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    Black Death

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    ThThe Black Death” is the name that was given to a disease called the bubonic plague which was widespread during fourteenth century. The plague according to modern biomedical science was a severe infection of the lymphatic system caused by Pasteurella petis‚ a bacillus carried principally by fleas that thrive on animals‚ particularly rodents such as rats. At the beginning of the outbreak‚ the cause of the plague was attributed to bad air‚ some kind of generalized pestilential miasma (Patel‚ 2011)

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    Black Culture

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    During the Harlem Renaissance‚ writers‚ especially black ones‚ portrayed the black culture and style in their writing. They used black assumptions‚ generalizations and stereotypes to show‚ what they thought was‚ the black culture. Not all of this was far from the truth. Three writers‚ Zora Neale Hurston‚ Langston Hughes‚ and Sterling Brown are examples of writers that emulated black culture in their works. Langston Hughes works‚ “”The Negro Speaks of Rivers‚” “Mother to Son‚” “When Sue Wears Red

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    Black Nationalism

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    The Title: DuBois and Black Nationalism The Epigraph: "The colored people are coming to face the fact quite calmly that most white Americans do not like them‚ and are planning neither for their survival‚ nor their definite future" W.E.B. DuBois "A Negro Nation within the Nation" The Premise: Black Nationalism is a pragmatic solution for the success and survival of the oppressed African Americans. The Argument: Black Nationalism is defined by Karenga‚ as the political belief and practice

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    Black Politics

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    will address the position of black politician when it comes to race consciousness and deracialization‚ through the past‚ present and future. My position is to focus on how racial consciences used by politicians throughout the years have made it possible for politicians today to even having the option of running a deradicalized campaign and will still be a key ideology for the future. Going back to the Reconstruction Era until the mid 1980’s the identity of the black politician was very distinct

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    Black Death

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    Background Research Source One: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/black_death_of_1348_to_1350.htm Notes: ❖ The Black Death started in 1348 ❖ The Black Death was also known as ‘The Bubonic Plague’ ❖ The Black Death had a major effect on England’s social structure which lead to the ‘Peasant’s Revolt’ ❖ The Black Death was spread by flees on rats ❖ The Bubonic plague spread quickly because all the people walked in the streets‚ packed together and none of

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    Black Women

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    RESILANCEY IN BLACK WOMAN The act of resistance and defiance is one of the most used human reactions that we as Americans often use this to express ourselves in society today. These reactions are also used when some one fee3ls that they are being treated unfairly or in an unjust manner. America is supposed to be a land of equal value and opportunity when it comes to being human. Obviously this is not the way that things are in society today but things were a lot worse off not so long ago. From

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    The Black Death

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    Killer: The Black Death This paper analyzes the documentary film "Secrets of the dead-Mystery of the Black Death". This film discusses about the Black Death‚ a disease resulting from a combination of bubonic and pneumonic plague‚ which killed millions of Europeans during the Middle Ages. Researchers in this video clarify the origins of this pandemic/how it spread‚ the damage it caused on the whole European continent‚ the theory explaining how some people managed to escape the Black Death and

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    Black People

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    1930s‚ although 50% of the population of Southern towns were black‚ they had no vote and could not marry whites. Also in the 1930’s‚ many black people lived in the southern states. During that time‚ racism reached its highest point. For instance‚ the whites treated the blacks very poorly because they thought that the blacks were lower than them. Therefore‚ the blacks had to fight for the right to be treated equally. As a result‚ black people had to face the Jim Crow Laws and the Ku Klux Klan.

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    The Black Death

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    THE BLACK DEATH! What Is The Black Death? The Black Death is a disease that went on for over 5 years. It also spread around a wide range of places! It killled and harmed thousands upon thousands of people and had no mercy. If you were to sadly catch the Black Death‚ you would DEFINITELY die and there was many cures and causes however none of the causes actually worked also all of causes were thought to be a punishment from God. Once you knew you had the Black Death

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    The Hands Of The Blacks

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    The Hands of the Blacks By Luis Bernardo Honwana I can‘t remember now how we got onto the subject‚ but one day Teacher said that the palms of the black‘s Hands were much lighter than the rest of their bodies because only few centuries ago they walked around on all fours‚ like wild animals‚ so their palms Weren’t exposed to the sun‚ which made the rest of their bodies darker and darker. I thought of this when Father Cristiano told us after cathechism that we were absolutely hopeless‚ and that even

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