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    FDCH Congressional Testimony Michael Eboda‚ E. (n.d). Black icons. Sun‚ The‚ Murdock‚ D. (2009) “Black Leaders” Silent As Black Kills Other Blacks. Human Events. 56 Washington Post News Feed (22) Prater‚ D. (2007‚ August 18). Healing their spirits: Tuskegee Experiment heirs speak at panel discussion at Notasulga church ZRAICK‚ K. (2009‚ December 22). Divided Council Renames Street After Sean Bell. New York Times‚ p. 34

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    land-grant colleges Colleges and universities created from allocations of pubic land through the Morrell Act of 1862 and the Hatch Act of 1887. These grants helped fuel the boom in higher education in the late nineteenth century‚ and many of the today’s public universities derive from these grants. liberal Protestants Members of a branch of Protestantism that flourished from 1875 to 1925 and encouraged followers to use the Bible as a moral compass rather than to believe that the Bible represented

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    Humans in experimentation: such an abstract ideal to wrap one’s head around. Movies portray such experiments with extreme dissections‚ and advanced technology. Experiments concluding of tests that test capabilities of humans physically and mentally‚ to observe how much the body reacts to such actions. Experiments that are physically painful‚ as well as torturous to the subject participating in the event. Many of these portrayed experiments seem quite extreme to become a reality‚ however there are

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    Vulnerable populations conclude of people that have a disadvantage compared to regular average citizens of society. For example‚ in the Tuskegee Syphilis study‚ researchers studied the “natural progression of untreated syphilis in poor black men who received free health care from the government.” (Gorski 2-3) In this instance‚ this experiment seems to take advantage of poor black men due

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    Civil War: The Role of Ex-Slaves After the Civil War 1860 was a critical year in the history of the United States of America. America’s position as a country established on principles of freedom had been weakened by slavery. It was an election year and Abraham Lincoln (b. Feb. 12‚ 1809 - d. April 15‚ 1865) was nominated for the presidency of the United States‚ representing the Republican Party. The

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    CHAPTER EIGHT - Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen House Summary Booker’s travels through Alabama left him with a heavy heart‚ but he was determined to create a school that was more than an imitation of New England education. The school opened on July 4‚ 1881. White people did question the value of the school‚ because they worried that Negroes‚ once educated‚ would then leave the farms where they worked and they wouldn’t accept domestic service anymore. They worried that it would affect the

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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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    and damaged the other five. The unit received two Presidential citations‚ and individual flyers received 150 medals. Tuskegee fliers also earned 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses‚ 744 Air Medals‚ 8 Purple Heart Medals‚ and 14 Bronze Star Medals. Therefore‚ the “Tuskegee Experiment” proved that African-American pilots could fly and fight as well as their white counterparts. The Tuskegee pilots’ wartime exploits played a key role in President Harry S. Truman’s 1948 decision to desegregate the U.S. military

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    The Color Line Essay It was the year 1903 when W.E.B DuBois stated that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line." The border is the 21st century color line. (Common Dream.org) The color line was basically a line that reserved all the best jobs in the economy for a specific group of individuals. At the same time‚ however‚ these jobs were denied from and kept away from another group of people (Common Dream.org) This was done so through both private institutions and

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    African-American slaves. The narrative begins with Fredericks early life‚ and ending soon after he escapes in his early twenties. The agreement for this story is‚ Washington was a black slave that became a very influential man by founding the Tuskegee Institute in the the 19th century. Douglass‚ also a black slave became a world renowned anti-slavery activist. At first glance‚ even though these two men grew

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