His meaningful novel, "Cry, the Beloved Country", owes him a large amount of his success. ... (Alan) With this being said he continued to be a very active opposer of the Apartheid laws and continued after writing the novel to be active in changing the country of South Africa. ... "Cry, the Beloved Country" was written a year before the laws of Apartheid began, but the segregation was still at a high. In 1950 the Population Registration Act of 1950 developed categorizing the races and distributing the rights they "deserved".... (Paton) His love for literature kept ...

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Unemployment peaked in some parts of the country at above 40 percent. ... The act prevented Chinese people to continue migrating into the country. ... However, America took steps to prevent other countries from taking our spot as number one. Tariffs were used to put large taxes on any foreign goods trying to be brought into the country to be sold. ... While Americans were trying to make the most of available land by developing in Wyoming and Montana, the new Yellowstone Park was helping establish the National Parks System. ...

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Through his writing, he developed his identity. ... He understands that he lives in a corrupt country filled with prejudice and hate, but he knows who he is and who African Americans are. ... " Whitman's poem is his own excitement and appreciation over "the country that offers him all he wants" (Constantakis 1). ... Hughes' identity developed at a very young age. ... Hughes early life helped him develop his identity confidently as an adult. ...

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During this time their was a lot of problems in the country because most of the people could not vote and there was a large out cry for the right to vote and the only people who were able to vote were rich land owners. The people were mad at the british control of the country and wanted Jamaica to be and independent country. ... In the Caribbean, what has been termed the "Garvey phenomenon" resulted from an encounter between the highly developed tradition of racial consciousness in the African-American community, and the West Indian aspiration toward independence. ... By the 1920s the UNIA cou...

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Michelle Alexander discusses how every progressive, national civil rights organization in the country have mobilized and taken affirmative action on the injustice brought to them by a corrupted and bias government. ... I would evaluate that in response to the injustice brought on some African American prisoners, activist movements began to develop in order to face the political issues brought from the American government. ... On page 42 of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration, it states that segregationists developed a racially sanitized rhetoric of "cracking down on crime" and it...

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Studying at the University of Glasgow, he developed voice projection and dramatic skills. ... Aldridge gave no performance in Europe, which was not witnessed by one or more members of the royal family of the country he was in. ...

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W.E.B. Du Bois Shortly after becoming the first black student to receive a doctorate from Harvard University, Du Bois began earning his title as the father of American sociology. His first work The Philadelphia Negro was constructed from several interviews he had conducted. In 1903 The Souls of Bl...

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Du Bois fought for the same thing, but had different ways of handling the situation in order to change the country we once knew. In the "Atlanta Compromise Address", Document D, Washington refers to slavery and tells of how the hard work of the blacks helped develop the South into the great empire it is today. The blacks do so much for our country and deserve an education. ... He wants the people to know that it isn"t possible for the blacks to make economic progress without political rights and room to develop as individuals. ... Washington and Du Bois helped change the American culture, and ...

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While in Mississippi, she worked for racial issues related to the civil rights movement, and also helped fight for funding of one of the largest Head Start programs in the country for which she was nationally recognized. ... With her leadership, the CDF has grown to be the country's leading promoter for children and families. ... Being raised to think that it is every person's responsibility to assist in perfecting the lives of others, Edelman developed a personal belief that has steered her through life: "If you don't like the way the world is, you have an obligation to chan...

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In 1906, the Athletic Club of Brooklyn, NY, became the first independent black basketball team in the country. ... Washington once said, "Blacks should specialize in their traits in order to develop successful black businesses and develop economic stability.... Parents and educational officials worked toward developing young women who embodied the qualities of tenacity and self-control that would help them engage the inevitable obstacles placed in their paths by racism and sexism. ... Black newspapers across the country dubbed her "Queen Ora," describing her as "brilliant,...

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World influence on the modernization of Africa developing systems on the way countries, nations, or states act, and base their policies on times that reflect what their past was like. ... He was the ruler of a country called Tanzania. ... "Africa shall develop an aristocracy of its own, but it shall be based upon service and loyalty to race." ...

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Expansion out of the Hastings Street Quarters to integration into developing areas where large groups of Jewish second generation immigrants would stronghold and diversify was next as the Jewish community flourished. ... Whether from abroad or migrating across the country, these groups were never truly accepted into Detroit's culture. ... Each culture grew and developed into their own nitche and is now a permanent part of Detroit culture...

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Rock and Roll gave teenagers the freedom to develop independent ideas from those of the older generation, and it allowed for conformity among members of the younger generation. ... Popular music in the early forty's consisted of jazz, swing, bebop, country, honky-tonk, gospel, classical, and waltzes. ... During this developing period, all teenagers wanted independence from their parents and the rest of the adult society, while at the same time they wanted to form their own personal society. ...

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There, African American men, women, and children developed an underground culture through which they "affirmed their humanity". ... The "Old South" as the author constantly refers to it, " developed a serious positive-good proslavery argument, although hints and patches appeared everywhere that slavery existed." Genovese backs up this statement with documents of accounts of slaveholders from other countries at around this time period in order to differentiate the view of the Southerners with those of the international slaveholding community. ...

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With this allusion, King developed a passing reference to recognized historical figures and implicated a sense of moral responsibility and religious brotherhood. Furthermore, King continued to develop allusions, referencing early Christians convicted for their beliefs by the Roman Empire. ... One deducted that King's hope and dream was that blacks will be exonerated from the prison of discrimination and reside in a country where God's ideology that everyone is equal is practiced. ...

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The United State's government has many influential groups vying for position, but two groups largely control it. The Republicans and Democrats. These two groups have been around almost as long as the U.S. itself. Republicans are a conservative group, while the Democrats are liberal. The Republic...

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George Washington Carver George Washington Carver was an African American scientist who won international fame for his agricultural research. He was especially noted for his work with peanuts. Carver made more than 300 products from peanuts, including a milk substitute, face powder, printer's in...

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An adopted child can become integrated into a new family by developing the connection and eventually producing moral obligations to the new family. ... In Africa, there are many different tribes that exist in various parts of this country. ... But it is shown that many of these African tribes will often develop problems and go into war against each other. ... This is why special connections cannot be developed through the large amounts of people in a specific racial group. ...

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People like Spike Lee realize that America has changed but he knows we still have a long road to travel in order to even the playing field dividing the races in this country. In a speech delivered in nineteen ninety-six in San Francisco, Spike Lee says, "Growing up in this country, the rich culture I saw in my neighborhood, in my family - I didn't see that on television or on the movie screen. It was always my ambition that if I was successful I would try to portray a truthful portrait of African Americans in this country, negative and positive. ... I believe that we all are so fascinated...

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By moving to the north African Americans were hoping to gain loyalty from the country by working in factories that produced war-time materials. ... For the first time in the 20th century women were beginning to stand out in society and making their presence be known during a time in which the country needed them the most. ... The wartime efforts made by women developed a long term effect on society similar to the goals of the African Americans and women soon achieved women's suffrage after the war ended. ... " This exact statement from Document C showed that Wilson had changed ...

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People like Spike Lee realize that America has changed but he knows we still have a long road to travel in order to even the playing field dividing the races in this country. In a speech delivered in nineteen ninety-six in San Francisco, Spike Lee says, "Growing up in this country, the rich culture I saw in my neighborhood, in my family - I didn't see that on television or on the movie screen. It was always my ambition that if I was successful I would try to portray a truthful portrait of African Americans in this country, negative and positive. ... I believe that we all are so fascinated...

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Our country is no stranger to riots that cause major civil disturbances, which often result in thousands of dollars in damages and mass amounts of both injuries and casualties. Since the end of slavery after the Civil War, race riots found their place in our country's history, and though it has been decades since extreme situations of racial segregation or discrimination have plagued our society, that doesn't mean either one has completely vanished. For decades, the negative attitudes towards minorities outweighed the positive attitudes and the abundance of negative opinions has attr...

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Walker, familiar with newspaper promotion campaigns, helped develop a marketing plan, design advertisements, and organize a mail order business for his wife's products. ... Sarah continued to tour the country, promoting her business and hiring hairdressers and door-to-door sales representatives. ... At the time, the city was the country's largest inland manufacturing center because of its access to eight major railway systems. ... She soon had 5,000 agents throughout the country and her company was making $7000 per week. ...

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As he got older, he developed the disease known as Tuberculosis and became very ill. ... The movie reminded him of the racism that he received at a job where he is trying to help his country. ... This is showing how America treats the black man in his own country. ... Most of these young black people could wait to go to the war because of the pain and suffering that they were receiving in their own country. ... James Baldwin was attempting to show the reader that racism exists everywhere in this country. ...

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Through modernism, many of today's innovative ideas have developed. ... Other countries in the world have grown to accept African Americans as they have other ethnicities in the world. ... It didn't matter where he went in America because racism spread throughout the country like a plague. ... " American modernism is becoming more known for its antipathy rather than its innovative ideas that show how great of a country America can be. ... When white America releases their grip on all other minorities as well there is no telling what this great country is capable of discovering a...

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