Aaron and his family were sold about three or four times until they were purchased by a slave owner by the name of Bosket, that's when they received their surname Bosket. ... Here the share cropper system reduced the African Americans to peons but then in 1867 the Southern states were forced to give African Americans to vote (Butterfield, F., 2008). Also in the beginning stages of this chapter the whites began to become enraged due to the fact that blacks were given the right to vote and there were more blacks in the population then whites, so when the votes came about the blacks were ...

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Labor workers were unable to benefit from the capitalist ideas because they were never given the respect or the acknowledgement that they deserved as the demands of factory working increased dramatically. ... None of the suffering the labor workers felt impacted the business owners and it never did until the progressive movement came a long and enforced fair labor and an increase in wages. ... Jane Addams was apart of a younger generation of society that was fortunate to have many more opportunities then their parents. ... Being an educated woman, Jane Addams saw that the poor people of soc...

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Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on juries, clearly affecting the way both Blacks and whites were tried. ... Additionally, there are seven Black males in prison for every one white male.3 More than half of all black males are under the supervision of the justice system in some way.4 These two factors indicate a very important trend. ... Secondly, and perhaps more significantly, the high rate of incarceration, upon further examination, leads to conclusions about its causes which then shed light on the discussion of jury nullification. ... There are several levels within the ...

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There is now an argument that many minorities admitted to schools are prematurely dismissed and they are complaining that they have been emotionally damaged. ... Her grades were also outstanding. ... Four minorities, including one black and three Mexican Americans, were easily admitted with lower scores and ratings. ... Until this policy was changed, there was rarely any contact between the two races, even at the firehouse. ... Out of the 309 murder charges actually filed, an astounding 58 were dismissed prior to indictment. ...

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Her finger-nails were red. ... Crooks enjoys talking to Lennie because he knows that none of it will come out and he can tell Lennie anything he wants to. ... Well, you keep you place, then, ------. ... But there were other who were not so lucky v/s Crooks was intensely unhappy, unconfident and seriously mentally damaged from the lasting affects of loneliness. ... Loneliness is a part of human nature whether we like it not, as with everything, there are winners and there are losers. ...

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This concept basically states that there will be two levels of government, the national and the state. ... As a result, blacks were enslaved, and women were persecuted throughout the late 1700's and early 1800's. ... Following the depression there were many programs and acts to help the nation recover from the depression. ... Even under the new deal, blacks were treated unfair. ... Unions for blacks and women were rare until John Lewis formed the CIO, a union anyone...

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Slaves were seen as dependent, inferior to the white race and without any civil rights. ... I will fortify my opinion first of all by giving explanations on Mark Twain's attitude towards slaves and his experiences with them, and then by introducing his novel "Puddn'head Wilson-. ... "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson- is introduced by a description of a peaceful, calm town seemingly harmless and full of harmony: "In 1830 it was a snug little collection of modest one- and two-storey frame dwellings whose whitewashed exteriors were almost concealed from sight by climbing tangle...

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There was not one single kind of Native American, but many. ... There were a number of trade routes along the rivers, which led to a heavy reliance on imports and exports. ... There were nomadic people here as well. ... There were enough sea mammals, shellfish, and canoes for them to eat and use so that they could get their main food source and did not need to rely on agriculture. ... While the Americans (whites) looked down upon the Indians and did not think they were real people, there was a negative relationship between the two cultures. ...

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The question then became what to do about it. ... From 1811 to 1815, he made the first attempt to establish a black American colony in Africa, transporting several dozen people there. ... They founded the country of Liberia and between 1822 and 1861, nearly 15,000 blacks chose to return there. ... He moved to Chicago and started Muslim Temple Number 2 and established his headquarters there. Malcolm X took over from there. ...

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"By the onset of the Civil War, 2.4 million slaves were engaged in cotton production" (Long 16). ... However, industry and commerce were centered in the North. ... However, Lincoln received less than 40 per cent of the popular vote, almost none of which came from the South. ... "There is no more moving and telling an expression of the Black's view of the Civil War than this" (Long 26). ... It is ironic that only a few days before Fort Sumter was attacked, Douglass had agreed to make a trip to Haiti to investigate the possibility of emigration there by free Blacks at the invitation of t...

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He was shot and then left on a pair of train tracks to suffer a terrible death, which was eventually ruled a suicide. ... A home were Malcom was the "mascot," a home were the word "nigger" was so common Malcom began to think it was his nickname. ... He started out as a shoe shine boy, working at a dance hall for white dances and occasionally black dances when they were allowed. ... Things were going relatively well until Malcom broke the watch he had stolen from one of their jobs. ... He immediately called the police and when Malcom came back to get it, the cops were waiting on him. ...

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There is no answer on her cell phone and she does not answer his three pages. ... If Little Billy goes to a private Catholic school in a white neighborhood his entire life that costs $20,000 a year, the chances of him spending any time with a lower-class minority are slim to none. ... Probably not because they were all too busy using the "colored" bathrooms. Even though the model for residential zoning may need a little work, there are many organizations that have been formed in hopes to influence racial harmony. ...

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• Grade Level: High School