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    African Americans Freedom

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    Wondering!! The struggles of African Americans to establish their freedom is a big part of American history. From the time of slavery until recent days‚ changes have taken place to better the lives of many. Names such as Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ Rosa Parks‚ Malcolm X and Jackie Robinson are names forever recognized and remembered by every American black or white. Many of those people led the way and instituted themselves leaders in the movement which directed everything that is connected to the

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    many other civil rights movements‚ it gained motivation from the everyday struggles that the people had to get by in the United States due to society constantly pushing them off to the side. Mexican-Americans‚ like many other ethnicities‚ were viewed as an inferior group compared to the white Americans. During this movement‚ there were a lot of important actions that took place from farm worker rights‚ education‚ and the political movement that change the course of how Mexican Americans should be

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    The African-American Race

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    Eth/125 The African-American race makes up the single largest minority group in the United States. Throughout history African-Americans have fought their way through may prejudice and discriminating acts towards their race. Dealing with slavery in the beginning to being degraded by the “white” man were just some of the things they went through. But even in today’s society African-Americans are at times dealing with racism‚ even though many are well educated men and women who hold upstanding

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    Civil Rights Movement

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    Joel Benavente Period 4 05/17/13 Civil Rights Movement The primary theme of the Civil Rights Movement was that African Americans‚ in particular‚ and minorities‚ in general were human beings. The African Americans felt no different‚ no better‚ or worse than the whites in America. As human beings‚ African Americans were called on to dire in times of war‚ called on to pay taxes‚ and called on to do various other services. The argument was that skin color was not a disability

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    Before we speak about the African American experience we must understand why the war begin. There is a common miss belief that the war was started because of slavery. Now slavery did play a big role but‚ “The Civil War began as a southern war for Confederate independence and a northern war to defeat the Confederate rebellion and restore the Union. At the outset‚ neither side thought that the war would last very long or eventually lead to the destruction of slavery. The Confederacy was founded to

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    African-American Church

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    I will examine one of many narratives Cultural Studies derives from – that of the African-American tradition. Even in focusing on it’s derivation from the African-American tradition‚ this will be but one path‚ not intended to serve as the sole trajectory within the African-American tradition of Cultural Studies. The Black Church The African-American tradition begins with the black church. In the African-American community the black church has always been more than a religious institution. From

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    Civil Rights Movement

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    By:Madison Mascorro Yellow Class Throughout the years oppression has taken numerous different forms and ruined countless lives. No matter where‚ when‚ or who the oppression is affecting‚ they are all lessons to be learned and are a horrifying reminder that we as a nation have participated in one of these tragic events. The Civil Rights Movement and the Holocaust were tragedies that took place in two different countries and targeted two different races‚ yet they still both took many lives‚ and

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    Understanding the struggles that the people behind the African-American Museum of Philadelphia‚ the DuSable Museum of African-American history in Chicago‚ the International Afro-American Museum in Detroit‚ and the Anacosta Neighborhood Museum in Washington D.C is the core of Andrea Burns’ work. Financial‚ cultural‚ and political difficulties all went into the creation of these museums. These people did not want just to be included as a part of larger museums‚ but‚ Philadelphia being a prime example

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    African American Freedom

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    Freedoms in the nineteenth century Women‚ African Americans‚ and Native Americans in the nineteenth century did not have many freedoms. For women most men thought they were helpless and could not do most things that men would be able to do.This caused the men of the household to do the man work such as‚ go to work and come home expecting their every wish to be granted. On the other hand the woman had to clean‚ take care of the children and cook. Woman were essentially confined to the house and did

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    African American Experience African Americans lived differently than white men did during the turn of the century. They faced many problems within the society. Some of the issues they faced were out of their hands. Although things were not the greatest all the time‚ there were supporters and organizations that they could turn to. Along with these organizations they had leaders that tried to help the race. Many African Americans became successful in the late 1920’s‚ and still to this day there

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