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  • Effects of the Crusades and the Black Deaths on Medieval Society

    Effects of the Crusades and the Black Deaths on Medieval Society

    What Effect did the Crusades and the Black Deaths have on Medieval European Society/ Did the Effects Differ According to Region? Before the Crusades began Europe was isolated in many regards, but especially to trade. However, in the beginning, the Crusades started as a way for nobles to get out their frustrations and to stop feuding against one another and "Pope Urban may well have believed that the Crusade[s] would reconcile and reunite Western and

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    Essay Length: 776 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Audience Perception of the Stereotypical Black Image on Television

    Audience Perception of the Stereotypical Black Image on Television

    Audience Perception of the Stereotypical Black Image on Television In the introduction to the section on understanding social control in Race, Class, and Gender in the United States, Paula Rothenberg states “The most effective forms of social control are always invisible”(507). One of the most prevalent forms of invisible social control the creation and perpetuation of stereotypes. Studies have shown that stereotypes can become so ingrained in the minds of those exposed to them that

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    Essay Length: 2,880 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Black Death and English Higher Education

    The Black Death and English Higher Education

    The Effect of the Black Death on English Higher Education by: William J. Courtenay is a piece that was easily broken down and ciphered into a well written piece that discredits previous historians’ thoughts. Courtenay is a well known scholar on medieval history, and is C.S. Haskins Professor of Medieval history. His article is a predeceasing article to the book he wrote Schools and Scholars in Fourteenth-Century England. Courtenay’s thesis in the article is that

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    Essay Length: 676 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: July
  • Black Holes

    Black Holes

    Black Holes Since their theoretical existence was first proposed in 1783 by English geologist John Michell, black holes have remained one of astronomy’s greatest mysteries. In his paper to the Royal Society of England, Michell explained that a star approximately 500 times greater in diameter than our sun and of the same density would have an escape velocity (the speed at which an object must travel in order to break free from a body’s gravitational

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    Essay Length: 712 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Black Robe Movie Critique

    Black Robe Movie Critique

    Black Robe’ Movie Critique ‘Black Robe’ is the story of a young Jesuit Priest from France who embarks on a religious journey to convert, to Christianity, the Aboriginal tribes of New France. Set primarily in Ontario during the mid 1630’s, Father Lafargue travels from Quebec via the Ottawa River to the home of the Huron people in what is now referred to as the Simcoe Region of South Central Ontario. He is aided by

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Black Out

    Black Out

    I hear the alarm screaming at me from the other side of the room. Any other day I would not be happy to hear the alarm but today I really didn’t mind it too much. As I sit up in bed I hear someone coming up the stairs. I look over to see Morgan dragging up the stairs like a zombie. She has never been much of a morning person. Slowly she walks over and

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • Black and Chinese Americans

    Black and Chinese Americans

    In the present day, people view America as a land where everyone can be seen equal to one another, but this was not always the case. In the 1800s black and Chinese Americans went through a ruthless period of discrimination, due to the white man’s ignorance. Even though the Chinese and blacks were singled out they both were treated differently but also had many similarities. Harsh treatment, long hours, and extremely low wages were

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Blacks and Whites in Movies

    Blacks and Whites in Movies

    The object of this paper is to portray the role of African Americans and Whites in modern contemporary films. It is evident that there has been a great deal of effort in the integration of black people into American society. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has strived to undo the ties of segregation and disenfranchisement of African Americans. The NAACP has used several strategies to overturn segregation rules and obtain

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    Essay Length: 1,824 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Bred
  • Black Slaves and Religion

    Black Slaves and Religion

    Black Slaves and Religion One of the first things that attracted the African American slaves to Christianity was a way of obtaining the salvation of theirs souls based on the Christian’s idea of a future reward in heaven or punishment in hell, which did not exist in their primary religion. The religious principles inherited from Africa sought purely physical salvation and excluded the salvation of the soul. However, they did believe in one supreme God,

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Artur
  • Black Holes

    Black Holes

    A black hole is an object with a concentration of mass great enough that the force of gravity prevents anything from escaping from it except through quantum tunneling behavior. The gravitational field is so strong that the escape velocity near it exceeds the speed of light. This implies that nothing, not even light, can escape its gravity, hence the word "black." The term "black hole" is widespread, even though it does not refer to a

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Edward
  • I’m Black and I’m Proud

    I’m Black and I’m Proud

    Black History speech: I'm Black and I'm Proud As we come to the close of another black History Month, we have been reflecting upon our heritage. Upon such people as Chrispus Atticks, Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglas, George Washington Culver, Dr. Charles Drew, Thurgood Marshal, Malcolm X, and of course Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and many, many more. And as we remember and review these names we realize that in any other society this would

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    Essay Length: 868 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Blacks Vs. Indians

    Blacks Vs. Indians

    Compare and Contrast Essay There are many differences and similarities between the way that the federal government has treated Indians and blacks. Some could say that Blacks and Indians have dealt with two very similar pasts. It seems that Indians have dealt westward expansion and blacks have dealt more with blatant racism. But no matter how you look at both of races were being harassed by white English men everyday of their lives. Being persecuted

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Monika
  • Black Boy

    Black Boy

    Bruce Bryant 9/9/04 15/16 English II “He came like a sledge sledgehammer, like a giant out of a mountain with a sledgehammer, writing with a sledgehammer…” - John Henry Clark This quote has a very important meaning because it defines the meaning of Richard Wright’s story BlackBoy. This quote and the story both have something in common, such as the first line of the quote that talks about how some person came like a sledgehammer.

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    Essay Length: 471 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Black Holes

    Black Holes

    For ages people have been determined to explicate on everything. Our search for explanation rests only when there is a lack of questions. Our skies hold infinite quandaries, so the quest for answers will, as a result, also be infinite. Since its inception, Astronomy as a science speculated heavily upon discovery, and only came to concrete conclusions later with closer inspection. Aspects of the skies which at one time seemed like reasonable explanations are now

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Stenly
  • What Is the White Powder?

    What Is the White Powder?

    What is the White Powder? The "white powder" is comprised of a group of elements in a monatomic state. David Hudson calls them "ORMEs" for "orbitally-rearranged monatomic elements." This is a new phase of matter with entirely different physical properties from normal elements. Conventional chemistry texts have been of little value in explaining ORMEs. Hudson explains the concept in his video tapes. However, there are ambiguities, unclear statements, and contradictions among his various videos. The

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Black Culture and Black History;do They Come as a Package?

    Black Culture and Black History;do They Come as a Package?

    Black Culture and Black History;Do They Come as a Package? Clinton Collins, is an African- American who feels that black history is not being appreciated as much as it should be. In his commentary, "Love it and Leave it," he elucidates america's stance on black culture and history. He analyzes that white people have continued to adopt the black culture yet they pay no attention to where the culture came from or who gave rise

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Yan
  • Jews and Blacks

    Jews and Blacks

    In the book Jews and Blacks the authors Cornel West and Michael Lerner attempt to solve some of the problems and tension that have turned Black against Jews, and Jews against Blacks. What ethnic groups have suffered the most? They asked. It was believed that Jews and Blacks have been some of the most oppressed people in America and the world. This factor has linked these two groups as allies and enemies. The Civil Rights

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Artur
  • "essie Mae" Struggles of a Black Woman from Mississippi

    "essie Mae" Struggles of a Black Woman from Mississippi

    “Essie Mae” Struggles of a Black Woman from Mississippi In the young life of Essie Mae, she had a rough childhood. She went through beatings from her cousin, George Lee, and was blamed for burning down her house. Finally Essie Mae got the nerve to stand up for herself and her baby sister, Adline as her parents were coming in from their work. Her dad put a stop to the mistreatment by having her

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Kevin
  • The Black Hole

    The Black Hole

    The Black Hole Everyday I wonder what is out there. The universe that we live in is so diverse and unique, and it interests us to learn about all the things that lie beyond our grasp. Our universe holds a mystery that is very difficult to understand because of the complications that arise when trying to examine and explore the principles of space. That mystery happens to be that of the black hole. Hopefully I

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    Essay Length: 1,147 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Black Panthers, Hero's of the Black Community

    The Black Panthers, Hero's of the Black Community

    The Black Panther party for Self-Defense was an African American organization that was founded to promote civil rights and self-defense. It was active within the United States between the late 1960’s into the 1970’s. It was founded in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in October of 1966. The Black Panther Party was originally founded to further the African American civil rights movement and to fill the void in leadership amongst the

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: David
  • Black Skin White Mask

    Black Skin White Mask

    Frantz Fanon’s was a French psychiatrist and revolutionary writer, whose writings had profound influence on the radical movements in the 1960s in the United States and Europe. He was born in 1925, to a middle class family in the French colony of Martinique. In 1943, Frantz left Martinique, when he volunteered to fight with the Free French in the Second World War. He remained in France after the war to study medicine and psychiatry on

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    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Love and Death in Black Orpheus

    Love and Death in Black Orpheus

    Ashley Milton English 1020 Love and Death in Black Orpheus May 10, 2004 paper no. 4 In fiction or reality being overly ambitious can cause one to yield to the evils of temptations. In Black Orpheus the myth fits into the story because it demonstrates the extremes an individual will endure to regain lost love, and relive the past. In the movie Orpheus and Eurydice both experience a case of “love at first at

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Bred
  • Crack Cocaine Vs, Powder Cocaine

    Crack Cocaine Vs, Powder Cocaine

    The Disparities between Crack Cocaine and Powder Cocaine The Disparities between Crack and Powder Cocaine Coca is a leafed plant that grows in the eastern slopes of the Andes. Cocaine is the world’s most powerful stimulant made naturally. This plant has been used be Indians for at least 5000 years. Traditionally, the leaves of the coca plant have been chewed for social, mystical, medicinal and religious purposes. Columbia is the lead producer of cocaine

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: David
  • Racism, Prisons, and the Future of Black America

    Racism, Prisons, and the Future of Black America

    Racism, Prisons, and the Future of Black America I came upon an article bearing the above title after entering the word ‘race’ into my web browser search bar. After skimming through the article, I became interested in the topic and decided it would be worthy for using in my Race in the Media Analysis. The topic mentioned is that of the staggering number of Blacks within American prisons. In the year the article was published

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: regina
  • The Black Panther Party

    The Black Panther Party

    The Black Panthers aren’t talked about much. The Panthers had made a huge difference in the civil rights movement. They were not just a Black KKK. They helped revolutionize the thought of African Americans in the U.S. The Black Panther had a huge background of history, goals, and beliefs. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, Ca 1966, founded the Panthers. They were originally as an African American self defense force and were highly

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    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: Janna

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