This period was a watershed in the development of History Painting. By the end, due to the dull prescriptions of the academies and the semantic confusion between istoria and history, the genre became devalued. 'Death of General Wolfe' (1771) by Benjamin West (1738-1820) just about lived up to its billing as a History Painting, but 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' (1933) by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856) was no more than sentimental melodrama. Another poor example of History Painting is 'Watson and the Shark' (1778) by John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), which merely portrayed a terrible but ethically insignificant event. That said, John Copley's other works, like 'Death of Chatham', 'Death of Major Peirson', 'The Repulse of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar' and 'Admiral Duncan's Victory at Camperdown' comprise the greatest series of modern History Paintings executed in England in the eighteenth century. 'Death of Marat' by Jacques Louis David was another history canvas that lived up to the genre.

Jazz is a genre of music that originated in African American communities during the late 19th and early 20th century. It emerged in many parts of the United States in the form of independent popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African American and European American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz spans a period of over 100 years and encompasses a range of music from ragtime to the present day, and has proved to be very difficult to define. Jazz makes heavy use of improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation and the swung note, as well as aspects of European harmony, American popular music, the brass band tradition, and African musical elements such as blue notes and ragtime. The birth of Jazz in the multicultural society of America has led intellectuals from around the world to hail Jazz as "one of America's original art forms".

The Nago nachon, or the Nago Nation, is a very popular nation in Vodou. Its most notable and famed Lwa are the Ogous. But, the Ogou Lwa are not the only spirits that comprise the Nago nachon. It’s quite large and there are a number of several different Ogous. Some people even have family Ogous which are different than their more popular counterparts.

Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences.

Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced stage playEverybody Comes to Rick's. The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid; it features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet,Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson. Set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate who must choose between his love for a woman and helping her Czech Resistance leader husband escape the Vichy-controlledMoroccan city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis.

Marie Antoinette

Known for supposedly saying "Let them eat cake," as well as for her support of the monarchy against reforms and against the French Revolution, and for her execution at the guillotine.