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  1. Rodney
    Rodney had been away from Congress because his role as a Brigadier General in the Delaware militia, forced him back to Delaware to squelch a Loyalist riot. McKean got word to Rodney that his vote for independence was desperately needed in Congress. All night, as the first of July, 1776, turned into the second, Rodney rode through a thunderstorm. He covered 80 miles and arrived at Independence Hall's doorstep in time to cast his decisive vote. Years later Thomas McKean remembered meeting Rodney at the door "in his boots and spurs."
  2. Ice Cube -- Death Certificate
    With the release of Death Certificate, Ice Cube once again plunged into controversy. Apparently anti-Semitic references to Heller in "No Vaseline " and hostile words for Korean grocers in "Black Korea " triggered a wave of protests from organizations like the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; even Billboard condemned the record in an editorial. Cube's apparent racism and misogyny sparked considerable comment, though he and some of his defenders noticed that critics were silent on the subject of black-on-black violence.
  3. Star Jones -- Court Tv
    Turner Broadcasting is looking for an Executive Producer for Star Jones' new Court TV show, and based on this job listing, it sounds like the worst job anyone could ever possibly have. Do you qualify? Not only will you need "exceptional managements [sic] skills (as they relate to staff and talent)," you'll ... have to "oversee administrative functions like human resource issues, deal with Turner's legal department when necessary and supervise budget allocations." Urgh. Nothing about compensation is mentioned, probably because "all the money in the world would not be nearly enough" would not fit in a field on the form.
  4. Tyrese -- Tyrese Gibson
    Talk about a triple-threat: No one could've predicted from his humble beginnings in the Watts area of Los Angeles that Tyrese Gibson would become the star he is today. Blessed with a supple tenor voice, charisma and chiseled good looks, he made the most of his talents. He has parlayed them into a successful singing career (four solid solo albums include the hit singles "Sweet Lady," "Lately," "One" and "How You Gonna Act Like That"), print ads and a series of memorable roles in films ( Baby Boy, Four Brothers, Transformers). Music happens to be his first love, so watching this performer live in his element, especially while he flexes those trademark pecs and six-pack, is definitely worthwhile.
  5. Economy of the United States -- Native Americans
    The social structure of the United States is somewhat stratified, with a significant class of very wealthy individuals, which are often alleged to hold disproportionate cultural and political influence. However, social mobility is a well-known concept in America, considered part of the "American dream", in that even someone born into a poor family can rise to join the upper classes. How often this actually occurs is a matter of debate. The nation's Gini coefficient of 40.8 percent (measuring income inequalities) is the third highest of all developed nations (after South Africa and Mexico).
  6. Star Jones -- Views
    The bizarre antics of TV diva Star Jones can be exposed in full for the very first time. The View co-host who was nicknamed Bridezilla after her gaudy wedding last year is so demanding she should now be known as FrankenStar, say insiders.
  7. Fugazi -- Guy Picciotto
    To inspire their lyrics, Fugazi have apparently been looking to the video store instead of The Nation. The protagonist who's "paid to stand around" in "Public Witness Program" could come straight out of GoodFellas, and "Walken's Syndrome" concerns a character based on Diane Keaton's demented brother in Annie Hall, who wants to "steer into the headlights like the dead light of the last sun you'll see." On "Cassavetes," Fugazi ... add Hollywood, that "poor city of shame," to their list of bankrupt American institutions. Over screaming guitar and an almost bluesy funk-bass vamp, co-singer-guitarist Guy Picciotto berates a "sad-eyed mogul" for not supporting adventurous filmmakers willing to "bust a genre," like maverick director actor John Cassavetes. Despite this unexpected cinematic obsession, Fugazi still haven't forgotten the polemics, attacking the ban on gays in the military in "23 Beats Off," a raging tale of a gay soldier who "never thought he'd be an exclamation point/A demonstration of his disease/A punctuation mark/A household name with HIV." And in spite of the claim that "irony is the refuge of the educated" on "Facet Squared," there's even a little humor mixed in with Fugazi's protest, best exemplified on "Great Cop," where MacKaye proffers the ultimate post-Rodney King insult: "You'd make a great cop."
  8. Rize
    The core of Seventh Rize was formed in late 1991 in West Texas with Darin Andersen on guitars/vocals, Craig Gorsuch on bass/vocals and Jason Sullivan on drums. Previous experience and dedication, along with extensive rehearsal led Seventh Rize to take the club circuit by storm. Averaging over 200 shows per year, Seventh Rize headlined in local clubs and festivals, opened major concerts and was a featured artist on several regional radio station interviews and publications. In 1994, Seventh Rize was honored to be the only area rock band to be awarded Budweiser sponsorship. In the Fall of 1995, with bigger goals in mind, Seventh Rize made a collective decision to begin seriously writing original music and so constructed their own studio, Dean O’s Studio, to self-produce their original music. In 1999, as fate would have it, legendary drummer/producer/author Bobby Rock (Nelson, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Hardline)hard the music and offered the band a production deal to produce the debut Seventh Rize album!
  9. Malcolm X -- Black Muslims
    Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. At that time there were around 13 million blacks in America—the majority of them in the Southern States. They were mainly farmers and sharecroppers. In the North the blacks were concentrated in the industrial communities as industrial workers. In the South the Jim Crow laws had established a regime of apartheid, dividing Afro-Americans from the rest of society. The practical consequences of this law meant that black housing was separated from white housing, black kids had to study apart from white kids, and even public toilets were divided.
  10. Civil Disobedience
    Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849. It argues that people should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that people have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War.
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