African American Inventor Patricia Bath Dr. Patricia Bath‚ an Ophthalmological Surgeon‚ inventor‚ and activist for patient’s rights‚ was born November4‚ 1942 in Harlem‚ New York. She is the daughter of Rupert Bath‚ who was an educated and well travel merchant seaman and Gladys Bath‚ who was a homemaker and housecleaner. Dr. Bath had a passion for books‚ travel and science. She was good in biology‚ which showed in high school when she became editor of the Charles Evans Hugh School’s science paper
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African-American history is the part of American history that particularly talks about the African-American or Black American cultural gatherings in the United States. Most African Americans are the relatives of black African slaves persuasively bring to and detained hostage in the United States from 1555 to 1865 (Franklin‚ V. P. 1992). Blacks from the Caribbean whose progenitors immigrated‚ or who immigrated to the U.S.‚ additionally customarily have been viewed as African-American‚ as they divide
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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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ever‚ and quality of life for African Americans was greatly improved. The Republican governments gave the freed African Americans many new rights in states and nationally. One of the most important changes made was the citizenship that African Americans received when Congress passed the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868. After the Civil War‚ former slaves still lacked citizenship‚ and where often mistreated by whites; some of it was violent‚ while in other cases it was financial exploitation. However
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Introduction Daniel: African Americans and stereotypes. Nowadays lots of races are stereotyped‚ but African Americans are one of the most frequent racial groups being stereotyped against. Stereotypes about African Americans and their culture have evolved in society particularly after slavery. They were presented as dangerous and violent and portrayed blacks menacing‚ untidy‚ rebellious‚ disrespectful‚ buffoonish‚ sexual‚ immoral‚ hopeless‚ untrained‚ uneducated‚ and noisy. Johan: One of the problems
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have passed laws requiring voters to show some form of identification at the polls.Did you know that athletes from one country‚ Kenya‚ make up more than one-third of the top times in middle and long distance running. In 1995‚ a respected neurologist was struck with an idea that athletes are not created equal. He developed this profound idea after looking at the big picture that black athletes were dominating the track from the 100 meter dash to the marathon. For long- distance running‚ The kenyans
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I also think whether to be considered Black Music or not‚ it will always be up to ones decision on what they consider the type of music they listen to no matter what anyone else says. What is labeled Black Music today I think has very significant and important meaning to the African American culture because just like the article “Hell Yeah‚ There’s Still Slam-banging Black Music‚” African Americans don’t even have a country to call their own. I think having something simply as a type of music the
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Disney’s Espoused and Enacted Values Aaron Eberhard 04/12/2010 Com/ 530 When Walt Disney started his company his goal was to “produce great visual entertainment†(Igner‚ 2008). An idea that quickly took off like a wild fire and grew into a dynasty. Disney still encompasses the visual media but also includes the additions of parks‚ resorts‚ consumer products‚ television stations‚ animation departments‚ and movie picture organizations. Each department has goals‚ missions‚ and values
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During pre-colonial African kinship and inheritance‚ it provided the bases of organization of many African American communities. African American men were recognized for the purpose of inheritance. They also inherited their clan names based on their accomplishments‚ as well as other things when one decease. Land was not owned in many parts of Africa during the pre-colonial period. It was yet held and distributed by African American men. Access to the land by women depended on their obligations or
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pillages of Native American tribes and communities who had inhabited the land centuries before the Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower. Much like the Native Americans‚ Africans were subject to this same type of abuse. Affluent European nations such as Britain‚ Germany‚ and Italy took it upon themselves to claim all the sovereign countries of Africa with a bogus claim of wanting to “civilize” the people of these nations. Missionaries came by the boatloads in an effort to rid Africans of their already
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