He grew up in Decatur, Mississippi with his parents, James and Jessie Evers, and his brother, Charles Evers. ... The shotgun used to kill Evers was found nearby in some bushes with fingerprints still on it. ... Twenty years later information was found which suggested that the two juries had been tampered with. It wasn't until February 1994 that Beckwith was retried and found guilty. ...

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Matthew Robinson his older brother helped Inspire his love for sports. Also one of his older brother won a metal at the Olympics which also Inspired him in 1936. In shortly Jackie Robinson had a harsh childhood and his love for sports came from 2 of his older brothers. ... But with his family he found a love for sports through high school and some what of collage. ...

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Danny Vinyard was influenced greatly by his brother. ... Then Seth went into Cameron's office and found him lying on the floor, so he went after Derek with a gun and everyone in the crowd wanted Seth to shoot Derek because he wanted out, but he didn't and Derek disarmed Seth and him and Danny fled the party. 14. ... One reason I believe Derek had a great influence on Danny is because Derek is Danny's older brother and I think that at one point in his life he looked up to him. ... Would Danny have had his beliefs of racism if it weren't for his brother? Personally I ...

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Sylvia Landry had a happy family with her parents and her younger brother until racist situations occurred. ... " The younger brother, Emily saw her as "the most perfect girl in the world.... While the lynching bodies were burning, in another place, Sylvia was getting harassed by Gridlestone's brother, who wanted to rape her. ... Alma tried to make a relationship between Sylvia and her brother-in-law, a gamble and criminal guy. ... She tried to live positively, overcame many obstacles, and finally, she found the happy ending with Dr. ...

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"Report of a Famous Woman" Hi it's me again and I am doing another report. This time my report is on a famous woman. The woman I am writhing about is named Mae Jemison. Mae is famous because she was the first African American to travel into space. I am righting about her because I am interested i...

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He scrutinized his life for the aspiration and significance that he never found. ... Although the loss of her only brother was unfortunate to all, Ida accepted it as an indication to view the world differently. ... This stood for the friendship and vinculum they shared as brother and sister. It was referred to various times throughout the novel to insinuate how much Ida pondered about and wished for her brother's return....

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In 1925 Hughes once again came to the rescue of his mother and half brother and resettled them in Washington D.C. ... Hughes, Hurston, and other writers founded a literary journal named Fire!. ... Hughes founded in 1938 the Suitcase Theatre in Harlem, in 1939 the Negro Art Theatre in Los Angeles, and in 1943 he founded the Skyloft Players in Chicago. ...

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However, both the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Urban League (NUL) were founded by blacks and whites during this time. ... His step-father soon found work for Booker and his brother John. ... After working in the coal mine for some time, his mother found a position for him as a house boy for the Ruffner Family. ... There he prepared many students to study at the Hampton Institute including his own brother. ...

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Soon after, she was in Philadelphia, where she found work and saved her money. ... She made the dangerous trip back to the South soon after to rescue her brother and two other men. ... However undaunted, she found other slaves seeking freedom and escorted them to the North. ...

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In the book "Color of Water" Ruth had to keep a relationship she had with a black man away from her parents because the difference in her father's religious belief kept her in fear from what her father might do if he found out. ... I found out so much about myself and others through sports, class, hobbies, and church in those four years at Bishop Verot than in my entire life. ... The Football team that I was on was a group 3 of Brothers that throughout the years n...

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The goal's of the UNIA was he wanted worldwide confraternity of the Black race, he wished to see the development of Africa from a backward, colonial enclave to a self-supporting giant of which all Blacks could be proud, he wanted to see Africa as a developed Negro nation, a forced in world power, and a place to which all Blacks could return and he also wanted to work for the uplifting of the Black race anywhere it was to be found (Johnson). ... Let no man pull you down, let no man destroy your ambition, because man is but your companion, your equal; man is your brother; he is not your lo...

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Harry Crews was a young white boy who lived with his mom, brother, and father on a tobacco tenant farm in the South. Harry Crews was not old enough to work on the farm so he spent his days playing in the shade under the oak tree watching his mom, his brother, and Willalee Bookatee pick the worms off the plants. ... However, Harry could still not see a difference between him and Willalee even though he knew one existed, "I don't know what difference it ever made that I found out the Willalee was a nigger. ...

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After Sylvester was born, Rosa's little brother, her father left them and went off to live in another town. ... Rosa her mother and her brother then moved to live with her grandparents on a farm in Pinelevel, which lay between Tuskegee and Montgomery, Alabama. ... Rosa Parks, was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for not standing and letting a white bus rider take her seat, she was found guilty of the crime of disorderly conduct with a fine of fourteen dollars. ... King arrived home he found an angry mob waiting. ... More recently the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, w...

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The youth found hip-hop to be a platform that allowed them to express the anger towards the system not being scared to say what's on their minds. I first got exposed to the culture of hip-hop when I was a kid, as my older brother would play music in the house all day. ...

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The narrator question others but he rejects their answers and found out that he possesses the answer to "reality" of the battle royal experience. ... The fighters about to take part of the fights are full of bad ideas and rage to fight between brothers. ...

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"I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress." - Harriet Jacobs Harriet Jacobs didn't have an ideal life she was born a slave and experienced many tragedies in her life. She never ga...

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King found it disgusting that even black children were not allowed to use the same facilities as whites, " when you suddenly find yourself twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children,- (King, 146). ... King blames his "white brothers" (fellow ministers) for not explaining to their congregations that racism was a serious problem and needed to be resolved. ...

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Toomer makes his position clear by contrasting the two locales, asserting that the black American roots are founded in the agrarian south since the story starts and finishes there. ... Kabnis, the final section of Cane replicates all of the themes found in parts one and two, however, it manages to achieve a sense of symbolic unity despite the fragmentation of the main character Ralph Kabnis. ... Descriptions of hair are found scattered throughout the text of Cane and a staggering thirty references are made to differing characters hair throughout the book. ...

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Following in the footsteps of his father, who was very well educated himself, and his older brother, who went off to medical school, Paul was anxious to learn and it was shown through his grades. ... He later went on to be one of only 3 graduating blacks from College and still managed strive and surpass the level of educational excellency that his father and oldest brother had set for him. ... Through out the readings I found myself immensely interested in what I was learning about Paul Robeson. ...

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Marcus Garvey was a man who seemed to have found dissatisfaction and frustration among millions of Negroes pushed northward during the World War 1. ... Garvey wanted to build or had plans to build an African-nation state. " The Universal Negro Improvement Association to have established in Africa that brotherly cooperation which will make the interests of the African native and the American and West Indian Negro one and the same." ... Woodson in 1915 founded the Study of Negro Life in Chicago. ...

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She also had a brother named Bailey, after their father. ... Throughout my research on Maya, I found many dates and time periods to be conflicting. ... I have absolutely enjoyed researching her and life experiences, and also found myself intrigued enough to buy a few of her books. ...

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He met with his mother a few times as a very young boy, until her sick and untimely death, and was also separated from his brothers and sisters. ... His father found out, and told him if he didn't return to school that he would get a whipping. ... In conclusion, I found these narratives to be quite informative. ...

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It went racing, searching for blood, it found blood. ... Using the fingerprints found on the rifle and Galt's belongings, the FBI ran a crosscheck against known fugitives. ... The hunch paid off when Galt's fingerprints were found to match an escaped convict named James Earl Ray. The F.B.I investigators found Ray in London where he was plotting to rob a bank. ... The court found no evidence of his conspiracies and he returned to prison. ...

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Through my research, I have found Hughes" younger years the most influential for his life works. ... His mother and grandmother were the founding influences in Hughes" ideas for his later works. ... "I am the darker brother. ...

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Not being able to make much money, Richards's family decides to separate him and his brother to make it easier. ... Although Richard had a plethora of jobs, he never found one in which he felt welcomed or comfortable at. ...

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