., rock, rock and roll, hip-hop, grunge, heavy metal, rhythm and blues, punk, soul, techno, funk, rap, house). ... The Tin Pan Alley era initially specialized in ballads and novelty songs but later began to incorporate popular styles of the period, including ragtime, jazz, and blues. Significant technological innovations such as the widespread use of radio, the increasing quality and affordability of the gramophone, the introduction of the microphone in the 1920's, and the inception of amplification and electric recording paved the way for new musical styles to emerge, such as rhythm and ...

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Monticello Architect: Thomas Jefferson Location: Charlottesville, Virginia Date: 1768-1782 Building Type: Colonial House Construction System: Brick Masonry Climate: Warm Temperature Rural Context: Colonial Georgian Fact: Remodeled between 1796-1808 Notes: Monticello is the autobiographical masterpiece of Thomas Jefferson, designed, redesigned, built, and rebuilt for more than forty years. Jefferson described the house as his "essay in architecture," but today it is recognized as an international treasure. Monticello is the only house in America on the United Nations' p...

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Deaths in 1987 included jazz artists Buddy Rich, Maxine Sullivan, Kid Thomas, Sammy Kave, Jaco Pastorius, and Woody Herman; blues artist Paul Butterfield; songwriter Boudleaux Bryant; and reggae artist Peter Tosh. ...

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Berkman, Ronald Opening the Gates: The Rise of the Prisoners" Movement. Lexington Books: Lexington, Mass, 1979. Bowker, Lee H. Prisoner Subcultures. Lexington Books: Lexington Mass, 1977. ...

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While it is easy for the average person to recognize why casino growth is so rapid ("the house always wins"), it isn't quite so apparent why prison growth is almost as tremendous. ... Clothing manufacturer CMT Blues runs its factory out of the maximum security Richard J. ...

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February is Black History Month A full appreciation of the celebration of Black History Month requires a review and a reassessment of the social and academic climate that prevailed in the Western world, and especially in North America before 1926 when Black History Month was established. It is important to recall that between 1619 and 1926, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were classified as a race that had not made any contribution to human civilization. Within the public and private sector, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were continually dehum...

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