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    The 1920’s were very eventful‚ but there is one way to sum it up. Americans wanted life to return to how it was before‚ back to normal. It was after the first major world war‚ and people were filled with suspicion. Americans felt threatened by people with different views‚ especially by communists and anarchists. Workers went on strike‚ feeling underpaid and mistreated. They also formed unions with the. Many African Americans moved from the more rural south to the north; this was the Great Migration

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    African American Culture The African American culture is one of the more diverse cultures out there. Many of these people practice different beliefs. African Americans live in all parts of the world and just like other cultures African Americans have people that live in what is considered poverty some that are considered middle class and some considered upper class. African Americans come with a lot of interesting thing like the language they speak which is called Ebonics and all the different stereotypes

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    Prior to the Civil War‚ many African Americans were the minorities. They were not even considered citizens in the United States. During this period African American were slaves‚ working in fields and being servants for the white slave owners. During the year of 1861-1865‚ the union states were fighting the federate states in which the union won and slavery was later abolished. After this period‚ things for African Americans did not change. Blacks were segregated from whites‚ they were still considered

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    violence is different from many others‚ because as the passage says‚ the Native Americans were curious and friendly to strangers. They did not create any conflict and the Spaniards saw that as a weakness. Columbus and his men used violence to make the Native Americans into to their servants. This mindset continued with the Spaniards and the treatment of the Native Americans. Howard Zinn writes‚ " The cruel policy initiated by Columbus and pursued by his successors resulted

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    African Americans today constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated population‚ and one in three black males born today can expect to spend time in prison during his lifetime (“Criminal”‚ par.4).Since African Americans make up 13.3% of the American population‚ this number is incredibly high(Williams‚ par.1). These staggering numbers reveal how skewed and unequal the current justice system is. People deserves equal and consistent judgment in the court of law. African Americans

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    African Americans are trying their best to use their new level of freedom to thrive. “For we colored people did not know how to be free and the white people did not know how to have a free colored person about them (Houston Hartsfield)”. Both sides of the party were trying to get used to African Americans’ new found freedom and because of it they were still mistreated in ways they had more choice than

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    Through‚ the lapse in time the colonies became a nation and separated from their mainland to become the United States of America‚ this lead to colonist becoming Americans. During this time‚ many American colonist realized that slaves were people and deserved a better treatment. This being because of the assimilation of the African culture to the American culture. This lead to the idea of slaves being people as well and having the right to be free. As people came together‚ many colonists

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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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    Progression of African Americans The Historical History from 1865 to Present Ashford University Brendolynn Champlaie HIS204 American History Since 1865 Instructor Leslie Ruff January 4‚ 2011 African Americans had to endure so much just to survive‚ slavery‚ discrimination‚ violence‚ owning no property‚ not having equal rights‚ not even considered a citizen of the United States. Even with Emancipation of Proclamation‚ the Black Code they were not respected as truly being free. African Americans

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    Culture‚ which is a word that is very difficult to define‚ is very much engrained in the African people. The culture and art of African people expresses values‚ attitudes‚ and thoughts which help to represent the products of their past experiences and it also provides a way of learning about their history. Throughout this paper‚ you will learn about the culture and art of Africa and its people. As we begin to think about Africa and its‚ we must also consider how Western perceptions of "race" and

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