Leading up to the creation of the constitution, America was a broken system, that needed fixing. ... During the revolution it seemed like all political ruling was rather frenetic, the articles of confederation being one of the main perpetrators in this area. ... Freedom was the entire reason for the Revolution. ... During this time period it was not only African Americans who benefitted from this, but women as well. ... All three of these American ideals were accomplished by one simple, yet brilliant document, the Constitution....

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Thanks to the Industrial Revolution and the developments in public transportation, the large-scale migration was made possible. ... On the contrast of the market revolution in the North, however, white planters in southern colonies were still relying heavily on their profitable "King Cotton"" and thus relying on slavery, making no responses to social changes at all. The two clearly split economic systems did not only affect whites, but also other subordinate racial groups as well; for example, black Americans' suffering under slavery, Native Americans' forcible removal, and Mexican A...

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Finally, new ways of buying fueled the consumer revolution. 2. ... Many Americans Face Hardship. a. ... WWI, the Russian Revolution, and the Red Scare Strengthened the nativist position. b. ... Americans Oppose the Klan a. ... Perhaps the Most Widespread revolution taking place in women's lives was a quite one. b. ...

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Takaki speaks of each ethnicity in America and gives voices to their oppression by the Europeans when they lived in America. ... Indian-Americans began joining with America's armed forces, and supporting the financial crisis at home until the war ended. ... From there Africans were slaves the moment they stepped foot onto America. ... California was needed for the market revolution, so the Mexicans began working in ranching and agriculture. ... Soon, the Irish were being accepted as equal communities in America. ...

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However, it may also be possible that such social movements as multi-culturalism are forging a New America. ... There are works by Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, and so on. ... The competition with the Soviets gave an added boost to the technological and scientific revolution; and American universities expanded immensely as centers for defense research, for the education of a vast new public, and as employers of creative writers and as arbiters of taste. ... African Americans, Irish Americans, Polish Americans, Jews from Eastern Europe, Native Amer...

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Honestly, "The Black Liberation Theology" is one of the most informative topics we have discussed from our African American studies class. ... The second historic period that I also figured would be a key component to the actual black experience is the period after the Revolution in which blacks started to establish their own communities and independencies in America. With blacks forming their own institutions in America, this brought up another question. ... During this period, more churches and establishments were catered to African Americans. ... After the revolution period, true ...

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In the diverse history of Detroit, many things stand out in the development of this great city; its French origin, the American Revolution, the civil rights movements and the riots of the 1960's. ... While African Americans sought equality and notoriety Jewish Americans sought prosperity and power. Lack of culture and social capital to build upon would stagnate the African American culture throughout America. ... The African American Church served not only as religious base but also as the base for all African American progress. ... African American migrants poured into what seemed a...

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The African American civil rights movement changed everything. ... Prince Hall, an ex-slave, became a mason while fighting in the American Revolution alongside white soldiers who were freemasons. ... The revolution was a complicated battle because Americans were fighting for equality, yet America had slaves. Upon returning from the revolution and opening the first black lodge in Boston, MA, Hall was faced with discrimination and the idea of separate but equal, meaning not equal. ... In Hall's speech " A Charge Delivered to The Brethren," he addresses his masons as grand master and e...

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Despite the endless changes they have seen, one thing remains true: the purpose of black American art, which is, according to Maulana Karenga, "to make revolution, using its own medium" (1974). ... She believes that Black art "must expose the enemy, praise the people and support the revolution" (1974). By supporting the revolution, Black art commits the community to change and a brighter, better future. ... To be an American writer is to be an American, and, for black people, there should no longer be honor attached to either position (1876). ... African American Literature. ...

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In spite of all the turmoil, there were some positive results: the civil rights revolution, John F. ... This does not just refer to the freedoms already possessed by every American of the time. ... The combination of defiance, revolution, and drugs created a major Hippie era. ... The average, neutral American, after seeing his/her TV screen, turned into a civil rights supporter. ... However, by the summer of 1964, the black revolution had created its own crisis of disappointed expectations. ...

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I would evaluate that in response to the injustice brought on some African American prisoners, activist movements began to develop in order to face the political issues brought from the American government. ... From page 47, the author mentions a conservative revolution that took place in the 1960's, and how disadvantaged blacks became afflicted from the social changes within the higher classes of society. ... In any context, I believe that most of the tensions arriving from that period had a heavy effect on the mass incarceration of African Americans in today's society. From rea...

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Both men shared the same goal of wanting equal rights for all men and woman in America. ... Garvey tired to organize blacks living in America to move back to Africa. ... X believed that, "It is not integration that Negroes in America want, it is human dignity (X 102). ... In part of the speech he contrasted the "Negro Revolution- of the people of the civil rights movement and, his belief in the, "Black Revolution."" He said that the black revolution "is international in scope- and, "knows no compromise."" ...

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In the song the band mentions two great men of the civil rights period who made America better for black people. ... Both men shared the same goal of wanting equal rights for all men and woman in America. ... Garvey tired to organize blacks living in America to move back to Africa. ... In part of the speech he contrasted the "Negro Revolution- of the people of the civil rights movement and, his belief in the, "Black Revolution."" He said that the black revolution "is international in scope- and, "knows no compromise."" ...

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America was destined for another, more far-reaching civil rights movement. ... He believed in the immediate integration of blacks into mainstream American life, regardless of the consequences. ... An opposing view suggests that the Civil Rights Revolution of the 60's led to reverse discrimination that some whites complain about today. ... Roosevelt brought the new deal into American life in the early thirties. ... The "forgotten Americans" were the citizens who needed the new ...

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It was these adjustments and tunings that would shape contemporary America today. ... Tax cut legislation, revolutions among races, mass production of the automobile and the development of flight all changed American life forever. ... Furthermore, American foreign policy in Latin America was questioned in the 20's and then again in the 80's with incidents in el Salvador and Guatemala. ... During the 1920's and 1980's foreign policy in Latin America proved to be very similar. ... Intervention in Latin America reoccurred in both the 20's and 80's. ...

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The 1950's had some major protesting going on. The biggest ones were nuclear arms race, and the other was racial discrimination. The rights of minorities were taking the back burner for the nuclear arms. The civil rights movement started with things like the Plessy vs. Ferguson. This was a case ...

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We have come to see that it is not confined to Anglo-Americans, but can affect people from all racial or ethnic backgrounds. ... In our discussions and lessons about racism, we have learned about great American heroes who have stood up against bigotry. Rosa Parks, who as a young African-American woman who in 1963 refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, ignited a social revolution. Her righteous defiance led to a boycott of buses by African-Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, and also to laws that changed the legal nature of prejudice. ...

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The Situation of African-Americans in America In their motherland Africa, black people lived together in tribes with the families staying together in the village and leading a live according to strong morals and rites. ... When America was discovered in 1492, Europeans soon realised that Africans were more able to work in the hot sun than native Americans and were also easier to identify as slaves than white prisoners because of their skin-colour. ... A turning point in the Blacks' relation to America was the Second World War. ... In the South, mostly African-Americans of the middle-cla...

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King wishes to bring all African Americans together as brothers and sisters to fight for their freedom. Freedom is the foundation of the U.S., it is what we fought for in the American Revolution, and King wishes to bring about equal freedom for all people, black and white. ... King explains that freedom must be fought for, freedom will not come to anyone, and the whites certainly will not give it to the African Americans. ... King uses bitter sarcasm when talking about the American dream, and the American creed of equality and freedom. The indignant vigor King uses in his speech is direct towa...

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The video also had clips of groups of African-American men making stereotypical remarks toward the white-Americans. ... But I never realized that the African-Americans of today still feel now, the way the African-Americans of that time felt towards the white-Americans. ... He also made fun of African-Americans and theirEbonics.? ... There were also many African-American pioneers of Industrial Revolution in America. ... Only twenty-two Jews were allowed to step onto American soil. ...

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The video also had clips of groups of African-American men making stereotypical remarks toward the white-Americans. ... But I never realized that the African-Americans of today still feel now, the way the African-Americans of that time felt towards the white-Americans. ... He also made fun of African-Americans and their "Ebonics." ... There were also many African-American pioneers of Industrial Revolution in America. ... Only twenty-two Jews were allowed to step onto American soil. ...

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For generations, the Du Bois family had been an accepted part of the community since before his great-grandfather had fought in the American Revolution. ... This difference would be the foundation for his desire to change the way African-Americans co-existed in America. ... Washington, who felt that the black people of America had to simply accept discrimination, and hope to eventually earn respect and equality through hard work and success. ...

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The rate of the industrial revolution taking place was so great in the New South that it increased the number of labor fivefold and consumption of cotton eightfold. Unfortunately, for African Americans these jobs were limited to whites only. ... African Americans then joined their leadership councils. ... Fourth, all voters had to be literate (America, 851). ... Alabama had a similar outcome with the registered African American voters. ...

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Many questionable events happened in the making of the history of the United States of America. Whether these events, such as the relocation and treatment of Native Americans or the forced slavery of African Americans, were right or wrong, they played important roles in shaping today's most powerful country. During a time of revolution and independence, the leading men, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, and James Madison, all helped to influence a young country which stressed freedom and liberty for all. ... Some are quick to call America's founding fathers hypocrit...

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Malala Yousafzai and Rosa Parks are both proof that a person can bring positive change in the world. They have played an important role in the development of the society. Both parts have their differences and similarities, but when it comes down to it all their fundament for protesting is and was th...

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