Once upon a time when we were colored, is the story of young Clifton and his early life in Green Allan Mississippi. ... Once on their way to town, it was like crossing a barrier, where differences were very noticeable. ... Mayberry supported him with books and pushed education on him to better his future. ... He went looking for the dream up north that so many had talked about, but always remembering that once upon a time when were colored. ... It is also moving when their kids leave in search of a better future and do not come back until they have found it. ...

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1920-1980: A Rush From the Past to the Future The 1920's, a period recovering from the first Great War, saw the adjustment of social, cultural and economic forces in the United States. ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy once said, "History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. ...

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History Comparison Essay The future of the freedman W.E.B Dubois and Booker T. ... Dubois's and Washington's slightly different backgrounds caused them to have different views on the future of freedman in the United States. ... He believed that by giving blacks small economic opportunities quickly rather than education first, they would be able to better themselves in many different areas in the future. First they would become economically stable, then once they were sufficient in that area they could become educated and eventually become equal with the white man. ...

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Purpose: Why should we go to college? Central Idea: Have you ever wondered what you'll be doing 10 years from now? This is a question of value. To know were you would be in the near future. This is a comparative speech. Most Americans dont know that, now days you need six years of c...

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This surveillance is present during his entire visit and stops once he pays for his items. ... Wise would argue that we must understand our past and history to make improvements for the future. ... It is only through a mutual understanding of one another that will lead to a more peaceful, harmonious future....

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He did more than just acknowledge that black citizens couldn't demand everything at once; he also attempted to pacify the blacks and calm the fears of the whites. Not wanting African Americans to appear as monsters, he once said, "you can be sure in the future, as in the past, that you and your families will be surrounded by the most patient, faithful, law-abiding, and unresentful people that the world has seen....

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Du Bois once said, "Neither this nation nor the world can exist half-slave and half free". ... He once gave a speech titled, "The Conservation of Races." ... I am confident that his accomplishments will be remembered in the future. ...

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Once they reached the safely hood of freedom in Ohio a man named John Rankin had a hideaway in his house where he allowed blacks to stay so they would not obtain physical mastery. ... Regardless of the bad experiences that they had, the African Americans moved rapidly towards a successful future. ...

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Martin Luther King preserved this as a future threat to his family and decided to put an end to this racism. ... He once stated the words, "And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, dark men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestant and Catholic, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last, free at last Thank God Almighty, We're free at last!"" ...

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Paul, the prison warden once told the sheriff who had accused John Coffey of murder, "Well at least there will be one less black man in the world, won't there? ... The sheriff once said, "John Coffey is a Negro, and in Trapingus County we"re awfully particular about giving new trials to Negroes,"(404). ... Martin Luther King once said during his famous speech, " we should judge a person not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character". It can only be hoped that this dream attains complete reality in the future. ...

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A future white employer of Richard tells him he will never be a writer. ... Once this scheme was set into a Negro's head they would then spread in to all their peers through negative thought like a plague designed to destroy the black race. ...

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In this passage aliens come to America at the start of the millennium offering gold , safe nuclear power and special chemicals that will restore the environment to its once pristine state in exchange for every African American male and female. ... He says: "We need leaders-neither saints nor sparkling television personalities-who can situate them- selves within a larger historical narrative of this country and our world, who can grasp the complex dynamics of our peoplehood and imagine a future grounded in the best of our past, yet who are attuned to the frightening obs...

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"The muddy Mississippi made Hughes think of the roles in human history played by the Congo, the Niger, and the Nile, down whose water the early slaves were once sold," (Harris). ... In the poem, the "rivers" that Hughes talks about represent the hope for the future that they carry along with them. ...

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Every woman in her eyes played a role in shaping the future of all women. ... They were once thought of as just housewives, Kitchen workers, nursery worker, caregivers of prisoners, and the women had a place. ...

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The very next year, Variety once again commended the show this time praising efforts in exposing the issues of prejudice. ... Julia paved a way for black shows in the future by sustaining through ridicule and a time where show experienced both positive and negative reception. ...

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Du Bois fought for the same thing, but had different ways of handling the situation in order to change the country we once knew. ... He wanted to rally the people so that they would fight to get liberty and to follow it once it is achieved. ... Washington took the first steps in training new school teachers on how to educate which will prepare them for future work. ...

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In The Souls of Black Folk, Dubois criticizes Washington's argument in "The Atlanta Compromise," saying that Washington's theory of accommodation is not the solution to gaining civil rights and racial equality in America, and he suggests his own solution by stressing the importance of higher education as well as political, social, and economic equality at once. ... Instead, he believes that once they work hard enough and prove to be equal, then they can eventually receive their citizenship and equal rights. ... They both had a huge impact on the United States during the la...

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But it seemed like once more and more blacks moved up north and began taking jobs from the northern whites, the northern Republicans didn't support blacks anymore. ... He tries to get the Southerners to pledge future loyalty to the Union and emancipate their slaves. ... The Northerners stop helping blacks once they start taking their jobs when more and more move up North. ...

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In this case, Oprah Winfrey is one who inspired my philosophy of not only being responsible for my life but also doing the best at the current moment that puts me in the best place in the future moment. ... Oprah's mother moved to Wisconsin to find work, leaving her under her grandmother's, Hattie Mae Lee, care, hoping to move Oprah once she secured a job. ... She had her bedroom - something she did not have previously and began school at the Wharton Elementary, and she attended church regularly and once again began speaking publicly. ...

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Well Martin Luther King once said "White America wants us to pull ourselves up from our boot straps, but we don't have any boots". ... Past and future African American will continue to profit huge corporations and continue remain to be manipulated by Fortune 500 Corporations. ...

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Where once their existence was hardly acknowledged, black Americans have stormed the scene of pop culture. ... By supporting the revolution, Black art commits the community to change and a brighter, better future. ...

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Jim had just explained to Huck that he once had a considerable deal of wealth, but lost the money due to frivolous spending. ... This moment was particularly moving, because Huck does in fact take an interest in Jim's past and future, and he seems to present a feeling of genuine hopefulness for Jim, which was not necessarily the general feeling for African American's during the early 1800's. ...

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