1. in the context of the text, can you change your identity? how important is a person's heritage to their identity? do you think your heritage is something you can control or alter? why or why not?

“asleep in his bed” is personified.

the power of

harlem's  cotton club boasted the talents of duke ellington. singers such as bessie smith and billie holiday popularized blues and jazz vocals. jelly roll morton and louis armstrong drew huge audiences as white americans as well as african americans caught jazz fever.