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    Gilbert “Gil” Scott Heron was an African-American poet and musician renowned for his spoken word on political and social issues in the United States. One of Heron’s most famous works was The Revolution will not be televised published in 1970 with his band group “Black & Blues”. The poem was not initially considered poetry instead it was considered a song‚ until its spoken word by Heron. During the 1970’s‚ President Nixon‚ a biased and unreasonable leader‚ had control of America. Many bills were passed

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    historical events. One song type that has become a significant part of music and society is spirituals. Spirituals are religious folksongs created by Africans who were brought forcefully to South America as slaves to work on plantations‚ between the 1600s to the 1870s. Slaves were restricted from their freedom of expression and they faced hardships. To survive these times‚ slaves inclined towards music and the African culture gave birth to a new musical genre‚ spirituals. Since slaves were allowed

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    African Americans today constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated population‚ and one in three black males born today can expect to spend time in prison during his lifetime (“Criminal”‚ par.4).Since African Americans make up 13.3% of the American population‚ this number is incredibly high(Williams‚ par.1). These staggering numbers reveal how skewed and unequal the current justice system is. People deserves equal and consistent judgment in the court of law. African Americans

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    More than three decades after the majority of the African nations declared their independence‚ there remains‚ still‚ no consensus on the legacy of colonialism. With most of Africa still struggling to stand on its own‚ the rattle of debate continues as to what exactly the effects of colonialism were on Africa. Colonialism had torn apart formerly neighborly kingdoms‚ yet it had also created relationships betweens tribes which had not previously existed. It had introduced Africa to the industrial age

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    Progression of African Americans The historical progression of African Americans has been one of great trials‚ tribulations‚ and triumph. The ancestors of African Americans fought long and hard to overcome obstacles on every hand. It was not an easy journey to say the least. From the slave house to the White House‚ African Americans have made significant progress from 1865 to the present time. In this paper‚ I will discuss the different issues that African Americans faced throughout history

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    African Slave Trade Slaves were always a major trade during the sixteen hundreds to the eighteen hundreds due to the face t that they were beneficial to the growth of sugar cane plantations and mining all around the world except for in the Americas. Angola had not only their African influences‚ but there were also some Portuguese influences to them too. Portuguese‚ in Angola during the sixteen hundreds to the eighteen hundreds‚ imperial societies of slavery and slave trading was unlike one we are

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    As a result of the British motives of spreading Christianity‚ most Igbo people lost their faith in their native religion and the African traditional society eventually fell apart. To accomplish their purpose of altering the beliefs of the natives of Mbanta‚ several white missionaries tried to influence the villagers by claiming that “[They] have been sent by this great God to ask you to leave your wicked ways and false gods and turn to Him so that you may be saved when you die” (Achebe 145). The

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    sugarcane‚ coconuts‚ bananas‚ asian rice‚ and vegetables. Another effect is slavery; they used slaves to break up the salt so it could be traded. Also trading had a major effect on Islam. According to document 8 “ The leaders became integrated into African societies by playing religious‚social‚and political roles similar to those of traditional priests”(447). This means Muslim leaders kind of move in and just sprinkled their religion around until people caught on. And by learning this new religion it opened

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    Tina V. Young ENG 550 Dr. Kimmie Knuckles October 18‚ 2012 Introduction African American Vernacular English‚ which is also known as the African American Language‚ Black Vernacular‚ Black Vernacular English‚ or simply Black English has been defined as an African American variety dialect (a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology‚ grammar‚ and vocabulary‚ and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically

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    Hyunuk Oh Trauma‚ memory‚ and forgiveness John Weaver November 20‚ 2013 The Slavery of African Americans Slavery in the United States has been practically glorifying prejudice based on race. In fact‚ most of the slaves have been African Americans. Also‚ the slavery in all across North America has had existed for about 168 years. By 1804‚ most of the Northern states abolished slavery institution‚ but the invention of cotton gin in 1793 increased the use of slaves in the South. However‚ after

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