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Jim Henson was the best person to have ever lived on this planet. He was basically a god without the wings. If you ever watched The Muppets, or Sesame Street i’m sure you can completely agree with me. Jim Henson was a Master puppeteer, cartoonist, artist, and Inventor. In Jim henson's was born on September 24, 1936, in Greenville, Mississippi. At a young age, Henson was drawn to the arts. His grandmother, a painter, quilter and needleworker, encouraged his creative passions, including his puppetry

people. Of these 900 people, about 300 were children. The men stand in silence, but only for a moment, they are philosophers… HUME: “This is truly astonishing… There is no way that Jim Jones could have been a prophet…” AQUINAS: “These people killed their children and then themselves because of their faith in Jim Jones. How could someone with no motives of credibility be followed with such devotion? How could this be possible?” HUME: “I do not understand why they all killed themselves, but I do

Jim Thorpe World’s Most Legendary Athlete Jim Thorpe was considered to be the most legendary athlete in the world. Jim Thorpe was born in Circa on May, 28 1887. Jim is the son of Hiram, and Charlotte Thorpe. Jim and his brother grew up on a ranch. and learned how to farm, and ride horses but, Jim’s brother Charlie died when he was a young boy. After being on a farm, Jim grew up in the Native American tribes the Sauk, and Fox. The Sauk and the Fox are two very close tribes, but are different

Frog and Miss Piggy. The world of puppetry would not exist if it was not for Jim Henson. He was the creative force behind beloved characters such as, The Muppets, that span generations. He taught children and adults to embrace the arts, be creative, and love one another. Although he has passed, his legacy lives on through his work and family. Henson's many talents truly make him a Renaissance man. From a young age, Jim Henson grew up as a creative kid. His maternal grandmother was an avid quilter

and Influential, 7:42). Jim Henson was one of the firsts to take full advantage of the framing of what was actually portrayed on the television screen. The normal puppets on screen never seemed alive, so Jim Henson designed a new method in order give his creations lifelike qualities. The Muppets are also innovative due to their vast range of characters and designs. Refusing to stick to one audience, Henson tested his creativity with new, sometimes even darker stories. Jim Henson revolutionized entertainment

On November 18, 1978, in “Jones town” more than 900 members of an American cult Peoples Temple died in a mass suicide-murder under the direction of their leader Jim Jones. The megalomaniac leader, Jim Jones, was born on May 31, 1931, in rural Indiana. Everything started at the 1950’s, when he began working as a self-ordained Christian minister in small churches around Indianapolis. He wanted to do a church of his own, and to collect money for it he tried various ways, including selling live monkeys

On November 18, 1978, nine hundred and fourteen people, two hundred and seventy-six of them children, were killed from the inside out in an evil disguise of retribution. Led by James Warren “Jim” Jones, the flock of followers in Jonestown, Guyana surrounded their beloved preacher unknowing of what was to come. In the gatherers punch were traces of cyanide and valium, which is deadly upon ingestion. Some of the more loyal followers drank willingly, but those that were reluctant were forced to obey

commonly known as Jim Jones, was an American cult leader who led almost one thousand people to their death through poisoning. The devastating event is known as the Jonestown Massacre, and Jim Jones was the leader of it all. On November 18, 1978, nine-hundred people were killed from poisoned Kool-Aid in Guyana, South America. Jim Jones created a region called the Jonestown Settlement in Guyana which is where the tragic deaths occurred. (“Jim Jones Biography” 1; “Jim Jones” 1; “Jonestown” 1) Jim Jones was

known as, Jim Williams, was a good man, for the most part. He was a well known antique dealer, who was highly respected by all who knew him. He had played an active role in the restoration of Savannah’s Historic district downtown, starting in the mid-1950s. Jim Williams was also well known for his “ have to be there,” christmas party that was always held the day before the Cotillion debutante ball. That “ Have to be there,” christmas party was going to be a thing of the past because Jim Williams was

James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, and producer and was also the creator of The Muppets. Jim Henson was born on September 24, 1936 in Greenville Mississippi. At a young age, he really liked art. His grandmother encouraged him in many ways including puppetry. He performed puppetry for people at a young age before his teen years. A major influence of his childhood was TV puppeteer Burr Tillstrom, of the show Kukla, Fran and Ollie. He was first involved with televised

I read the book The Cult that Died: The Tragedy of Jim Jones and the People’s Temple by George Kilneman, Sherman Butler, and David Conn. The book is a biography about Jim Jones and the mass suicide he pulled off by constructing a dangerous cult. Even though the leadership of Jim Jones led to an abundant amount of casualties, he still managed to gather over 900 followers throughout his time. Growing up, Jim Jones considered himself an outcast. Hence, his target audience was the hopeless, the less

Divisions Jim Crow lasted 58 years. It began with Plessy V. Ferguson in 1896, and finally was overturned with the supreme court decision Brown V. Board of Education in 1954. Jim Crow was the segregation of colored people and white people, which dominated almost every aspect of life of white and black “americans” in the south. It Regulated the most basic personal freedoms, from simple things such as playing Billiards or Baseball together, enjoying the same parks or the same restaurants together

reason for the deaths besides Jim Jones himself and that reason is fear. Jones used this fear to shape the identities of his followers through forcing them to join his community from blackmail, convincing most of his followers that the public media were all liars and dangerous, and most importantly getting the people of Jonestown to kill themselves. Everything started off with Jim Jones gaining followers of course, but how did Jones followers start to grow? Well Jim didn’t always play nice, in fact

Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple Cult “Jim Jones of the Peoples’s Temple began as a sound, fairly mainstream Christian minister” (Sects, ‘Cults’ & Alternative Religions). Before all the madness Jones seemed like a caring person, that wanted to bring peace to a town he made, Jonestown. Instead it turned into something more horrific. Jim Jones was the manipulative mastermind behind the traumatic events that happened in Jonestown, Guyana, this essay will discuss interviews by people who are survivors

The Jim Crow Laws were created after the end of the Reconstruction Period in 1877 and the ended during the Civil Rights Movements of 1950. The laws get their name from a play in 1828 known as Jump Jim Crow, the play was written and acted out by Thomas Dartmouth Rice also known as “Daddy”. The Jim Crow Laws was a term used to mock the rights of any African American because although they had achieved freedom the Jim Crow Laws were restraining them from achieving true legitimate freedom of action (Britanica

The term itself “Jim Crow” is a former practice of segregating black people. They forbid having white and colored people to be in same building.at once. They wanted them to be separate but equal, giving birth to the idea of white people only and colored people only buildings. Following behind, they would even ban intermarriage between an white and colored person. From the National Park Service, page number 179.” All marriages between a white person any Negro, are between a white person any person

The Jim Crow Laws were created in the South between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the beginning of the civil rights movement in the 1950s. These laws were enforced through racial segregation. The quote “separate but equal” came about due to the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy vs Ferguson. Later on, the case came about because of segregation in public schools. In the same year, similar kinds of Jim Crow laws came about called which they called ¨black codes¨. Before the Civil War

The Life of Jim Crow My cousin, Alva from Cleveland, Ohio would come to visit us during the summer and would tell us about her bus ride experience when coming into the south. The southern border of Ohio was border with the northwest side of Kentucky. Even with both states sharing a border, Jim Crow did not live in Ohio. The bus would leave Cleveland headed south toward the state borders. When the bus arrived at the Kentucky state line just south of the Mason-Dixon line, the driver would request

How did the circumstances for African-Americans (and potentially other minorities) change in the 20th C., after the establishment of the Jim Crow system following Reconstruction? Consider social, economic, political and geographic aspects of this transition. Be sure to indicate when individual changes were felt. First changes are seen with Booker T. Washington with his document: Atlanta compromise Washington called upon African Americans to work hard for their own uplift and prosperity rather

Jim Jones was a cult leader in the 1970s who convinced hundreds of people to commit suicide. He was extremely persuasive and convinced people, especially minorities, to join his cult and move to Guyana for mass suicide. He used several rhetorical devices to make himself more convincing. Jones used the rhetorical devices and appeals of ethos, an either-or logical fallacy, and pathos to persuade the members of his cult that they had no other choice but to commit suicide, or else they would face far