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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 American History Adam Blumer HIS204: American History Since 1865 Jillmarie Murphy July 22‚ 2013 Heritage makes up a large portion of our History. Combine that heritage with race and you have a foundation for establishing different beginnings of races that can trace their early origins back to the beginning of the United States. A giant melting pot as it has been described due to all of the immigration that occurred in the early nineteenth century. African Americans have established

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    judgments. African American Cinema can sometimes be riddled with stereotypes and negativity of the race and culture. Seldom‚ there is a movie made about the African Americans in the journey into conceding in the corporate America. The obstacles they must endure and overcome just to be recognized as a credible employee for advancing for advancing employment. Convention The convention of the movies is the African American cast is faced with racism‚ prejudice‚ and unfair work practices. Many African Americans

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    decades of inequality and civil abuse. Reparations should be given to many races not just African Americans. African Americans have went through a mass amount of suffering for centuries‚ mental and physical stress. African Americans have suffered for centuries prior to “freedom” and were continued to be treated with extreme prejudice and a mast amount of inequality. It isn’t just about reparations for African Americans‚ it’s far much

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    AFRICAN AMERICAN Total numbers in the U.S. 8‚593‚287 total African-Americans in the US Information (source) Percent of the total U. S. population Information (source) Rate of growth 12.6% African American Average household size 1. African-American household size: 2. two-person family-3‚585‚316 or 41.7% 3. three or four-person family- 3‚769‚736 or 43.9% 4. five-person family or more- 1‚238‚235 or 14.4% 5. total African-American household size- 8‚593‚287 Average age of African-Americans: Males 31 years

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    Racial discrimination is the main and ongoing problem in the social life of Americans. When we look at the gap of incomes between White and African Americans‚ we can see the inequality between these two groups. In general‚ whites have more annual earnings than their black counterparts in America. Lori Ann Campbell and Robert L. Kaufman emphasized that the wealth determinants‚ which are the indicators of socio-economic status‚ have effected more on Whites than Blacks. And even when society is organized

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    These four include being‚ impulsive‚ major‚ Stereotypie‚ and compulsive. The one group of people who are most likely to self harm are African American teenagers‚ and African American girls are more likely to harm themselves than white girls. They also receive the least amount of treatment. This problem is also the least spoken about among African American families. Because of this a lot of people feel a sense of relief‚ or power when they harm themselves‚ whether it be by burning‚ punching

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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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    Many people believe that rap is a junction of African American and Caribbean cultural expressions. Rap artists also viewed their music through a historical sense and this is Africa. Africa is recognized as “the place of origin for the rap music tradition.” Many rap artists see their origins back to Africa for its performance practices. Godfather Afrika Bambaataa and Carson interviews insinuate that rapping is alike to the West African tradition. A book published in 1970s gave a different meaning

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    African-Americans were fed up with the inequality they faced throughout the state. In the 1960s‚ the Watts Riots broke out sparking violence throughout the city of Los Angeles and Watts neighborhood. African Americans we fed up with the housing discrimination‚ deteriorating and crowded neighborhoods‚ serious unemployment‚ police harassment‚ limited opportunities made worse by an insufficient education system‚ and increased poverty (Textbook‚ 525). As California entered the 1960s‚ the Civil Rights

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