The number of black people on television and advertisements in recent years has increased. Companies continue to increase their budget for advertising to black consumers. ... There has also been a steady increase in the amount of money black households have available to spend (excluding credit and loans). ... Since African Americans have increased in buying power there is a population growth, increased job opportunities and an increase number of African Americans starting their own businesses. ... Hopefully these numbers will continue to increase in the years to come and more and more Afric...

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The green light is used within the text used to symbolize Gatsby's hope for gaining money, success and acceptance, as well as hope that he will have a chance of getting back together with his long time love Daisy Buchanan. Money is also symbolized in the green light because it is the colour of the American dollar bill, something Gatsby values greatly and wants more of. Gatsby is also searching for success and acceptance within the higher class of the 1920's and money will help him in these aspirations. ... The green light is important within the novel because it is a symbol of ...

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Federalism is a concept that started many years ago during the times of the ratification of the document we live by called the Constitution. This concept basically states that there will be two levels of government, the national and the state. Federalism states that the national and state governments are separate entities and have formal authority over the same area and people. With its largest effect was during the Civil rights movement. Civil rights are freedoms and rights ...

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From 1999 to 2000, college attendance among balck women under 25 increased 4%, to 43.9% but it declined for men by 5%, to 33.8%. The U>S also found that a total minority enrollment in institutions of higher education had increased to 4 million in 1999 from 2.7 million in 1990, with gains of 68.3% among Hispanics, 31.6% among blacks and 58.9% among Asian Americans. It also should be noted that "the report did not, however, explain the degree to which increases in the total student age population during the 1990's lifted enrollment figures." ... But in essence each student should be given...

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She decided to sale baked goods to raise money for her school. For example, she sold sweet potato pies to raise money for the school that she wanted to establish. ... Mary quickly raised enough money for her school. ... That showed that Bethune had a big heart and she was not teaching for the love of money but for her love of being an educator. ... Bethune knew that her school was starting to grow with the population of students increasing, so a larger facility was right on time for her. ...

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This brings an old phrase to mind, "It takes money to make money." ... Bush and his administration are in the process of increasing housing opportunities for minorities and reforming federal housing standards. Bush's proposals suggest that we increase the supply of affordable housing, help families with down payments/closing costs, educate homebuyers, and offer increased financing options (Roach 27). ... This came as a surprise to me because Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, executive director of the Black Leadership Forum, told The Washington Times that "black flight" is now a factor in some a...

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On the way to the store neighborhood children beat him and take his money. When he comes back home his mother merely gives him more money and sends him back out into the street and the children beat him up again. ... He goes out, fights back against the children, and gets to the store with his money. ... From reading this novel, it had increased my knowledge further, from what I knew before. ...

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Although the initial price for slaves was relatively high and the owner had to feed, house, dress and care for the slaves, the owners soon made money on them due to no wages having to be paid and the production rate of their crops increasing due to long working hours. ... The slave owners could work women slaves just as hard as male slaves giving them even the hardest tasks increasing productivity and therefore profit. ...

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I should have smacked that girl then, maybe it would have ended the ever-increasing level of how color struck my descendants got. ... The white folk may have had money, but we had a sense of family and love. ...

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This new act no longer allowed slaves to grow their own food, assemble, earn their own money, or learn to read or write. ... The oppression of the slaves continues to increase. ... The immensity and ingenuity of the plot terrified southern slaveholders who now felt it necessary to increase the oppression of slaves. ... The southerners blamed the abolitionist for the increase in the revolts of slaves. ...

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As years passed, the critiquing of Hurston's work increased, yet not in the way that people may have expected. ... With no money or connections, she was forced to accept public assistance and moved into the St. ... Her neighbors were able to raise enough money to cover the cost of her funeral, but not enough for a headstone. ...

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In the history of the United States nothing has brought more shame to the face of America than the cold, calculated method of keeping black people in captivity. People from England who migrated to America used many different methods to enslave black people and passed them down through the children. ...

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I. Introduction As a native New Yorker, I can remember growing up in Harlem on 112th street and St. Nicholas Ave. On this block everyone was treated like a family. My siblings and I would go out and play in the street, because we didn't have the luxury of a backyard. We would sit on the stoop...

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With much controversy among the faithful, he was the first to advertise the religious concerts, and charge money to see them. ... Now that we have modern beats in gospel music the sales have increased. ...

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However, many black youth still suffer from slights within their own race about how light or dark they may be, how much money their parents make, and being black in general. ... All of these factors help to cause a large self alienation in the black community and increase in self hatred. ...

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Someone like Shug Avery who began making money through her singing, was able to evade the obedient housewife role and live her life the way she pleased since she did not need to depend on a man for financial support. ... 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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Malcolm's resentment was increased as he suffered through these hardships, and he was haunted by this early nightmare for most of his life. ... Why should we pay the most money for the worst kind of food and the most money for the worst kind of place to live in? ...

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The visible cross burnings, terrorist activities, beatings, Murders, and vigilante lynching increased by the hundreds. ... They raised money and got schools built for the black society to continue their educations. ...

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1. Introduction This term paper will be about the magazine FIRE !! which was published during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. For the first time important figures ( writers ) of the Harlem Renaissance worked together, they found out that it was a great chance to show the blacks that, if the...

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Butch was in an out of Institutions for his psychological issues, as Butch got older his deviant culture began to increase and he would get involved in more criminal activities. ... When the clerk of the pawn shop tells him to get outta here I don't have your money Butch gets enraged and picks up a knife that he claimed was sitting on the counter, he then stabs the pawn broker in the chest killing him instantly as well as the customer that walked in on Butch committing the act. ...

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Al Sharpton is dished millions of dollars a year to be a political figure whose full time job is to voice word on black inequality, and his actions show that he will tell his followers things that would stir up anger and ultimately increase the racial divide because he holds a position that allows him to do so. ...

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The population was increasing because of migration and immigration. ... Commerce grew in between 1747 and 1772, in an increase of 600%. ... Many newcomers during this period made the money that they expected to earn. ... Draining of the swamps allowed for adequate housing to be built there, however, new housing could not keep up with the rapidly increasing population. ...

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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. ... As a result, many blacks and whites owed large amounts of money. ...

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SCLC increased the size of the demonstrations in an effort to create so much dissent and disorder that local white officials would be forced to end segregation to restore normal business relations. ... Eventually the protesters' energy, and the money to bail out protesters, ran out. ...

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One must imagine that the author was one of the unlucky carpetbaggers who did not in fact make money in the South. ... He assumed that business would increase now that the war was over but strangely found himself void of business. ...

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