I would evaluate that in response to the injustice brought on some African American prisoners, activist movements began to develop in order to face the political issues brought from the American government. ... In any context, I believe that most of the tensions arriving from that period had a heavy effect on the mass incarceration of African Americans in today's society. From reading the text, crime has shifted mostly on African Americans in low-income neighborhoods. Slavery in the 1800's was designed in a way for African people to work and a fully stimulate economic growth with...

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Montes steered the Amistad toward Africa but very slowly. At night, he reversed his course, and headed west to America. ... The Africans were described as "ecstatic." ... The 35 surviving Africans and 4 missionaries boarded the ship and headed for West Africa. ... Although every American President from the time of the Amistad decision until 1860, wanted Spain to be compensated, funds were always kept from them. ...

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Americans faced many problems in the 1920s. ... Some Americans saw the New Deal as a way to rebuild America's economy and government after the depression. ... Women as well as African Americans are denied their natural rights. African Americans were not receiving the same opportunities as the white man so they wanted the New Deal to help them too. ... The New Deal changed the lives of many Americans by creating jobs, helping agriculture and setting up social security, nonetheless, it didn't help women and African Americans as much as it should of. ...

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Japan thought of a strategy to down America. ... America proved itself as a superpower. ... After the war, the African Americans pursued their civil rights. Some returning African American soldier spoke of double-V, meaning double victory both from oppression and against the Japanese. ... America proved its military capability to the world. ...

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The Late 19the and Early 20th Century America began to deal with the inequities and lack of justice for mean of African decent in the 1800s. ... Other Historians cite that Lincoln had no choice but to free the slaves in hoes of African American men joining the losing forces of the North during the civil war. ... As such, once again there was a need to clarify the rights of Americans. ... The effects of Affirmative Action on Women, African Americans and the Disabled The enduring effect s of historical oppression include the losses of adequate education and honorable employment that has haunted ...

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Their sacrifice prompted humbling, sometimes surprising feelings of patriotism in many Americans. ... All American major institutions have been effected by this rallying effect. ... Even African-Americans, many of who cast less than 10% of their vote for Bush have rallied behind him, with 77% approving of the way he's handling his job. ... Americans should remain skeptical about the government. ... Americans need to understand that patriotism is not the same as blind faith in government. ...

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Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. ... And last thing that prevents what's happening in Hong Kong in America are the American people. ... For example, the African-American Civil Rights Movement, led by black Americans, to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and to secure legal recognition and federal protection of the citizenship rights enumerated in the constitutional amendments adopted after the Civil War. Basically black Americans had a problem and did something about it In conclusion, the thing that prevents what...

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We Have No Leaders: African Americans in the Post Civil Rights Era State University of New York Press Albany, NY 1996 Smith writes the book in an attempt to educate the black community on where African-American fit in the scheme of politics and intergovernmental relations. ... Smith feels that blacks have not stepped up in the ways that African-Americans could in regard to leadership and institutional process since the civil rights movement. ... Smith discusses several different sides of the political system and those African-Americans that are present in the system. ... The role of...

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I chose Barack Obama for several reasons, not only has he done a lot as a politician but he also broke a lot of barriers and made history by becoming the first American president that is partially African-American. His mom is white and his father hails from East Africa. ... Living in a country where people like me were treated as less than humans and treated like animals and used as free labor, his achievement puts things in perspective for all people living in America of African descent; and being that just about 60 years ago there were barely any black people in politics. ... Native America...

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The message was clear: America wanted change, with Barack Obama, that's who they got. ... How will America's first African-American president leave his mark on the world? ... Not since the weeks and months immediately following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center have these two things collided in the way they did the night an African American stood before the nation and accepted the task America has laid before him. ... The election of an African American to the highest office isn't just an American victory, it is a human victory. ... Either way, it is f...

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African-Americans were not allowed to vote or own any property. ... African-Americans were not even regarded in state population when it came time to vote for state representatives. Women had a little ore liberties than the African-Americans did. ...

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Moore says that 31% of all African Americans in Florida cannot vote in Florida because they are ex-felons. Moore claims most African Americans in Florida are democratic as 90% of them voted for Gore. ... Moore sees African Americans stereotyped in movies and on the news. ... Moore discussed the common stereotypes of African Americans. ... African Americans are stereotyped too often in the eyes of the public. ...

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Out of these members, only ten of them were African Americans and only seven were of other minorities (Latina American/Asian). Out of 2,515 total post/tweets, 87.7% came from white MCs, 6.6% came from African American MCs, and 5.7% came from other minority MCs. Out of all of our members of Congress in our project 84% were whites, 9% were African Americans, and 7% were other minorities. ... This means that more African American MCs used social media for that distinct issue than white MCs. ... Some of biggest differences with African American MCs were the issues of civil rights, crime, and party...

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Part I: Provide a history of the formation of the constitution and of early American government through Jefferson's Presidency. Conclude this section with a description of the structure of American government [all branches] and politics at that time. The history of American government starts several year before there was even an American government with a series of events mainly between the British colonies and Great Britain developing into problems that would cause a change of power to the colonists themselves. ... With all of the troops staying in these colonies they did not offer m...

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Even though drugs are used by every race, police are targeting African Americans. In "The New Jim Crow: Author Michelle Alexander Talks About Race and Drug War" article, Alexander states that, "2.2 million people are in jail or prison and 7.7 million are under control of the criminal justice system, and African American boys, men, and now women are making up a disproportionate number of those imprisoned." Also, the war on drugs has made a traumatic impact on inner city African American communities, on a scale that is out of proportion to the actual side of criminal activity...

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Being the child of a white woman and an African father, the dynamic of his "blackness " was different. ... Then there is the relationship between President Obama and black America. ... I think Obama believed that if America was ready for a black president that America was also ready to let go a long troubling history of racism and injustice. ... We, both black and white Americans, have become more complacent with regard to racism and injustice. ... I think the American people always feel they are "owed " after election someone to office. ...

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I was the new president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (181). ... She was African American and a woman but she sustained an accomplishing career(Powell). ... I was thirty- four years old, trained as a nurse - midwife, and the new president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America-its youngest president ever, the first woman to head the organization since its founder, Margaret Sanger, and the first African American president. I was proud and honored on each of these counts, but I felt that being African American was a vital aspect of my leadership; that it provided insights a...

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Abraham Lincoln is considered one of the best presidents in American history. He had a great impact on American history that still impacts us yet today. ... Without him the north likely would of been defeated by the Confederacy, and African American's might still be slaves. ... This prompted many African-Americans to volunteer in the Union army and more than 180,000 joined, making up ten percent of the Union forces by the end of the war. There was opposition to this but African-Americans would not be willing to be given their freedom then have it taken away as Lincoln said in a letter to ...

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The organization was founded in 1909 as the NNC in an effort to renew the struggle for political and civil liberty among Blacks in a White America. ... This group has lead the way for many African Americans to have the same God given rights as White Americans in their own communities. ... Also in 1948 President Truman signed the Truman Executve order stating that no Federal Government agency could practice any discriminating policies, in 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus, breaking the laws of the south and sparking what would be known as the single large...

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They restricted the rights and movements of the newly freed African Americans. ... The Civil Rights Act said that all African Americans to be U.S. citizens and also attempted to provide a legal shield against the operation of the southern states" Black Codes. ...

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What many of them tend to do is create rules based upon a specific class, such as upscale America, which may affect people who do not meet the same qualifications or fit the same standards of that small class. ... As an African American male evolving in a White society, the narrator discovers that he is an invisible individual. ... Mandela spoke of how the African society was being physically and mentally mistreated by the government. ...

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These organizations were mildly successful in bringing about African American rights. ... The imposition of segregation, or Jim Crow laws, stripped African Americans of many of the rights they had gained during the 19th century. ... Originally conceived as the cure for discrimination, affirmative action now had no place in the lives of many Americans. ... When elected President, Bill Clinton gave the American people what they wanted, a white house staff that "looked like America." ... "Only six-tenths of one percent of senior management positions are held by African Americans, four-tenths of a...

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After gaining independence, our founding fathers created an extremely unique, and revolutionary government in order to set up a social contract between America and its people. Purposefully not trying to be anything like their previously rulers the British, Americans created a new one from the ideas of republicanism. ... The last thing on the agenda was a want for more government influence being placed in the hands of the people and for America to become the democracy that the founding fathers envisioned. ... Not long after WWII, during a time known as the Great Society Era, Congress passed thr...

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Its projected that African-American unemployment rate had climbed from 8.2 % to 11.2 %, which means that four hundred thousand more are without job since President Bush took the office. One out of three African-Americans that are in the work force are unemployed. ... His campaign is about who we are as Americans. His goal is to lead America to a time where it is not enough to protect our own rights under the law, but where it is a duty and an obligation for each of us as Americans to make sure every American is equal under the law. ... Our foreign and military policy must be about the notion o...

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During his presidency, he reformed American industries in order to give the rule of government back to the people to restore social justice and human rights. ... They believed that America could improve but in order to do so the government had to take more action, i.e. the people needed to get more involved. ... Meanwhile, Roosevelt had been on a long hunting safari in Africa. ... Roosevelt's "New Nationalism," which he had been preaching ever since his return from Africa, became the platform for his new party. ... The difficulty was that his platform was too radical for the America p...

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