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    Renaissance Progression

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    that developed in technology went further than material progressions that was occurring. No longer was the focus on man and his relationship between him and God and superstitions. Now the focus was on knowledge and science. Sciences such as astrology and learned magic was the focus of some studies towards higher knowledge. Authors reflected this progression in their works as well‚ such as Marlowe. Marlowe demonstrates the natural progression of science

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    the civil war should’ve marked a major turning point for the position of African Americans. The north’s victory marked the end of slavery and in addition‚ the fourteenth and fifteenth amendment guaranteed African Americans full civil and political equality. However‚ the end of the civil war and the beginning of the reconstruction era was seen a ‘false dawn for the slaves in the former confederacy and border states. 1865 saw the creation of the freedman bureau to provide food‚ shelter and medical

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    Effects of Reconstruction on African Americans Reconstruction generally refers to the period in United States history immediately following the Civil War in which the federal government set the conditions that would allow the rebellious Southern states back into the Union. In 1862‚ Abraham Lincoln had appointed provisional military governors to re-establish governments in Southern states that were recaptured by the Union Army. The main condition for re-admittance was that at least ten percent

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    also showed a preference for the lighter skin women. The men in the documentary made comments about how they prefer a woman with lighter skin due to preference but they did not approve of the women that bleach their skin since these women “look like ghost or sickly”. Among African American’s the ideal has evolved into wanting a woman with light skin and hair that is Caucasian type. (Hall‚ 1990) This blatant kind of colorism is what is helping

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    Progression of music

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    DISSERTATION LITERATURE REVIEW In this literature review we will be looking at reading based around the idea of progression within music. Comparisons between different pieces of text regarding the current position of music‚ and if possible‚ the future of music and how it can progress.  The main books in discussion will consist of‚ “Simon Reynolds:Retromania”‚ “David Gauntlett:Making is Connecting”‚ Attali:The Political Economy of Music. A lot of the quotes that will

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    form hybrids. The African Diaspora‚ the forced removal of Africans from their native lands‚ brought on a new hybrid in the Caribbean. It all began in the 16th century when about 10 million Africans were brought to the Americas as slaves. More than half of these slaves were sent to the Caribbean. The Caribbean now has the most concentrated cluster of Africans in the Americas‚ with most of the population living in the Greater Antilles. With the imprint of millions of Africans in the Caribbean‚ a

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    of African-Americans In the progress to become one of the liberal nation of the world‚ the United States has gone through so many political alternations of its lifetime. All of the presidents have made lots of different plans to build up a strong independent country that provides its citizenship equality. One of the great movement was the Reconstruction (1863-1877). It was a toss-up that was neither a total success nor failure. The result tremendously brought more freedom to African-Americans. Although

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    This chapter talks about how Italian Americans are inaccurately portrayed as negative characters in the movies and television shows. Sociologist conducted both studies of people who were exposed to these generalizations and the movies themselves. The most common role Italian Americans took within the movies was those of gangsters and members of the mafia. According to studies conducted it turns out that Italian Americans were used to portray the role of members of organized crime

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    Misunderstood African American Folks of the USA Can you imagine having to going to a different school then other people because you have blue eyes? Well that’s how white people treated African Americans through the 1800-1900’s and even still to this day in certain parts of our world. African Americans didn’t gain “freedom” until 1865 when the thirteenth amendment abolished slavery everywhere in the US. Although slavery had come to an end many new issues between white people and African Americans

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    Native American religions are very closely connected to the land in which Native Americans dwell and the supernatural. While there are many different Native American religious practices‚ most address the following areas of supernatural concern: an omnipresent‚ invisible universal force‚ pertaining to the "three ’life crises ’ of birth‚ puberty‚ and death"‚ spirits‚ visions‚ the medicine people and communal ceremony. Greek religion encompasses the collection of beliefs and rituals practiced in ancient

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