Sentences with phrase «american cultural leaders»

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These witnesses, of course, include the great figures of black American political and cultural history, but they include as well the leaders of the founding generation who conceived and gave birth to our still - maturing democracy.

Even if we consider the three major religious groups as ethnic traditions rather than religious in the narrow sense, their brightest and most creative intellectuals and artists have been absorbed into the general American intellectual and artistic community so as to deprive the communal groups of their natural cultural leaders.

In general, the cynical leaders of the backlash» as distinguished from the true believers at the grass roots who really do care about issues like abortion, religion, homosexual marriage, and the rest» are often moderate cultural modernists themselves, but they are perfectly happy to reap the benefits that accrue to them from red - state Americans losing sight of the material issues that ought to dominate their political imaginations.

the Holocaust, fascism, the horrors of World War II, the rapidly rising threat of international communism, and the danger of the bomb, American and British cultural leaders were engaged in intense debates over the future of Western civilization.

As a cultural and economic leader in the region, Latin American states will be liable to side with Argentina over Britain as emotions escalate in the run - up to the anniversary.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

Also at 6 p.m., Sen. ose Peralta and the NAACP Corona - East Elmhurst branch will celebrate African - American History and Heritage Month, honoring NYCPublic Advocate Tish James and community leaders and activists, Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, 100 - 01 Northern Blvd., Corona, Queens.

Whereas, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a social activist and leader whose ideas impacted a generation and transformed the social, political, and cultural landscape of our nation; his impassioned «I Have A Dream» speech delivered at the historic March on Washington in August of 1963 was heard in homes across the country and is recognized as one of the most powerful and profound orations in American history

Senators Klein & Savino, Assembly Members Gjonaj & Benedetto, Italian - American leaders & parade - goers rally to save cultural symbol at Morris Park Columbus Day Parade

Acquisitions will focus on African American and Latino history and leaders, San Antonio community leaders, heritage, cultural arts, leadership, sports and education.

While Robert Rauschenberg's mixed media Combines initially drew attention, it was his juxtaposed combinations of popular American cultural images that inked the artist into art history as a leader of the Pop Art movement.

In sum, the policies and cultural changes unleashed in the wake of Sputnik shaped the course of American science for decades — and made us world leaders.