Others followed, including the New York Girls, the first all black female team. Blacks weren't able to play on white teams and they were banned from playing in gymnasiums owned by whites. ... The rise of these female basketball teams was a step forward to reinforce Black Nationalism. ... College basketball teams in the 1930s dominated the scene. ... At the end of basketball season, her team boasted a 22-1 record, and proclaimed themselve...

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From their European heritage, people of the revolutionary era were brought up to believe in the importance of civilization, Christianity, making profits, and the superiority that came along with having white skin. ... Another example of how American's were brought up thinking that any skin color other than white was inferior can be seen in the book Jefferson's Pillow. ... He did not see a free black man, working along his father as an equal; he was brought up thinking that blacks were supposed to be less respected than whites like him. Jefferson's fellow political leaders were...

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Being such a big kid among his classmates he was often faster and stronger than other boys his age and at thirteen was even on the towns high school baseball team. ... Paul often brought home straight A's, he was a member of his high schools debate team, often acted in plays and was the regarded as one of the best high school orators in the town. ... From his more then stellar educational accomplishments at a nationally recognized institution he was granted entrance to law school, he had a brief stint on professional football and basketball teams, he even sang an acted on Broadway. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She later met the renowned African American dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey with whom she formed the unsuccessful dance team ˜Al and Rita'. ... It was also in this year that Maya Angelo wrote the first of seven autobiographies that have brought her international recognition and acclaim, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'....

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The feeling of being burdened and the annoyance that comes with it is brought up in other parts of the poem, in lines such as, "and I was embarrassed/by old men standing up to shake my hand/and tell me they were "sorry for my trouble."" ...

• Word Count: 2322
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He was the only African American player on his high school and college football team; this even furthermore highlights his exemplary well roundedness (21). ... Robeson acted in many plays, but the ones that brought him critical attention were The Emperor Jones and All God's Chillun Got Wings (Contemporary Black Biography). ...

• Word Count: 990
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. Kung Fu (Warner Bros, ABC, 1972-1975), starring David Carradine as Kwai-Chang Caine, featured a white American actor as a bi-racial Shaolin priest in the Old West. Originally conceived as a vehicle for martial arts adept Bruce Lee, the series went to an actor with little physical ability, but with a knack for embodying a Hippie pacifism along with a reluctant, but devastating aggression On the lam from the la...

• Word Count: 9463
• Approx Pages: 38
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Rap brought poetry to a new generation, as it called for lyrically skillful and colorful rhymes that paint pictures in peoples' minds. ... Because of the association with gang culture, team clothing was banned in public schools nationwide. ...

• Word Count: 2443
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate