Living in the States has been difficult for me to enhance my African culture. ... I was born in Chicago IL, on the birth of Independence, which to me is a coincidence? ... One possible solution (advocated at a time when the assimilation of free blacks into American society seemed out of the question) was the complete separation of white and black Americans. ... It is amazing to me how wars change people's lives and makes it meaningful. ... I wasn't able to play a lot, nor participate in sporting activities like they did. ...

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I found myself listening to the arguments of the black and white abolitionists, as well as the slaves, and for every point they made I was usually able to think of some sort of counter argument. This really scared me. ... The concept that the black slaves in the south actually had more personal freedoms than the white working class in the north really made me think. ... This makes me feel like the labor that occurred in the north was just slavery with a different name. ...

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I'll admit that it's partially because that's my name, but the fact that it was the first show with an African America woman as a lead that lasted beyond its premier season also makes me smile (being an African American woman myself). However, that's me looking back on a historical fact. Just like I know that during the same year that Julia first aired, Kennedy was assassinated, Dr. ... This portrayal of African Americans was false and so rejected by much of Black America. "Everyone wanted to see better portrayal of blacks, but not too much better," says my mom. ...

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Even though Lincoln knew slavery was wrong and the blacks should be free he still wanted to send them back to Africa or unoccupied lands, again does that sound like someone who deserves the name "The Great Emancipator". Because to me I thought if he truly wanted and respected the ending of slavery he would keep the black slaves apart of the Union where they were free to do what they wanted "in a nation where men were created equal" . To me it seems as if Lincoln was uncomfortable with the idea of having blacks live in the United States and wanted them out. ... As quoted b...

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The overseer beat the slave in one of his gangs (and for quite a good reason) because he tripped while working on draining the marshlands for the sugar canes (I like to grow sugar more than cotton because cotton ruins the soil quicker than anything I've ever grown) and completely made a mess of everything. ... I wish we could use the immigrants instead of blacks, but they don't come down here often. ... I had better win, why would they ever set a black fugitive free. ... Cecilia's friend's daughter, Amelia, was recently found in bed with a black slave. ... Cecilia just ca...

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This happiness is to have the public believe that the slaves were happy doing their jobs and did not mind being a slave but actually like it. ... He was watching a play and in the third act a actor in black face came out and portrayed a mammy singing a song. One of the songs that the black face actor was singing that had the Aunt Jemima name in it went like this : My old missus promise me, Old Aunt Jemima, oh! ... When she died she set me free, Old Aunt Jemima, oh! ... The northerners in return liked the product so much because it was easy to prepare and...

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Frederick Douglass even served as an advisor to Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and fought for black rights to vote and other civil liberties. ... They were treated poorly just like a slave would be treated scrounging for food and huddling together to keep warm at night. ... His dreams of emancipation were encouraged by the example of other blacks in Baltimore, most of whom were free. ... He later wrote, "A new world had opened upon me." ... At times he was treated like a part of a family but then he was again cast out as a slave. ...

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Some might still think, what about other minorities, like Chinese and Japanese, they've had their share of discrimination and they're doing great. That to me is an unfair comparison. ... Black's were brought here as slaves, as objects, less than human. ... Adolph Reed says that American Blacks are the wealthiest blacks in the world, but what he doesn't understand is that discrimination in America isn't a world issue, it's an American issue. ... Giving reparations is actully like old masters finally letting go, giving them their other 2/5, making them truly fre...

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The American Dream contradicts its-self when it pretends to be fair to the Black socio-economic phenomenon. Economically, the American Dream is not a reality, not true for the Black cultures. For example, "A lack of economic opportunity among black men meant that black families could not amass any meaningful wealth to bequeath to future generations" (Obama 3). ... This dimmed my dream and woke me up to some harsh realities. ... Even though my dream has been dimmed to me the American Dream has many parts to it, and it can be fact or fiction depending on how much the American people p...

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The beginning of the story is a systematic preconception for me, as the reader emphasizes his feelings based on his historical background and question myself if he is going through a hard moment, since he feels guilt and confused about what his grandfather told his father while dying in bed. It is a riddle for me, for him "It became a constant puzzle which lay unanswered in the back of my mind" These were the words his grandfather told his father "Son, after I'm gone I want you to keep up the good fight" His grandfather confessed also that he's been a traitor, spy...

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Twain was just writing what was said and it would sound strange if he used black man or black person instead of nigger. ... Jim is like a father figure for Huck because of his biological father was a heavy drinker. ... Huck decides to save black mans life over his own. ... Now there is something wrong with that picture to me. When people start to read this novel they think of Jim to be lower than them, but would if you had to life like that for you whole life. " Jim is a very complex man in the novel, he cares about everything and everybody." ...

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The repercussions of slavery have led to many years of discrimination of African Americans and segregation between whites and blacks. ... In agreement with Horowitz, one can see how reparations are not the answer to make amends for and correct the wrongs that were inflicted upon black American slaves. ... On the N"COBRA (National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America) website, it was stated, Let me say here, that I don't expect non-Christians to understand this at all. ... The most proper thing we can do as white Americans is to apologize for what has happened, but more impor...

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Dispute between different beliefs about black rights, was a spark that started the racial war. During those years numerous hate groups had been formed, from KKK, and the Blood Brotherhood to the Black Panthers. ... Symbols like the swastika, and expressions like "white power" are still used today to express racial hatred. ... To me this means that hatred is as strong as love, and that person with extreme hate is willing to go as far as the person with extreme love....

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Authors Point of View- I think that the author, Stephen Crane, wrote this book to give an example of what life would be like as a young person who is faced with the situation of war and the possibility of death. ... Me or Not- The character that I think I am most alike is the youth, because he is a young man like me who doesn't have a lot of confidence in himself. ... I am also like Henry because even though I like to hunt animals, I think that if I might actually have to kill a person, or maybe even be killed myself, I probably would be so scared that I would think about running away t...

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"I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress." - Harriet Jacobs Harriet Jacobs didn't have an ideal life she was born a slave and experienced many tragedies in her life. ... Well that was not the case he kept Harriet and her child, she didn't like that so she got pregnant again by the same man. ... During the 1860s Harriet did relief work like nursing black soldiers and teaching.Then she lived in Washington D.c with her daughter. ... Harriet is a very inspirational wo...

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The coffin is seen passing, the great cloud darkening the land, the cities draped in black, the sea of faces silent and solemn, and the mournful voices of dirges strongly rising. ... "O the black murk that hides the star!" ... The boy was moved, The outsetting bard was thrown into raptures and, in a moment of inspiration, became aware of the mission for which he was born: "Now in a moment I know what I an for, I awake/ A thousand warbling echoes have started to life within me, never to die." He became restless, thirsting to know "the destiny of me", and seeking "the clew" from the waves. ... W...

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"The experience of more than half a century, I informed Pakenham, convinced me that it would be neither humane nor wise to abolish slavery. ... Although popular sovereignty seemed like a feasible plan, it had weaknesses. ... That horrible, hell-black enactment embodied the Virginia principle that every person of color was a slave until proved otherwise. ...

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