In his analysis of a slave ship, in 1829, the Reverend Robert Walsh pointed out that "The space between decks was divided into two compartments 3 feet 3 inches high; the size of one was 16 feet by 18 and of the other 40 by 21; into the first were crammed the women and girls, into the second the men and boys". ... The space was so low that they sat between each other's legs and were stowed so close together that there was no possibility of their lying down or at all changing their position by night or day". ... Men, women and children were crammed into every available space, denied ade...

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(November 22, 1942-) was the first African-American in space. A NASA astronaut, he flew aboard the Challenger Space Shuttle mission STS-8 as a mission specialist. ... He later flew on other space missions, including STS-61A (in 1985), STS-39 (in 1991), and STS-53 (in 1992). In total, Bluford logged over 688 hours in space. ...

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As a jazz musician, my personal experience with the theory of the blues and improvisation allows me to observe the release and tension technique within Toni Morrison's work. ... Judith Thurman writes, ""Beloved" meanders through time, sometimes circling back, other times moving vertically, spirally out of time and down into space." ... "I made it up and sang it to my children. Nobody knows that song but me and my children." ...

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Neo-Racism When I walk around my campus, specifically when I wonder around the HUB (a common area for us college kids to eat, relax, study), it is hard for me to not notice the color line separating my peers. ... My problem isn't within the fact that each of the groups mentioned consist of people primarily of one race, my issue lies within the statements made by my peers that are in those groups. ... To clarify my point, I will state it's okay to have different societies that are primarily one race, as long as that society respects and values the differences of other races and are ab...

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The 60's saw everything from the election and assignation of the nation's first Catholic president, a divisive war with Vietnam, the space race which led to American astronauts landing on the moon, the Arms Race with Russia, the Civil Rights Movement, the assignation of Martin Luther King, Jr., and on and on. ... In my opinion the Greensboro sit-ins were the starting line for the entire Civil Rights Movement. ... In my opinion James Meredith opened the doors of higher education for African American students in more than just the literal sense. ... In my opinion the March of Washin...

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Hence, Walker has discovered that they find their freedom and independence here: And yet, it is to my mother - and all of our mothers who were not famous - that I went in search of the Secret of what has fed that muzzled and often mutilated but vibrant, creative spirit that the black woman has inherited, and that pops out in wild and and unlikely places to this day (Walker, 1996: 2319). ...

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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 th...

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