jackson’s Boys (2005)—a documentary televised shortly prior to the 2005 trial of Michael Jackson for alleged sexual abuse of children—using a social semiotic approach. The authors detail numerous aspects of the programme that they believe carry semiotic signification, and relate these to present-day relationships between discourses within popular culture and criminal justice proceedings.
Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo. The year Jackie was born was 1919 to a family of farmers. His Mother name is Mallie Robinson. She raised Jackie and four other of her children. They were the only black family around and people gave them a hard time about living around them since they were the only black family on the block. Jackie was the very first black baseball player ever to join the white man’s league.
Robinson attended Pasadena Junior College after high school. That is where he continued his athletic career. He played on the football team, baseball team, and he broke school broad-jumping records. Most of Jackie's teammates were white. In 1938,
B.B. King’s reign as “King of the Blues” has been as long as that of any monarch on earth. B.B. King continued to have his crown at the age of 76, and he was still light on his feet, singing and playing the blues with never ending passion. Time has no effect on B.B, all time does for him is make him more popular, more cherished, and more relevant than ever. Even though B.B. King has passed, he’s alive as the music he plays, and the world can’t get enough of him.
Alonzo King began dancing at a young age in Santa Barbara, California. He continued his training in New York at the Harkness
In the world today, Communism is a feared form of government; societies look upon North Korea in fear, and are scared of a day when their own government may turn to communism. When George Orwell wrote and published Animal Farm in 1945, it was the year WWII had ended. During the War, China and Russia were two major countries at war with each other; at the time China had become a communist country. George Orwell, who greatly disapproved of Communism, wrote Animal Farm to show the terrors of Communism and what causes it; which he believed was greed and the desire for power. In Animal Farm, George Orwell examines and illuminates that power and greed are two dangerous desires that will corrupt one and develop radical behavior that will eventually