"Nigger" was created as a combination of the Spanish (European) word "negro," which means "black," and the Greek word "necro," which means "dead." Those who designed the word intended to plant in the minds of whites, blacks, and the entire world the image of black people as inferior, contemptuous, and mentally dead. ... When the European used the word "nigga" towards blacks, it was used as a mental whip to force blacks into the image they had created blacks: mentally dead and equal only to the animals of the plantation. ...

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As all of them lay dead on the field, it was finally realized that in the end, race will never matter, what will matter is the heart and the accomplishment given by the individual. Even though these men are unfortunately dead, they have left a great example of what America stands for, and how our people should join. ...

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From the late 1800's until after the turn of the 20th century, a Belgian ruler known only as King Leopold II had control and ownership over the Congo. Similar to other chronicles in history, great acts of atrocity occurred because a single ruler was consumed by greed; eventually costing millions o...

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The following essay will examine certain aspects of the development of the highly heterogeneous "Black Power" movement in the United States; revealing a broader context of the struggle to obtain equal civil rights. My aim is to further an understanding of this controversial era by juxtaposing differ...

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But the perception of the vision he had was only a dream and when he was looking back at it, he remembered how the last battle was, where he saw dead bodies of women and children scattered all over the ground and the soldiers pointing their guns. ...

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But the perception of the vision he had was only a dream and when he was looking back at it, he remembered how the last battle was, where he saw dead bodies of women and children scattered all over the ground and the soldiers pointing their guns. ...

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Louis, Maya found her mother, whom she had known only as someone who had abandoned her and who probably was dead, to be a wonder of light-skinned beauty and hurricane energy, in constant social demand. ...

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In her novel Sula, Toni Morrison immerses the reader in the rich and diverse lives to be found in the black community of Medallion. Morrison illuminates the harmful effect white patriarchal society has on minority members of society; she fights back against this historical oppression by centering he...

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Apartheid was a government policy of complete racial separation that gave power mainly to the whites. The Dutch used apartheid in South Africa, while segregation was utilized in the United States. Because of the unfair treatment, black citizens rose up and fought to gain equality. The civil rights...

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The event at Sharpeville marked unquestionably a turning point in the struggle for liberation in South Africa. This event was the massacre of demonstrators protesting at Sharpeville, a relatively small township south of Johannesburg. The massacre at Sharpeville can be compared to the Armistar massac...

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Examining the role that religion played in the African-American community, primarily pre-civil war, can be a difficult task due to the limited amount of evidence available.1 While it is a common notion that slavery life was embedded with Christian ideals, a Christian-like ideology is likely more accurate.2 Syncretism occurred with the combining of African tradition and Christian principles to create an African-American spirituality specific to its people. Whites, being leery not to encourage freedom-based teachings of Christianity, provided a watered-down version that stayed true to the sal...

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In 1948, when the National Party won the general election in South Africa, a system known as apartheid took place in the country. The National Party is a South African political party that was founded in 1914. The members of the mentioned party are usually known as nationalists or Natz. Among its po...

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