Also, there have been many groups persecuted throughout the history of this country. ... Irish, Mexicans, Italians, and Native Americans have all been exploited throughout our history. ... Just as mentioned earlier, there are many groups that were persecuted; therefore, if we give reparations to blacks then where must we draw the line with Italians, Irish, Mexicans, and Native Americans? ... He almost contradicted himself in the article with respect to Mexicans, Irish, Native Americans, and Italians because it is clear that maybe some reparations should be made for these people. ...

• Word Count: 1400
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

She is also one of the most influential African-Americans in American history. ... She fist taught dance in Habima Theatre in Tel Aviv and then at the Rome Opera House in Rome, Italy. ... History to have the honor of writing and reciting original work at Bill Clinton's Presidential Inauguration (mayaangelou.com). ... She received the Yale University Fellowship and was named the Rockefeller Foundation Scholar in Italy. ...

• Word Count: 1253
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• Grade Level: High School

Historical Background of Racial Profiling It is difficult to trace the history of racial profiling but the principle of targeting those based on race and/or ethnicity existed well before, during and after slavery here in the United States. American History details that profiling based on race was prevalent during slavery, but as the slavery era ended, different forms of racial profiling continued in the United States. ... During the time of the Jim Crow era, the Italian physician and criminologist Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909) began to identify patterns of criminality based on the physical app...

• Word Count: 1975
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

April 12, 1861 is one of the most crucial and important dates in American history. ... This war is a major turning point in American history and society, and has helped shape America into the country it is today. ... She traveled to their air base in southern Italy, from where the "Tuskegee Airmen- flew sorties into southern Europe and North Africa (Memory). ... One of the most significant events in African American history is the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited the states Smalls 5 from using literacy tests, interpreting the Constitution, and other methods of excluding Africa...

• Word Count: 1622
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Abstract this paper will explore the histories of both Native American and African American cultures and their interactions with the dominant white population in America. ... A Comparison of Native American and African American Cultures Native American and African American cultures each have had their own long rich histories from before the white majority arrived in America. ... Native American History What is often referred to as the Native American population is actually comprised of over 500 unique tribes (Jackson, 1995). ... African American History with Native American Comparisons While N...

• Word Count: 2111
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For this first time in America's history the economy was growing exponentially and so was the population. ... Cultural backgrounds of immigrants expanded to Italians and Central and Eastern Europeans around the early 1890s. ...

• Word Count: 2011
• Approx Pages: 8
• 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

Set in Paris, this novel tells the story of a love affair between a white American student and an Italian bartender. ... 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). ...

• Word Count: 1511
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• Has Bibliography

"We study the biological characteristics of different human populations, our relations with our relatives-the apes and monkeys, and the evolutionary history of our species" (MacEachern 34). ... Its dispersal includes the eastern Mediterranean, Southern Italy, India, and parts of the Middle East. ...

• Word Count: 1692
• Approx Pages: 7
• 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. ... 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 Commendations, 24 Distinguished Service Crosses, 147 Silver Stars, 1,703 Purple Hearts and 2,173 Bronze Stars for Meritorious Service (Battali...

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

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

The main character Calegero lived in a time where African-Americans and Italians, like himself despised each other. ... The negative stigma comes from the history of slavery and segregation that African Americans as well as other minorities like the have faced over many decades and continue to face at this present time. ...

• Word Count: 1895
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I've never been interested in history of any kind, which would explain my failures to participate in class and so when I first stepped into the Museum of Tolerance I didn't expect it to make me want to learn and I certainly did not expect one museum visit to change my whole perspective on what human life used to be. ... During the 1800's, African-Americans were portrayed as ridiculous comic figures in newspapers while European immigrants (Irish, Jews and Italians) were stereotyped as stupid, vicious and dishonest. ...

• Word Count: 2208
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

ve never been interested in history of any kind, which would explain my failures to participate in class and so when I first stepped into the Museum of Tolerance I didn't expect it to make me want to learn and I certainly did not expect one museum visit to change my whole perspective on what human life used to be. ... During the 1800's, African-Americans were portrayed as ridiculous comic figures in newspapers while European immigrants (Irish, Jews and Italians) were stereotyped as stupid, vicious and dishonest. ...

• Word Count: 2210
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School