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Oliver O. Howard
He served as chief commissioner of the Freedman'
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Hiram Revels
Hiram was the first black to be elected U.S. Senate. He was born to free parents in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He had to go to Indiana and Illinois to get an education. After the Civil War began, he helped organize two volenteering regiments of blacks in the Union Army. -
Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus is the most famous Radical Republican in the House of Representives. He was the determined to treat the defeated southern states as "conquered provinces." Thaddeus Stevens led the Congressional movement to impeach Andrew Johnson. -
Charles Sumner
Charles was a Senator from Massachusetts for more than 20 years. He was also the leader of the Radical Republicans in the Senate. Charles was a lifelong proponent of the social equality or blacks. -
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses served as the commander in chief of the Union Army during the Civil War. He led the North to victory over the Confederacy. Grant later becMe the 18th president of the U.S.A. -
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Al Jolson
Born in 1886
Jewish, American singer
Film actor, comedian
Dubbed “The World’s Greatest Entertainer”
1911-1928 more than 80 hit records, 16 national and international tours
First entertainer for troops after the attack on Pearl Harbor
Became known for fighting against black discrimination on broadway
Top 5 songs- “Swanee”, “April Showers”, “California”, “Here I Come”,
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Amy Beach
Youngest musician
Classic music
Started to become very famous in 1896
Most frequently performed composer
Born “Amy Marcy Cheney”
Born in New Hampshire
“No other life than the life of musician can be possible for me”
Succeeded due to determination and hard work
Top 5 songs- “Mass In E-Flat”, “Cabildo”, “Sea Fairies”, “Ballade”, “3 Pieces”
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Vincent D’indy
Born in 1851
Considered a child prodigy
Taught Orchestra and Conducting
Enlisted in the National Guard
Returned to music right after
Mostly known for piano and orchestra
Started studying harmony at the age of 14
Top 5 songs- “Symphony on a French Mountain”, “Istar”, “Chansons et Danses”, “Trio for Violin, Piano, and Cello”, and “Tableaux de Voyage”
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Bela Bartok
Bartok got the Grammy Hall of Fame and Grammy Trustees Award
was a Hungarian composer and Pianist
entered the public domain in the European Union
from 1899 to 1903, he studied piano under Istvan Thoman
1907 began teaching as a piano professor at the Royal Academy
in 1911, was his only Opera
After his Fine Arts Commission competition, Bartok wrote little for 2-3years
his Top Five Songs are Syncopation I, Unsison Melodies V, Harmonics, Quasi Adagio, Swineheids Dance -
Enrico Caruso
Born in 1873
made his operatic debut in a back street theatre
“Who sent you to me? God himself?”
First major role creations were in opera’s “Il Voto” composed by Umberto Giordano
Sold more than a million records with his recording of “Vesti le gubba” from “Pagliacci” (Clowns)
Top 5 Songs: O Sole Mio, Santa Lucia, Vesti la giubba, Celeste Aida, and Vieni Sul Mar
Died 1921
