I felt if I could take one lyncher with me, this would even up the score a little bit 1." African-American women had been under the racism and sexism of their environment for centuries. ... In her book, Giddings attempted to show the correlation between the gradual evolutionary dissipation of racism and sexism with the advancement of both African-Americans and women. 3) The primary way that African-American women were able to promote their independence was by noting the hardships that they had overcome - their experiences under slavery, their participation in the work force, their politic...

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• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

A dark corner of history now has a little more light. ... A summer with his half sister, Ella Little, showed Malcom just what he was missing. ... It was the question, some argue, that changed Malcom Little's life forever. ... He began to carry a gun and work in the prostitute rings helping white men to find black women to sleep with. ... The men went to separate prisons to do their time and the women received a sentence of five years in a women's reformatory. ...

• Word Count: 4036
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

One in eight women develop clinical depression in a lifetime. ... The rate of depression African American women is 50% higher among white women although, 25% of blacks account for mental health needs, blacks make up only 11-12 % of national populations. ... Sleeping too little or too much. 3. ... Many of these women were likely suffering from depression. ... However, some black women did seek treatment for depression in earlier days. ...

• Word Count: 2505
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Baldwin says little about his childhood, commenting only that "it is the usual bleak fantasy, and we can dismiss it with the unrestrained observation that I certainly would not consider living it again" (http://www.oceanrush.com/baldwin.html, pg. 1). ...

• Word Count: 2618
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Today, American music represents people who would have never dreamed of being heard or taken seriously even as little fifty or sixty years ago. Native Americans, immigrants from all over the world, women...they are all able to stand up and be counted, but one group especially has had a great impact on American music: African-Americans. ... Relationships between men and women were purely puritanical. ...

• Word Count: 4261
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There were multiple of riots going on about the lynching of two black men after the false accusations of a white women's rape. ... They only got to see very little of the atrocities around them as youth. ... That year the Crawford case, a black man charged with murdering two white women, was what got Marshall fired up about law. ...

• Word Count: 4823
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Even in the 21st century, racial discrimination and stereotyping continues to exist. Most minorities experience racial discrimination. However, Black men are more likely to be victims of police violence, racial hate-crime violence and urban gang violence than any other major ethnic group; it should ...

• Word Count: 3203
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography

The United States of America has a relatively short-lived history in comparison to the majority of the vast societies of the world. As Americans, we pride ourselves on the concept that our ancestors fought tooth and nail for our freedom and we should never forget that concept. We pride ourselves on ...

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Janice Wilkinson is a 30-year-old African American female, born on May 18, 1982 in Los Angeles, California. Janice and I have been friends for about 5 years and had the pleasure of meeting each other during an internship program in Pasadena. Janice feels like she has had to deal with her race and the impact of prejudice and racism since the day she was born. She was raised in a single parent African American household. Her maternal grandfather lived with her most of her life and acted as a surrogate father. ...

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