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Race and Schizophrenia Diagnosis

In ten pages this paper examines the incidences of mistaken African American schizophrenia diagnoses. Ten sources are cited in th...

African American Reparation Argument

In six pages this research paper discusses the necessity of African American reparations as a result of 250 years of enslavement a...

Is It Possible to Achieve an Africana Philosophy?

In five pages this essay examines whether or not the widespread scattering of African Americans throughout the world makes it poss...

'Passing' and the Harlem Renaissance

hiding ones true race be significant? Two points must be made in order to answer this question. First, the literature of the Harl...

The Life, Works and Philosophy of Alice Walker

shacks they were forced to live in to the yield from their crops. From a very young age, Walker experienced the racism of the Sout...

Biography of George Washington Carver

In eight pages this research paper provides a biographical sketch of African American scientist George Washington Carver. Eight s...

The Life and Works of Lorraine Hansberry

scars that never healed (Hansberry, 52). Lorraine felt that the scars were academic as well; she was convinced that there ...

Baseball's Color Barrier and Jackie Robinson

Astonishingly, he stole 40 bases and scored 113 runs (Olsen, 1974). From the beginning, Jackie Robinson proved himself not only ...

Debating W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington

in effect, that "political and social equality were less important as immediate goals than economic respectability and independenc...

African Americans and the Differing Views of W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington

In eight pages this paper examines whether the political activism espoused by Du Bois or the conciliatory model of Washington were...

African Americans and Racism

became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world s...

Theology and Gospel Preaching in the African American Church

by everyone.5 The all-important link that connects all rituals and practices, individuals to society/community, and believers to ...

Comparative Analysis of August Wilson's Play Fences and Lorraine Hansberry's Play A Raisin in the Sun

While some claim this is a story of "An African American family pursuing the American dream of owning a home" it is really about o...

American Economy and Racism

Shawki argues that the slave system resulted in the accumulation of wealth and the parallel development of capitalism in both Amer...

Madam C.J. Walker and Her Entrepreneurial Spirit

the controversies as well as her successes. Finally, a web site deemed the official website for Madam Walker is used to glean basi...

"Colored People": The History of the Term

create a category encompassing all non-Whites" (Cr?mieux). The term "colored" in America referred to blacks, Native Americans, Mex...

HIV/AIDS & African American Women

"African American womens rights and underscores their physical, emotional and sociocultural vulnerability to HIV/AIDS" (Williams, ...

Comparing African Americans of Today with Those in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

wisest and smartest of his people, respected by his people. Huck tells us that, "Strange niggers would stand with their mouths ope...

History and Contemporary Issues of African Americans

the population. The issue of environmental justice is one of great importance, since peoples health is at stake. "Environmental j...

The Problem of Poverty and HIV/AIDS Risk for Black American Women

Study The central goal of this study is to consider the social problem of HIV infection/AIDS and the role that poverty and race/e...

The Idea of Dreams from Toni Morrison and Alain Locke

Morrisons novel this rebirth was filled with dreams and possibilities. For Joe and Violet it was a dream of better opportunities. ...

African American Teens and the Psychological Impact of Pregnancy

makes clear, efforts are needed in order to explore the reasons why African American adolescents often do not seek prenatal care a...

The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt

In five pages this novel is analyzed that offers a realistic depiction of race relations and African Americans. There are no othe...

Business Behavior and Religious Values

the perception of how humanism has been a necessary yet missing element within the business society. "Ethical humanism cuts out t...

AAVE Debates and Linguistics Terminology

In six pages contemporary linguistics are examined in a terminology overview that includes register versus dialect, descriptive ve...

The Relationship Between African Americans and Jews in Baltimore

This 10 page paper considers the views of a number of theorists, including Ernest Burgess, Homer Hoyt, Georg Simmel, Louis Wirth a...

1920s' Harlem Renaissance

In six pages this paper examines the 1920s' Harlem Renaissance in a consideration of the African American music, art, and literatu...

A Visit to the San Diego Zoo

winters are rarely colder than the mid-40s and summers almost never top the 80s. Some interesting facts about the city are that ...

The Post Civil War South

citizenship rights to former slaves" (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 438). African Americans "used their new political power to press fo...

Traci West/Wounds of the Spirit

71). This seems to be particularly true for black women, who get caught between the double bind of being female in a male dominate...