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of the rioters, which was directed at African Americans, possessed the mob with such ferocity that they lost all sense of humanity...

D.C.s prominent African American institution of higher learning Howard University in 1965, he proclaimed that he would introduce b...

from the spiral grooves inside the barrel: this is called "rifling" and is designed to make the bullet spin; it is believed that t...

the movie and book Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger, which describes Odessas fascination with high school football and was pu...

source suggests that while the decision to marry a white person must of necessity be a personal one, there are things that should ...

Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...

enjoy his vacation but pushes aside that vacation to help his friend find retribution for the murder of his father. There are mome...

a "nigger drink" (How corporate America came to recognize diversity, one Pepsi at a time, 2007). One thing the article mentions ...

Depression"). They were paid $1.00 per day for their work ("FDR and the Depression"). The "Black Cabinet" was part of the New Dea...

the dawns were / young. / I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to / sleep. / I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyram...

they be prohibited from flying? Yet, arguably, profiling is a good method to use because most terrorists are from a handful of cou...

to five-times the risk for CHD, which contrasts sharply with the double risk encountered in African American men. There is also a ...

the same year the prisoners were released. It did set the stage for tensions, especially when one considers that the South really ...

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...

remain marginalized; when it comes to choice, few believe they have any options at all (Street, 2007). Street notes that whites, a...

2008). In the South the economic system relied heavily on slavery and thus the political leaders of the South were quite i...

2002). However, taking the postcolonial perspective means that ecocritics need to rephrase their questions in order to "broaden th...

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...

know him as a real person, not just a symbol of authority. He was someone they could trust and who could help them solve problems....

state declined by 20% (HHS System Strategic Plan for FY 2005-2009). This encouraging news did not extend to the black community, h...

Geography is also important because, as noted, the North had become industrialized. Almost all of the industry was located there, ...

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...

be awarded the children they gave up for adoption. This meant that judges would award bio parents the children even though the chi...

couple of studies dealing with gansta rap and its impact on adolescents most likely to be affected by it. Well then move to the ot...

was not really prepared to deal with this influx of people who needed to be paid for work. They were suddenly in a society that di...

This idea, she says, is not hypothetical; the grammar and syntax peculiar to Black English Vernacular have been known for several ...

Combss performance, specifically that he never fully develops Walter, who is the central character; this vacuum at the center of t...

When the Reconstruction Period arrived, it looked as though blacks were going to regain their inherent rights as free citizens alo...