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that I was strong enough and violent enough to kill somebody in a fit of anger" (Allen 24). There is an unsettling undercurrent o...
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...
state declined by 20% (HHS System Strategic Plan for FY 2005-2009). This encouraging news did not extend to the black community, h...
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...
to five-times the risk for CHD, which contrasts sharply with the double risk encountered in African American men. There is also a ...
may lead to African-Americans and others dropping out at even higher rates. We know that the high school graduation rates for many...
in response to cognitive and physiological challenge" (Covelli, 2007, p. 323). Diet: Both the intake of dietary sodium and potas...
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...
making records, and the arrival of Al Bell, who was hired to make Stax a national brand and succeeded so well he ended up the trag...
beliefs and lifestyles cannot be easily summarized (Sadler and Huff, 2007). However, it is also true that many African Americans d...
verbal abuse, neglect or abandonment, and psychological abuse (Tauriac and Scruggs, 2006). Physical abuse is the most common, and...
other ethnic group. Covelli (2007) maintains that risk factors for hypertension in African Americans goes back to precursors of c...
social factors that influence access to care and the application of preventative strategies in African American populations. Th...
generally limited, as mentioned, to very menial positions such as messmen, firemen, stewards, and passers (Gibbs, 2001). At the ...
is the Present and Future Condition of the Negroes, from the book Democracy in America (1835) by Alexis de Tocqueville. In this he...
bedroom and gently holds him. Then she pours kerosene over the sleeping man and burns him to death. Morrison writes that Plum ope...
of 800 four-year public, four-year private, and community colleges conducted by Noel-Levitz revealed that "African American studen...
to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena in terms of the meanings people bring to them [by using] a holistic perspective which pr...
section. These elements include universal acceptance of the existence of a supreme being; belief in the spirit world and the pract...
that distinguished the revival, which included renting a building that was once a livery stable, located at 312 Azusa Street (119)...
a detailed and extensive history of the UHC, which includes how the denomination embraced Pentecostalism in 1902 (162). Likewise, ...
also describes the role of women leaders in the smaller denominations. The next section describes the prominent role played by t...
which will be used to answer the research questions and determine if the main hypothesis has been verified. The student researchin...
December 21, 1928, was by far the most productive, as Hurt cut three spirituals and five blues works during this session (Obrecht)...
cholesterol and triglyceride level was also above normal to an extent indicating the necessity for intervention. The most disturbi...
a discussion and review of literature that focuses on hypertension (HTN) among minority ethnic groups, with a particular emphasis ...
these clubs provide "alternative sista [sister] spaces," which become significant locations for "literacy learning and literacy ac...
Introduces results of research about African American cowboys, past and present, who live in East Texas. There are 3 sources liste...
This paper traces key events in African American history dating from the time they were free in Africa to the post Civil War era. ...