Art is a unique form of expression because humans can directly play on three of the human senses, sight, taste, and hearing. Among the three senses, hearing is the primary sense. Humans rely heavily on hearing for communication. ... Music is the art of sound that pleasures hearing and it has been in existence since humans have aurally communicated with each other. ... A civil war broke out in America and when it was over the slaves were free; the slave community had just become the black community. ...

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With the African American struggle you have your families and community support. ... Reinforce their alienation from the rest of their communities. ... Its funny how the African American male community will embrace a trend that will openly degrade woman and other members of the community but shun what a person dose in the privacy of there own home. ... Religion has a theme of being misused to justify hatred and oppression for the gay community. ... Over hearing this made me think about the HIP_HOP arties who are know for making fun of homosexuals and the gay basing that take...

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It brings you to a small town, where you visit minds of young and old, see how everyday gossip rules those who let it, and watch young children grow up in a somewhat confused community. ... Also, the harassment that the black community undertook was harsh, but the fact is, if they were to report such vicious remarks, or beatings, the white community would do nothing for them. ... Also it was very apparent that everyone just brushed it off when hearing that it was a "nigger" and all went to bed. If he was really such a threat to the community, then why did they all shrug it off? ... Atticus was...

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Introduction Malcolm X was a civil rights activist. "If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary." (Malcolm X). He was a Muslim minister who fought for the freedom and the rights of the blacks. The racial segregation in the US turned Malcolm from a criminal to a...

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O'Connor uses language throughout her stories that a reader almost cringes in present day hearing, like in the "Geranium" when it says " I say they got 'em a servant next door-a nigger- all dressed up in a Sunday Suit" (The Complete Stories 8). ... Tanner in the story was much like everyone else at this time period, unaware of the changes in the black community that had happened or that were going to happen after World War II. ... Times were changing and the black community had enough of being treated like a dog. ...

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The police hearing the man saying such a thing like that with two little dead girls in his arms, them white and blonde, him black and as big as a house, automatically assumed that he was the killer indeed and did not bother to investigate the crime. ... However, the world would be dull and a monotonous place if everyone was all the same, so everyone must learn to appreciate one another's differences in order to live peacefully and rightfully as a global community. ...

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It's all about titles and not hurting someone's feelings! I can remember a time when having a job of a housewife was a noble thing. I think I am dating myself a little but a wife and mother staying home to take care of the house and the kids was not just common it was also expected and respected...

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Black people loved reading his works and hearing him read his poems at public presentations all over the country. ... With encouragement from his family and from Alston, Lawrence studied after high school at the Harlem Community Art Center, where he further developed his artistic talent. ...

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Blacks interested in social change will most likely gravitate to "protest communities", where they hope to find solutions to a complex problem. ... Its significant uses of the black religious community to accomplish political goals also linked the modern movement to the earlier mass movements, which also relied heavily on the church. ...

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Book summary - Up From Slavery The book, Up From Slavery, written by Booker Taliaferro Washington, profoundly touched me when I read it. Washington accomplished many amazing obstacles throughout his life. He became perhaps the most prominent black leader of his time. Blacks could gain equality by im...

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It includes a vast number of aspects and elements: the slave ship, the sense of community, the function of the sea, the horrible treatment and condition of life in the slave ship, moral and physical suffering, darkness and the violence towards the women slaves. ... The second function of the slave ship was to build a new community after the dispersal of the previous one. ... In this way the slave ship became the symbol of the community of a "lost people" and it contrasted the phenomenon of dispersion that characterized the Diasporic relations. ...

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Another resident reported hearing the shot and seeing a man fitting Willard's description running away. ... Montgomery's black community had ancient criticism about the mistreatment of blacks on city buses. ...

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