African Americans now had a curfew, needed a permit to travel, and could not start their own business. ... The blacks were now free but former owners still found a way to corner them into a situation a lot like slavery. ... Although they were free, black people weren't looked upon as equal, but inferior to whites. ... If any blacks violated the laws, they risked their homes, their jobs, even their lives. ... Plessy went to court and argued, in Homer Adolph Plessy v. ...

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Foreigners, freed slaves and immigrants were all desperately trying to better their lives. ... Luckily for her many Irish women were getting involved in the maid business. ... Knowing that Mary would never return home to Ireland she thought she must learn how to become an American woman and she felt that living in the home of one was the best way to learn. ... It pays $2.75 per day and you get a rent-free room to live in. ... He left his job in the dying factory to work in the packing business because he found out about a black labor union there. ...

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Foreigners, freed slaves and immigrants were all desperately trying to better their lives. ... Luckily for her many Irish women were getting involved in the maid business. ... Knowing that Mary would never return home to Ireland she thought she must learn how to become an American woman and she felt that living in the home of one was the best way to learn. ... It pays $2.75 per day and you get a rent-free room to live in. ... He left his job in the dying factory to work in the packing business because he found out about a black labor union there. ...

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The Business of Government A. ... New Police Favor Big Business a. ... Silent Cal Supports Big Business a. Coolidge admired productive business leaders. b. ... With more free time and disposable income, urban and suburban Americans looked to new sources of entertainment. b. ...

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Many different kinds of people, cultures, and races live in Canada and call it their home. ... Although victory went to the rebels this was the start of a free nation for the Blacks because all the British forces and Black loyalists had to flee north to Canada. ... The Underground Railroad is just a name of a series of secret network safe houses where Black runaway slaves could hide until they could be helped so that they could be free in Canada. ... In Upper Canada, many Blacks became farmers introduced tobacco farming, some made roads the railways, and other Blacks had enough money to own...

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• Grade Level: High School

They could not eat at lunch counters, register in motels or use whites-only rest rooms; they could not buy or rent a home wherever they chose. ... KKK members burned blacks' homes and churches, and even hanged blacks simply for "talking back- to whites. ...

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However, just because they were freed over a century ago doesn't mean they can now be freeloaders. ... McKinney discussed the home ownership gap between African American and Caucasian people. According to Alex Kellogg recent data, blacks are losing their homes and wealth at a far faster pace than whites. ... " This section focuses on deals to express to business side of politics and make sure readers know that politics involves major sacrifices. ... Politicians have to find a balance between their personal and business life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Since the begging of "American History-, Black women have been the backbone of their homes, communities, and the development of this country. ... California being a free state, Mason and her daughters petitioned the court for their freedom, which was granted in 1856. ... Over the years, her wise business and real estate transactions enabled her to accumulate a fortune of almost $300,000. ... From Boston, she journeyed to Rome, home to many expatriate American artists, including several women. ... Cole to the post of sanitary visitor, a position in which a traveling physician would visit fa...

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Often these services were rendered free of charge. ... The boycott cost many bus drivers their jobs, forced many businesses to close, and increased already hostile relations between blacks and whites. ... Nixon's home, fortunately no one was injured. ... The homes of two black leaders, four Baptists churches, t...

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February is Black History Month A full appreciation of the celebration of Black History Month requires a review and a reassessment of the social and academic climate that prevailed in the Western world, and especially in North America before 1926 when Black History Month was established. It is important to recall that between 1619 and 1926, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were classified as a race that had not made any contribution to human civilization. Within the public and private sector, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were continually dehum...

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Some of these people were called hippies which was a name commonly given to the young people who liked psychedelic rock, free love and experimental drug use. ... Women were also no longer stuck in the role of housewife because they had more opportunities to work  outside the home and men stepped up in the sharing of the responsibility of housework. ... African Americans were still treated differently and attacks continued(for example the murder of MLK Jr. and the attacks during freedom summer)but they started going to the same schools, businesses, and public facilities. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Businesses began to recruit poor, white families from the country whom they would bring in to work for them. ... Ferguson in 1896, a young man by the name of Homer Plessy refused to leave a white railroad car when told to do so. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"You have just won an appointment to the United States Military Academy," he said to me, "the folks back home will think that's a better prize than any prize at the Science Fair" (44). ... "I was in the show business, trying to get a big audience for the Government on TV by killing real people with live ammunition, something the other advertisers were not free to do" (57). ... When the philosopher was freed he came to the understanding that the shadows the prisoners saw on the wall were not anything like reality. ...

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" It was this devil who had burned his home, killed his father, institutionalized his mother, separated his family, encouraged him to abandon his dreams, and ultimately thrown him in prison. ... While he left the Nation of Islam (NOI), Malcolm X was still a Muslim and did abandon his commitment to free his fellow African Americans from such crippling bonds. ...

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Abstract Beliefs in conspiracy theories are widespread throughout the world, in every culture and community. They range from a world take over by secret societies to rigged Olympic games. Many are short lived, however, others seem to become self-perpetuating animals preying particularly on the Black community. The most common theories are that which circle HIV/AIDS. These theories have a devastating impact that effects the African American and Black South African population. ...

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"Martin Luther King and his View of the American Dream" Introduction The reason why I have chosen the topic "Martin Luther King and his view of the American Dream" for my research paper has its roots in my early childhood. My mom was very impressed of King and read picture books about him to me. Also during my exchange year in the United States, Minnesota, in the summer of 1999, I had the opportunity to discover several things about "The American Way of Life". One of the most important experiences, which gave me a lasting impression, concerned American people's attitudes towa...

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• Grade Level: High School