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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
Who was the first African-American female to be elected to Congress? ... The first African-American female legislator was Shirley Chisholm. ... Being African-American and a woman made it difficult for Shirley to find a job after graduation. ... The club was created to help mobilize African-Americans and Hispanics to vote. ... She won the election and became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress. ...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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. ...
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...
Holder Jr. holds much suspense in the eyes of the American public since the announcement that President Obama chose him to fill the role of Attorney General. ... He continued to work hard after he was admitted to Columbia Law School, where he majored in American History and graduated in 1973. ... During this time (1993 to today), Holder Jr. has excelled in his leadership in Washington D.C., his philanthropy in his community and beyond, and his special role among African Americans as a powerful and respected force. ... In 1997, Holder Jr. served President Clinton as Deputy Attorney General, ...
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. ...
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...
She married a South African freedom fighter and lived in Cairo. ... In the 1960's she said that being black, female, non-Muslim, non-Arab, six foot tall, and American made for some interesting experiences during her stay in Africa (Williams 1). ... She can speak English, French, Spanish, Italian, and West African Fanti. ...
Adlai traveled extensively in America and Europe and was educated at the Choate School, Princeton, Harvard, and Northwestern University. ... He defended Truman's foreign policy of containment, but rejected the President's "give 'em hell" approach instead of "talking sense" to the American people. ... He stressed two themes---discontinue using the arms race and encourage economic development in Asia and Africa. ... No matter what, he resisted pressure from others to resign, and he openly defended American policies. Before his death of a heart attack on July 14, 1965, in London, h...
Americans became concerned when the Latin American nations came into debt with European powers because they were often poor nations that were unable to pay and prone to revolution. ... This policy warned the Latin American nations to keep their affairs in order or face American intervention. ... The protests involved American goods and money and Germany's submarine policy threatened American's lives. ... Five American ships were sunk as a result of these attacks. 4. ... It divided up the German colonies in Asia and Africa. ...
But Americans should just face it; the United States is not yet ready for an African American president and honestly, may never be. ... John Kerry is also the only candidate in the running who shows a true desire to change the way things are in America for the better and shows that he just might have that ability....
The customers would have to be the American people. ... During his State of the Union address, Bush talked about the AIDS issue in Africa. Over 8,000 people die everyday in Africa because of AIDS, and Bush decided he wanted to put an end to it. ...
This is the same church that calls itself 'unabashedly black' and touts Africa first. ... So, until her husband was potentially a candidate, she had never been proud of America? This is most certainly a true belief that should cause fear-fear that these America bashing liberals will get elected. For those who think Americans wouldn't vote for a black person, you are in serious denial. ... Most Americans would elect Colin Powell president, by a landslide. ...
Vallandigham's anti-abolition and anti- New England views received the applause of three elements of Ohio's diverse population: Irish-Americans and German-Americans who feared emancipation would release a flood of cheap and competitive labor upon their communities and southern "uplanders" that brought their anti-Negro prejudices with them.# As a supporter of state's rights and slavery, he helped form the Peace Democrats. ... He gained a reputation as a critic and obstructionist, Republican congressmen paid less attention to his speeches and comments.# Vallandigham was dubbed ...
The court case that I have chose to represent for the seventeenth Amendment is United States v. aczel consistent with this view federal Courts declared that when local party authorities acting pursuant to Regulations prescribed by a party's state executive committee refused to Permit an African American on account of his race, to vote in a primary to Select candidates for the office of U.S. ...
Tripoli War (1801-05)- A conflict between the United States and Tripoli, incited by American refusal to continue payment of tribute to the piratical rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli. Involved North Africa, was extension of fight about protection from pirates in Barbary States. ... Three Americans were killed, and eighteen wounded British seized four deserters, three were American citizens. ... American Art began to take shape. 1. ... America's industries grew. ...
Seventy-six percent of Americans are personally comfortable with a woman president and eighty-two percent with a woman as vice president. ... Shirley Chisholm from New York was the first African-American woman elected to congress. ... In America, many are starting to toy with the idea of having a female candidate running for president. One potential candidate is former director of the American Red Cross, Mrs. ...
President Bush, touring Africa this week, declined an invitation. ... "Dewey Clayton, an associate professor of political science at the University of Louisville, said candidates who are "seriously trying to attract the African-American vote" will go to the forum."" ... The only other invited guest not to appear was President Bush, who recently returned from a trip to Africa. ... "What about the response from the American people when they were asked to pay their income taxes...by Donald Duck? ...
Congress is committed to working with the president to eliminate terrorist threats against America."" ... Americans over age 65 are much more likely than adults under age 65 to say that they are regular prescription drugs users (82% vs. 49%); that they take three or more prescription drugs regularly (55% vs. 17%); that they currently have more than five drugs in their medicine cabinet (40% vs. 28%); and that they spent $1000 or more out-of-pocket on prescription drugs last year (19% vs. 6%). ... Glenda Gray, pediatrician, who works in Africa, says that one half of the people who get admitted...
