Sponsored: The Bronx
1. Breakdancing
a form of African American dance that emerged from the hip hop culture of the South Bronx, New York, during the mid-1970s. Drawing upon several African American dance forms, break dancing coalesced in the 1970s and reached its peak in popularity during the 1980s.
developed out of the Bronx, New York, disco scene. When disco DJs changed record
2. Kozol's Amazing Grace: Trials And Tribulations Of Everyday Life
Introduction
Jonathan Kozol's Amazing Grace is a book about the trials and
tribulations of everyday life for a group of children who live in the poorest
congressional district of the United States, the South Bronx. Their lives may
seem extraordinary to us, but to them, they are just as normal as everyone else.
What is normal? For the children of
3. A Bronx Tale (film)
"A Bronx Tale" is a film directed by Robert Di Nero about a boy named Cologero (an Italian white male) and his life as he grows up in a town occupied by the mob. Colegero had two strong adult influences in his life. They were his father, Lorenzo, and a mob leader named Sonny. In the film there were a three scenes that especially demonstrated the
4. Rap Vs Poetry
What is hip hop? What are some of the common stereotypes and generalizations by which hip hop is conceived? Is it a music that is for only one group of people? Does hip hop promote violence and negativity? Many people claim that it is a disgraceful, mea
ngless din. Antagonists often claim that hip hop is offensive to many groups of people. I will
5. Amazing Grace By Jonathan Kozol
At first glance, it seems that the author is going to take us on yet another journalistic ride through the land of the poor. Similar to the ones you read about, or hear in the news. However, this is not the case; the real underlying theme is what is society doing about the plight of the poor? Kozol uses the views of children to emphasize that