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However, it was her brilliant performance in the 1990 film Ghost that won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the second African American woman to win an Oscar. Goldberg has also graced the stage with her talent, earning a Tony Award for...
From adolescence, he dedicated his life to the promotion of liberty, political independence for Cuba, and intellectual independence for all Spanish Americans; his death was used as a cry for Cuban independence from Spain by both the Cuban revolutionaries and those Cubans previously reluctant to ...
John Hope Franklin was a trailblazing American historian whose seminal 1947 work, "From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans," has sold more than three million copies. He earned a bachelor's degree from Fisk University in Tennessee in 1935 as well as a master's degree and a ...
From science to music, African Americans have made and continue to make a profound impact on the United States. This set of flashcards dives into individuals who were key to the civil rights movement, made important scientific advancements, and provided entertainment to many. Through pictures, quo...
Throughout his work, Hughes portrayed working-class African Americans in a range of common experiences, both positive and negative. The New York City transplant was among the first poets to adapt jazz rhythms and dialect on the page. So groundbreaking was his work that Hughes wasn’t convinced...
Shirley Ann Jackson was the first African American woman to attain a doctorate degree at MIT in nuclear physics. She has received many awards for her research and work as well as several honorary doctorate degrees. Elizabeth Blackburn(1948-present) ...
There would be no jazz music today were it not for the contributions of artists like Miles Davis or Louis Armstrong, who were instrumental in the evolution of this uniquely American music genre. But African Americans have been essential to all aspects of music, from opera singer Marian Anderson...
HarlemHarlem(哈莱姆,纽约黑人聚居区) is a famous center for African Americans.Many black people move from the South to thisplace. Many artists performers(演员) and writerscall Harlem their home.In 1924, a seven-year-old boy moved to Harlemwith his mother When he moved there, he began to...
The adaptation of her first novel, Je l'aimais, with Daniel Auteuil and Marie-Josée Croze, was filmed in 2009 by Zabou Breitman.She has also translated into French John William's novel Stoner.In March 2018, Anna Gavalda appeared in the African media as one of the finalists of the GPLA...