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the verb to be, such as in he be hollering at us (Powell, 1997). Other aspects of this dialect is to drop the consonants at the en...

writes of black experience: Once when I walked into a room My eyes would see out the one or two black faces For contact or reass...

in a celebration that includes dances that are a tribute to the "Old People," an annual tribute to ancestors. Avey is deeply moved...

documented that "total cholesterol levels were reduced in patients following the DASH diet by an average of 7.3 percent and LDL-C ...

past behind, signs remain at nearly every juncture that there still exists a strong sense of racial and class dissension, particul...

"Such terms are the language of prejudice - verbal pictures of negative stereotypes" (Pilgrim et al, 2001). Long considered derog...

"[A]fter school while his mother worked, Lawrence attended a day- care program at Utopia Childrens House, where he studied arts an...

go in terms of his adherence to one race or another. He admires both African and white cultures and people in different ways. For ...

for acceptance and to fight for their own dignity and pride. In terms of why they approached literature and life in this way, w...

of those who have been more materially successful. When news leaked of the Dakota brand intended for poor women, the outcry was s...

fricatives (three pronounced as tree and the pronounced as do), and the monophthongalization of /ay/ and /aw/ dipthongs find an...

Louis Hughes in his autobiography, Thirty Years a Slave (Hughes, 2001). In his account, he discusses how he was separated from his...

individuals like Betty would not be able to properly function within their world. The practice of psychology has proven to be mor...

problems include adolescent pregnancy and out-of-wedlock births, poor maternal/infant care, problems with disease control and sexu...

gained in a variety of ways, but most knowledge of that type is obvious and straightforward. One of the enduring purposes of high...

trend of black militancy, which would blossom into full-flower during the 1960s, decrying it as little more than a "peculiar form ...

works signed by a famous artist. Rather, the visitor is exposed to the artifacts that suggest what life was and is like to African...

the subsequent verdict has divided New Yorkers. Since the young, Haitian immigrant was riddled with bullets by police, there have ...

Me" Hurston writes, "I remember the very day I became colored...But I am not tragically colored. Someone is always at my elbow rem...

became something other than a free society. The slaves true story, then, lies in his humane triumph over tyranny" (Huggins lxxi)....

this poem is that of the universal anguish of being bound and imprisoned, no matter what the age. And, in a very real sense he is ...

an adolescent and grown adult. His elementary and middle school years were full of academic lessons, caring for his siblings and ...

diversity in the police department in a town with a combined minority rate close to 50 percent continues to plague city officials,...

highly supportive of abolitionists. In fact, just prior to the bravery shown at Wagner by the 54th regiment, Democratic rioters in...

As the war raged on, black cotton farmers were looking forward to a Northern victory, which would ultimately give them their freed...

is retained and that African Americans are able to live in the world in peace. Yet, historically, peace is not always something th...

black women, from their perspective, was racism, not sexism. Hooks relates that her students often asked her such questions as "Ha...

in order to claim her white heritage she would essentially have to have her mother along to prove she was also Caucasian (Hubbynet...

social consciousness. One of Douglass first discoveries, or one of the most important first discoveries, he made was that of the...

societal scheme. This poem is a direct assault and repudiation of this stereotypical image of blacks, as it presents African Ameri...