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    The documentary‚ ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America‚ focused on the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic amongst the black community in the United States. Historically‚ AIDS was first stereotyped as a disease of gay white men. Many blacks ignored it and felt they were omitted to contracting the virus based off what was portrayed in the press as a white epidemic. In the late 80s and early 90s‚ the widespread of poverty in black communities exacerbated everything about the AIDS crisis. Approximately‚ 40 percent

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    As a black‚ female writer during the Harlem Renaissance‚ Zora Neale Hurston derives feminist themes of identity and empowerment through representing black women in her novel‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God (TEWWG). The novel centers on Janie Crawford’s life experiences the search for her sense of identity and self-empowerment in a society that marginalizes black women. Hurston represents black women as part of the lower social class through the women referenced in each of Janie’s marriages: Nanny‚

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    The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois is a compilation of essays based on African American culture. Du Bois goes into depth into African American history‚ utilizing two terms pertaining into looking deeper into African American identity – “double consciousness” and the “veil”. “Double consciousness" is the belief that African-Americans in the United States exist with two opposing identities that cannot be entirely combined. Most essential to the African

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    The Untold Warrior: Alex Dumas Alex Dumas is one of the least credited generals of the French army in the French revolution. What makes him further significant was his unfair odds of obtaining such a status; he was the black son of a slave woman and nobleman. Because of his conditions‚ Dumas was able to have an understanding of virtually all perspectives of the French Revolution. It is important to study the life of Dumas to become aware of racial discrimination as well as how it can be overcome

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    D.W.Griffith is known as the creator of Hollywood reaching success with his film “The Birth of a Nation”. He tried to this controversial picture second filmed called “Intolerance”. This word intolerance is defined as unwillingness to accept views‚ beliefs‚ or behavior that differ from one’s own. This idea was portrayed throughout the between social class‚ generations‚ genders‚ and religious groups. Griffith showed four different era and somehow the people found a way to intolerant of another person/or

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    Fences Movie Analysis

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    Lindsey Gilmore Professor Verk ENGL 230C-04 4/10/2017 Film Review: Fences A movie like Fences only comes once in a great while. It is sort of an unconventional movie‚ unlike most. It is filmed almost as though it is a play‚ which is exactly how this film got its origins. Written by August Wilson in 1985‚ Fences started off as a Broadway play that ended up winning the Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama in 1987. This drama focuses on exploring the African-American experience and looks deep into the heart

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    America During the 60s

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    Muhammad Ali and the Civil Rights Movement. David Remnick’s King of the World‚ a national bestseller‚ describes the trials and tribulations politically‚ racially‚ and morally throughout the 1940’s‚ 50’s‚ and 60’s. Echoing the issues‚ that plagued the United States and fueled the turmoil that spread through not only the all American homes but the African American homes as well. By fusing Cassius clay‚ known better as Muhammad Ali‚ one of the most influential boxers in history into the book‚ we understand

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    William Edward Burghardt Du Bois‚ was born the only child on February 23‚ 1868‚ in Great Barrington‚ Massachusetts to Alfred and Mary Silvina. Du Bois was an African American sociologist‚ historian‚ civil rights activist‚ Pan-Africanist‚ author and editor (Wikipedia.com). He was raised in a diverse community with his mother‚ but without his father. Earlier in his life DuBois was given enlightenment of his African roots by learning through the ancient songs his grandmother taught him. This difference

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    Story Analysis: The Help

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    Times are changing‚ and sometimes the past is hard to imagine‚ and easy to forget‚ but reading The Help has changed that. The Help tells a story of multiple ladies in the 1960’s‚ who struggle with being colored‚ due to the racism they receive by living in the south. As the story progresses‚ the theme changes from personal struggles‚ to making changes in everyone’s lives and defining and changing what everyone presumes to be normal. Normal is typical‚ or expected‚ and in Jackson‚ Mississippi‚ the

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    Rashid Johnson’s “Message to Our Folks‚” serves not only as his initial great effort to assess the complex nature of African American identity in the 21st century. This exhibit was named after an avant-garde jazz collective‚ Art Ensemble of Chicago‚ which was released in 1969. Johnson’s work was seen at the high museum until the 8th of September. It reached out to youthful black artists with great involvement in racial questions without the connection to the idea of singular black identity. Rashid

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