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    Black holes are a very interesting and fun topic to learn about! A black hole is a hole in space that sucks things in‚ not even light can get out. These holes pull forcely because stronge matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. Light can’t get out‚ so the human eye can not see them. Scientists use special equipment for seeing black holes. The tools can see how stars around the black hole act differently than the stars away from the black hole. Black holes were first discovered in 1916 by Karl

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    The Black Death The middle ages were a dark and scary time. They had everything broken down into groups of people. This system was called feudalism. The stages were broken into peasants next squire‚ knights‚ then onto kings. During this time something horrible happened‚ the black death occurred. The black death happened in the 1300s. The Black Death killed an extraordinary 25 million people in 2 years!!! This happened in Europe. According to the article Black Death‚ in ten years‚ it killed

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    world to count how many times I have heard the phrase “It’s because he is black.” It doesn’t matter if I am in school or even at the mall‚ I hear this statement‚ this stereotype. Stereotypes have always existed‚ but the emphasis of negative stereotypes forced onto the Black Community through different media outlets has put a strain on the Black Community. These negative stereotypes are weapons used by racist people to keep the black community socially and economically oppressed. Phrases like “they are

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    BLACK MEN AND PUBLIC SPACES In “Black Men and Public Spaces” Brent Staples reveals his experiences with different individuos in all kind of public areas. Staples talk about how people stereotype black men as a violent and dangerous individuals because of their appearance and the color of their skin. In the past when black men was associated with the word murderer or thieves or rapist or all kind of bad things people were afraid on being next to them. When Staples started the story saying

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    Black Like Me and Crash In 1959 John Howard Griffin‚ the author of the book Black Like Me‚ disguised himself as an African American and decided to go live out in society to see what it would be like to be a black man. The book Black Like Me is his documentation of that experience. His story spread around the world and he got a lot of praise from people around the world‚ but he also got a good amount if hate from the white power groups who were quite prevalent at the time. Now‚ much time has passed

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    In the story “Black Men and Public Space” Brent Staples describes the racial discrimination‚ the treatment of black men in the United States. He includes some personal experience and stories of other black people. In his case‚ one particular occasion makes him realize that he‚ like many black men‚ is treated as a potential troublemaker even though he has always been a quiet and smart person. Staples states that black men came to this world with the inheritance-with the ability to alter public space

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    The Souls of Black Folk Review Stephen Fortson Tiffin University W.E.B. Du Bois is one of not only the greatest American philosophers but African American philosophers brought up during the Civil Rights era. Du Bois born in Barrington‚ Massachusetts to a mother and father that were a part of the free black population. During this particular time of the 1800s‚ blacks had no rights for the most part until the end of the Civil war‚ and even then segregation limited the amount of equality

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    The Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller-horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman‚ Vincent Cassel and Mila Kunis. The plot revolved around a production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The written production is required role of a ballerina to play the innocent and fragile White Swan‚ which the committed dancer‚ Nina‚ is a perfect fit for‚ but she also has to play the role ad the dark and sesual Black Swan‚ which

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    The artwork presented here Old Black Joe by Horace Pippin‚ is a 24 by 30 inch oil on canvas that has been kept in prime condition for years. Created in the year 1943‚ this painting was made in the year where the Second Great Migration was happening as millions of African Americans leave the South and head to Northern‚ and Midwestern cities. Other events of this time include Chambers v. Florida‚ and the 1943 Detroit Race riots erupt in Detroit‚ Michigan. This painting also has a huge possibility of

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    describes a vision of black culture. The theme of black culture is described by a story without a plot. The culture targets whites and blacks‚ restrain and spontaneity‚ bitterness and joy‚ civilization and naturalness. During this time in America‚ the White used to go to listen to Jazz music as they watched the black people dancing. They moved from their homes to a place known as Harlem to meet the black intellectuals. The book‚ Banjo‚ questions the difference between the blacks and whites life and

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