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  • Jackie Robinson - the Black Messiah of Baseball

    Jackie Robinson - the Black Messiah of Baseball

    English Skills 1 May 16, 2007 The Black Messiah of Baseball Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of five children. Robinson grew up in an area of poverty, and he also became affiliated with a neighborhood gang in his youth. (2) He was persuaded by his friend named Carl Anderson to abandon the gang. In 1935, Robinson enrolled into John Muir High School. There he

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Jack
  • Resilancey in Black Woman

    Resilancey in Black Woman

    RESILANCEY IN BLACK WOMAN The act of resistance and defiance is one of the most used human reactions that we as Americans often use this to express ourselves in society today. These reactions are also used when some one fee3ls that they are being treated unfairly or in an unjust manner. America is supposed to be a land of equal value and opportunity when it comes to being human. Obviously this is not the

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Mike
  • Elisa Allen and the Handyman Different People with a Small Similarity in “the Chrysanthemums”

    Elisa Allen and the Handyman Different People with a Small Similarity in “the Chrysanthemums”

    “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck illustrates through subtle symbolism a woman’s struggle for sexual identity. “The Chrysanthemums” is also a story that examines the unhappiness of the marriage between Elisa and Henry Allen. “The Chrysanthemums” takes place in Salinas Valley, California, which seems like a site of isolation due to the fact that no one or nothing is near there home on this valley. Due to the fact that no one or nothings is near

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Why Black Churches Oppose Gay Marriage

    Why Black Churches Oppose Gay Marriage

    The topic that Keith Boykin brings up is the issue that the Black community, black ministers and churches specifically, do not support same sex marriages. He addresses the hypocrisy he sees in this, as the black community was once the group fighting for equality. According to Boykin, blacks don’t support gay marriage rights for two reasons. Blacks only see images and representations from the gay white community, so they don’t feel like it involves them.

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Steve
  • Black & Decker

    Black & Decker

    Issue / Task: Joseph Galli, vice president of sales and marketing for Black and Decker has to decide which one of three marketing plans to use. Either plan need to take market share, in the Professional Tradesmen segment, away from current leader Makita. Black and Decker's strength in the consumer end did not benefit the Professional-Tradesmen segment. Some trades people viewed all Black and Decker products as in home only products and in some cases

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Classism in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Classism in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    As Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom indicates, an issue such as classism is not merely an ideology, but a way that differentiates the classes on a social and economic scale. Classism is reflected in the play where the people on the top feel they are naturally superior to those on the bottom, especially displayed through the set-up of the recording studio. Irvin and Sturdyvant are at the top of the economic scale and are characterized as

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Anna
  • Hip Hop and Black Women

    Hip Hop and Black Women

    Hip-hop is the latest expressive manifestation of the past and current experience as well as the collective consciousness of African-American and Latino-American youth. But more than any music of the past, it also expresses mainstream American ideas that have now been internalized and embedded into the psyches of American people of color over time. A part of the learned mainstream American culture is sexism and misogyny. Hip-hop culture is frequently condemned for its misogynistic exploitation

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    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Black Misportrayals

    Black Misportrayals

    I watch television and listen to the radio on a daily basis and am shocked by the portrayal of black America. Media makes it seem as if the black population is fine and content with the image that is constantly being displayed for the rest of the world. The most shocking thing is that the controllers of the black image aren’t black people of even from the black community. The oppression of black people

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    Essay Length: 601 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Top
  • American Black Literature Study of the Short Story " the Witness"

    American Black Literature Study of the Short Story " the Witness"

    The short story “the witness’ deals with the sheer feral malevolence of a gang of bright young boys who use their gift of manipulation for wicked effect. Their low disposition in life, “all we got is the crumbs, the leftovers, whatever the fat cats don’t want and cannot use” (Petry 1892) is no excuse for the assault of Woodruff and the rape of Nellie. Rape is an unthinkable act of cruelty and injustice as it

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    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Cat and the Hat

    Cat and the Hat

    Capital punishment has found use in nearly every society for crimes such as premeditated murder, treason, espionage, and even lesser military crimes like cowardice, mutiny, insubordination, and desertion. Most of Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa along with most of the United States continue to practice capital punishment; however, many European countries, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have completely abolished capital punishment. According to utilitarianism, punishment leads to the promotion of greater societal happiness by rehabilitating

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    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Vonnegut Social Commentary in Cats Cradle

    Vonnegut Social Commentary in Cats Cradle

    Social Commentary in Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle Kurt Vonnegut’s science fiction novel, Cat’s Cradle, is chocked full of social commentary, satirical humor, and an overall pessimistic view on American Society. Through the fictional religion Bokononism Vonnegut introduces us to John, a young man who is writing a book about the day the atomic bomb was dropped. His research led him to the late Dr. Felix Hoenikker, a brilliant scientist who was deemed the “father of

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    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Is Violence the Answer? the Black Panther Party

    Is Violence the Answer? the Black Panther Party

    Is Violence the Answer?: The Black Panther Party Organized in the 1960s at the height of the American Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panther Party emerged as a revolutionist group pioneering a strategy of militancy. The Party’s aims were to eliminate the discrimination challenging African-Americans in America since the time of slavery, and to protect their communities from police brutality. Inspired by contemporary radical leaders such as Malcolm X, the party recognized that in order

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Artur
  • Black Wall Street: The True Story

    Black Wall Street: The True Story

    Black Wall Street: The True Story 1. If anyone truly believes that the last April attack on the federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was the most tragic bombing ever to take place on United States soil, as the media has been widely reporting, they're wrong -- plain and simple. That's because an even deadlier bomb occurred in that same state nearly years ago. Many people in high places would like to forget that

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Max
  • Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century

    Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century

    Critical Reflection “ Uplifting the Race” Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century Uplifting the Race is a rather confusing yet stimulating study that goes over the rising idea and interests in the evolution of "racial uplift" ideology from the turn and through the twentieth century. In the first part of the book, Gaines analyzes the black elite obsession with racial uplift ideology and the tensions it produced among black intellectuals. Gaines

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The Black Death: From a Dark Past to a New Light

    The Black Death: From a Dark Past to a New Light

    Italian Renaissance Professor Piciche The Black Death: From a Dark Past to a New Light 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. According to records, it is estimated to have killed a third of

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Reconstructing the Black Woman

    Reconstructing the Black Woman

    Harriet Jacobs, as a black female slave, was able to successfully narrate her life story with earnest honesty while documenting the honorable and the shameful events from her past. Free black women from her time period had also published autobiographies about their own personal struggles as black women remaining virtuous, and maintaining a true Christian womanhood through the social adversities they faced daily. However, Jacobs chose to take a more honorable route by confessing all

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Black Women Clubs of Denver

    Black Women Clubs of Denver

    In this study you asked us to look more closely at the plight of African American women of the west and their impact on the community in which they lived. I found that most of the articles assigned were of little help in achieving this objective, in that a large amount of the articles did not give much mention of the effects of these women on their communities. However, I was able to find little

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Yan
  • Poe

    Poe

    Poe was a man that many to this day consider a lunatic an extreme individual with a love for the bizarre. Yet I consider him and a man with a great gift and knowledge of understanding the human conscience and mental thought patterns of people. His use of this gift was apparent in many of his works from black cat to writings such as the fall of the house of usher. His use of imagery

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Max
  • Cat in the Rain

    Cat in the Rain

    CAT IN THE RAIN In the short story ,writen by E. Hemingway, “CAT IN THE RAIN” , the main character George’ s wife sees a cat in the rain from the window of the room. She wants to bring the cat to the room but his husband is indifferent to her request and continues to read his newspaper. Although it seems as an ordinary event, there lies an important point under these lines which

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Janna
  • Black Hawk Down Movie Review

    Black Hawk Down Movie Review

    In the early 90’s, the united states sent a large number of Army Rangers and Delta Force troops to Mogadishu, Somalia. The reason they sent these troops was to put down the militia of Muhammad Farah Aidid. Over 1000 Somalia militia died in the battle and only 19 American troops died. Black Hawk Down correctly portrayed the events that happened at the battle of Mogadishu. Throughout the movie, soldiers say that they should not be

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey Black Beauty

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey Black Beauty

    MY REVIEW OF RE:CV: --------------------- Resident Evil Code Veronica for the Dreamcast has everything a Dreamcast owner could want in a game: Wonderful graphics, superb sound quality, an awesome storyline, and over 30 hours of gameplay to boot. Resident Evil Code Veronica (RE:CV) is the best survival horror game on the mass market, and everyone who owns a Dreamcast should own it. And so should everyone else. Graphics-10/10 The visuals in RE:CV are the some

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: regina
  • Black like Me

    Black like Me

    John Howard Griffin, both author of Black Like Me and prominent journalist, sets out to discover what life was really like as a black man in the Deep South. He darkened his skin, using sunlamps and medication, in order to study just that. He was most likely not ready for what he was about to embark upon, including harsh discrimination and denied civil rights. Griffin encounters many racial barriers that exist between whites and

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Jon
  • Black Mirror by Gail Jones

    Black Mirror by Gail Jones

    Black Mirror by Gail Jones How does the narrative construct the character and her childhood world as complex? The complexity of the character in �Black Mirror’ is constructed through the use of conventions to depict the conflict between her inner self and society. �Black Mirror’ is about a young girl, Anna, and her journey from childhood to adulthood, from the familiar to the unfamiliar respectively. The setting, plot line and the town’s environment help in

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Jack
  • Th Word Nigga and Who Is offensive Towards Blacks

    Th Word Nigga and Who Is offensive Towards Blacks

    The word “Nigga” and why it doesn’t offend me. From what I was taught this word “Nigga” came from way back in the day. You see that’s what a slave owner used to call us. But to me that is not a name like Susan and Joseph this word has a real meaning. But, if you look for “Nigger” in the dictionary it says it’s Slang: Extremely disparaging and Offensive. A person of any race

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Edgar

    Edgar

    Are we friends~* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *~or are we not?~* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *~You told me once~* * * * * * * * * * * * * *~But i forgot~* * * * * * * * * * * * * *~So tell me now~* * * * * * *

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Victor

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