Imagine a world where because of the color of her skin, a child could be subjected to intolerable pain and suffering. ... A black person in this period, because of the color of her skin, was not afforded equal treatment to white people and often times were treated worse than animals. ... She was refused treatment because of the color of her skin, and the nearest Negro dentist was in Texarkana, 25 miles away (p.387). ... Momma tried to find a quick solution in spite of barriers of race. ...

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In 1950 Earl Lloyd and Chuck Cooper entered the National Basketball Association, expanding the broken color barrier to other sports. ... He broke a barrier that opened up doors for others in the future. ... Because of this movement that Jackie started he has gained historical significance more than just for his athletic ability but because he broke the color barrier in professional sports. ... Although Jackie isn't the only black player to cross a color barrier, doing it in baseball was the most powerful way to do it. ... Breaking the color barrier in baseball changed the whole country. ...

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The first man to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball in the 20th century, Jackie Robinson is one of the most celebrated baseball players in history. ... He broke the color line, which led to many white teams playing against all black teams or interracial teams: Jackie Robinson caught many Americans attention and his story was widely retold through American culture in many different forms. ... In 1997, Major League baseball celebrated the fifty-eth year of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier of baseball by retiring his number 42 into perpetuity during a ceremony ...

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Breaking the color barrier was extremely hard for Jackie. ... The crowd in the stands booed at Robinson because they couldn't believe thathe had broken the color barrier of baseball. ... Before Jackie broke the color barrier he wasn't even allowed to think about playing professional baseball in the major leagues. ... When we first think of Jackie Robinson we probably only remember that he was the first black man to break the color barrier in baseball. ... He broke the color barrier in baseball, a member of the NAACP, and a good man overall. ...

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One of the most powerful forces of communication in the world today, if not the most powerful, is music. Music has the ability to transcend barriers like nothing else. Music has a way to carry a message, spark a memory, tell a story and even evoke ones emotions. Music is a common ground for men and ...

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Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919. He was born on a farm in Georgia. People called him Jackie. His father left his family when he was 1 years old. His mother worked hard to support the family and she was the most important person in his life. After Jackie graduated from...

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Even though he was a terrific baseball player people did not like him because of his skin color. ... Also, breaking the color barrier was also a huge deal and that inspired other colored people to do any sport they wanted. ... Jackie helped break the color barrier and help the civil rights movement. ...

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These are common thoughts that do not break the barriers of creativity; however, Elsa Schiaparelli was able to defy these barriers by creating clothing as outlandish as Salvador Dali's paintings, and in some cases using his art as a backbone of a piece. ... Coupled with this theme, Schiaparelli used dramatic color schemes on her clothing. ... Her favorite color to be used was "shocking" pink, which was bright magenta, but renamed because of her famed use of the color (Davis). ...

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He also knows that they must break the "color barrier" to do that. ... Walter Lee Younger showed throughout the play that by working hard and trusting your family and your people even the toughest of barriers can be crossed. In this play those barriers were poverty and oppression and Walter Lee was able to help carry his family over both of these walls to a new start. ...

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For a man coming from a poor family of sharecroppers, his beginning, would help him become the first baseball player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier that segregated major league baseball for many decades. ... He broke the colour barrier in baseball by being the first African American to play in white baseball. ...

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Increasingly, women are bumping into a ceiling is a barrier "So subtle that it I transparent, yet so strong that it prevents women from moving up the corporate hierarchy." ... Old-Boy Network According to one executive recruiter, the biggest barrier to women in top management levels is the "bunch of guys sitting together around a table" making all the decisions? ... Women of Color in Corporate Management Women of color are much more likely than white women to cite lack of a mentor/sponsor as a barrier to advancement (47% vs. 29%). 50% of women of color attribute their career success to "a...

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The river symbolizes the "barrier- between the earth and the spirit world. ... The river being the "barrier- or the womb and the water, "restores life and youth- (Jobes page1341, 1667). ... The color red is representative of "blood and love- (Jobes, page 356-357), in which the conclusion could be made that the snake's blood is making the land capable of supporting life. The color blue represents the color of the water in the spirit water. ... Finally, Jobes explains yellow, the color of the sun, as "divine and supreme wisdom- (Jobes page 356-359). ...

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Therefore, the following are barriers of which stand in the way of calling America a "nation" - ethnicity, language and racism. ... Just because of the color of his skin, what happened to him? ... How can a true nation exist if its own citizens beat each other because of the color of their skin? ... There are too many barriers in the way such as the diversity of ethnicities, language and the issue of racism. ...

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Fletcher had broken the color barrier and had fame, after the army he could not find a single job so he began to deliver ice. ... Married and with five children, his wife could not take the pressures of not finding a job because of her color and jumps off of the Golden State Bridge. ... When asked what was his motivation to start Affirmative Action he said that he never wanted to see another person kill themselves because the color of their skin. ...

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A sad truth, only cause of the color of a mans skin. ... Simply their skin color? ... "(3) With a hint of sarcasm in this line our character has always known that just because of the color of his skin isn't the reason for the racial barriers, but because of ignorance in the world around him (united States) controlled by the white man, it does make all the difference, so no matter his beliefs or thoughts he will be held down by society merely because of his skin tone. ... will I be plagued by my skin color for life? ... at every corner in life will I be reminded of my color and will b...

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Throughout the history of literature, authors have told their readers of the time periods they have lived in. One major style that has been effectively used in this manner is poetry. The style of poetry was a greatly made use of during the Harlem Renaissance, which was when the African-American arts...

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It occurs when a group of people or a person dislikes, judges, or overlooks a person because of the color of his/her skin or cultural background. ... One reason why racism is so painful for me is because it sets barriers and closes doors of advancement. ... By his poor decision, I was lead to believe that she was given the promotion on the basis of the color of her skin being the same as my bosses. ...

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How many times have we seen firefighters and policemen sacrifice themselves to save others" lives? Would America have so much freedom if certain significant people didn't fight for our rights? Martin Luther once said, "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort but w...

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Fletcher had broken the color barrier and had fame, after the army he could not find a single job so he began to deliver ice. ... Married and with five children, his wife could not take the pressures of not finding a job because of her color and jumps off of the Golden State Bridge. ... When asked what was his motivation to start Affirmative Action he said that he never wanted to see another person kill themselves because the color of their skin. ...

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Although the blacks had excelled in the sport, a color bar had been put into place so that blacks and whites could not fight each other. ... The view held by the authorities was that in contests between men of color and white men the temperaments of the contestants are not compatible. ... The color bar was never an actual law, per se, it was always a sort of de facto rule--black and white did not fight in important contests. ... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quipped, "There is no good object in these color matches. ... In their time (the 1890's), they faced different barriers because altho...

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The walls of race and the barriers from so-calledtraditions? ... It came as a shock to me when I learned that the reason for all of this was because of the color of his skin. ... Hopefully in the very near future we can look past the color of skin. Using something so petty as skin color to separate people is only holding us back. Those who still use skin color as a way to judge a person are living a life of ignorance. ...

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This difference creates a barrier between the two sexes, which is however, in my opinion, becoming less and less obvious as time progresses. ... As soon as a baby is born, it is dressed in the color that isproper? ... The boy's section is usually dominated by the color blue and the girl's section is usually dominated by the color pink. ... Likewise, 95% associated blue as a boy's color and only 2% associated the color as a girl's color (Watkins and Hu, 26). ... Color and Toys?. ...

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In the beginning, Poe uses color as symbolism for different stages of the life of the character Prince Prospero, to establish the theme of the story[ CITATION The64 l 1033 ]. ... The colors advance to black, the final color and represents his death. ... Prince Prospero's ballroom, where the masked ball is held, is a barrier to protect all the partygoers from the Red Death. ...

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They used to try and put Jan down by saying their job was the best and best paying and also made fun of his color. ... They where really the only ones who took him in and gave him a chance and looked past his color and came over the language barrier. ...

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And once I realized I could turn around, another wall, sturdier and taller than any other barrier I have ever faced, stands there. ... How could anyone ever hate something so beautiful, something so full of love, happiness and color. ... It was as if his skin soaked up every drop of color, putting even the rich, life-giving soil to shame. ...

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