ethnic backgrounds. After The Civil War there were Jewish‚ African American‚ Italian and Irish gangs in New York. Chinese gangs appeared in California in the mid 1800s. Philadelphia reported gangs as early as 1840. Between then and 1870 Philadelphia became home to over 100 street gangs. This is also the time when gangs started to use clothing for the sake of distinctiveness. Chicago became a type of gang capital during the 1920s‚ with a total of about 1‚300 gangs and about 25‚000 gang members. Immigration
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The Jazz Age lasted from 1915-1935‚ and the music created during that time period has left a lasting impression on American pop culture. The music still has a large fan base‚ and can be found in numerous books and movies. Biographies and movies have been made about people like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington‚ who made huge contributions to jazz. However‚ many of jazz artists from that time period died without much money or fame. Jazz originated in New Orleans‚ and traveled on to Chicago and New
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African American culture is so diverse and it is still evolving as we speak. Our history has such a strong and inspiring story. From our ancestors being enslaved to the Civil War and Emancipation‚ and so much more. Unfortunately‚ our history hasn’t been taught from an African American standpoint nor is it really being taught in our school systems. Yet‚ being able to have the experience to actually analysis and see our true history is just amazing. What some may know as the New Negro Movement‚ the
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integrated and appreciated greater rights than did later generations of slaves. However‚ African slaves also saw the transformation to Christianity as a path to freedom. In the early years of arrival and settlement in the New World‚ for instance‚ refugee slaves from South Carolina‚ ran for Florida‚ where the Spanish promised them freedom as a reward for their conversion to the highly regarded religion‚ Christianity. Slaveholders in some of the American colonies became incredibly fearful that the Christianization
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substantial part of African American society since it emerged in the 70’s. Hip-Hop was created as a musical expression of the low and middle working class of African Americans. Social‚ economic‚ political views along with the condition of African American lives are expressed through hip-hop. The cultural aspect of hip-hop contains various different aspects of its significance on society. The historical aspect of hip-hop contains information about how hip-hop was created and how it evolved. Culturally
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Enslaved African Americans were brought from Africa to America work as servants for the Dutch. They were forced to cook‚ clean‚ work in the fields‚ care for the family that enslaved them‚ and leave their own families behind. Over 22 million people fought in the Civil War‚ and “approximately 620‚000 soldiers died from combat‚ starvation‚ and common diseases.” Within those millions of people that fought were African Americans
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The Fight for Equality The 1920s were a time of struggle‚ pride‚ fear‚ and creativity for African Americans. Following WWI‚ blacks fought for the conditions and rights that they were given while fighting in Europe. They fought through countless riots and murders to push for equality. They migrated across the country to escape the horrid conditions of the South. They created an entirely new cultural movement that spread like wild fire. African Americans of the 1920s created a momentous movement
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Imagine you’re surrounded by a hot and dusty land. No matter where you look all you see is desert. Your resources are limited. Where will your next meal come from? How will you make a shelter when all you see for miles are dead trees and cacti? This is what it may have been like to live as a Native American nomadic tribe member living in the Southwest. The Apache and Navajo people had to be incredibly resourceful and resilient to live in a region that didn’t have as many resources as other regions
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African Americans in the 1920s * “Cast down your bucket where you are. Cast it down among the eight millions of Negroes…” – Booker T. Washington‚ 1895 Atlanta Compromise Throughout US history‚ there is an abundance of racism‚ segregation and discrimination towards the African American people. In 1619‚ the first African slaves were brought to Jamestown to produce tobacco‚ tea‚ cotton‚ coffee and other precious commodities. In this time period‚ 12 million Africans were forcibly transported
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There are many things that an American student must do to contribute to American culture. American culture today is a melting pot of the best and worst parts of every other culture. In order to have the culture be the best it can be the young in American society must have good values. Though society helps shape the values found in American culture‚ three values remain constant for the young American: a person must be a good listener‚ have respect‚ and be a hard worker. Respect is one of the many
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