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African-Americans
Baroch, Andrew J. "10 Years after Million Man March, African-Americans return to Washington." VOA News. Retrieved November 13, 2005, from http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2005-10-14-voa7.cfm.
This article was making a connection between the century-old Million Man March and The "Millions More" March that was scheduled for October 15, 2005. Though the Million Man March was specifically organized for efforts to register African-Americans to vote in U.S. Elections and also to increase black involvement in volunteerism and community activism, the Millions More march this year was set in order to address the still existent inequalities that exist with regard to racial discrimination. In addition to racial discrimination, Ms. Wharton-Boyd, one of the many organizers of this march said, "Our issues fall into the area of health, social services, health, reparation, political stability, cultural development." Ms. Wharton-Boyd was also careful to remind readers that this event isn't a protest, but "a way to come together and bring skills together to help others."
2. Black PR Wire. (BPRW). "African-Americans are moving into the digital age with ease." Press Releases. Retrieved November 13, 2005, from http://www.blackprwire.com/display-news.asp?ID=2016.
This article discussed the growth of the internet in recent years. It was speculated in the early years of computers and the Internet that Blacks didn't or couldn't have equal access to these portions of technology. There were concerns that this would do even more to affect the ever-widening gap between the educational opportunities of Blacks vs. Whites. However, current studies and "according to Nielsen, NetRatings, as of 2003, more than 10 million African-Americans were going online to access information." Because though "whites continue to surpass the number of Blacks online," it seems that now they are surely at least "connecting" which was feared in the past.
3. Fishman, Henry J. "African-Americans Smoke more than Whites, study finds." ConsumerAffairs.com. Retrieved November 13, 2005, from http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/fishman/2005/smoking_trends.html
The health findings from this article were less than pleasing with regard to overall health and well-being of African-Americans. Though "white males are smoking less than they were ten years ago," it seems that "African-Americans have a long way to go." We...
Though African-Americans have stopped smoking at the same rate as Caucasian-Americans, too many African-Americans still smoke. It is an upsetting fact, especially because it seems that African-Americans and minorities in general are at a much higher risk for heart complications like stroke and diabetes.
4. Lanza, David. "CNN's Carol Lin and the French 'African-Americans.'" NewsBusters.org. Retrieved November 13, 2005, from http://newsbusters.org/node/2783.
This is another article that has to do with discrimination and racism at the root level is the very upsetting current happenings in France. The article comes as a criticism of CNN's correspondent Carol Lin, who called the Black Muslims involved in the riots in France "African-Americans" for the "lack of a better euphemism. Strangely enough, those who are rioting and being killed aren't African-American at all, but many of them French citizens of Tunisian descent. This article points out those inefficiencies of the "new media" which claims to be different than the "old media" which is stereotypical at best and contributing and fuelling the fire of the inequalities and frustrations of many of these youths and terrorists around the world at worst. Something must be done about this.
5. Maniace, Len. "Author explores slavery's lingering effects." The Journal News. Retrieved November 13, 2005, from http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051113/NEWS02/511130305/1018.
This article is about the lingering effects of slavery on the mentality and actions of African-Americans based on a book by Joy DeGruy Leary, an assistant professor at Portland State University's Graduate School of Social Work, entitled, "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome." Leary suggests in her book that because African-Americans have had to adapt to survive centuries of racial oppression that these adaptations linger in the behaviors. The criticisms of this book suggest that anyone who subscribes to the thesis posited in Leary's book is in fact working to enslave themselves. Another criticism suggests that Leary is irresponsible for positing that there is an excuse for unruliness and illegal behavior. Though Leary defends her position stating, "This is a book about healing, assessing the nature of the injury," Leary told the audience of roughly 250 people, "and that…
According to the findings of this article and the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, President Bush's national approval rating has declined to 39%, the lowest level during his Presidency. "And among African-Americans, Bush has only a 2% approval rating, proving that African-Americans are not fooled by Republican's hollow apologies and empty rhetoric on outreach to the African-American community." They (African-Americans) believe that they have heard empty promises from the Bush Administration with regard to "employment, education, access to health insurance, and the issue of poverty" and average household incomes.
10. Williams, Michael Paul. "A Strain in the Ties that Bind." Times Dispatch.com. Retrieved November 13, 2005, from http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&; c=MGArticle& cid=1128768081495& path=!news!columnists& s=1045855935174.
This final article also deals with discrimination, but this one is that happens between blacks in America. "Go back to Africa" is what some African-Americans tell African immigrants in this country. This is a pattern that is happening throughout the United States and it is resulting in high tensions and Blacks in both groups hoping to redefine themselves away from the other group.
African-Americans Activism -- Gaining Civil Rights and Pride "We the understated are students at the Negro college in the city of Greensboro. Time and time again we have gone into Woolworth stories of Greensboro. We have bought thousands of items at hundreds of the counters in your stories. Our money was accepted without rancor or discrimination and with politeness toward us, when at a long counter just three feet away from
African-American Art The art of African-Americans became a powerful medium for social and self-expression. Visual arts including sculpture carried with it political implications related to colonialism, oppression, and liberation. Along with other forms of creative expression, African-American visual arts particularly flourished during the Harlem Renaissance. Three exemplary pieces of art that represent the character, tone, and tenor of African-American art during the Harlem Renaissance include Meta Warrick Fuller's "Ethiopia Awakening," Palmer
African-American Studies Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance is a cultural movement that began during the second decade of the 20th century, also known as the "New Negro Movement." The Harlem Renaissance came about as a result of a series of changes in American society during the time. One major turning point during this period of American history was the significant changes in the American population. Reconstruction was over; the country began its
To quote such examples are those that described arguments between former masters and freedmen over the rights to the labor power of family members or between husbands and wives in broken marriages. They however, did not evidently support his argument that kinship was redefined in the process (James, History Services). Sometimes, his analyses appeared to conflate "family" and "household" in a more incomprehensible manner rather than illumination. This might be
African-Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces This research paper proposes to discuss the importance of African-American soldiers in the United States military. It will do so from a decidedly comprehensive approach which highlights their contributions to the major martial endeavors the U.S. has undertaken since its inception. In examining the history of these soldiers within America, this paper proposes to also deconstruct the motives which galvanized African-American soldiers to enlist in
African-Americans History And Culture The false and misleading notion that "African-Americans created themselves" completely ignores and invalidates the rich history of those whose ancestry lies in the great African continent. While African-Americans have adopted and incorporated many cultures into their own (not unlike any other cultural group in America) that in no way signifies that African-American's have no culture or history of their own. "Black people have no history, no heroes, no