Stephany's presentation was Dorothy West. What was interesting about her family? What did they value? What did she end up doing?
Jenee's presentation was on Josephine Baker. What did she do for a living? What performance made her famous? What was she known for and how was she controversial?
Josue's presentation was on Willis Richardson. What were the names of his 3 anthologies? What made him leave his home in North Carolina?
Ladonna's presentation was on Florence Mills. What were some of her nicknames? What do they tell about who she was? What show was she in and with whom else who was presented about today?
Alan presented on Alain Locke. What did you learn about his educational experience? What was most important to him?
Omar presented on Jean Toomer. What did you learn about his early life? What was his famous for? Who was his inspiration and why? What was he criticized for?
Jonathan presented about Eubie Blake. What was different about him? When did his talent emerge? What was an interesting fact about his life that you learned?
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Something interesting about her family was that her father was a former slave but he progressed and later owned his own company, and she was an only child. She ended up writing "wedding day" and dance
Josephine Baker was an actress. The performance that made her famous was the first black Broadway sho she was known as a civil rights activist.
Willis Richardson. The thing that made him move out of North Carolina was a riot which ended with 16 deaths.
Florence Mills was in the same show that Eubie Blakes was in.
Alain Locke- He went to Howard University and he also went abroad to Germany to continue his studies in philosophy and literature. What was most important to him was equality.
Jean Toomer. Something I learned about his early life was that his father abandoned her mother at the age of 8.his inspiration was Walt Whitman because of his use of symbolism.
Eubie Blakes.Something different about him was that he started his music training at the age of 5. An interesting fact was that he had been smoking since the age of 10 and died at 96 so tobacco companies used him to advertise cigarettes.
The thing that was interesting about her family was that her father was former slaver who became a business man. They valued their reputation. Josephine baker was a singer and dancer. She was most famous for her performance in shuffle long. She was known for being very happy. The one anthologies was Negros in America. He left NC because of race riots. Florence mills was nicknamed black eyed beauty. She was in Ebuie Blake play. Alain Locke went to different to 6 different colleges. African American studies was very important to him. jean Tommer was very light skinned and never had enough money to go to college. Eubie Blakes he was educated very young and composed something at the age of 12. He smoked since he was 10 and died at the age of 96.
Her father was a slave, she wrote a book "wedding day," her father became an entrepreneur.
Josephine Blake was an actor / singer. She starred in the first black show on broadway. She was active in the civil rights movement for blacks.
Florence Mills was in the same broadway show with the same person I researched, Rubie Blake.
Alain Locke
Went to harvard university, and he studied philosophy and literature.
Jean Toomer, his father abandoned him and his mom when he was around 8 years old.
Eubie Blakes
Eubie Blakes started his training around four/five years old, he was discovered in a store by the manager when he was playing a pump organ.An Interestring fact about Eubie Blake was that he was awarded a medal of freedom. He also made more money then his father did, but he kept it a secret.
Dorothy West's father was a freed slave, and her mother a simple housewife. She released " Wedding Day" at the age of forty, and wrote for magazines for the remainder of her life.
Josephine Baker was an actress and playwright. She produced the first entirely black Broadway show that received incredible reviews and ratings. She wrote a book about civil rights, but was deemed controversial because of it
Willis Richardson was forced to leave North Carolina due to a violent riot caused by a group of white men which resulted in the deaths of 16 black men.
Florence Mills was sometimes known
as the " Wide Eyed Beauty". She was another with multiple talents; she was a singer, dancer, and comedian. She was in the same Broadway show as Eubie Blakes.
Alain Locke traveled well across the world, into the Berlin university of Germany. He believed firmly that Black people needed education to advance themselves.
*Stephany- father was a former slave. became a writer for magazines. wrote book "the wedding".
*Jenee- dancer, singer, actress, civil rights movement leader. she was in the first all african american b.w. show. went to france to become a dancer.
*Josue- A riot was held that killed african americans. I didn't catch the three books that he made.
*Ladonna- One nickname i got was the 'wide eyed beauty'. she was talented with acting, singing, and she was a comedian.
*Alan- Went to Oxford, but fraduated in Berlin, Germany. His most important goal was to become a professor. Got a job at Howard U.
*Omar- Jean went to an all black school. He wrote poems and short stories. A french guy named Boldele're (?) wwas his inpiration.
*JonathanC- Started music training when he was 5 years old. Around 20 years old when he first got published. First man to write a play.
Dorthys mother and father were both former slaves. But her father later started his own company. She ended up becoming a poet.
Josephine Baker was a singer and dancer. She sung at jazz clubs. Her performance on broadway made her famous.She wouldnt sing at places that were segregated.
Willis Richardson left north carolina due to racism and the riot.
Florence Mills was first named Florence Whinfrey. She is a singer, dancer, actress and comiedian. She was in the same show as Eubie Blake.
Alain Locke graduated from Central highschool with honors. Also wanted to be a phlisopher but they shut him down because of his skin color. He wanted blacks to gain respect. That was most important to him.
Jean Toomer he lived with his parents. His mom remarried and moved to new york. He was famous for writing short stories. People didnt approve of his writing's and critized him alot.
Eubie Blakes was a pianoist. And when he was 12 wrote & published his first compoisiton when he was 20 years old. He talent emerged when he was 20.An interesting fact was that he began smoking when he was 10 years old.
Dorothy West
-Her parents were former slaves. She ended up becoming a writer.
Josephine Baker
-She was a dancer, singer and civil rights activist. Shuffle Along was the Broadway play that made her famous. She would not sing in segregated places and one of her songs started much controversy.
Willis Richardson
-He moved from North Carolina to Washington D.C after a black man was beaten and killed
Florence Mills
-Some of her nicknames were “queen of happiness” and “black eyed beauty”. This showed she was popular and well liked. She was in Shuffle Along, along with Josephine Baker and Eubie Blake.
Alain Locke
-He graduated honors at Howard University, then Oxford University. It was important to him to become a professor, and to teach African American studies.
Jean Toomer
-His mother raised him, and his grandparents helped raise him. He was light skinned. He went to 6 different schools. He was famous for his writing. He was inspired by Bodelear and Walt Witmen because of they’re symbolism.
Eubie Blakes
-He started playing music since the age of 5. His mother disapproved of his work. He was on the Broadway play Shuffle Along. Tobacco companies used him as an advocated for smoking because he smoked since age 10 and lived to age 94.
Stephany's presentation was Dorothy West. What was interesting about her family? What did they value? What did she end up doing?
her father was a freeslave and ending up to start her own company and her mom was just a house wife...she ended up to write poetry.
Jenee's presentation was on Josephine Baker. What did she do for a living? What performance made her famous? What was she known for and how was she controversial?
baker was a actress and singer, the perfromence that made her was the first black show on broadway...she was also known for a civil rights activist.
Josue's presentation was on Willis Richardson. What were the names of his 3 anthologies? What made him leave his home in North Carolina?
queen of happiness, black eyed beauty.....he moved because of the riot which ended up with 16 deaths of african americans
Ladonna's presentation was on Florence Mills. What were some of her nicknames? What do they tell about who she was? What show was she in and with whom else who was presented about today?
the wide eyed beauty...she was a singer actress dancer and comedian..she was in the same broadway show eubie blakes was in
Alan presented on Alain Locke. What did you learn about his educational experience? What was most important to him?
he didnt let race and limitations stop...what was most important was to for african americans to be treated equal
Omar presented on Jean Toomer. What did you learn about his early life? What was his famous for? Who was his inspiration and why? What was he criticized for?
his father abanded him at a very early age
Jonathan presented about Eubie Blake. What was different about him? When did his talent emerge? What was an interesting fact about his life that you learned?
he started music training at a early age and he had been smoking since the age of ten and died at age 96 and tobacco companies used him to advertise cigarettes.
josephine baker born in saint louis she was a singer and actor. she was in the first broadway show. she passed away next to newspaper's about her work.
florence hill
as a child she sing and dance acting comedy she was in a play called shuffle along she passed away from a sickness. at the age of 31
willis richard he became a play writer
dorthy wests father was a former slave. They valued education. She wrote the no novel "The wedding day".
Josephine Baker was a dancer,singer,actress and civil rights activist. she believed very much in equal education. She performed in the first african american show called "shuffle along". She later adopted 12 children.
Willis Richardson was a a playwriter knows as the father of black drama. he didnt go to college. "The broken bancho, the chips fortune.He left because of a riot that occured.
Florence Mills also known as the queen of happiness she to was in shuffle along,along with Josephine Baker.
Alain Locke-he was a road scholar he was an intellectual and wanted to be a professor. he contributed to the "journal and to magazines and newspapers.
jean toomer's father abandoned him at a young age. he wrote short stories, poems. in college he studied physical threapy. he was critized for Kane. walt whitman and blidare inspired him because of their symbolism.
Ebie blake started music training from age 5. he was a talented pianist. He was also apart of shuffle along. i found it intresting that his mother diapproved of him being a musician
one interesting about dorothys family is that her dad was a former slave. but inspite of that he owned his own company one day. the family valued their reputation. dorothy ended up writing the book the wedding day at the age of 40 and wrote magazines for the rest of her days. josephine baker was an actress, singer, dancer, and civil rights activists. the performance that made her famous was the one in shuffle witch was the first black broadway play. she was known for being a actress but was considered controversal when she wrote a book on civil rights. the names of willis richardson had to leave north carolina because he got involved in a violent riot started by white men, which ended up in 16 black men losing their precious lives. some of florence mills nick names were the wide eyed beauty. they tell that she was beautiful but had very wide eyes. she was in the show shuffle with Eubie Blakes. i learned that he was a man who truly valued education. and even tho back then the times were very racists he would not stop trying to achieve his ultimate goal of becoming a teacher. nothing was more important to him than education. something i learned abiut his early life is his dad left the family when he was at the tender age of 8. he was famous for writing poems and short stories, his inspiration was walt whitmaan amd boldelear.what was different about eubie is he started his training around the age of 4. his talent was discovered in a store by a manager when he was playing a pump organ. the most interesting fact was that he began smoking at the age of 10 and lived till he was 96!
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