Most people are busy with their usual morning things. ... A pregnant woman was there in the crowd that morning along with her two half-grown daughters who were carrying baskets of velvet red roses which they made for a department store. ... They started giving orders as soon as they got over the sight of Mr. ... In a moment they come back. ... This desire provokes Railroad Tommy to launch on a long list of more and more voluptuous descriptions of fine things to do and eat, saying at each point that that is one more thing these boys will never get to do. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

To African-Americans, Africa is where they originated from but they really have no ties with it. ... I could only imagine how awful it would be to be an African immigrant coming to America with all the Ebola rumors that all Africans carry the disease. ... To African-Immigrants, what America is to them has probably also been tainted because of the media or other things. ... It is hard to speak from an Africans point of view being an African-American but I could only imagine coming from Africa and being around these people who are doing things for attention and seeing how they disrespect themsel...

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They rarely receive quality education. ... Because they are unable to obtain employment to make a living, they turn to crime. ... They grow up feeling abandoned and slighted. ... They are not privileged and lack many of the things that most ethnic groups take for granted and view as a necessity. ... All these emotions were carried over into our young, Black youth today. ...

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After the West Africans converted, they attempted to mix Islam with traditional African religions. ... He brings this up so that the reader may eventually link how the early differences between West African Islam and orthodox Islam would carry over to the twentieth century during the initiation of new American Islam in the black Community. ... The author describes the customs and clothing of these trailblazers, and also emphasizes that they all were well educated. ... The author wants to show us that Blyden's sentiments would carry over into the twentieth century, when Pan-Africanist wo...

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The movement did not turn to violence to get what they wanted, instead they demanded political and economic self-sufficiency. ... They also believed America needed well-educated citizens, it was about building things with fine taste. ... He tells them that they are noble men with values, and that because of this, they must live up to the principles of virtue and equality promoted by the Masons. ... Together they worked on civil rights politics. ... White masons where contradicting their principals of friendship, love and truth, so African Americans saw this as a duty to form their own fraterna...

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• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They range from a world take over by secret societies to rigged Olympic games. ... Both groups share a strong cultural heritage that affects how they perceive problems and find solutions. ... There is at least one other explanation of why things happen which is the "Biblical View."" ... They provide an intriguing mystery to a captive audience who Albert states have become so hungry for a quick fix conspiracy explanation that they are beginning to gravitate toward any conspiracy claim, no matter how ridiculous. ... They exist in just about every society but heatedly arise during political ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A hero carries the people on his shoulders." ... Which is, everyone deserves equality in life and freedom to do anything they choose. ... Some teammates actually threatened not to sign contracts if they had to play on the same team as Robinson. ... "I don't care if they like me, I don't care if they respect me[but] they came close today.... As they exchanged words, he shouted back, "I'm not going anywhere! ...

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• Grade Level: High School

What was the Harlem Renaissance? What is a renaissance? A renaissance is a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity. There was a famous renaissance in Europe during the transition from medieval times to modern times that is still taught today. The Harlem Renaissance wa...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Also during my exchange year in the United States, Minnesota, in the summer of 1999, I had the opportunity to discover several things about "The American Way of Life". ... They spent their adolescence in great security. ... Mays, changed King's mind about many things especially his future. ... They married 1953 and led a successful marriage. ... They sat down in a lunch bar and refused to move until they were served. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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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• Approx Pages: 38
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate