In 1946, he was selected as the best person to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball. ... For a long time, it was assumed that blacks were not allowed to play in the Major Leagues simply because they had not for so long. ... Jackie Robinson faced a lot of harassment and death threats throughout his career in the Major Leagues. ... Every one of these values combined to make Jackie the perfect person to integrate Major League Baseball. ... Justice was important in Robinson's career because he knew that blacks needed to be accepted in the Major Leagues in order for the league to ...

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• Grade Level: High School

African Americans have been fighting for their rights for decades. The African American civil rights movement changed everything. This social movement looked to outlaw discrimination towards black Americans and obtain their right to vote. The movement did not turn to violence to get what they wanted...

• Word Count: 3545
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

February is Black History Month A full appreciation of the celebration of Black History Month requires a review and a reassessment of the social and academic climate that prevailed in the Western world, and especially in North America before 1926 when Black History Month was established. It is important to recall that between 1619 and 1926, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were classified as a race that had not made any contribution to human civilization. Within the public and private sector, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were continually dehum...

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• Grade Level: High School

Girls are often shunned away from little league games due to the toughness, manliness, or the possibility of becoming a tomboy. ... The only option is the major or minor leagues which solely based of baseball. ...

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The Urban League was founded in 1910 with the goal of acclimating recent migrants to the rigors of urban life. ... The major theme of the Harlem Renaissance was the roots of the African American experience in Africa and the American South mixed with a strong sense of racial pride and desire for social and political equality (Collier, 1985). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1851 the Mormon Church published another major literary work entitled the "Pearl Of Great Price"; it contained the Books of Moses and Abraham as translated by Joseph Smith. ... It eventually became a major tool in justifying the denial of Priesthood to anyone of African decent. ... A major fact that argues against the Missouri thesis was the record of the first African American priest; Elijah Abel was ordained an elder in the Melchizedek priesthood on March 3, 18366. ... The Pearl of Great Price was also used as a major literary device in maintaining ideas of African inferiority. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By paying the factory workers as little as possible and producing as much product as possible the business workers were never worried about where they stood in society because everyone besides them were unable to break past the walls between the classes Owners of major corporations would disagree with Eugene Debs" opinion that the capitalist system is "incapable" of meeting the needs of the people in society for many reasons. ... A major reason why business owners didn't see the problems with the capitalist system was because they were making the most money they ever had and the problem...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

SECTION 1 - Short Answer 1) Ida B. Wells maintained her anti-lynching campaign throughout her life despite her constant fear of death by her oppressors. When the entire passage is taken into context, it explains her actions and the amazing courage that she possessed. "I felt that one had better d...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Some people conceptualize the Harlem Renaissance as a group of young writers "orbiting around" an older group of black intellectuals who were established in the NAACP, Urban League or black journals. ... Y. " and were hosted by members of the Urban League Club. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Many kinds of music have come out on the American stage within the last 100 or so and have had a great impact on it. American music is extremely varied and diverse. Instead of being dominated by the cultures and traditions of any one particular country (i.e. England or Germany), it is the proverbial...

• Word Count: 4261
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is a testament to the greatness of Martin Luther King Jr. that nearly every major city in the U.S. has a street or school named after him. ... Older protest groups like the Urban League and the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) gave their support to the freedom movement. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A major benefit to the racial separation is the probability of political stability which would allow for economic stability and growth however while still sacrificing liberal ideals to attenuate violent conflicts between whites. ... These problems came in the form of a growing push back from a newly galvanized and educated black youth along with a major shift in U.S foreign policies towards South Africa. ...

• Word Count: 3701
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. Kung Fu (Warner Bros, ABC, 1972-1975), starring David Carradine as Kwai-Chang Caine, featured a white American actor as a bi-racial Shaolin priest in the Old West. Originally conceived as a vehicle for martial arts adept Bruce Lee, the series went to an actor with little physical ability, but with a knack for embodying a Hippie pacifism along with a reluctant, but devastating aggression On the lam from the la...

• Word Count: 9463
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Abstract Beliefs in conspiracy theories are widespread throughout the world, in every culture and community. They range from a world take over by secret societies to rigged Olympic games. Many are short lived, however, others seem to become self-perpetuating animals preying particularly on the Black community. The most common theories are that which circle HIV/AIDS. These theories have a devastating impact that effects the African American and Black South African population. ...

• Word Count: 9660
• Approx Pages: 39
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School