Before the World War II, many Jews, blacks were excluded from society, but after the WWII they came to the attention of the Americans, especially blacks that joined professional sports. ... On the road toward pluralism and cosmopolitanism occurred many conflicts that resulted with many loss of lives; this event is also known as 'race riots'. ... The switch from wind-driven ships to steam ships represented an important step from economical and immigration point of view; so that, the immigrants number increased from 5 million to 10 million in 30 years, and to 15 million in the next 1...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Within the films Glory and Django Unchained, there are several depictions of how whites viewed blacks during the time of the Civil War. ... For soldiers within the Civil War, shoes were an essential part of their training. ... It is evident that several generals within the Union Army were reluctant to give black soldiers proper attire for battle because they viewed the overall health and well being of white soldiers within the Union army as more important than that of the black soldiers. ... The film Glory depicts an event when the black soldiers find out they don't receive equal pay to t...

• Word Count: 1597
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Before the Civil War, slave narratives such as these were the first to use such dramatic personal experiences of African- Americans in a text. ... Jacobs" work found its place in history as a "slave narrative" protesting the abuses perpetrated against captive men and women, but it reaches far beyond the boundaries of this genre and stands as an important feminist document. ... One important event occurred between Douglass and a particularly strict slave driver, named Mr. ... According to DuBois, an American Negro has " two souls, two thoughts, two un-reconciled strivings; two warring ideals in...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Beginning in the colonial period, African Americans provided most of the labor on which European settlement, development, and wealth depended, especially after European wars and diseases decimated Native Americans. ... The Harlem Renaissance made an important impact on American life through impressive contributions by many artists. ... A black middle class had developed following the American Civil War (1861-1865), increasing education and employment opportunities with a new sense of racial pride (Collier, 1985). ... World War I rallied many Black Americans with patriotic appeals to democ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Pieter's aunt Sophie as narrator provides a retrospective account of these events. ... She is motivated both by her guilt for failing to prevent Pieter's tragedy and by the wish to show mercy, in contrast to the racially divisive laws that separate Pieter and the country The novel is set in the time following World War II, and Pieter and the other South African soldiers who volunteered to go abroad and fight with the British have returned home and resumed their lives. ... The most important example of resistance in the novel is the "great strike and procession in Johannesburg" that ...

• Word Count: 1438
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Renaissance took place between the end of World War 1 and the Great Depression. ... For thousands of blacks around the world, the Harlem Renaissance was proof that the white race did not hold a monopoly on literature and culture.Many events during the Harlem Renaissance influenced and affected the lives of many today. The best accomplishment of the Harlem Renaissance was not the literature produced during its time but rather the fact that it gave African Americans something to be proud of, to learn from, and most importantly to build upon. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As stated by Schraeder, one of "two important developments" contributed to pressures for change US foreign Policy toward south Africa during the late 1950s was firstly, a growing civil rights movement striving for the political equality of African Americans ensured greater official attention to the issues of race in both domestic and international policies...Reverend Martin Luther King led a demonstration on December 10, 1957 to denounce apartheid and call attention to South Africa's refusal to sign the UN Declaration on Human Rights... An important aspect of such actions was that they c...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ideas of Caucasian supremacy can be found throughout doctrines and scripture that exist in important Church documents. ... The life of the biblical figure, Cain, is a very important aspect of the literary work. ... As the Civil war began, the Mormon-dominated territory of Utah decided not to participate in either seceding from the Union or joining the Union army. ... Grant saw the Civil War as a blessing in disguise; they believed that the war would trigger a Mormon prophesied apocalyptic event that would cleanse society and eventually lead to ultimate Mormon control. The war over slavery d...

• Word Count: 3075
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is important to read works of African American literature in order to be able to understand the trials and tribulations that slavery brought upon this particular group of people. ... Dubois explains this perfectly when he stated: "One ever feels his two-ness, -am American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strengths alone keeps it from being torn asunder...... The people who believe that Americans should no longer divide themselves up into subgroups believe that it is no longer important to differentiate betw...

• Word Count: 3543
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Players are remembered for their missed shots, letting their team down when needed most, and most important their weaknesses. The cruelest part of the game is not what happens on the court, it's the events that coincide with the game. ... The Romas, one of the greatest female ball clubs of all time, played against male and female teams, never lost a game for six years after World War 2 (1939-1945). ... After World War 2, a hopeful black public focused much of its attention on a new generation of racial pioneers, barrier breakers such as Jackie Robinson, Althea Gibson, and Wilma Rudolph. ...

• Word Count: 2290
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate