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American culture
Art, music, literature, people, sports, technology, business, politics, religion and more in the United States. American culture is primarily Western, but is influenced by African, Asian, and Latin American and Native American cultures.
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American culture
Merce Cunningham
Culture; American culture
(born 1919) Dancer and choreographer who worked with Martha Graham. He presented his first solo concert in 1944, with music by John Cage, with whom he would maintain a lifelong relationship. He ...
J.D. Salinger
Culture; American culture
(born 1919) Full name, Jerome David, Salinger is a reclusive American author, best known for Catcher in the Rye (1951), whose hero, Holden Caulfield, became a prototype for teenage rebellion and ...
Shirley Jackson
Culture; American culture
(1919 – 1965) Haunted explorer of the dark recesses of American life, Jackson discovered horrific dimensions of family, marriage and community in novels like We Have Always Lived in the Castle ...
Jackie Robinson
Culture; American culture
(1919 – 1972) An outstanding college athlete at UCLA, Jackie Robinson served in the Second World War and received an honorable discharge after being court martialed for refusing to conform to ...
Liberace
Culture; American culture
(1919 – 1987) Favorite of the “blue-haired” set, this flamboyant pianist was better known for his onstage theatrics than his music, mostly romantic period music and popular standards in an upbeat ...
George Wallace
Culture; American culture
(1919 – 1998) Fiery segregationist politician. Losing the Alabama governorship to a racist contender in 1958, Wallace became a vehement segregationist who would be elected in 1962, 1970, 1974 and ...
Ray Bradbury
Culture; American culture
(born 1920) Bradbury an explorer of the imagination, began his publishing career in the 1940s in pulp magazines. His later stories and novels combine science-fiction scenarios with deeply human ...
