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  • 17, 1821 – December 10, 1882) was an American photographer who is best ... War. His photos became foundational to American photography. They combined ...
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  • The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...
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  • The Drifters are a long-lived American doo wop/R&B band, who helped ... the group and was replaced by Cleveland native Johnny Moore (of The Hornets ...
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  • in an 1880 report by the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnography. In 1883, Powell ... cultures have exchanged and blended foods, music, dances, clothing, tools ...
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  • horsemen and cowhands of the South American pampas, chacos or Patagonian ... by South America’s ruling class, native-born aristocrats called criollos ...
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  • Like many American colleges, Amherst was founded with the goal of ... having published the first dictionary of American English with printer William ...
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  • it is bordered by Cuba. It supports major American, Mexican, and Cuban fishing ... its multicultural heritage as well as its music and cuisine and is considered ...
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  • advocate for women but for the rights of Native Americans and religious minorities ... was able to practice law, like other American women until the passage ...
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  • – December 10, 1967) was an influential American deep soul singer, best known ... sing rock and roll, "the devil's music." His parents were well ...
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  • (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) was an American soul, R&B, and gospel ... Franklin maintained her position in the music recording industry throughout ...
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  • 12, 1853 - September 7, 1918) was an American educator, psychologist, ... be formally admitted as students at many American universities. Her work greatly ...
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  • era. He became a cultural icon in his native Germany and was greatly admired ... Philharmonic Orchestra. Later he became music director of the Vienna Philharmonic ...
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  • Dolly Rebecca Parton (January 19, 1946 - ) is an American country ... in 1999, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of fame. In 2005, Parton ...
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  • |Genre = Pop Music, Country Music |Occupation = ... Brenda Lee (born December 11, 1944) is an American country-pop singer ...
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  • one of the first dance departments in an American university. It has since ... Ruth St. Denis was the first American dancer to incorporate the traditions ...
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  • speech, or any form of content that is not music. In the U.S., the Library ... sometimes calling upon a complete cast, music, and sound effects, though ...
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  • Henry Cowell (March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American ... I may wish to draw on, for the meaning of music does depend on the materials ...
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  • as early as 1861. In 1898, the Spanish-American War increased the prison ... A 19-month long occupation of the island by allied Native Americans ...
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  • he decided then that he would make Qawwali music his career. His first public ... group was in March 1971, at an annual music festival organized by Radio ...
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  • 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was a prominent American actor who transformed Hollywood ... activists to march for civil rights and Native American rights. He refused ...
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