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  • I Am a Woman,too: Feminism to the Black Woman

    I Am a Woman,too: Feminism to the Black Woman

    Written by Tammy Carter In history, women have always struggled to gain equality, respect, and the same rights as men. Women had had to endure years of sexism and struggle to get to where we are today. The struggle was even more difficult for women of color because not only were they dealing with issues of sexism, but also racism. Many movements have helped black women during the past centuries to overcome sexism, racism, and

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • In the Wake of the Plague - Black Death

    In the Wake of the Plague - Black Death

    Norman F. Cantor, In the Wake of the Plague (New York: Harper Collins First Perennial edition, 2001) examines how the bubonic plague, or Black Death, affected Europe in the fourteenth century. Cantor recounts specific events in the time leading up to the plague, during the plague, and in the aftermath of the plague. He wrote the book to relate the experiences of victims and survivors and to illustrate the impact that the plague had on

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    Essay Length: 994 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Black Death

    The Black Death

    The Black Death The Black Death is one of the most lethal disease out breaks in history. The Black Death's widespread terror accounted for nearly one third of the deaths in Europe. The plague brought about a great depression that was felt throughout Europe. The Great Plague brought out the worst in people during these struggling times. There were severe shortages of labor created from the Black Death. Rioting spread throughout the Europe during these

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    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: July
  • Black Power - a Basic Understanding by Walter Rodney

    Black Power - a Basic Understanding by Walter Rodney

    “Black Power, A Basic Understanding” by Walter Rodney “Black Power, A Basic Understanding”, black isn’t as basic as Walter Rodney states it. This chapter is very interesting in which it describe the state at which blacks, non white, are also known as colored people and are powerless due to the white supremacy of white power. As the write starts off, “Black Power is a doctrine about black people”, but not all black people know nor

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    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Steve
  • Compairing the Ministers Black Veil and the Birthmark

    Compairing the Ministers Black Veil and the Birthmark

    Comparing "The Birthmark" & "The Ministers Black Veil" Don't try to hide your secret sins. Nobody is perfect. These are the two themes in the Ministers Black Veil and The Birthmark. These stories are similar and different in many ways in Romanism, hypocrisy, intolerance and plot. In TB, there is a theme of imperfection. Her husband is so disgusted by her birthmark that he said she had to get it removed. Since she loved him

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    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Black Panther

    Black Panther

    william randolph 12-5-05 afr. dias In the beginning of 1968, after selling Mao's Red Book to university students in order to buy shotguns, the Party makes the book required reading. Meanwhile, the FBI, under J. Edgar Hoover, begins a program called COINTELPRO (counterintelligence program) to break up the spreading unity of revolutionary groups that had begun solidifying through the work and examaple of the Panthers; the Peace and Freedom Party, Brown Berets, Students for a

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    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Max
  • Black Women in Art

    Black Women in Art

    Black Women in Art Historically and currently African American women use art as a way to express themselves, their emotions and as an act of resistance. In this paper, I will discuss the various ways two very influential artists, Laurie Cooper and Lorna Simpson, use imagery to uncover and forefront the various forms of oppression that affect their lives as African American women. Since the late 1970s, African American art, as a form of self

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Black Death

    The Black Death

    The Black Death came in three forms, the bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic. Each different form of plague killed people in a vicious way. All forms were caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. The bubonic plague was the most commonly seen form of the Black Death. The mortality rate was 30-%. The symptoms were enlarged and inflamed lymph nodes (around arm pits, neck and groin). The term 'bubonic' refers to the characteristic bubo or enlarged

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Father of Black History Month

    The Father of Black History Month

    The father of Black History Month Today’s page looks at Dr. Carter G. Woodson, who started this celebration of black history and culture. By JASMIN K. WILLIAMS BLACK History Month actually began as Negro History Week. It started by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1926 as a way to focus on the contributions of blacks in both American and world history. Woodson was born in New Canton, VA in 18. He was part of a

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Monika
  • I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

    I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

    In Maryse Conde’s novel,”I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem,”Tituba went through various hardships in her life her witchcraft and being black got her into a lot of trouble. Also being with a man who turned on her. She ended up being hanged just when she finally got a chance to go back to Barbados she dies. Most stories of Tituba are always like this. But in article “The Further Transformation Of Tituba,” we find

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • Black Men and Public Space

    Black Men and Public Space

    Not everyone has a special power to alter public space, but if you were different from your surrounding, then you would probably have a very good sense about what I am talking about. In “Black … Space”, Brent Staples claims that he is black man who whenever in public is meet with fear from his surrounding because of his races stereotype. He clearly points out one can easily change physical behavior and dressing in order

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Black like Me - John H. Griffin

    Black like Me - John H. Griffin

    Black like me - John H. Griffin Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin John Howard Griffin is a journalist and a specialist on race issues. After publication of his book, he became a leading advocate in the Civil Rights Movement and did much to promote awareness of the racial situations and pass legislature. He was middle aged and living in Mansfield, Texas at the time of publication in 1960. His desire to know if

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    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Militant and Violent Acts of the Civil Rights Movement and Black Nationalism

    Militant and Violent Acts of the Civil Rights Movement and Black Nationalism

    English 1302.044 March 3, 2000 Militant and Violent Acts of the Civil Rights Movement and Black Nationalism The rights of African-Americans have been violated since they were brought over to America as slaves in the late 1600’s to the land of the free. Great political gains for African-Americans were made in the 1960’s such as the right to vote without paying. Still, many African Americans were dissatisfied with their economic situation, so they reacted with

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    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: regina
  • The Malfunctions of the Black Family

    The Malfunctions of the Black Family

    The Malfunctions of the Black Family When people think of the word “family”, the most demonstrative definition is members satisfying ones emotional and financial needs. The denotative definition of family is a social unit living together whose function is to socialize individuals. African American families are known to socialize individuals differently as opposed to individuals of the dominant race. The 1960’s film A Raisin in the Sun illustrates the struggles of an African American family

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Tasha
  • A Black Males Strengths & Weaknesses in Education

    A Black Males Strengths & Weaknesses in Education

    A Black Males Strengths & Weaknesses in Education Today's education is often viewed today as failing in its major goal of educating students, especially those students characterized as minorities, including African American, Hispanic, and Appalachian students (Quiroz, 1999). Among the minority groups mentioned, African American males are affected most adversely. Research has shown that when Black male students are compared to other students by gender and race they consistently rank lowest in academic achievement (Ogbu,

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: David
  • Ray Charles, Notable Black American Men

    Ray Charles, Notable Black American Men

    Ray Charles Robinson was born on September 23, 1930, in Albany, Georgia, the first child of Aretha and Bailey Robinson. His father worked off and on for the railroads; his mother took in laundry. The family started out poor and stayed that way throughout the hard years of the Depression. “Even compared to other blacks,” Charles recalled, “we were on the bottom of the ladder looking up at everyone else. Nothing below us except the

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Anna
  • Participation of Blacks in the Civil War

    Participation of Blacks in the Civil War

    The foundation for black participation in the Civil War began more than a hundred years before the outbreak of the war. Blacks in America had been in bondage since early colonial times. In 1776, when Jefferson proclaimed mankind’s inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; the institution of slavery had become firmly established in America. Blacks worked in the tobacco fields of Virginia, in the rice fields of South Carolina, and toiled

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    Essay Length: 2,091 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Jon
  • Black

    Black

    For decades, American citizens have been complaining about how outsourcing has ruined their lives and that it is only going to harm America and its economy. Unfortunately, jobs are going to be lost and the unemployment rate may rise due to globalization. However, the benefits of globalization are infinite. People in other parts of the world will achieve a greater life than they ever thought possible due to the factories built in their countries. Due

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    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Andrew
  • The Black Sheep

    The Black Sheep

    The short story A&P tells the coming of age story of a nineteen year old boy named Sammy. Sammy has obliviously placed himself into a situation that many small town teenagers often fall victim to. Sammy works a dead end job at the local A&P grocery store and he senses that he will be stuck working there while life carelessly passes him by. This realization quickly changes after an accidental encounter with three young

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    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Difference of Black and Right

    The Difference of Black and Right

    Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Mike
  • Banks’ "black Man and White Woman in a Dark Green Rowboat"

    Banks’ "black Man and White Woman in a Dark Green Rowboat"

    One Sided Relationships in Banks’ “Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat” The story “Black Man and White Women in Dark Green Rowboat,” written by Russell Banks, is about a struggling interracial relationship. Throughout this story one will find that the white women tries to control every part of their relationship. While the black man would like to express his thoughts of what they should do in their situation, the girl will

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Stenly
  • The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

    The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

    “The Black Cat,” by Edgar Allan Poe “The Black Cat,” a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, is about a man who is in jail confessing to murdering his wife. He starts of by stating that he was happily married to a nice beautiful woman, and the couple had many animals. Among those animals was a black cat named Pluto and this cat is the narrator’s favorite animal. The cat and the narrator established a

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Does Oppression and Identity Define Black History

    Does Oppression and Identity Define Black History

    1) Do you agree or disagree on the definition of Black History presented by “Pride and Prejudice: A History of Black Culture”_ _ “Oppression and Identity?” I agree that oppression and identity is a vivid description of Black History. The film defines oppression “as any form of injustice that attempts to crush the human spirit” . Identity can be defined as “what identifies somebody or something”. The institution of slavery is seen as a

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    Essay Length: 462 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Black Death

    The Black Death

    The Black Death How did The Black Death affect European society? It is impossible to discuss Europe’s history without mentioning the Plague of 1348, also known as the Black Death. The Black Death reached Italian shores in the spring of 1348. The presence of such a plague was enormously devastating making its mark in unprecedented numbers in recorded history. The population of some cities and villages in England and Italy fell by 70% – 80%.

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    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Black Stallion Ledgened

    The Black Stallion Ledgened

    The book the black stallion legend is about a boy by the name of Alec Ramsey and his horse “the black”, Alec and the black go out west because one of Alec’s best friend’s Pam dies in a horrible car crash. In a moment of madness Alec sets his horse free in to the desert. Then dazed and heartsick, Alec wanders aimlessly until he collapses. A young native American boy by the name of Alph

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    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Jon

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