The Civil Wars

The Civil Wars is a music group from Nashville, Tennessee consisting of Joy Williams and John Paul White. They have an incredible talent to live their music and bring it out in the most incredible way possible. This band brings together a unique blend of folk, blues, and alternative country. Their amazing harmonies bring a new style of music that captures the ear. I have been listening to The Civil Wars for around a year now and I have loved them since the beginning. They have been nominated for several awards and won a few, including two Grammy's this year in "Best Folk Album" and "Best Country Duo/Group Performance" for their song Barton Hallow. The Civil Wars is a band that everyone should know about and they have been b  lessed by God with an amazing talent to bring music to this world.

Civil Rights Movement

Back during the Civil Rights movement there was a sit in with kids from North Carolina A&T College. These kids were freshman and they were refused their food. Because of this, they continued to sit there in a sign of protest. They returned each and everyday for the sit in. Eventually there were thousands of protesters at this building. The sit ins actually spread over 13 states. This reminds me of the story we read in class about the sit in. I think it is horrible that people let this happen to other human beings.

Harlem

One person I looked at was Duke Ellington. Ellington was one of the leading figures in jazz music throughout the Renascence era.The sisters thought about all the music that went on during this time. Duke Ellington was like a music prodigy from birth. He started playing piano at age six and he never looked back. Duke Ellington change music for the best and is one of the most well known jazz music players. Sadie and Bessie loved their time in Harlem and would not change it for the world.

Having Your Say

One thing that I feel very strong about is commitment. For example, if someone has a commitment to a team and they give very poor effort that upsets me. If you sign up for something i expect that you will give everything for the betterment of the team and yourself. I feel like if you do not want to give your full effort than you should not even be there. Someone can earn my full respect if they give all they can in whatever they do one-hundred percent of the time.

Tom Feelings

This is a picture made by Tom Feelings. This picture shows a slave chained up. This also possibly shows slaves trying to escape and the owners chasing after them. Many slaves tried to escape when they were owned and many escaped. However, many got captured and when they got back to the plantation it was way worse of for them then before they left. Some slaves when they were in the boats in the Middle Passage would jump off because they figured life would be better dead than living as slaves for the rest of their lives.

Connections from Whitman

"The mother at home quietly placing the dishes on the supper-table" This part of the poem reminds me a lot of my childhood. For a mjority of the time when i was a little kid my mom was a stay at home mom. I would always look forward coming home from school to see my mom and whatever she did during the day. After playing for a while my mom would call me for dinner and there would be a warm dinner on the table. This is something i really enjoy about my family being able to sit down for dinner. My family still has sit down dinners as much as we can til this day.

Emily Dickinson's Garden of Poetry

What is -- "Paradise"-- Emily Dickinson

What is -- "Paradise" --
Who live there --
Are they "Farmers" --
Do they "hoe" --
Do they know that this is "Amherst" --
And that I -- am coming -- too --

Do they wear "new shoes" -- in "Eden" --
Is it always pleasant -- there --
Won't they scold us -- when we're homesick --
Or tell God -- how cross we are --

You are sure there's such a person
As "a Father" -- in the sky --
So if I get lost -- there -- ever --
Or do what the Nurse calls "die" --
I shan't walk the "Jasper" -- barefoot --
Ransomed folks -- won't laugh at me --
Maybe -- "Eden" a'n't so lonesome
As New England used to be!

I think this poem is talking about what heaven is going to be like. Emily Dickinson is trying to guess waht the afterlife is going to be like. She talks about if there is someone in the sky. Whether it is her "Father" or a supreme being she knows that there is someone there she can look up to. At the end of the poem, she compares heaven to New England saying it will not be lonely and maybe the after life is a place to look forward to than to fear.