All slaves knew work associated with their culture and not the American culture, left them with nothing, so when freed in the late 1800's they had no other trade skills. ... "N-i-g-g-a is a term coined by white supremacists and slave masters who intended to harm the psychology and the social standing of black slaves," says Michael Eric Dyson, who teaches African-American studies at DePaul University. ... When I was in school all I learn about blacks history was that Harriet Tubeman freed 300 slaves, Martin Luther King's "I have a speech" and how Rosa Parks started the boycott on buse...

• Word Count: 1650
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A teacher in 1905 stated that during the school year while living in the "home" environment offered by the Carlisle School that, "The Indian youth learns English and civilized customs. ... While this freed all the African Americans and even led to a short period of increased prosperity for them, the Jim Crow laws would quickly relegate them back to second class status (Healey, 2012). While the 13th amendment freeing the slaves was ratified in 1865, it would take until February 7th of 2013 for the final state of Mississippi to ratify it (Barth, 2013).Before 1865, for purposes of ...

• Word Count: 2111
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Year 12 TEE English "Beneath a surface of entertainment, texts can present powerful social commentaries." ... This is important for him as he states "this is the most free feeling I ever had in a long time". ... Secondly its inclusion and showing of Ali saying "this is the most free feeling I ever had in a long time" shows that Ali, a black African-American has not really been given any freedom by the white America but by travelling to a place where back Africans rule and are equal, he is feeling free because he isn't controlled by white America. ... So we can gather information...

• Word Count: 2667
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Its primary language is African American Vernacular English 2. ... Williams asserts that hip-hop is all music that comes out of struggle by black folks in this country trying to be free and reflects the struggle in so many ways (Williams, 2014). ...

• Word Count: 1971
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate