First African-American Public School Principal in Boston Passes Away Photo Credit: Pinterest Gladys Wood made history when she became Boston’s first African-American public school principal. She was a pioneer in the school administration and a math teacher at Dearborn Elementary in Roxbury. Although she was offered to transfer to a junior high school‚ she declined the opportunity and cited that she had too many things to fix first. In Dearborn‚ some of the remedial teachers had to work in back
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During the start of the transatlantic slave trade‚ African religious beliefs and practices were varied and large in number. A great portion of the continent had‚ for centuries‚ fallen under Islamic influence. Regardless of this diversity‚ there were some common threads across different cultural groups. For example‚ West African societies shared a belief in an omnipotent creator‚ a chief immortal among less powerful gods‚ to whom they prayed and made sacrifices. Through laws and customs honoring the
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The Native-American and African-American communities in the united states have undergone countless adversities since before the birth of America. The South held a stronghold on the institution of slavery‚ while American colonists robbed the indigenous people of their land and culture. After the civil war‚ however‚ the conditions of both groups changed dramatically. The residual tribes were driven to reservations and the slaves were freed. In the years immediately succeeding the war‚ blacks‚ due to
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Introduction The second half of 19th century and early 20th century was a period of reforms in Russia. Economic modernization and political changes were extremely desired. This period is one of the most important in History of Russia because it was a time of great change. Western influence spread new ideas throughout the empire. Russia was making attempts to strengthen its status on a world wide level‚ however‚ it was struggling to make transition from communism to democracy and to catch
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Jews and the Renaissance In the early 16th century‚ as Jews fled antisemitism in numerous European countries‚ many landed in the thriving cities of Italy. Jewish merchants‚ doctors‚ and scholars grasped the opportunity to be involved in the prosperous Renaissance movement‚ while at the same time faced the challenges their successes prompted. Although Jews were persecuted during the times of the Italian Renaissance‚ they also flourished economically‚ artistically and scientifically which lead to
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community. Black lives were much tougher in the South because of all the discrimination against them. Whites and blacks were not allowed to socialize. The Jim Crow affected the daily lives of blacks in the South because of legalized segregation‚ voting restrictions‚ and the Separate Car Act and the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision helped further segregation with supporting separate-but-equal laws‚ stated that the Separate Car Act was constitutional‚ and it made segregation legal. The Jim Crow
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In addition‚ the United Nation. troops lost the lives of 150‚000 soldiers‚ of which 140‚000 were Americans. The Chinese Army lost nearly 900‚000 soldiers. In the mid 1951‚ the two countries decided on the arm justice and took them at least to years for the conference. As the result of the armistice‚ it divided korea upon its
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support the war. In order to produce more material in a small amount of time‚ new technologies was developed to help manufacturers take on the needs of the government and the great unwashed‚ and employment became readily available for women and African Americans. Young men saw the war not in terms of slaughter‚ but inward opportunity. This was a big adventure that would cease college students in Germany literally left their classrooms together and went to the army recruiting station and volunteered.
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Earth. The reason why animals are seen as Elder brothers and sisters in Indigenous culture is because‚ as Gehl references Basil Johnston‚ animals have a unique skill called pre-knowledge that humans do not have so “humans must learn from‚ and cannot live without‚ animal beings” (Gehl‚ 2017‚ p. 93). However‚ the influx of European settlers affected the harmony between human and animals. The Europeans brought discrimination and racialization toward Aboriginal peoples by taking away basic rights‚ enforcing
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going up. However‚ the euphoria was not meant to last for too long. Due to the investors‚ stock brokers‚ as well as average people’s overconfidence in the 1930’s stock market‚ society overlooked the dark clouds that gathered on the horizon of the American economy. It was beautiful day before a storm. The “black days” was a moment in history when the stock market crashed‚ causing America to fall into the Great Depression. Fortunes crumble and an “average joe” was left jobless and facing
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