Not only did the UNIA represent the largest mass movement in African American history, but with Garvey's vision, it also helped to inspire peoples of African descent around the globe to embrace a sense of pride in their shared African heritage. ... Just as it had been done by France's revolutionaries in the French Revolution. Just as it had been done against Germany during World War I by America, England, and France all together, allowing these countries to have the peace they had already individually gained. ...

• Word Count: 2365
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Leading up to World War II, minority Americans have had a long history facing racial discrimination in the United States, such as slavery and the Jim Crow laws against African Americans after the Civil War. ... At the time, the Axis powers defeated France, invaded the Soviet Union and controlled much of Europe and the Western Pacific. ... After eight campaigns in Italy and France, the soldiers of the 442nd Regiment received one Congressional Medal of Honor, three Presidential Unit Citations, nine Legion of Merits, eight Soldier's Medals, 238 Bronze Stars of Valor, 30 Division Commendation...

• Word Count: 1509
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Harlem Renaissance From 1920 until about 1930 an unprecedented outburst of creative activity among African Americans occurred in all literary discussions in the lower Manhattan and upper Manhattan sections of New York City, this African American cultural movement became known as "The Negro Move...

• Word Count: 1300
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In 1923, Hughes traveled abroad on a freighter to the Senegal, Nigeria, the Cameroons, Belgium Congo, Angola, and Guinea, and later to Italy, France, Russia and Spain. ... Woodson, editor of the Journal of Negro Life and History and founder of Black History Week in 1926. ...

• Word Count: 2112
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Christopher Freeburg states that "In James Baldwin's eyes, the United States cannot end racial inequality while its white citizens are trapped in history" (221). ... He traces the influence of Countee Cullen, who taught Baldwin French in junior high school, and of literary models like Richard Wright and Langston Hughes. ...

• Word Count: 1511
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography