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Madam C.J. Walker and Her Entrepreneurial Spirit

the controversies as well as her successes. Finally, a web site deemed the official website for Madam Walker is used to glean basi...

US Society and Television's Impact

television," 2006). He had already been given a patent for "the transmission of photographs by wire as well as fiber optics and ra...

Biography of American Playwright Romulus Linney

in the North Carolina mountains in the 1840s, is a "Gothic tale of terror and pagan violence" (Walser 284). Linney has written th...

Sixties and Eighties Are Decades Apart

1960s had their beginnings in the 1950s; the Civil Rights struggle, for instance, goes back to the early 1950s and such events as ...

Beliefs of Hopi and Iroquois Native Americans

to stand in the way of colonial development for some time. In short, they were quite united and yet separate and as such are consi...

"Colored People": The History of the Term

create a category encompassing all non-Whites" (Cr?mieux). The term "colored" in America referred to blacks, Native Americans, Mex...

Korean Americans in Los Angeles

A 3 page paper which examines the Korean American experience in Los Angeles, California. Bibliography lists 3 sources. ...

HIV/AIDS & African American Women

"African American womens rights and underscores their physical, emotional and sociocultural vulnerability to HIV/AIDS" (Williams, ...

The Great Depression History Firsthand by Dennis Nishi Summary and Review of Dennis Nishi's “The Great Depression (History Firsthand)”

the stock market crash of October 1929 that blindsided everyone even though there had been disturbing warning signs surfacing week...

California's Marginalized Migrants

truly present itself as a state that truly marginalized such people. While California had always been a state, not unlike any othe...

Examining the American Constitution's Victims' Rights Amendment Proposal

and pardon or commutation decisions; To be notified of a proposed pardon and to be heard on the proposal; To be notified of esc...

American Society and Class

existence such as the types of housing that accommodates us is affected by class. Housing, in fact, is one of the most obvious ar...

American Economy and Racism

Shawki argues that the slave system resulted in the accumulation of wealth and the parallel development of capitalism in both Amer...

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville and Objects

a true democracy, de Tocqueville noted, quantity or reproductions of objects are necessary to satisfy equal need. In his consider...

Flowing Time in Tlon, Ugbar, Orbis, Tertius and The Circular Ruins by Jorge Luis Borges

part of the 1944 compilation entitled Ficciones, probed time flow and temporality in ways that deviated from literary tradition an...

Mary Pipher's The Middle of Everywhere and Reflections of Refugees

formal education" (Pipher 334). As Pipher points out refugees (and other immigrants) are often doctors, professors, engineers, etc...

Oral Traditions of Native Americans

saying that she has helped "to destroy" her Hopi culture? What does she mean by "breaking away" from her heritage? Looking closely...

Investigation of Cultural Differences I

American value. Neither do we want anyone else dictating what constitutes security for any one individual; how we will sell...

Woodrow Wilson, George W. Bush, and War Leadership, Perceptions, Judgments

considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...

American Colonies and Slavery Origins

In seven pages this paper examines the origin of slavery in the colonies of North America. Six sources are cited in the bibliogra...

RU486 and its American Societal Impact

In nine pages this paper examines the abortion pill's socioeconomic effects upon America. Six sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Shoplifting and Its Effects

loses $23.21. In other words, stores recover very little of the value of the stolen merchandise. Still, the statistics improve in ...

Social Commentary In Late Nineteenth Century White Minstrelsy by Robert Toll, The Octoroon by Dionysius Lardner Boucicault, and Widow Ranter by Aphra Behn and Indian Images

What it meant to a Native American Indian through these three stories was a time of constant suppression and overwhelming conflict...

American Dream as Represented by Frederick Douglass and Benjamin Franklin

In five pages this paper examines how these important men's lives reflect the concept of the American Dream as depicted within Nar...

Nursing Homes Centered on Clients

The most recent trend in nursing home care is client-centered treatment. This paper examines statistics in elder care, with almost...

1989 Economic Crisis in Cuba and American Foreign Policy

In eight pages this paper considers the US foreign policy role in the economic crisis of Cuba in 1989. Six sources are cited in t...

Boycotting Wal Mart the American Way

described as "the darling of Wall Street" and was declared "most admired company" in 2003 by the influential financial publication...

Journalistic Perspectives on World War II

onslaught of German forces, Russia released their prisoners, asking many Poles to come out in force in support of the Russian acti...

Annotated Bibliography on Global Poverty

would include social exclusion, social dependency, and the ability to live a normal life according to societys standards, are also...

Special Interest Lobbying Groups and Guns

were sufficient to do so is not surprising nor it is unethical. Special interest groups fund organizations that promote their goa...