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    African American Museum

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    what it was like during a time you were not apart of or‚ in some cases‚ allow you to look back at a time you were apart of when you were very young. The African-American Museum of Long Island did a great job at presenting some of the many African-American contributions to society. In addition to presenting contributions from the African-American community‚ the museum was able to show us some of the struggle they were required to overcome as well. My favorite possession of the museum was Scott Joplin’s

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    battled one of the largest socio-tragedies known to man: racism. While this pestilent issue has affected many ethnic groups‚ the most publicly known is the racial discrimination concerning African Americans. By my reasoning‚ along with many sociologists and psychologists‚ racism is the root cause of African American race socialization. Race socialization is the theory of verbal and non-verbal messages being transmitted to specific ethnic groups for the positive or negative development of behaviors‚

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    Essential Works of the African American Vernacular Culture When thinking of musical genres such as jazz‚ blues‚ and hip-hop‚ most Americans do not realize that they are the essential components to the evolution of African American Vernacular Literature. In fact‚ it is the key factor that brought African American culture into the limelight in America. Since the first black peoples in America were slaves‚ and were not allowed to read or write‚ the African American Vernacular Traditions began as

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    wrote their reviews in 1855. A lot of changes have happened during the early 1850’s‚ especially for African Americans. Social practices in that day were also drastically different from the ones of modern-day America. Those social practices regard the roles in society of people based on class‚ gender‚ age‚ and race. In the 1850’s several historical events served as a stepping stone for African Americans. Everything started when in 1850’s The Fugitive Slave Law was passed which honored the rights of

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    African American Speech

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    To be African American in 2016 is frightening. You look at the news‚ read the paper‚ get on the internet and see nothing but blacks being killed or arrested. African Americans in the 21st century can be be frustrating‚ you get tired of seeing and hearing the same bad news. It’s heart breaking to know a white cop can kill an innocent black person and get away with it‚ It’s disappointing to witness black on black crime. I love being African American but it isn’t easy. If another race were to spend

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    of zoning ordinances to exclude African

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    African American Religion

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    The topic for discussion is the impact religion had between the African Americans and the Europeans that had migrated to Colonial America. This topic being very vast I will be focusing on specifically the Christian group the Puritans and the African American religion of Christianity. The argument that could be made is that even though both groups shared beliefs of the Christianity faith the Puritans lead a contradictory life style. The Puritans believed in being a Godly people extended a gospel message

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    decision on what they consider the type of music they listen to no matter what anyone else says. What is labeled Black Music today I think has very significant and important meaning to the African American culture because just like the article “Hell Yeah‚ There’s Still Slam-banging Black Music‚” African Americans don’t even have a country to call their own. I think having something simply as a type of music the Black’s created to call their own I don’t think should be a big deal at all and should not

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    African American Struggle

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    The Long Road Still Traveled: The African American Struggle Toward Equality Cecil Cousins HIS204: American History Since 1865 Professor Gregory Lawson September 24‚ 2012 United States history was made on January 20‚ 2009 when Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th resident of the United States of America. It was a very chilly day in Washington D.C.‚ but a day that many would travel from around the world to witness. Some estimates say that there were over a million people in attendance

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    African American Freedom

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    Freedoms in the nineteenth century Women‚ African Americans‚ and Native Americans in the nineteenth century did not have many freedoms. For women most men thought they were helpless and could not do most things that men would be able to do.This caused the men of the household to do the man work such as‚ go to work and come home expecting their every wish to be granted. On the other hand the woman had to clean‚ take care of the children and cook. Woman were essentially confined to the house and did

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