It wasn't until high school that Janice's cultural identity changed. During her elementary and junior high years, Janice saw drugs and gangs infesting the streets of her neighborhood. ... She recalls her African American studies in 10th grade, a private school, opening her eyes to the oppression and guilt that her grandfather had gone through. ... Janice states that the most important values in her culture are family, spirituality, independence, service and respect. ...

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This is just a small example of the doubt and hatred that was bestowed on the African American soldiers. However, during the war, they proved themselves to be brave and courageous men on and off the battlefield on many occasions. Despite deep prejudices and harsh criticisms from the white society, t...

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• Grade Level: High School

Kings entire family was involved with the church and there were many high expectations that King would follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. ... King studied in the public schools of Atlanta, spent time at the Atlanta Laboratory School until it closed in 1942, and then entered public high school in the tenth grade, skipping a grade. ... Washington High School, he then entered Morehouse College in the fall of 1944 at the age of 15. After attending Morehouse College, King decided to attend Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania, a very liberal school. ... King ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Martin Luther King and his View of the American Dream" Introduction The reason why I have chosen the topic "Martin Luther King and his view of the American Dream" for my research paper has its roots in my early childhood. My mom was very impressed of King and read picture books about hi...

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In fact, Professor John Burgess, the founder of Columbia University graduate school of Political Science and an important figure in American scholarship defined the African race as "a race of men which has never created any civilization of any kind..." ... It is not uncommon, during these weeks in February, for African students in the U.S. to receive a number of invitations to speak at gatherings, schools and in community churches. ... The struggles for, and achievement of independence by African countries in the 20th century have shown the strength, the humanity, the ingenuity and the con...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Declaration of Independence states, "All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights". But how much of this is true? Since the very beginning of the legal system in the United States, there has been inequality. Appearance has held such precedence...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Schools all over the country then began to integrate their student body. ... Another women by the name of Claudette Colvin who was the age of 15 in high school was also handcuffed and taken to jail. ... Malcolm also believed that freedom or, independence comes only by two ways; by ballots or by bullets. ...

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Federalism is a concept that started many years ago during the times of the ratification of the document we live by called the Constitution. This concept basically states that there will be two levels of government, the national and the sta...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Colour Purple Chapter 1 The first few pages begin Walker's narrative of the life of Celie, a fourteen-year-old black girl who lives with her dying mother and her sister, Nettie. Her stepfather, Alfonso, is portrayed as the villain of the narrative, first demanding sex from Celie's sick mother and then demanding it from young Celie herself. The reader is struck by the colloquial, black-southern language of the text, as well as the graphic scenes of sexual abuse. Celie writes her story in the form of letters addressed to God. It seems she can trust no one else with her...

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• Grade Level: High School

For over four-hundred years, New York City has been a thriving city sought out by those wishing to better their lives. New York City is situated in a prime location and has been drawing people from all over the world since its grassroots with the Pilgrims who settled Manhattan Island. New York City's business oriented leadership was enough was enough to draw people from all walks of life. The new people who entered the city helped develop New York City's enormous multiethnic population, and was sustained because they needed each other. Opportunity was abundant in New York City, ...

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• Grade Level: High School