The Farmers' Alliances agitated for railroad regulation, tax reform, and unlimited coinage of silver and attempted to influence the established political parties. 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. No decision was made to form a political party, but when the Republican and Democratic parties both straddled the currency question at the 1892 presidential conventions, a convention was held at Omaha, and the Populist party was formed. At this time a third party called the People...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(Black Nationalism, 1) (Third Way, 2) Organized Black Nationalist movements appear to have begun with Paul Cuffe, a black sea captain. ... (Third Way, 3) In 1891, Henry Turner visited Africa and returned to encourage emigration. ... (Third Way, 3) In 1913, Garvey (living in London) founded the United Negro Improvement and Conservation Association and African Communities League. ... (Third Way, 4) Perhaps one of the best-known examples of Black Nationalism is the Nation of Islam. ...

• Word Count: 4261
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Key to the understanding of racial separation, as exemplified by segregation and Jim Crow laws in America and the system of apartheid in South Africa, is the understanding of race itself and the effects of categorizing people by skin color as to provide a benefit to one of the parties involved, usually the minority party. ... This assertion within the Moodley and Heribert text gives insight into the delusions of the National Party during this era. To give a cliche analogy, the apartheid government was continually trying to put a band aid on a third degree burn. ... The National Party could n...

• Word Count: 3701
• Approx Pages: 15
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By 1875 the Radical Republicans had little effect on politics, and the Republican party had generally retreated from Reconstruction (Boyer, et al. 526). ... Moving to government apathy, after Grant was elected to office, there was a general retreat of the Republican party, the main support for civil rights in Reconstruction (Boyer et al. 525). ...

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The third step includes the comparison of the pieces and the method of depiction will also be touched upon. ... The third component is ethnic attitudes which are feelings about the group you belong to and other groups. ...

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The 1960's was a decade that changed the world. This decade was filled with countless important events that are still impacting us. 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 as...

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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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The third part of this review will discuss beliefs of conspiracy theories about HIV/AIDS among African Americans, how/why such accusations exists, the impact that it holds, and prevalence of the disease. ... The rumor is that when the time is right for them, they will create a third world war (http://www.freedomain.com/Catalog/catalog.htm). ...

• Word Count: 9660
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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...

• Word Count: 9463
• Approx Pages: 38
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate