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Research Paper

Black Studies

African-American History Since 1877

Words: 920
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Research Paper

African-American Studies Harlem enaissance The Harlem enaissance is a cultural movement that began during the second decade of the 20th century, also known as the "New Negro Movement." The…

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American History

African-American Studies the Claims of

Words: 632
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Term Paper

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…

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Black Studies

African-American History the Sharecropping System

Words: 2461
Length: 8 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Furthermore, as a result of these conditions there was a general failure of black business and entrepreneurships. "Black businesses failed, crushing the entrepreneurial spirit that had been an essential…

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American History

African-American Immigrations

Words: 1281
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Research Paper

African-American Immigrations African Immigration to the New orld The initial immigration of Africans and people of African descent is inexorably linked to the slave trade and the institution of…

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Black Studies

African-American History Sharecropping Was Not

Words: 2799
Length: 10 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Thus, the New Negro Movement refers to the new way of thinking, and encompasses all the elements of the Negro Renaissance, artistically, socially and politically (New). The Harlem Renaissance…

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Essay

Black Studies

African-American Mothers Who Have Experienced the Suicide of a Male Child

Words: 1030
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Essay

African-American males are more likely to face jail or prison time than men from other races and ethnicities. The violent death rate for African-American males is much greater than…

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Research Paper

Black Studies

African-American's Ethnic or Cultural Background Affects Ethical Convictions

Words: 716
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Research Paper

African-American's Ethnic Or Cultural Background Affects Ethical Convictions" How African-American's ethnic or cultural background affects ethical convictions. For most African-Americans, their history of slavery and discrimination has had the…

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Essay

Black Studies

African-American Women Exhibit Review of

Words: 749
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

Interestingly, in the first sections of the website, little is said about the inherent sexual violence within the slavery system. The exhibit focuses on positive examples of empowerment and…

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Essay

Black Studies

African-American History 1865 to the

Words: 1529
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Essay

The oil spill in North Carolina caught her attention along with the fact that "Forty-one states send [toxic] waste to Emelle, Alabama, where 86% of the population is African-American"…

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Term Paper

Black Studies

African-American Literature

Words: 1160
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Term Paper

African-American Literature Du Bois in The Souls of Black Folks offers the reader glimpses into the heart and mind of black men and women living in the post-reconstruction south…

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Essay

Black Studies

African-American Odyssey Through the Reasoned and Systematic

Words: 646
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

African-American Odyssey Through the reasoned and systematic analysis presented in Martin & Malcom & America: A Dream or a Nightmare, author James H. Cone investigates the fundamental philosophical contrasts…

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Essay

Healthcare

African-American Hbp an Effective Health Education Program

Words: 928
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Essay

African-American HBP An effective health education program must be culturally aware, sensitive to the history and specific needs of the community. Within the African-American community, there is an unfortunate…

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4 Pages
Annotated Bibliography

Children

African-American Parents Annotated Bibliography Abar

Words: 1551
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Annotated Bibliography

The research has high validity because much of the evidence is videotaped and not just entered in written form. This provides a more objective record of results (ibid., 137).…

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Research Paper

Literature

African-American Art

Words: 1610
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Research Paper

African-American Art Creative African-American Literature Were one to pause to give this subject consideration, it would appear that the vast majority of African-American artwork within the 20th century was…

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Essay

Mythology - Religion

African-American History- Christian Denominational Involvement the African-American

Words: 729
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

African-American History- Christian Denominational Involvement The African-American church, and African-American clergy, have been at the forefront of "nearly every major social, moral, and political movement in the black community,"…

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Essay

Black Studies

African-American History

Words: 580
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

African-American 20th Century Political History Author's note with contact information and more details on collegiate affiliation, etc. There is a point in African-American history where many of the various…

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15 Pages
Term Paper

Disease

African-American Women Living With AIDS

Words: 5100
Length: 15 Pages
Type: Term Paper

(Archie-ooker, Cervero, and Langone, 1999) This study concludes that: "...power relations manifested themselves concretely through these factors in the social and organizational context, which by defining African-American learners as…

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15 Pages
Research Paper

Mythology - Religion

African-American Women and Womanist Theology

Words: 4573
Length: 15 Pages
Type: Research Paper

In search for honest leadership in the church she wrote "Character is the first qualification," without that, the minister is a menace." She stated that ministers should have a…

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12 Pages
Research Proposal

Race

African-American Perception of Police the

Words: 3178
Length: 12 Pages
Type: Research Proposal

..'Let there be light..." (Genesis 1:3, NKJV) on this dark subject. CHAPTE 2 LITEATUE EVIEW all Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice." - Shirley Chisholm (b. 1924), African-American…

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10 Pages
Term Paper

Disease

African-American Women in New York State

Words: 3986
Length: 10 Pages
Type: Term Paper

African-American Women in New York State "About 30% of Hispanic and 20% of African-Americans lack a usual source of health care compared with less than 16% of European-Americans" (Agency…

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10 Pages
Term Paper

Race

African-American With Spinal Cord Injury

Words: 2838
Length: 10 Pages
Type: Term Paper

African-Americans Spinal African-American with Spinal Cord Injury: Cultural Analysis of Disability African-American's with a severe disability face many unique challenges socially. A number of programs have been instituted that…

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15 Pages
Term Paper

Military

African-American Soldiers in Vietnam Mister

Words: 5555
Length: 15 Pages
Type: Term Paper

" You figure, illiams explained to the author, you don't like what's happening at home in Chicago, and now in the U.S. Marines "...you finally get a chance to…

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4 Pages
Term Paper

Teaching

African-American Students and the Success and Failure in the School Setting

Words: 1322
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Term Paper

African-American Academics African-American Students and Success and Failure in the School Setting Do African-American students use different strategies to achieve academic success than other groups? The strategies suggested by…

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5 Pages
Term Paper

Sports - Drugs

African-American Males - Correlation Between

Words: 1247
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Term Paper

esearchers in Chicago found the following statistics in relation to NYC heavy users of drugs among those in detention in terms of gender, race and age. The following figures…

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Term Paper

Children

African-American R T Pregnancy Delivery and

Words: 1660
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Term Paper

These rituals performed in their indigenous countries can lower the levels of depression found in African-American women in their host countries. Such rituals are now performed less and less…

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11 Pages
Term Paper

Sports - Drugs

African-American Males and the Correlation

Words: 3424
Length: 11 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Other evidence suggests patterns of dependence symptoms and alcohol abuse may be linked with depressive or other disorders in adolescents, which may progress into adulthood leading to criminal activity…

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Annotated Bibliography

Teaching

African-American Education One Strategy for

Words: 972
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Annotated Bibliography

In many cases, AVID on the transcripts impresses by itself, as does the college and advance placement courses in the program. The other significant benefit in the advanced programs…

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1 Pages
Essay

History

Why African American History is Important

Words: 301
Length: 1 Pages
Type: Essay

From this course I hope to gain a better understanding of the history of African-Americans. I want to know more about their past, their achievements, their struggles, their ideals,…

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Admission Essay

Admissions Essays / Letters

HBCU african american college admissions

Words: 400
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Admission Essay

Nothing bothers me as much as miscarriage of justice, whether individual cases of wrongful conviction, or macro-level policies that favor the wealthy and discriminate against the poor. My passion…

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Essay

Black Studies

African-Americans History and Culture the False and

Words: 987
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Essay

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…

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4 Pages
Research Proposal

Black Studies

African-American Families 1950s AB Annotated

Words: 1385
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Research Proposal

The 1950s was a time when the last of the generation of slaves were beginning to disappear from communities but their first generation children were attempting to make sense…

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Term Paper

Black Studies

African-Americans During Early 1900's the

Words: 2241
Length: 6 Pages
Type: Term Paper

At the same time, however, the ghettoes resulted from the people's desire to form a united community to which they could relate and that could offer comfort from a…

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Term Paper

Black Studies

African-Americans in the News From Some of

Words: 916
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Term Paper

African-Americans in the News From some of the articles that I have studied, it seems that many articles on the African-American community focus on their problems, on analyzing them…

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2 Pages
Essay

Black Studies

African-American Heritage & the Amish African-American People

Words: 750
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

African-American Heritage & the Amish African-American people traditionally have different communication patterns and family roles than their white counterparts. They are more likely to have families headed by single…

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12 Pages
Term Paper

Black Studies

African-American Discrimination

Words: 3977
Length: 12 Pages
Type: Term Paper

African-Americans are second only to Native Americans, historically, in terms of poor treatment at the hands of mainstream American society. Although African-Americans living today enjoy nominal equality, the social…

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10 Pages
Research Paper

Native Americans

African-American Westward Migration

Words: 3585
Length: 10 Pages
Type: Research Paper

African-Americans and Western Expansion Prior to the 1960s and 1970s, very little was written about black participation in Western expansion from the colonial period to the 19th Century, much…

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Thesis

Black Studies

African-American Slave Art the African-American

Words: 1585
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Thesis

e learn that art can indeed reflect life but it can also inspire it beyond what the human mind can dream. orks Cited Bailey, Thomas, et al. The American…

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Essay

Business

African-American Mothers and Their Daughters Ethical Issues

Words: 1810
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Essay

African-American MOTHES AND THEI DAUGHTES Ethical Issues in Gumdrop Northern The Executive Officer, ABC Company Ethical Issues in Gumdrop Northern It has come to my attention that the actions…

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Term Paper

Sports - Women

African-American Authors Have Been Essential to Elucidation

Words: 1311
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Term Paper

African-American authors have been essential to elucidation of the race and gender issues that face Blacks living in America. In particular, Black female authors have confronted the woes of…

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Thesis

Black Studies

African-Americans in the Field of

Words: 1542
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Thesis

988). Perceived and real institutional barriers, a lack of awareness and real availability of need-based aid thus have a clear effect upon many students' perceptions about the role of…

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10 Pages
Term Paper

Urban Studies

African-American Housing Chicago Study Chicago

Words: 2715
Length: 10 Pages
Type: Term Paper

" (Seitles, 1996) Seitles claims that integration has been a success in the fight against racial prejudice and states that: "Social consequences of racial isolation intertwine with grim economic…

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Research Proposal

Healthcare

African-American Healthcare Needs A Plan

Words: 850
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Research Proposal

LEADING CAUSES OF MOBIDITY: Some of the diseases which often result in early death in African-Americans, provided that the go untreated or undiagnosed, include hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke,…

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4 Pages
Term Paper

Sports - Drugs

African-American Males and the Correlation

Words: 1771
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Term Paper

In G. Landsberg, M. Rock, & L. Berg (Eds.), Serving mentally ill offenders and their victims: Challenges and opportunities for social workers and other mental health professionals. New York,…

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Research Proposal

Death and Dying  (general)

African-American Males Between the Ages of 15

Words: 1098
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Research Proposal

African-American males between the ages of 15 and 24 are at relatively higher risk of suicide according to Center for Disease control and prevention. Since 1980s the suicide rate…

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10 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

African-American Women's Literature Unlike Any

Words: 3455
Length: 10 Pages
Type: Term Paper

The fact that this figure remains a guess says something important about what orrison was up against in trying to find out the full story of the slave trade.…

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Term Paper

Film

African-American in the Media the Comedy Barbershop

Words: 854
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Term Paper

African-American in the Media The comedy Barbershop, starring Ice Cube juxtaposes the harshness of city life with the resiliency of the people living in the city. The movie with…

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5 Pages
Term Paper

Sports

African-American Fixation and Modern Superiority in Sports

Words: 1798
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Term Paper

African-American Fixation and Modern Superiority in Sports Sports are significant in many ways to any individual of the society and their values can notarize any political ideology. Sports have…

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3 Pages
Research Proposal

Children

African-American Suicide Extra Pages African-American

Words: 910
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Research Proposal

If someone returns a questionnaire with identifying personal information, then it will not be used in the study and will be destroyed. The questionnaires will also be constructed so…

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2 Pages
Essay

Literature

African-American in the Third Chapter

Words: 665
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

2. In keeping with the theme of individuality highlighted above, each of the main characters in the assigned readings struggle to define his or her identity in terms of…

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Term Paper

Children

African-American Males Developmental Pathways Model

Words: 981
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Self-esteem and self-efficacy are issues that are of primary importance. These are affected by a number of environmental factors, including immediate family, but also the environment in which a…

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7 Pages
Term Paper

Criminal Justice

African-Americans the History of African-Americans

Words: 2442
Length: 7 Pages
Type: Term Paper

S. news magazines between January 1, 1993 and December 31, 1998. They concluded that the images of the poor in these news magazines "do not capture the reality of…

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2 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

African-American Poetry Studies The Expression

Words: 596
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Term Paper

A cannot live on tomorrow's bread." (Langston Hughs) The poem of Hughs ends by expressing that freedom comes to be needed by those who are deprived the most of…

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5 Pages
Term Paper

Sports - Women

African-American Adolescent Females Have More

Words: 1369
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Some might argue that the movies and television depicting African-American and white adolescent girls reinforces stereotypes and can only negatively affect body image. This argument is supported by the…

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6 Pages

Business

African-American Ownership in U S Oil and Gas Sector

Words: 1846
Length: 6 Pages
Type:

African-American women can access ownership in the U.S. oil and gas sector. Sub-questions: To what extent has the oil and gas sector provided ownership opportunities for African-American women? What…

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Term Paper

Family and Marriage

African-American Racial Passing in the Oxherding Tale

Words: 2199
Length: 6 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Afican-Ameican Racial Passing in the Oxheding Tale This pape discusses efeences to the topic of acial passing in the novel Oxheding Tale by Chales Johnson. The discussion ties to…

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8 Pages
Term Paper

Race

African-Americans & Hispanic-Americans Are Currently

Words: 2189
Length: 8 Pages
Type: Term Paper

As the vast majority of African-Americans do not know where their ancestors came from, it is difficult to trace one's roots back to the African continent. At the same…

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2 Pages
Essay

Criminal Justice

African-Americans Receive Longer Jail Sentences

Words: 688
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

Selling in public obviously can result in an arrest far easier than selling in a dorm, or a bar, or a workplace, as whites tend to do. Police can…

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4 Pages
Essay

Psychology

African-American Women Literature Didion and

Words: 1418
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Essay

That being said, it is quite difficult to be honest with oneself, even thought as we stand in front of the mirror, naked and bare, Didion says we remain…

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5 Pages
Essay

Sports - Women

African-American

Words: 1786
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Essay

Brent Staples and Jamaica Kinkaid have written seminal short stories, contained in anthologies of American and African-American literature. Although Kinkaid's "Girl" and Staples's "Just alk on By" were published…

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4 Pages
Essay

Black Studies

African-American Perspectives on Education for African-Americans Education

Words: 1468
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Essay

African-American Perspectives on Education for African-Americans Education has been an issue at the forefront of the African-American community since the first Africans were brought to the colonies hundreds of…

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