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Mainstream Society, Underground Music, and African American Culture

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

The Evolution of American Democracy

James Madison and John Jay (Federalist party, 2005). Opposition to a strong federal government was known as anti-federalism, and ...

Unequal Pay For Women In American - Gender Wage Gap

59.2% 1971 59.5% 1981 59.2% 1991 69.9% 2001 76.3% 2004 77.0% Notice that women earned 63.9 percent of what men earned in 1951; t...

Examining the Personal and Cultural Background of an African-American

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

Financing Considerations: American Superconductor Corporation

companys decision to go public with its stocks rather than relying on debt financing was that their products had been placed in th...

The American Novel

slavery and freedom. The main character is Huckleberry Finn and he simply wants to help out his friend, the runaway slave. But, ...

Puritanism and the Formation of the American Character

and that the Puritans did not come to America to seek their freedom, but to "improve their economic well-being."3 At least that wa...

Reno V American Civil Liberties Union

both verbal and physical battle; indeed, to interfere with ones inherent constitutional rights is to intrude upon the very essence...

Variations in European and Native American Interactions

The Dutch relatively quickly fell out of the colonization picture when they vied with England for their holdings. The English, in...

“The American Indians”: A Critique of the Web Site

cell phone. There are numerous other hints, however, that "The American Indians" web site is more of a commercial site than a tru...

Importance of Black History Month for African American Youth

of the white people. The history focuses on how the nation was founded, the Civil War, how the Depression affected people, the Wor...

American Public Policies

The rate with which healthcare technology has evolved has coupled with demographic changes to result in an extremely taxed system....

The Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on the American Colonies

to develop a work force among Native Americans and white immigrants. Colonists, finding that Africans were cheap and relatively im...

The Plight of African Americans in the United States

people..." (p.88). It is an idea that makes sense. There are differences of opinion between people and a hatred festers. Similar t...

French and American Involvement in Vietnam

of Vietnam was born ("Earliest known history of Vietnam," 2007). In 1946, it was all agreed that Vietnam would be independent ("E...

U.S. - Native American Relations from 1850-1890

2005). There were increased attacks and counterattacks, which increased as white settlers moved onto Sioux lands (Sioux wars, 200...

Review of "African American Mothers' Views of Their Infants' Language Development and Language-Learning Environment"

of expecting there to be great differences between cultures within the US as well. The authors use sources from the 1970s and 198...

How Revolutionary was the American Revolution?

enough to overcome racial discrimination or the claims of the south that it needed slave labor to work the plantations (Coombs, 19...

A History of Foreign Language Curricula in American Schools

of the world speaks languages other than English. Hence, there is good reason to speak the language. Yet, American public schools ...

A Glance at Lesbian Characters in American Cinema in the 60s, 70s, and 80s

high over the legendary kiss between two women portrayed in Morocco. Society was simply not ready for an open acknowledgement of ...

What is an Arab American?

Again, the stereotypes never look beyond the color of the skin, or the accent, or the clothing. It is immediately assumed they hav...

George Washington's Experiences in the American Revolution

and in March of 1776 he used a cannon from Henry Knox ("American Revolution - George Washington," 2005). He would make a mistake ...

American Red Cross - Komen Foundation

of thousands of pounds of food every day on an international level (Gillespie, 2003). In 2003, the Red Cross joined "the Food and ...

Do American Catholics Accept Vatican Council II

(Broderick, 2003). Greeley (1998) explains some of the effects of Vatican Council II. Prior to that Council, decisions in the Chu...

The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in American Society

means that while these organizations serve a public purpose of some sort, they also "meet the interests, needs and desires of the ...

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

are required under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and the Pollution Prevention Act to report annually to E...

Problems and Solutions for the Troubled American Prison System

Rehabilitation is only one reason for punishment. Other reasons go to retribution, deterrence and social control. Prisons do provi...

Aztec Influence: Mexican and Mexican-American Artists

joined with an interest in surrealism. Surrealism emphasized the role of dreams and the unconscious in the creative process. To th...

Can violence in American society be controlled?

of appropriate parental guidance and role models that makes certain youths choose lives of violence. In the Old West violen...

Toni Cade Bambara's Community of African American Women’s Identity in ’s Gorilla, My Love Short Stories

a political fundraiser with a blind man named Bovanne. She shocks her daughters by behavior they regard as unbefitting for a woma...