For example, my friend was in McDonald's parking lot and he was in the process of switching seats with his friend because he was exhausted of driving. ... The term "driving while black has been used to describe the practice of law enforcement officials to stop African-American drivers without probable cause" (Weatherspoon, 2004). ... In most public schools history books had no existence or great scholars presented to black children. ... It is a fact that the food that is processed like chicken, beef, and pork inside schools "have been made by a worker earning twenty cents a...

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He attended church school at twelve years old. ... Black teacher salaries paid by white school board which the fraction of those paid white teachers twice a year. ... Gaines matured as he was getting his future together. ( Callahan 90) Gaines graduated from high school in 1951. ... Gaines was very athletic in high school. ... During college years, Gaines took odd jobs like shining shoes, dishwashing, and cab driving. ...

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(Morris, 9) Seeing the way the people lived and the children were living, gave Evers his point of view on segregated schools and how it was driving the black community to live in poverty because of the school systems. ... Then, on the 30th some students on their lunch break began singing movement songs on the front lawn of the school's campus. ... He did this by fighting for the integration of schools and the Brown vs. ... (Williams, 46) In the eleventh grade Medgar dropped out of school to enlist and fight in World War Two. ...

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He was educated at a British missionary boarding school at Fort Hare University, from which he was expelled in 1940 for leading a strike with a fellow student. ... After attending grammar and high school locally, King enrolled in Morehouse College (also in Atlanta) in 1944. ... Zecozy Williams, a black woman who intensely supported the bus boycotts, drove all of her friends to work after driving her husband to his job and her children to school. ...

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The Ku Klux Klan became a driving racist force and Operated in over twenty-seven states in America with memberships over 100,000.The Ku Klux Klan was larger then any political party. ... They raised money and got schools built for the black society to continue their educations. ... Not to many white schools were taking black people; therefore, by building black schools caused black people to continue there education. ...

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Not only were his contributions necessary, but they are still a driving force in the world today. ... When it opened, he attended a Quaker school in the community they lived in. School learning came quite easily to him, particularly math and writing. ...

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Toni Morrison's "Recitatif,"" narrates the temporally isolated encounters of two women first brought together within the walls of St. Bonaventure, a state home for children. Despite the unfortunate event of being forced into the institution, the narrator quickly establishes a dislike for her new ro...

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Even though in the 1960's Civil Rights banned segregation and discrimination, African Americans found themselves in dilapidated housing, inadequate schools, high unemployment rates, poor healthcare, and high crime rates. ... Two officers spotted King driving at high speeds. ...

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The Cunninghams send their children to school, as apposed to keeping them home to work in the field, and refuse to accept welfare or help from the town. ... The children only attend school on the first day. ... When did our society decided that it was fine to practice racial profiling, pulling over black or minority people if they are in a nice car or driving in an upper-class neighborhood, at the local, state and federal levels which violates the 4th Amendment which states that there must be a "reasonable" search? ...

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Where it used to be the family, church, and school, TV is now the primary social communicator. ... String together the images of a woman serving a nutritious meal, comforting her small child, and hugging her husband, and contrast that with the images of a woman driving a luxury car, directing a business meeting, and managing a group of people. ...

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