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    United States when the African Americans came over from Africa as slaves. Throughout the years they have gained more and more rights. The Constitution says that all men are created equal but that never included women‚ immigrants‚ and slaves. Many people have gained several rights that they were not given at first. Nowadays people may say that equality is beginning to lessen‚ but others may disagree. President Barack Obama speaks on the behalf of equality amongst African Americans. Martin Luther King

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    Quite a few whites have supported African American progress in the military. Some whites have tried to prevent progress while most whites have not cared one way or the other. The white officers who commanded African American troops have tended to be the most supportive of African Americans within the military. These officers have frequently commended African American soldiers‚ sailors‚ and airmen for their bravery and heroism.(Moskos‚ Charles C. "Success Story: Blacks in the Military." The Atlantic

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    States for a long time‚ ever since African American were taken as slaves and forced to assimilate into the Western culture has made the relationship between African Americans and Caucasian very hateful. Those who integrate to the dominant culture were often forced to learn a new language‚ traditions‚ religion and norms. Progress has been made towards racial equality in the United States; unfortunately we still see discrimination taking place .African Americans have experience more oppression‚ hatred

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    In the 1900’s‚ there was a large population of African Americans who lived in the South. However‚ around 1910’s and 1920’s‚ they started moving out to other states. Some of them moved to other states looking for better jobs‚ while others moved looking for better education for themselves and their children. Some just wanted to escape the racism and the discrimination they were facing in the South. African Americans tried to go to the big Northern Cities because they thought they would have better

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    Running head: AFRICAN- AMERICAN ADOLESCENT MALES AND SUICIDE 1 An Exploration of the African- American Adolescent Male and Suicide Tonya V. Fentress Norfolk State University Author Note Tonya V. Fentress‚ Department of Interdisciplinary Studies‚ Norfolk State University. Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Tonya V. Fentress‚ Department of Interdisciplinary Studies‚ Norfolk State University‚ 700 Park Avenue‚ Norfolk‚ VA 23504.EMail: t.l.valentine@spartans.nsu

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    long drive ways and see green grass. You walk downtown and see most African American in the neighborhoods you see the building are close together with facilities around big companies‚

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    A Nursing Method to African American Heritage Abstract This paper explores the African American heritage and also identifies the significance of nurses being culturally aware‚ sensitive and competent when caring for people of African American heritage. Although these terms mentioned above are used interchangeably‚ they have different meanings. Cultural awareness is appreciating the external or material part of the culture‚ such as the music‚ arts‚ and physical characteristics

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    is an especially important in African American literature‚ because it shows readers many of the conditions African Americans had to face‚ unlike caucasians. Works such as Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson‚ “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston‚ and “Equal Opportunity” by Walter Mosey‚ show different settings‚ which allows for different points of view on how the typical African American lived. The setting plays a role in the African American experience by where the story

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    Watching the film 13th brought a lot of thinking as to how different African Americans were treated in the community because of the new laws throughout each presidency‚ the presidents created. Many African Americans were incarcerated throughout the years and it was a ridiculous amount of people in jail throughout each President’s term. These People were incarcerated for little things and most of them for nothing. The only topic that presidents talked about was crime and how it should be handle. The

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    white Americans are stereotyped by being called fat and lazy. My point is there are no exceptions to stereotypes‚ it is something everyone will have to live with in life because no one is perfect and we all have mistakes. In this essay I am going to go over the stereotype body image of African American women. Although it is not the same for all African American women‚ a majority are viewed this way. I am going to go over what people think

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