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The History of African Americans From the Civil War Reconstruction, through the Progressive Age, and the First World War

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

Colonization and 'King Leopold's Ghost'

gross exploitation of African slaves. That Leopold was wholly capable of stuffing his incoming ships with an abundance of ivory a...

Meanings of Racial and Ethnic Histories

in the nation. Unlike groups that came over with money, Africans came without even clothes on their backs. They were chained and s...

Math Classrooms and Cultural Sensitivity

walls (Books, 1998). Different constructs determine children who are useful and those who are not as well as those who are used (B...

Minority Police Officers - Are More of Them Needed?

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

Adult Development and Aging

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

Africana Studies and Diaspora

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

Lost Identity and Culture as a Result of the Slave Trade

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

The History and Influence of African Canadians in the Nova Scotia Region

In ten pages the similarity of experiences between the African Americans in Nova Scotia and those in the United States are conside...

Black Church and Community

In a paper consisting of ten pages the ways in which the Black Church strengthens the black community are explored. Eight sources...

The Land of the Lotus Eaters Painting by Robert S. Duncanson

In six pages this painting by 19th century African American artist Robert S. Duncanson is analyzed with the emphasis being on its ...

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois

Only after his death was it realized that much of Washingtons attitude was more like the wolf tending the sheep in a sheep outfit....

Contemporary Writer Bell Hooks

In five pages the contributions of African American feminist Bell Hooks in terms of sociological thought and theory are discussed....

Mike Tyson and Rocky Marciano Comparied

In five pages this report compares these famous American boxer in terms of conjunctive adverbs, relative pronouns, simile, metapho...

Why Affirmative Action Needs Some Alterations

In this paper consisting of five pages the argument that Affirmative Action is not doing what the policy was created to do and is ...

A Review of Fences

An 8 page review of the book by August Wilson. This paper focuses on the theme of oppression, a theme that affects not just Afric...

Harlem's Poet Laureate Langston Hughes

of poetry, ten collections of short fiction, two novels, two volumes of autobiography, nine books for children and more than two d...

Segregation, Determination, and the Poetry of Langston Hughes

In six pages this paper discusses the poet's narrators without gender, how he uses women, and how African American determination d...

Maya Angelou and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

The writer presents a biographical sketch of this noted African American writer. An analysis of her 1970 book completes this seve...

Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress and Racism

This research paper/essay examines a detective novel by Walter Mosley and whether or not an African American writer can examine co...

American Slavery Reparations

In six pages this paper argues in support of the government making reparations to the African Americans who descended from slaves....

Chicago's Nation of Islam

In twelve pages this paper examines how Chicago's African American community was strengthened by the Nation of Islam's development...

Poetry of Langston Hughes

has been to continuously "climb" up the socioeconomic ladder in a culture that is set against her. She advises her son, not to gi...

Glenda Gilmore's 'Gender and Jim Crow'

In a paper consisting of 5 pages, the author's apology for her lack of knowledge pertaining to the African American women's strugg...

Civil War Era and Black Emancipation

repugnant. In exploring the time period before the Civil War, Equaino (1998) takes one on a journey through the 1700s slave trad...

Race and the Plays of August Wilson

focus of the story is also not necessarily on making music, but rather on the segregated and isolated and oppressed position these...

Arbitrary Capital Punishment

when the death penalty is suitable and when it is not. For example, in California, the death penalty must only be administered in ...

Personal Ethics and Cultural Values Research Study Proposal

culture. Personal ethics will enter the picture and will depend upon the individual. Of course, ethics in the business world are r...

Yvette Flunder, An Overview

This paper describes Yvette Flunder's ministry and career. Flunder is an innovative spiritual leader who has faced discrimination ...

Black Panther Movement: Misconceptions

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the Black Panther Movement. This paper includes the history of the Black Panther Party and ...