People for the American Way is a non-profit organization that advocates the rights of the American citizen in terms of political democracy, as well as economic freedom. ... They argue it is the American way, and nobody should take it away from Americans (People for the American Way 65). ... People for the American Way headquarters are in Washington, D.C. ... Bellinzoni just to mention a few (People for the American Way (pfaf) 47) . ... The African American Religious Affairs promotes liberal activism as well as support African Americans religious congregations and their communities (People for ...

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America had just recovered from an economic depression and now World War II took Americans by surprise. ... Furthermore, in this paper I will also examine three of the many prime examples (roles) for which African Americans portrayed during that era which are: - African American soldiers - Education for African Americans - Blacks in America during World War II Let's first examine the role of African Americans in the military during World War II. ... All this would probably be denied if made public, but these things are truths I know."4 To say that Democracy for African Americans ...

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America had just recovered from an economic depression and now World War II took Americans by surprise. ... Furthermore, in this paper I will also examine three of the many prime examples (roles) for which African Americans portrayed during that era which are: - African American soldiers - Education for African Americans - Blacks in America during World War II Let's first examine the role of African Americans in the military during World War II. ... All this would probably be denied if made public, but these things are truths I know."4 To say that Democracy for African Americans ...

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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. ... Although the Democracy Movement was violently suppressed, images of demonstrators confronting tanks and marching with the "Goddess of Democracy- figure, bearing a striking resemblance to the Statue of Liberty, formed an imaginative link between China and America on global television screens. Rapid Fire takes up some of this imagery in its narrative about Jake Lo (Brandon Lee), who was in Tian'anmen with h...

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Through this education, different groups of people can learn to reconcile their different identities and create a true democracy, as the African Americans and European-white Americans struggled to do in the United States. ... The acceptance of the rights of the entire human race supports his ideas of having a true democracy. ... Identity allows individuals to become self conscious and through this they can find different ways to contribute to a democracy. ... He believes that democracy requires citizens that can criticize their leaders and their governments. ... "An American Negro would not...

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Throughout American history and even to this day, African Americans have always struggled for their rights. Jill Karson, a published author states, "Many consider the civil rights movement to have begun not in the 1950's, but when African Americans were first brought in chains, centuries earlier to American shore" (Karson 11). ... In his speech, Roosevelt stated that American democracy consisted of "Four Freedoms": the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of religion, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear. ... African-Americans, especially soldiers, noted th...

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Mandela's American counterpart was Martin Luther King, Jr. ... His speaking prowess inspired African American citizens to rise up and help achieve King's "dream" for America. ... The blacks" efforts ultimately led to the creation of a multiracial democracy in South Africa. ... Apartheid greatly undermined the spirit of democracy. Basic principles of democracy include free elections, citizen participation, majority representation, freedom and equality, all of which were violated during the reign of apartheid systems in South Africa and America. ...

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When Americans traveled to Africa to buy its people they did so because African's had strong bodies that will provide the labor plantation owners needed to sustain the American economy. ... When they arrived on American soil in 1839 they were technically free people, and that's the technicality that won them their case. ... Some law officials tend to fear the African American race because they are ignorant when it comes to the logistics of crimes. ... Aside from being educated, students need to also be engineered to function in a democracy by learning the democratic values that will ...

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African American soldiers began to notice the hypocrisy of fighting for democracy in Europe when they weren't even allowed their constitutional rights at home. When the war ended and African American, Native American, and Hispanic soldiers came back to a home that did not grant them full rights, the Civil Rights Movement was born. ... Asian Americans were also heavily discriminated against in the aftermath of World War II. ... Japanese Americans were immediately viewed as enemies of the State. ... Women, Asian Americans, Hispanics, and others decided to fight the social norms of the time...

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In conjecture with the attitudes on racial separation in America, South Africa was taking a radically opposite stance towards segregation with plans to further separate the races while in America the the seedlings of a civil rights movement began to take root. ... This Afrikaner myth is exemplified in Hard Right written by van Rooyen when he says, "Africa's poor record on democracy, human and minority rights was always a source of great anxiety to South African whites. ... America essentially put on a facade of backing South Africa and after internal pressure from black American and liber...

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Within this tale, there is always the mention of the Native Americans, the ones who taught us to farm and understand the ways the North American lands worked in comparison to European ones most of the travelers had previously been accustomed. ... He wanted European immigrants to assimilated into American citizens as soon as possible – but what exactly does that mean? ... Where does that leave African Americans, who when this was published, had just been absolved from slavery thirty years prior? ... African Americans show one side of the darkness of this idealism of Americanization. ... T...

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If Whites are just as likely to break drug related laws as African Americans, how is it possible that an African American man is 30% more likely to go to jail than a White man? ... Bush, 4,789 African Americans per 100,000 were incarcerated (2004). The United States is suppose to be a country that is about the people because it is a democracy, yet numbers show that it is a country that cares only about economic prosperity. ... There are currently more African Americans under correctional control today, than African Americans who were enslaved in 1850 (p78). ... The oppression of whites on Af...

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Finally, the New Deal "transformed the American party system." ... (4) American liberalism changed in three ways after FDR's death. ... Second, it developed a new "vision of democracy," during this time it developed pluralist politics. ... (6) American Keynesians wanted the economy to keep growing bigger and bigger, so that there will be enough for everybody; some believed that this was an American alternative to Marxism. ... He wanted all citizens to have and experience the American life. ...

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African Americans have been fighting for their rights for decades. The African American civil rights movement changed everything. ... Being a mason meant believing in equality and democracy. ... The revolution was a complicated battle because Americans were fighting for equality, yet America had slaves. ... Many years after Hall's death, the Prince Hall Masons continued to meet and promote lives of virtue, equality and democracy. ...

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Dubois, and even Frantz Fanon spoke and wrote eloquently and passionately against racial oppression, calling America and Europe to accountability for their democratic and humanitarian ideals by appealing to, in Abraham Lincoln's paraphrased words, "the better angels of men's natures."" ... Even King, though he never repudiated nonviolence, began to question the effectiveness of such tactics in the face of America's social, political, and economic violence towards Black people. The fact remains that democracy in America can coexist, and indeed has coexisted with the oppression ...

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His achievements in government had cleared a path for other African Americans to follow. ... At age thirteen Douglass bought his first book, The Columbian Orator, consisting of various essays and speeches having to do with democracy and liberty. ... This newspaper finally gave the black people of America a voice. ... Not only did these achievements pave the way for other African Americans to follow, but they also weakened the stereotype that African American people are an inferior and sub-human type of being. ... Frederick Douglass fought for the equality among all humanity and wrote, "The...

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The Declaration of Independence defined the promise of America - freedom and equality for all Americans. Yet, prior to the 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans were still enslaved. ... Laws, called Black Codes, were imposed to severely restrict the rights of African Americans. ... They adopted nonviolent mass action as a strategy and insisted that equal rights were essential for democracy. ... Many African Americans were outraged by the continued inferiority placed on people of color. ...

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"The CTCA promised Americans that their troops would return healthier and more wholesome than when they left." ... As Bristow explains, the CTCA took on the paternalistic qualities of the Progressive reform, despite their emphasis on a fair democracy. ... The camps included a large percentage of working class men, African Americans, and immigrants. ... The CTCA was up against opposition from African Americans, and after the war ended, began to have many more problems with many other groups of Americans. The CTCA was unable to establish a permanent niche in American society. ...

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This statement summarizes a significant issue that most African Americans recognized and sought to change during this era. ... However, both men left behind a legacy that contributed in paving the way for equal opportunity for African Americans today. ... He was born and raised in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, a place where social and economic activities were reinforced by "primary democracy"- all of its citizens had a right to be heard. ... In this article, he described the dreadful effects of segregation and the toll it took on the African American Race. ... Therefore this is what he...

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The most common targeted of racial profiling are individuals of African American descent, along with Hispanics and Muslims. ... Racial profiling impacts the integrity of America and its ideals because equal rights do not apply to everyone. ... It continues to be a egregious and prevalent form of discrimination that stains the American democracy compromising racial equality. ... " President Barack Obama, July 22, 2009 In addition to targeting the African American community, racial and religious profiling also affect a broad range of communities, including Native American, Latino, Ara...

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He advocated for equal treatment for every American in the United States. ... Globalization has had an immense influence on the ethnic map of America. From the beginning of 1960, immigration has heightened in the American society. ... The society will become reorganized; democracy and mass ownership will solve the capitalist power. ... The economic implications of Black Americans differ from that of other minority groups. ...

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Martin Luther King seemed to take a naturalist view, hungry to incorporate morality into the aims of law in America, while George Wallace stood strong under the positivist view that had drawn direction for the aims of law from social phenomenon rather than a moral compass. ... There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. ... When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. ... King addre...

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