This social movement looked to outlaw discrimination towards black Americans and obtain their right to vote. ... The masons saw value in social capital, meaning features of social organization that facilitated coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit. ... The Prince Hall masons of New York helped serve as a route for non-political economic and social organizations to support the ongoing protests taking place during the civil rights movement8. ... Prince hall masons were leaders in the fight to abolish slavery and extend rights and also helped build social organizations for black America...

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Because both are motivated by similar economic, social, and psychological forces, it is only logical that those who sought to undermine Blacks were also the most virulent antifeminists 2." ... The theme of the chapter revolves around the unfair social norms of the time that plagued the lives of African-American slaves. ... They held no major community organizations and didn't hold any regional representation at any national conventions (w&w, 59). ... The film that was shown in class also discussed this - how different research organizations tried to correlate how African-American bra...

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Through the analysis of various text, it can be discerned that the actions of the United States heavily influenced not only the decisions of the South African government but also the actions of disenfranchised peoples, blacks and coloured alike, living in South Africa who could now emulate the social movement of civil rights in America. Furthermore, the similarities between America and South Africa prior to American radical change in social policy seemed to prove that significant intra-white conflict threatened political stability and hence nation-state consolidation, legal racial domination w...

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Southern blacks faced new discrimination every day whether it be economically, socially, or politically. ... However, Washington stopped short of promoting social equality. In a famous speech in Atlanta, Washington hinted to his belief in gradualism: "In all things that are purely social, we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress." ... Du Bois demanded complete equality for blacks, economic as well as social. ...

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People are usually in the HUB advocating for people to join their sorority, fraternity or organization and some of those organization or groups of Greek life explicitly state they are seeking African Americans, Hispanics, or Irish students. This always irritates me because I believe that if people continue to section themselves off from others that are not of their ethnicity then they are only contributing to racist ideologies as a social symptom. ... Some of the people will join the organization specific to their race and gain this sense of ethnocentricity that I believe hurts society. ... Wi...

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Ultimately, beginning to rise in society blacks now spoke freely and was involved in rallies and organizations. ... Students in certain organizations like SNCC fell back and let the good come to them. As a result, they gained more knowledge then they had before of economic and social politics. ... FBI agents in the sixties weren't big on black organizations. So they would pick and pick until they found a crack in the organization then they"ll shut it down. ...

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Black codes, however, impeded freedmen's economic and social development. ... Washington, called by Boyer and others as "the nation's foremost black leader from the 1890s until . . . 1915," hypothesized that blacks could create social equality by achieving economic equality, and he also founded a vocational school in Alabama, now Tuskegee University (Boyer, et al. 716). ... The NAACP has proved itself to be the nation's top civil rights organization (Duncan 109) through many endeavors including anti-lynching campaigns (100), mass nonviolent protests, challenges of corrupt pay ...

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As more and more educated and socially conscious blacks settled in New York's neighborhood of Harlem, it developed into the political and cultural center of black America. ... Politically, the decision to migrate in and of itself was an act of defiance against the social order and political constraints of the South, and a vote cast for the liberating possibilities of the North. The new sense of political activism was reflected in the massive shift in Black affiliation from the Republican to the Democratic party and in the increasing influence of Black organizations. ... First, The Surv...

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King, his older sister Christine and his younger brother Alfred Daniel grew up in a stable social circumstance. ... At seventeen, King decided to become a pastor in order to better influence people in social changes and to promote Christian ideals. ... In the following years, he was more interested in social and ethical questions of the human condition. ... This success released a general enthusiasm in the black population of America and led to formations of numerous civil right organizations. Amongst them was Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), a most influential and widespread ...

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His life alone has brought about so many changes in social, racial, and political America that without his assistance today's world would not be, at all, as it is at this moment in time. ... He was popular and a member of the first Black Greek Fraternal Organization, Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. ... He watched Houston stand up and fight for a black man with his life on the line: "The lawyer was there to bear the brunt of getting rid of segregation," Marshall said. " And Houston made public statements that black lawyers he trained at Howard would become social engineers rather than lawyers. .....

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One of the most noted turning points in American History is the Civil Rights Movement. Almost every aspect of this country today, would not be the same if it was not for the African American leaders that stood up in their communities during the mid 1900's and preached words of a United States that w...

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After his speech before the crowd in the eviction scene, when he realized what he could achieve with his rhetorical skills the narrator comes "to believe that organization was the key to radical change and personal fulfillment " (Lane: 67). ...

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This is what started the feminist movement which is defined as the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social and economic equality to men. ... The 1960's was the beginning of the sexual revolution which was a liberating social movement that challenged what individuals had previously seen as sexual norms. ... She is a perfect example of a woman who believed that this political, social and economic injustice amongst women needs to end.  She is known for founding Miss Magazine which in 1976 issued a cover with a woman who had a bruise on her face which was a ver...

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He established the Associates in Negro Folk Education, an organization created to collect and share and accurate history of African Americans. ... Philadelphia, Pa.: American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1928. ... CXXXX of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, November, 1928. ... Harris and Molesworth focus on Locke's philosophy: advocacy of pluralism; insistence of on relativism concerning race relations; emphasis on social democracy; concepts of "value", and aesthetic ideas. ... The critics, like the writers, were monoli...

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He established the Associates in Negro Folk Education, an organization created to collect and share and accurate history of African Americans. ... Philadelphia, Pa.: American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1928. ... CXXXX of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, November, 1928. ... Harris and Molesworth focus on Locke's philosophy: advocacy of pluralism; insistence of on relativism concerning race relations; emphasis on social democracy; concepts of "value", and aesthetic ideas. ... The critics, like the writers, were monoli...

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The Dream Yet to be Realized. Almost fifty years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court declared, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that laws separating the races in school are unconstitutional. Hundreds of lawsuits later, black and white students were bused back and for...

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Even though the model for residential zoning may need a little work, there are many organizations that have been formed in hopes to influence racial harmony. ... The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), the National Fair Housing Alliance, and CORE (Committee of Racial Equality) have been some of the leading organizations in obtaining fair housing policies for blacks and other minorities. ...

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Canada is a place full of cultural wealth. Many different kinds of people, cultures, and races live in Canada and call it their home. One race that had a significant role in the construction, molding and forming of Canada is the Black people and they really are not ever shown any gratitude for w...

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Separate organizations were founded in the North and South, and Southern blacks organized their own alliances. ... Growth was so rapid, however, that interest in a third party began to increase; in 1891 delegates from farm and labor organizations met in Cincinnati. ...

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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...

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However, he realized that blacks in the North had voting rights, but were in even worse economic and social condition than southern blacks. ... He recognized that his ideology of women was wrong and for black men to become educated and move ahead economically and socially women would have to do the same. Malcolm began to designate important roles to women within his organization, OAAU. ...

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The 1830 publication of the "Book of Mormon" by Joseph Smith, officially established the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ believe that Smith, under divine guidance, translated a set of golden plates into the Book of Mormon. This was the first of several literary works that were said to contain proper doctrine of the beliefs and views of the Mormon religion. Throughout the development of the Church, several aspects of the Mormon religion have caused many of its members to be persecuted by outside parties. During the last half of the nineteen...

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According to a wide range of civil rights and human rights organizations, the expansion of racial profiling after the September 11 attacks appears to have contributed to a climate of discrimination that indirectly encourages hate crimes against certain minority groups and people who look like them by conveying the message that such discrimination is acceptable and helpful in fighting terrorism. ...

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Depression in the African American Community Mental health professionals state that clinical depression is a treatable illness that can strike everyone, it can be caused by biological factors, genetics, difficult life events, negative thinking patterns and, physical health problems. People that suffer from depression may not feel hopeful, happy about life or anything dealing with life's ups or downs. They may cry a lot, stay away from friends and family, forgetfulness, anxious and worried all the time, the more serious think of death or suicide. This is not just a mood that one gets ...

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Toni Morrison, one of the most remarkable African American authors and her novels remind readers that there is a past to remember. African American literature, has its origins in the 18th century, has helped African Americans to find their voice in a country where laws were set against them. The pos...

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