When exploring African-American history, the most important things to focus on are that because of the times, black people were enslaved and treated poorly. ... However, the most portentous aspect of African-American history is that it's heritage; it's history; and it's over. ... Sally's accomplishments included learning French and playing the harpsichord. ... Being a part of history, it should be respected as just so. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

History is besieged by eras and stories of humans enslaving and colonizing one another. ... This strategy was best demonstrated in the Algerian-French conflict through revolutionary decolonization as Fanon and Césaire express through Marxist theories. ... Fanon draws many comparisons to Marx's concept of the alienation of the proletariat as exploited by the bourgeoisie as the French exploited the Algerians. ... He called for the break away of French culture, including the French language and French identify so as to dissolve conceptions of black inferiority. ... History shows tha...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Vesey was a literate man who studied the bible and spoke English and French fluently. ... One of the questions that the author attempts to answer is, why is Demark Vesey's failed rebellion important to history, and what were the results of his actions. ... One question that the author puts forth is whether or not the story of Vesey is important to history. ...

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In South Louisiana, there is much bitterness between Cajuns, which are described as a white, French, traditionally poor, uneducated and an ethnic minority themselves, with a history of violence towards blacks, and the black people. ...

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As an Afrikaner activist's daughter, everyone has expectations of her as the history of her parents" anti-apartheid beliefs constantly haunts her. ... Burger's daughter did not stay in South Africa in the wake of this political unrest, which her father was a part of; instead she escapes to Britain and France to free herself of exploitation. ... Rosa finds freedom in France, leaving her native country, where no one except her cousin see her as what she is back where she comes from. ...

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The Harlem Renaissance transformed African-American identity and history, but it also transformed American culture in general. Thematic content included Africa as a source of inspiration, African-American history, folk idioms, including music and religion of the South, and social injustice. ... He studied and painted in France, where he lived for some years. ...

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Du Bois is a descendant of African American, French, and Dutch ancestors. ... After he became a professor of economics and history at Atlanta University in 1897, he initiated a series of studies as head of the school's Negro Problem program. These works had a major impact on the study of the history and sociology of blacks living in the United States. ... In addition to the previously mentioned titles, he wrote Africa "Its Place in Modern History (1930); Black Reconstruction in the South (1935); Black Folk Then and Now (1939); a trilogy, called Black Flame, which included The...

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• Grade Level: High School

The African- American Community has been blessed with a multitude of scholars. Two of those scholars include Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du bois. Both of these men, had a vision for African- Americans. They wanted to see the advancement of their race of people. These great leaders just had diff...

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James Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri in the year 1902. Born into an abolitionist family, he was the great nephew of John Mercer Langston, the first Black American to be elected to public office in 1855. Hughes started writing poetry in the eighth grade at Central High Schoo...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Later due to self-imposed exile, Sekoto left South Africa and traveled to Paris, France. ... New South African artists take what they have learned and spread across the world the visuals that have been carried on with the original history of the art form. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Some of the major characters in the story are as follows: Charlie Marlow, Kurtz - a European, half English, and half French, who works for the ivory company at the Inner Station on the Congo, The Manager - an Englishman who runs the Central Station on the Congo. ... History is loaded with examples of atrocities that have occurred when one culture comes into effect. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Racial equality was another movement in the mid-19th century that was important in America's history. ... Similar to the French citizens after their own revolution, blacks did not know what to do with their newfound freedom because they had been excessively dependant on their masters. ...

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