It has been fifth teen years since the release of the controversial movie, American History X. ... Their fathers hate and rage is shown when he talks to his sons about how a nigger got a promotion over a white man who had studied hard for the test. ... Danny is assigned to write an essay in his history class. ... The name of his new history class is called American History X. ... I'm just tired of it" (American History X, 1998). ...

• Word Count: 2014
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Three subsamples were chosen for testing. ... The next test given was the Self-Harmful Behavior Scale (SHB). ... Five questions were asked to find the history of suicidal behavior. ... The SSB is a 5-point scale that scales the lifetime history of suicidal behavior. In this study, (1) indicates no history of suicidal behavior, (2) a history of suicidal ideas, (3) a history of suicidal behavior, (4) a history of mild suicidal acts, and (5) a history of at least on serious attempt (Pfeffer et al., 1979). ...

• Word Count: 1467
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Although he never saw a presidency, King, Jr. did lead one of the strongest movements in American history which helped shape today's society. ... Three years later, King's nonviolent tactics were put to their most severe test in Birmingham, Alabama during a mass protest for hair hiring practices, the establishment of a biracial committee, and the desegregation of department-store facilities. ... If black citizens wanted to vote, they were required to take a literacy test and a Constitution test. ... However, white citizens were not required to pass any tests or pay any fees, also in...

• Word Count: 1517
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The above stated came forth through an acute critique and rejection of white psychology in terms of its methodological conclusions and the ideological premises it tests. ... (Pg. 443) Black psychology has set forth new definitions, conceptual models, and test theories that come from the heart of the Black experience. The history of the Association of Black Psychologist (ABP) indicate the development of divergent but overlapping schools of Black psychology, these schools are the traditional, reformist, and radical schools. ...

• Word Count: 1274
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Archeologists used ground-piercing radars and other equipment to test the soil for unmarked graves to determine how many people are buried there. The tests picked up dozens, if not hundreds of bodies outside the cemetery ("Archaeologists"). ... Tulsa Times A Pictorial History: The Boom Years. ...

• Word Count: 1259
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• Grade Level: High School

In one way it is symbolic of the African Americans' struggle for equality throughout this nation's history. ... This represents what happened in this nation's history as well. ... I am thinking that maybe they did this just to test his patience and pride. ... It is representative of the many struggles and hardships that this nation's African American population endured throughout their history since the end of slavery when they started advocating for their equality, and "Batlle Royal" is one of those many stories written by some african american to illustrate their strugg...

• Word Count: 1491
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

When conducting research in American history, people will realize the amount substantial evidence demonstrating the mistreatment of black people in the United States. ... In his attempt to certify the success of their latest responsibility, white men have employed the long tested strategy of divide and conquer, with a view to breaking the ranks of non-whites worldwide. ... According to history, black people have been living in oppression to other races; he wants us to realize that there is no reason for allowing people who are of the minority have control. ...

• Word Count: 1313
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This idea that the slave holder was a sort of father figure developed due to the history of Brazil and it's colonial relation with Portugal. ... In the United States Slavery was of some of the most brutal and suppressive recorded in history. ... In the history of the U.S. there was little record of slave revolt or any type of organized slave body. ... These wars had already taken place and there was no reason for Brazil to repeat the mistakes of histories past. ... The United States has had a long history of racial discrimination dating back to it's colonial days under the Britis...

• Word Count: 2418
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Affirmative action is the nation's most ambitious attempt to redress its long history of racial and sexual discrimination. ... At this point in our nation's history, does affirmative action make things better or worse? ... With no end in sight to the causes of the current influx, and with the difficulty of withdrawing benefits once they have been granted, the real test of the affirmative-action state may be yet to come. ...

• Word Count: 1755
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In this story, postwar middle-American black communities use the image of Shirley Temple in the same way southern creoles created the infamous "paper bag test- to exclude darker skinned blacks from the higher tiers of African American society. ... Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. ...

• Word Count: 1291
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• Grade Level: High School

"Jim Crow Laws" or racial segregation was soon to play an important roll in history. ... Because disenfranchising blacks was impossible due to the Fifteenth Amendment, poll taxes and literacy tests accomplished this task indirectly. ...

• Word Count: 1894
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

They are faced with struggles that test the conviction of personal beliefs. ... The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is well over one hundred years old lady that relates a personal history that spans the time from the Civil War and slavery up through the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. ...

• Word Count: 1754
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

This is evident in a variety of areas including intelligence, performance on tasks or tests, and the possession of desirable characteristics or personality traits. ... In this instance of history, the majority actually happened to lie in the neutral crowd. ...

• Word Count: 1706
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Moreover, minorities were detained for longer periods of time per stop than whites, and were 80% of those whose cars were searched after being stopped.7 Showing the similar statistic to the previous two, a study of traffic stops on the New Jersey Turnpike found that 46% of those stopped were black, although only 13.5% of the cars on the road had a black driver or passenger and although there was no significant difference in the driving patterns of white and nonwhite motorists.8 To further acknowledge the racially discriminated profiling, ABC news program "20/20 " did a test as part of a report...

• Word Count: 2471
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate