During World War II Japanese Americans were portrayed as a racial nest of spies and sabotagers. ... Black people were looked lowly upon during World War II. ... Training companies wouldn't train black people for various job skills because they believed " since no one is hiring blacks it would be a waste of time to train them. ... Some Negroes didn't think it was fair for them to fight in the war. ... Of the black people that chose to serve in the war there were about one million black men and women. ...

• Word Count: 2342
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Douglass was played significant role in the civil war by convincing Lincoln that the main focus of the war should be the abolishment of slavery and influenced a large amount of blacks to fight for the Union. ... Douglass played a crucial role during the civil war; it was Douglass that convinced Lincoln that the war was more than just the preservation of the Union. ... Nearly two hundred thousand African Americans were estimated to have served the United States Army and Navy by the end of the civil war. ... Frederick Douglass was the President of Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, he...

• Word Count: 1350
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The production in the cities through factories, labor, and mass production all contribute to the economic success America has had since World War II. ... The automotive industry (and other manufacturing industries) couldn't keep up with foreign competition, and the owners of these companies decided to outsource those hundreds of thousands of jobs to third world countries for third world rates. ... This disproportionation is the result of the "War on Drugs," initiated by the Bush administration, ironically to combat the drug trade. ... Around 35,000 to 40,000 have been killed in Mexic...

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Depicting life before and after the civil war, all four archetypes are present in this film. ... Although Black films did emerge, it was for the most part produced by white production companies for a black audiences. Black Independent production companies such as the Ebony Motion Picture Company began to emerge in the 20's, but the stereotypes and subject matter stayed the same. ...

• Word Count: 1420
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Located at 639 South Ninth Street" (119), it was named after a local World War I veteran and former dentist, Dr. ... Even large modern day companies employed African Americans throughout the 1900's, like Walgreens which even managed to employ African Americans during the Great Depression. African Americans were also business owners of such businesses like cleaners, tailor shops, clothing shops, insurance companies, and barber shops. ... This public housing project allowed for several African Americans in various standing to be home owners, like the people in the working midd...

• Word Count: 1444
• Approx Pages: 6

(Williams, 46) In the eleventh grade Medgar dropped out of school to enlist and fight in World War Two. Since the Army was still segregated at that time, he was placed in an all-black company of soldiers, though all of their commanding officers were white. ... When he returned from the war, he and his brother were once again hit with a reality check that would again spark his drive to fight for civil rights. ... "We had all seen a lot of dead people in the war, I had been on Omaha Breach. ... We fought during the war for America, Mississippi included. ...

• Word Count: 1441
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After the Civil War, the United States began to unite again with the southern states that had seceded and then been defeated. ... Since most of the war had been fought in the south, all the cotton fields had been destroyed and they needed to be plowed and restored. ... The term "Jim Crow" comes from a minstrel routine, "Jump Jim Crow," performed by Thomas Dartmouth "Daddy" Rice before the Civil War. ... In Plessy's case, however, he decided that since it operated only within Louisiana the state could choose to regulate railroad companies. ...

• Word Count: 1719
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The film recounts the Civil War in the eyes of the Klu Klux Klan and how they opposed the political and social progress made by newly freed Blacks. ... The Lincoln Motion Picture Company was one of the first Black film companies. ...

• Word Count: 1272
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I trust that our nation was not founded on exploiting labor, that's why we fought such a great war, was to end such immorality. ... (Out of Many, 634) Ida Tarbell also brought about change, she wrote History of Standard Oil Company in 1904, were she exposed the practices of some corporations and strengthened the movement for outlawing monopolies. ... (Out of Many, 634) Trustbusting decreased the amount of power one corporation had and dispersed it, allowing smaller companies to remain in competition. ...

• Word Count: 1668
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He is the first black man to start a black owned music publishing company in America. ... During the post-Civil War years, the new Pentecostal congregational church, sometimes known as the Holiness church, transformed the congressional style of singing. ...

• Word Count: 1353
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Just as it had been done against Germany during World War I by America, England, and France all together, allowing these countries to have the peace they had already individually gained. ... The U.N.I.A. had a flag, a song, military style uniforms for men and women and even a steam ship company. ... Questions like these that Garvey would ponder of are what led him to create the first black owned steamship company, the Black Star Line, which operated from 1919 to 1922 before finally being shut down due to financial failures. ...

• Word Count: 2365
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One example of a personal experience is a time when two white men he worked with at an optical company ganged up on him. ... He and a few of his friends were playing "war" with the white boys from across the railroad tracks. ... "I was never to fight any more wars. ...

• Word Count: 1958
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It took one year for the bus companies to realize that they should actually desegregate the busses even if they don't want to because they are losing a lot of money. ... "Post-World War I America Klan membership soared. ...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were both fighting the same war for the same people. ... King became known for his personal courage (his house was bombed and he was convicted on charges of conspiring to interfere with the bus companies operations) and outstanding communication skills. ...

• Word Count: 2369
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School