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    Please show how Segregation shaped the lives of African Americans during the time frame 1870-1920. Please examine all faucet of society under slavery to support your argument. In the year of 1870‚ it was the re invention of slavery. America could not be built without economic. The south was still a negative place and they failed to accept blacks. After decades of discrimination‚ the voting rights act of 1965 aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels

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    African Americans in the Civil War In the history of the United States‚ discrimination was something that African Americans faced painfully in the Civil War era and which continues to happen on a milder scale in today’s society. When African Americans first came to America‚ they were forced to perform manual labor against their will. Greedy‚ rich‚ lazy Americans called themselves superior to the “different‚ dark-skinned” people who slowly became slaves to the whites. In bondage‚ they received

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    hundreds of thousands of blacks from the South to Chicago‚ where they became an urban population. Where: South Side of Chicago Why: blacks created churches‚ community organizations‚ important businesses‚ and great music and literature. African Americans of all classes built community on the South Side of Chicago for decades before the Civil Rights Movement. Their goal was

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    Tina V. Young ENG 550 Dr. Kimmie Knuckles October 18‚ 2012 Introduction African American Vernacular English‚ which is also known as the African American Language‚ Black Vernacular‚ Black Vernacular English‚ or simply Black English has been defined as an African American variety dialect (a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology‚ grammar‚ and vocabulary‚ and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically

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    perfect example of the effect that the American Revolution had on African American people. The American Revolution was the “Great Awakening” for African Americans‚ because it was the spark to the coming Civil War. In Lecture 10 it was said that the slaves felt “inspired to fight”‚ and who could blame them? Dunmore’s Proclamation was not only a call for slaves to join the fight‚ but it was hope for freedom. African Americans used the ideology of the American Revolution to their advantage‚ and used

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    In the Beginning of the 16th century‚ Africans were enslaved and brought to the United States of America. Separated from their history and language‚ African Americans somehow managed to preserve their spirit for music. The music helped to increase productivity in the daily task and reduce the feeling for sadness. The blues was created by African American communities in the deep South of the United States. It started in the 19th century and continued to make its way in the future. The blues was everywhere

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    African Americans from 1865 Sandelle Studway HIS204 Joseph Scahill 01/22/13 African Americans from 1865 African Americans have fought a great battle to become a part of society in America. Since being taken from African as slaves in the 1600’s there has been a continuous battle for equality since. Since the end of slavery Black Americans have had many accomplishments along with hardships. In this paper I will discuss some of the Major events in African American history beginning with the end

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    Anderson HIST 3060 February 25‚ 13 African Americans and the Civil War The role African Americans played in the outcome‚ and the road to the outcome of the Civil War was immense. The fact that the south had slaves and the north did not played an enormous role in the issues. The north wanted to abolish slavery‚ and the south did not and after the war started this became one of the main reasons for the Civil War. Since most African Americans could not read or write‚ this made them an easy

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    Reparations of African Americans Teresa Burk Due to the fact that many African-Americans cannot trace their genealogy back more than three generations‚ It would be extremely difficult to distinguish between those who are descended from Freemen and those descended from Slaves. Therefore‚ although it should have some impact on reparations‚ we must take into account those who cannot trace their genealogy( approximately 3/4th of African- Americans). We also must remember that in essence‚ no African-Americans

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    Once slavery had been around in America for a couple of years the Africans influenced some of the European cuisine. During the early stages of slavery Africans wanted to escape to be free. Spain knew about that and since Spain did not like America they declared that any slave that managed to run away and reach St.Augustine would be free. Once most of the Africans heard about this they all tried to go to St.Augustine‚ while some succeeded many did not. For those that succeeded they managed to formulate

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