The fight for independence for African Americans in America did not end with President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. ... Another school, that still stands today, holds its roots into the educating of young black youths, and that is Central High School. In the early 1900's it was known as the Central Colored High School. ... "For many years Central was the only high school available for African Americans" (26). Central Colored High School offered a variety of courses for the youth. ...

• Word Count: 1444
• Approx Pages: 6

Her own compositions included "God Bless the Child," espousing the virtues of financial independence; "Don't Explain," lament on infidelity; and "Strange Fruit," a haunting protest against the racial discrimination she encountered throughout her career. ... As a high school student at Central High in Cleveland, Langston read the works of many black writers. ... The sights and sounds of Harlem, its music and dance and intellectual life, inspired Langston more than his classes in mining engineering, and eventually he quit school. ... Lawrence began to get into trouble in New York, so as a ...

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

After elementary school, Baldwin went to Frederic Douglas Junior high school. ... Porter, both of whom were teachers at the school during the years that Baldwin attend, and both would have a lasting impact on his life. Cullen encouraged Baldwin to participate in the school's literary club, which he was the advisor of Baldwin was enchanted by Cullen's warmth (Smith 236). ... He asserts the independence of African Americans and the possible necessity of violence against whites. ... He traces the influence of Countee Cullen, who taught Baldwin French in junior high school, and of litera...

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

In colleges across the country, African-Americans and Hispanics are being admitted at the expense of Caucasians and Asians with higher standardized test scores and high school GPAs for the sake of diversity. ... In 1997, the UCLA School of Medicine had over 5,000 applicants for only 200 seats. ... After a Federal appeals court threw out the University of Texas' admission system favoring minorities in 1996, Texas passed a state law guaranteeing the top 10 percent of graduates from every Texas high school a spot at any public university in Texas. ... This would bar state and local governmen...

• Word Count: 2072
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This gave them a sense of independence never before experienced. ... This is just another shameful part of America's history that was minimized and hardly taught to most children in grade school or high school. ... The trade had almost become high class and part of high society. ...

• Word Count: 1504
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Black farmers had to rent the land, tools, and seeds from the rich white farmers at such high prices that they were never fully out of debt. ... Without economic independence, they could never really gain power over the racist white land owners. ... By 1885, most states had separate schools which catered to the black and white communities of the south. ... Reality, however, was that the schools and facilities provided for blacks were anything but equal and were often run down and in serious need of improvement. ...

• Word Count: 1364
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The Declaration of Independence states, "We hold these truths self-evident that all men are created equal: that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights: that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness," (Janda, Berry, Goldman 1999, A1). ... This caused blacks to have to sit in different areas, eat a different restaurants,, and go to different schools that whites. ... This case ended the trend of segregating public schools. ... Blacks admitted into elite institutions have high test scores when compared to the other applicants. ...

• Word Count: 1454
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"The Montgomery Bus Boycott," by Jo Ann Robinson is a compelling autobiography about how fifty thousand black citizens of Montgomery, Alabama said no more to segregation, inhuman treatment, violence and the humiliation that they received not only from the Bus Company, but from white citizens and high ranking political figures as well. ... When Claudette Colvin, a fifteen year old high school student was arrested on March 2, 1955, and later found guilty for not relinquishing her seat (one that was reserved for black passengers) to a white person, the black community of Montgomery was outraged. ...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

He was invited to West Africa for the celebration of Ghana's independence. ... He attended Mason Junior High, where he was the only black student. ... Disillusioned and pessimistic, he left school (finishing grade eight) to live with his sister Ella Mae Little Collins in Boston. ...

• Word Count: 2369
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Where it used to be the family, church, and school, TV is now the primary social communicator. ... They connect commodities to the social values we crave, such as romance, love, leisure, independence, family life, and being in control. ...

• Word Count: 1987
• Approx Pages: 8