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Environmental Justice: Black Mesa Indigenous People

Environmental Justice: Black Mesa Indigenous People April 2011 Environmental Justice issues are steadily increasing as battles for nutrient rich lands and land seen as “ideal” for governmental and corporate industry uses diminish. Looking back to the very foundation of our government it is ...

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The Black Death

The Black Death destroyed one third of Europe's population thousands of years ago. It was one of the most important historical events of the medieval time. The plague started in Europe in 1328 and lasted until 1351 (Black Death). The symptoms of the Black Death consisted of blackening of the ...

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Lynchings In America

Recently, an L.A. Times article (dated 2/13/00) reviewed a new book entitled \"Without Sanctuary\", a collection of photographs from lynchings throughout America. During the course of the article, the author, Benjamin Schwarz, outlined some very interesting and disturbing facts related to this ...

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US History

AP US History Review 2009 Session #4 Progressivism-Truman Includes the following chapters from The American Pageant (12th edition): Ch 29-37 Ch 29 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912 Progressivism: The "real heart" of the progressive movement was effort by reformers to - ...

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Black And White

Brad Herpich Mrs. Gellis Period: 6 13 February 2012 The Ku Klux Klan had a negative effect on the Civil Rights Movement because they believed in an all "White Supremacy." The KKK was a racist group developed in Pulaski Tennessee, 1866. They inflicted a negative impact on the civil rights ...

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Racial Profiling By The Police

Racial Profiling Introduction: Law enforcement agencies in the United States, especially the police department, are currently facing a newly posed challenge. They are being increasingly accused of treating minority citizens with discrimination. Although, the crime rate has shown a declining ...

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The History Of The Black Panther Party

The Black Panther Party was a progressive political organization formed in the early 60’s, although they didn’t have many members until later, that helped in the biggest movement for civil rights in the US, the Civil Rights Movement. It is the only armed black organization in history that fought ...

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Black Power

What did the phrase "" mean to African Americans who participated in the civil rights struggle? Booker T. Washington felt that meant financial power. During the movement that would soon be a landmark in our country's history, the black community lacked black owned businesses, black teachers, ...

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Movie Review: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

The troubled life of Dorothy Dandridge, the first African-American woman to garner an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress (for CARMEN JONES) is dramatized in this fine made-for-HBO film from director Coolidge (RAMBLING ROSE). Gorgeous Berry shines as Dandridge in a role she seems born to ...

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Black Ellk Spears

Black Elk Speaks is a play about the history of the relations between American Indians and Europeans from the first contacts to the present. My first thoughts of being assigned to attend the show were not very positive. I expected to endure an evening of hell with my sanity preserved solely by ...

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Black Art Expo: Julian Ritter

Art is a form of non-verbal communication. It expresses a person’s deepest, innermost feelings. Black artists can express emotions over struggle in history with a single stroke of a brush. It is a way you can experience black culture through African-American art. Many of these artists should ...

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History of a Strong Powerful Woman: Oprah

Wanting to have relative complete control over the company, Oprah made herself CEO, giving only her long-time lawyer Jeff Jacobs 5% ownership (his share would rise to 10% when he became company president in 1989). After negotiating the successful syndication of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Jacobs had ...

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A Brief History of African Music through The Colonial Period

Music before the 20th century was very different when compared to the music of the 21st Century. There were distinctive occasions for each type of African music. West African music, the African Diaspora, and the music of the Colonies each had different musical instruments. West African music ...

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If Black English Isn't A Language

In James Baldwin’s “If black isn’t a language, then tell me what is?” He talks about the use of language and how the "Black Language" is an important part of American history, and how it has evolved from experiences, necessity, and separation. Language, it can identify us all. It’s like an ID ...

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Langston Hughes

was born in Joplin, Missouri into an abolitionist family. He was the grandson of Charles Henry Langston. His brother was John Mercer Langston, who was the the first Black American to be elected to public office in 1855. Hughes attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, but began writing ...

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The History Of Slave Labor

The underlying reasons for the turn to slave labor in early Virginia are plenteous, ranging from colonial economics to pure racism. As the necessity for cheap and permanent labor rose with the success of tobacco cultivation, Virginia planters resorted to the use of slave labor. Early efforts by ...

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Black Panthers

Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in October 1966, in Oakland, California. The name was shortened to the Black Panther Party later. Stokely Carmicheal, the leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) also joined the Black Panther ...

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Capital Punishment - History

There has been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime ...

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Jury Nullification And Its Effects On Black America

It is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the United States. Blacks have not always been afforded a right to trial, not to mention a fair one. Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to ...

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Langston Hughes

was born in Joplin, Missouri into an abolitionist family. He was the grandson of Charles Henry Langston. His brother was John Mercer Langston, who was the the first Black American to be elected to public office in 1855. Hughes attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, but began writing ...

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