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Hypertension in African American Populations

other ethnic group. Covelli (2007) maintains that risk factors for hypertension in African Americans goes back to precursors of c...

Sundiata: The Text and the Man

in Africa. The importance of the character in the book is that he becomes a true hero. Conde frames the story of Sundiata "with g...

Mainstream America and Being African American

suburbia ideal, even though they were raised in that setting. For the African American it may be different for they may have been ...

Should Malcolm X Be Featured on a US Postage Stamp?

not have presided over mass murder, his rhetoric caused considerable damage to the Jewish people (Elder). As a member of the radi...

Diabetes Mellitis and Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans

social factors that influence access to care and the application of preventative strategies in African American populations. Th...

Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and the Blues of the African-American Experience

a subtle reminder particularly to African-American women of how far they had come as a race and how much further they needed to go...

Bristol-Meyers and the Ethics of AIDS Research

This 3 page paper discusses the ethical implications of Bristol-Meyers’ use of African villagers in an AIDS drug testing experimen...

Culturally Competent Care/African Americans

beliefs and lifestyles cannot be easily summarized (Sadler and Huff, 2007). However, it is also true that many African Americans d...

Common Reality in “A Walk in the Night”

where we read that "his thoughts concentrated upon the pustule of rage and humiliation that was continuing to ripen deep down with...

Elder Abuse Among African Americans

verbal abuse, neglect or abandonment, and psychological abuse (Tauriac and Scruggs, 2006). Physical abuse is the most common, and...

Stereotypes and Class

the continued existence of racism also has an effect on the African Americans, and this effect is to make them highly aware of rac...

Things Fall Apart Examines Colonialism

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is in many ways both an indictment of colonial England's arrogance and ignorance about African c...

New York Times Article on the Economy of Nigeria

.Measures adopted to deal with this situation by the Central Bank of Nigeria led to severe liquidity crunch and escalation in ban...

A Black Oppression Theory

In an essay consisting of three pages Andrew Hacker's theory on the US mainstream society's oppression of African Americans is dis...

Poor Decisions by African Americans

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

African “AIDS Orphans”

2008). To make matters worse, the psychological problems experienced by AIDS orphans are exacerbated if they are separated from th...

African Americans in Rural Georgia, Diabetes, and Community Healthcare Planning

can develop serious complications including limb amputations, blindness, kidney failure, cardiac disease, cerebral hemorrhage, and...

Progression of African Americans Since 1865

future and freedom for African Americans but there were many racial tensions during this period of Reconstruction with federal arm...

Management of Hypertension Among African Americans

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

Civil Rights Quest of African Americans

her peers. By reading her book, one can understand why the quest to achieve civil rights is and was important for African America...

African Americans Historiography

In six pages this research paper considers African Americans' historiography. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....

Lower Manhattan's African Burial Ground

In ten pages this paper discusses the archaeological discovery of the African burial ground in New York's lower Manhattan. Seven ...

Frederick Douglass' Narrative and an African American Slave's Life

In 6 pages this paper examines the problems confronting enslaved African Americans within the context of Narrative of the Life of ...

Comparing Works by Richard Wright and Jo Ann G. Robinson

In five pages this research paper examines these authors' refusal to accept African American second class citizenship in a segrega...

African Art and Symbolism

of the symbols of a culture if we have not been born into it, or lived within it for a long time. However we may say that, modern...

African American Conservatism in the United States

In five pages this paper examines African American conservatism in the United States with Republican presidential primary candidat...

Sixteenth Century African Women

In ten pages this paper analyzes women's roles in African society during the 1500s. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Literature and Music Expressed in the Nationalist Culture of African Americans

In six pages this paper discusses the expression of cultural nationalism in African American literature and music as depicted in t...

Hosea Easton's Legacy

In 5 pages this paper discusses the achievements of Hosea Easton, an African American abolitionist author in a consideration of su...

African Americans in Nursing

In five pages African American nurses are examined from a historical perspective. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....