Union commanders and the federal government were forced to make decisions about how large areas of the South gained by Union forces should be administered. ... Many schools have the "Rebel flag" as their own, bumper stickers ride around with sayings about how the South will rise, and people refer to blacks as "niggers." ... There was a story about how a young, teenage, white boy drove around in his red pick-up truck with the Confederate flag hanging off the back of the cabin. ... One day a bunch of teenage blacks saw and recognized this white boy and his truck from school. They ran hi...

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When he masturbates, he is told it is ok, when she, at six, is caught under the bed with one of her boy friends, the column in the paper says it is just a stage. ... Alongside the starched, flattened, white-boy blues came the first inklings of racial integration. The same year Rebel without a Cause came out, Rosa Parks was dragged from the front of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama and three black students were let into UC Chapel Hill, by the rulings of a federal court judge, by nineteen fifty six, the pop song "My Prayer" sung by the black band the Platters hits number one on the charts. ... Se...

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There was one major group that came about to try and work on desegregation and they were the NAACP, led by educated middle class African Americans. The job of the NAACP was to try and fight discrimination in the courts and improve black employment opportunities. ... Segregation was especially bad in the South, one incident included a young black boy who allegedly whistled at a white women, only 14 years old got lynched. ... In 1962 congress passed an amendment allowing black voters, and it was ratified in 1964. By 1965 The Voting Rights Act authorized blacks to vote, by 1968 nearl...

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MCing, Grafitti, D-Jaying, and B-boying, were all created in the Bronx. ... So we practiced a lot, and then we just had a sit down and we talked about the West coast culture and the East coast culture. ... The camera would pan the dance floor, showing two B-boys, in the typical B-boy stance, staring at each other. ... And I thought about it, and I'm like I got into more fights dancing than I did f****n stepping on peoples shoes. ... The reality was that no one was getting killed over no B-boy battle. ...

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Many blacks were fearful anytime they walked out the door. ... Rape, kidnapping and murder are crimes that were charged against blacks. ... Many blacks hated whites for these actions. ... "The boy was beaten and dragged to the suspension bridge spanning the Brazos River. ... By displaying the text on the internet in the forms of a website, flash movie or even the actual traveling exhibit it gets the message out about the atrocities that took place at the turn of the century. ...

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Americans may be fanatical about gun ownership. ... One of the biggest problems is guns being sold illegally on the black market. Most criminals buy guns on the black market or steal them, making gun control virtually impossible (Polsby and Brennen). ... After an argument, a twelve year old New Jersey boy shot three times at a classmate. When agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms questioned the boy he stated that he paid three hundred dollars for the gun three days earlier. ...

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There's no one to say who's culture is better than another, but I will say that I love everything about my culture and how we live. ... She knows everything about keeping the Whitted family happy and healthy. ... While the women cooked and gossiped, the men talked and boasted, and the whole thing appeared incredibly dramatic and magical through a young boy's eyes at that time. As time passed and I began to get older, I wasn't thinking about my grandma aging as well. ... The green house was really an amazing and shocking topic to hear about because I had never heard anythi...

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So what charge did this black racist get? ... Or what about Ronald Taylor from Pittsburgh, who fatally shot 3 people and wounded two. ... It's also a fact that whites outnumber black greatly. ... While this story was front page news for weeks, the brutal rape and murder of a 10 year old boy Jesse Dirkheiser by homosexuals was utterly ignored by the media. ... Whether a white man kills a white, a black, or a black man kills a black or a white. ...

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There are five fallacies of racism that explain the misconceptions about the nature of racism. ... I feel that people are too naive about this subject. For example when people say "well look our president is black, we aren't racist anymore," but what about the hateful and prejudice comments death threats he has received while in office? ... It's quite sickening to really think about how unfair of a society we live in. ... From a young boy to a young adult my whole family always preached how important getting an education is especially as a person of color. ...

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Classism: the Road Block to the American Dream In the heart of the Compton there lived a boy named Rafael. He is a good boy living in a bad neighborhood while surrounded by violence and drugs. ... Simultaneously in a place called Beverly Hills not too far away lived a boy named William. ... Classism has brought about much pain. ... The one good thing about being poor is that financial aid is provided. ...

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Handy, a bandleader who had moved to Clarksdale, heard a black boy, barefoot and singing at a train station in Tutwiler, Mississippi. ... Their songs told about everything in their daily life. They talked about poverty and hard times, sexuality, street children, lost loves, and oppression. ...

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With a tie to Satanism any sort of trench coat wearing, dressed in black student, listening to Marilyn Manson became the target of suspicion. ... "The more I thought about it, (the) more I wanted to do it to them," he told the psychologists (Torr 5). ... During my freshmen year I remember getting on the school bus to go home and hearing the news about Springfield. ... As soon as word got out about the shootings once again people tried to figure out why they had done it. ... On February 29, 2000 a 6 year old boy went to school in the small commu...

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He was found in the bin behind a 17th Street medical clinic, the next day - soft light-brown skin, a shock of unruly black hair, weighing 7 pounds and measuring 21 inches." ... Definitely the best thing the government could do is push for more education and information about birth control options, etc... (Crump) We need to think about the children who are dying because they aren't wanted. ... I think that especially teen moms don't have anyone to turn to and a lot are uneducated about their options. ... " " I think education about this "safe haven" should be started in schools ...

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