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    The Media Portrays African American Males Unfairly Educators and parents are very aware that the images children see in the media leave an impression on them. How African American males are portrayed in the media can affect the way African American boys see themselves. Too often the media covers stories that portray African American males as failures and ignore all the progression of African American males in this country. In the last century black males have gone from slaves to become successful

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    Roosevelt’s New Deal was intended to help the economy get back on its feet from the Great Depression through his ideology of “economic planning and government spending to help the poor” (Nash 715). He proposed reform‚ relief‚ and recovery as a way of dividing and the programs that were to come that would correct some parts of the economy that allowed for the stock market crash of 1929. The Banking Act of 1933‚ a baking reform program under the New Deal‚ helped “strengthen the Federal Reserve system

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    The Great Depression started in 1929 and lasted for almost ten years. It was a very long‚ and tough ten years for everyone around in America. From the rich people to the poor people‚ everybody had it hard‚ but some had it harder than others. Even though it was over 80 years ago‚ people never forgot about the hard times they went through. There may have been lots of other economic depressions in the past that America has overcome‚ but this time‚ Americans’ lives changed forever. The Great Depression

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    During the Great Depression‚ there was little to no food for soldiers. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts were invented in the 1930s and it was a smashing hit. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts to this day is still a smashing hit. On July 13‚ 1937‚ the first Krispy Kreme store opened for business in Winston-Salem‚ North Carolina. The company’s success and quick rise to popularity were due both to the personal history of Vernon Rudolph‚ its owner‚ and the larger cultural history of doughnuts in America (and more specifically

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    CHAPTER 33 The Great Depression and the New Deal‚ 1933-1939 EXPANDING THE “VARYING VIEWPOINTS” Arthur M. Schlesinger‚ Jr.‚ The Age of Roosevelt: The Coming of the New Deal (1959). A view of the New Deal as a radical transformation: “By bringing to Washington a government determined to govern‚ Roosevelt unlocked new energies in a people who had lost faith‚ not just in government’s ability to meet the economic crisis‚ but almost in the ability of anyone to do anything. The feeling of

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    During the Great Depression there were many deaths. For example‚ starvation from the lack of food and many more of the deaths were caused by dust pneumonia. The Great Depression made people died‚ face discrimination‚ and bankruptcy. First‚ effect of the Great Depression was the large death count. One main factor‚ of these deaths was the dust pneumonia caused by the dust storm. A quote from the book‚ Out of the Dust‚ by Karen Hesse‚ “Pete Guymon took ill with dust pneumonia.” [140] Another‚ factor

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    The Great Depression The Great Depression took place in the1930s‚ and was known as the stock market crash. America’s economy dropped‚ and many people lost their jobs. Many people had little or no money. The stock market did not cause the Great Depression. The Great Depression started in 1929. Purchasing and construction dropped. Farmers were already in an economic depression before the Great Depression swept the nation. There were millions of

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    The Great Depression was the biggest economic crash that the United States has ever had. After the “Black Thursday” on September 3‚ 1929 stock market crash and right after that is when Franklin D. Roosevelt took over the new Presidency of the United States. During the Great Depression‚ millions of people became unemployed and homeless and a huge number of banks failed and closed. The new president Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ walked into a position that required immediate actions to help a suffering country

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    Gangs are portrayed on TV and in the movies as if they are totally evil‚ but in reality there are more positive aspects that are not shown. The media only shows gangs involved with drugs and the violence‚ and as a result the media has scared many people into believing that gangs will take over our cities if we do not stop them. The movie Colors and the TV show American Justice overwhelmingly portrays gangs as bad. The movie Colors displays the bad things in gangs like how easy it could be to join

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    The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was established during the Great Depression where some of the world’s toughest times were faced. On November second 1936 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was created. Although CBC was only created for the last three years of the time between the wars (1936-1939) it played a huge role in how the country grew together and changed forever. CBC provides national broadcasts in French and English on the radio (AM or FM) and on television. Broadcasting

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