In 1968, Anne Moody published her autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi. ... Furthermore, the Civil Rights Movement brought about the opportunity for African American advances in employment and education and the creation of a new Black middle class. ... When describing his high-school experience, Malcolm writes, "it has historically been the case with white people, in their regard for black people, that even though we might be with them, we weren't considered of them. ... Finally, when examining current social and economic injustices towards African Americans, it is possible ...

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He argues that just like bones can determine the age or sex of the person, they can also determine their race. ... Sickle cell anemia is often thought of as an African disease, and while it does have alarmingly high rates in some parts of Africa, scientists have discovered that it did not originate there. Its dispersal includes the eastern Mediterranean, Southern Italy, India, and parts of the Middle East. ... This shows that Middle Easterners are closely related to Africans, even though they do not have the same skin color (Brace). ... Such a control on genetics could only develop within a g...

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The Crossing of the Ocean The crossing of the Atlantic Ocean is a very important phase of the Middle Passage. ... Naipaul that: "nothing was created in the West Indies" (taken from The Middle Passage, 1963, p.28). ... In his analysis of a slave ship, in 1829, the Reverend Robert Walsh pointed out that "The space between decks was divided into two compartments 3 feet 3 inches high; the size of one was 16 feet by 18 and of the other 40 by 21; into the first were crammed the women and girls, into the second the men and boys". "It's incredible", continues the Reverend, "how it was pos...

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To compound our naturally competitive natures, Americans often impose various forms of contest into everyday life from a very early age. Whether its identifying the "gifted" children in middle school, or placing students on "slow" academic tracks in high school, our society has permanently institutionalized inequality. ...

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I sampled twenty people varying in race, age, and gender. These people I targeted were majority college students ranging from age eighteen to twenty seven. The average age of all of the people I surveyed was twenty years of age. ... I surveyed five different races: African American, Latino, Caucasian, Asian American, Middle Eastern, and Indian. ... The way I choose the subjects for my survey was I tried to choose a diverse group in concerns to age, race, and gender. ...

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Celie comes from a poor family in Georgia and she was forced to leave school at a young age by her father who had gotten her pregnant. ... He wanted to give her materialistic things to keep a high status, but still had a sense of control by not allowing her to go wherever she pleased, whenever she pleased. ... At the start of the novel Celie is a young girl of fourteen who is ignorant and naive but by the end, she is a middle-aged woman who has succeeded in achieving independence, self-esteem and an increased knowledge of the world. ...

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She grew up in a middle class section of Birmingham, Alabama, that was known as Dynamite Hill, because of the frequent Ku Klux Klan bombings that occurred there. ... At age 15, Angela Davis left Birmingham to attend Elizabeth Irwin School in New York City. Unlike the segregated schools she attended in Alabama with inferior resources and curriculum, Irwin High provided Angela with new politically aggressive views. After completing high school, Angela Davis attended Brandeis University in Massachusetts from 1961-1965, where she would eventually graduate with honors. ...

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Critic and teacher Alain Locke described it as a "spiritual coming of age" in which the black community was able to seize upon its "first chances for group expression and self determination." ... The Renaissance was mostly a literary movement where African Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage,a heritage marked by struggle and perseverance, and to reveal the truth about the everyday black person.For many the Harlem Renaissance was considered to be the high point in African American writing. ... The literature appealed to the African American middle class and to the white book b...

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Eugene was a commissioned officer by the age of thirty-five whom then became a physics teacher at Tarkington College, and then was a prisoner of his own community. ... For example, during the middle ages people believed that the earth was flat with no scientific facts or observations. ... Right before Hartke graduated from high school his father entered him into the schools science fair knowing that his son was not enthusiastic about science. ... His father was using him for his own benefit rather than him taking into consideration that his son has a high chance of dying at war. ...

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Slaves were confined for two to three months in irons in the hold of a slave ship during the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean called the Middle Passage, where thousands died on their way to the colonies. ... On the other hand, the separatism of American life, which required a separatist foundation to hold segregated exhibitions, the absence of repositories to collect and preserve the art, and the distortions of critics hostile to the very notion that Black people could make high art, only served to widen rather than narrow the breach (Collier, 1985). ... A black middle class had developed follo...

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The Native Americans and Africans Slaves are two prominent groups seen in the Colonial Era with great influence, difficult challenges, and cultures that shaped the colonies into how we see them today. Both, the African Americans and Native Americans were challenged by the hardships of the whites thr...

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Hegemony is "the process of moral, philosophical, and political leadership that a social group attains only with the active consent of other important social groups" (Artz). If the leadership can align the subordinates" interests with their own, people willingly adhere to the their bidding. Leade...

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This was to protect Americans from overpowering economic groups and from problems that have occurred through no fault of their own (e.g. old age and unemployment). ... In the 19th century the marital rate was very high. ... This was because since women were prevented form gaining a good education they could not obtain a high-income job since this usually required academic success. ...

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His later life as a vocal person did not happen by mere chance but was instilled into him at a very young age through a whole family line of preachers: "Of course I was religious. ... He grew up in the middle of the Great Depression, and from a very young age it became a great concern to him, particularly when he saw the people standing in the breadlines. ... In terms of his education his schooling consisted of the Atlanta Public school system followed by the Atlanta University Laboratory High School, and the Booker T. Washington High School His mother and father were very important figures i...

• Word Count: 3793
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• Grade Level: High School