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Essays 331 - 360
headed" when faced with stress, while people with a "poorly differentiated self" are largely dependent on what others think of the...
(May 2007: 106). Cooper felt that the struggle of black women for social justice was an inherent element in the "wider struggle fo...
The writer discusses the efforts made by the U.S. during the Cold War to win other nations to its view. The methods discussed incl...
under the chinaberry tree until its over: "... while inside she knew the cold river was creeping up and up to extinguish that eye ...
and gender groups between 1999 and 2004, in African American women this incidence of hypertension increased by 14 percent (Taylor,...
metaphorically complex narrative that has been interpreted in a variety of ways. The story itself is deceptively simple. The narra...
may lead to African-Americans and others dropping out at even higher rates. We know that the high school graduation rates for many...
that I was strong enough and violent enough to kill somebody in a fit of anger" (Allen 24). There is an unsettling undercurrent o...
being mentored by an elder; 2) those who received their ability to heal as a divine gift; and 3) those who were born with the abil...
This is not to say that the influence of European authors was not discernible in the work of these authors. For example, Melvill...
state declined by 20% (HHS System Strategic Plan for FY 2005-2009). This encouraging news did not extend to the black community, h...
of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...
can develop serious complications including limb amputations, blindness, kidney failure, cardiac disease, cerebral hemorrhage, and...
future and freedom for African Americans but there were many racial tensions during this period of Reconstruction with federal arm...
to five-times the risk for CHD, which contrasts sharply with the double risk encountered in African American men. There is also a ...
remain marginalized; when it comes to choice, few believe they have any options at all (Street, 2007). Street notes that whites, a...
a "handful" of real designers as opposed to entrepreneurs who launch a clothing line as part of a sort of media empire; Sean Combs...
formed a political party, the "Peoples Party or Populists" (Agricultural discontent, 2007). While the Populists goals were basical...
African slaves brought to the New World were sent to what is now the United States (Horton, 1997). Most of the rest went to the Ca...
diabetes under control. Theoretical Learning Foundations Diabetes mellitus...
American vernacular, the diet is one that has characterized the South and its inhabitants for generations. With a few extraordina...
in this case the whites, because the white people were "sufficiently uncommitted to the values of European culture to make such a...
and "Dont you fall now-" (line 17)(Hughes 1255). She concludes by emphasizing the point that she is still going, still climbing, ...
a shock for white audiences. Poitier invested his character with dignity and strength, and although later that tactic no longer re...
2002). However, taking the postcolonial perspective means that ecocritics need to rephrase their questions in order to "broaden th...
nations early steel industry. Just as Charles Dickens exposed the underside of industrialization in Great Britain, Davis likewise ...
This paper traces key events in African American history dating from the time they were free in Africa to the post Civil War era. ...
part of U.S. history, it makes sense to delve somewhat deeper; to focus on the Black cowboy as well. An understanding of how the A...
section. These elements include universal acceptance of the existence of a supreme being; belief in the spirit world and the pract...
that distinguished the revival, which included renting a building that was once a livery stable, located at 312 Azusa Street (119)...