Famous Names

MACnyc: Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC) was founded in 1983, mainly as an organization of cabaret owners, managers and booking agents. The name New York Cabaret has been used since the 1980s in the small circle of aficionados and practitioners of an art whose aesthetic principles were developed primarily at clubs in Manhattan. The simple term Cabaret is the most used within this community as in the press, with or without capital. It still requires an explanation for the general public: a singer called cabaret should generally describe what his art, replacing the images evoked by the word (film Cabaret, Nazi Germany, sex shows) the foundations of American cabaret song. Donald Smith and Mabel Mercer Foundation he founded in 1985 seem to adopt the middle name American Cabaret to describe the dominant branch of the art, dedicated to the interpretation respectful and texting-centric pop classic in the vein of Mabel Mercer (1900-1984) once, and Andrea Marcovicci today.

Before the 1980s, the term cabaret singer returned instead rather than style, though the cover of Stereo Review in February 1975 headlined Mabel Mercer and the Art of Cabaret. William Livingstone said that with the revival of interest in cabaret singing, She Is Attracting Increasing number of the year young people. It was conquered in 1955 by the art of cabaret, and became a little later, and until the end, her protector, publicist, friend and fan (Drake).

The influence of the New York Post and the Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) also participated in the dissemination of the word in its new meaning:

Source: Snippet view, Playbill: Volume 26; Volume 26, 2007, Random House Publishing Press, pp. 78-95

Voting Rights Act 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Voting Rights Act of 1965) are a landmark bill into law U.S. and prohibiting discriminatory practices in voting rights for African Americans in the United States.

This law got after almost 100 years after the promulgation Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits any discrimination in voting based on race or color of the citizens of the United States, the constitutional right would be protected until such time as there were states that the literacy rate demanded proof or payment of any taxes, using these resources to limit the voting rights of people of color. This law was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had already passed the Civil Rights Act last year.

This law empowers the United States Congress to oversee the electoral administration states, provided that the state has a history of discriminatory practices and failing to make any change affecting the election results in any state without the express permission of the Department Justice of the United States. This law has been amended four times the most recent being an extension of 25 years by President George W. Bush in 2006.

This law is considered a milestone in the civil rights legislation, although some of its provisions has generated controversy over the years. In 2006, some mienbros renewal of ...