Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 『Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not! That old familiar tree, Whose
full story >>
A vibraphone is a jazz instrument that was invented around 1920. It's a percussion instrument, so a musician must beat or strike it to make sounds. It looks a little like a xylophone and has tuned metal bars that a player hits with felt or
Continue reading >>Mickey Mouse (1928- ) One of America’s most recognizable movie stars, Mickey Mouse made his screen debut in the fi rst sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie. The cartoonist Walt Disney had conceived Mickey, the mouse that laid the foundation for an entertainmen
Continue reading >>Oprah Winfrey (1954- ) Raised on a Mississippi farm with no indoor plumbing, Oprah Winfrey has become arguably the most infl uential person on American television and one of the richest women in the world. At 19, she was Nashville, Tennessee’s fi rst fema
Continue reading >>Elvis Presley (1935-1977) A singing phenomenon from the 1950s until his death, Presley made rock-and-roll music popular. He is one of the best-selling recording artists in history. Characterized by a “duck tail” hairdo and a passionate, distinctive singin
Continue reading >>Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) King was the dominant force in the American civil rights movement (1957-1968). The son of a pastor and a schoolteacher, he was the nonviolent leader behind the Montgomery bus boycott, and always will be revered for—among
Continue reading >>
