To know that two opposing sides generate a war via alleged interests or views is highly important. ... This also holds to be true for African Americans during World War II. World War II was basically about one world superpower trying to dominate a continent, by any means necessary. ... From the Civil War up until World War II, African Americans fought with inadequate weaponry and in segregated units. ... African American roles: People at home. ...

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April 12, 1861 is one of the most crucial and important dates in American history. ... The Civil War is important because it affected African Americans and their future in America. ... During World War II there was a shortage of nurses, but defense officials were reluctant to let recruit black nurses. Nevertheless, black nurses were recruited and did serve in World War II (Memory). ... During World War civil rights groups pressed the government to provide training for black pilots on an equal basis with whites (Memory). ...

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However World War 2 can arguably be said to have the greatest impact in African American history. ... World War 2 for the first time gave black Americans the chance to achieve in accomplishments, which without the War wouldn't be possible. ... This makes World War 2 a key turning point because it increases the mass protest such as the bus boycott, which showed the government how important black Americans were to the US economy. With the help of World War 2 gave black Americans who didn't support racial discrimination the difference they could make if they support the civil right move...

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To know that two opposing sides generate a war via alleged interests or views is highly important. ... This also holds to be true for African Americans during World War II. World War II was basically about one world superpower trying to dominate a continent, by any means necessary. ... From the Civil War up until World War II, African Americans fought with inadequate weaponry and in segregated units. ... African American roles: People at home. ...

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Although congress applauded the pact, it refused to join the world court. 2. ... In the end, the war-debt situation damaged America's reputation in the eyes of people of the world. ... Education Becomes More Important a. ... How could a society ruled by the idea of progress embark on a war the killed millions of people. 2. ... Jazz Wins World Popularity a. ...

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It is important to recall that between 1619 and 1926, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were classified as a race that had not made any contribution to human civilization. ... In the words of Ralph Crowder, "the observance must be a testimony to those African pioneers who struggled to affirm the humanity of African peoples and a challenge to the present generation to protect and preserve...the humanity of all peoples of African descent." ... He was nicknamed Satchmo because some people said that his mouth was like a satchel. ... He became world famous for his incredible ...

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At the time of slavery, Africa had a civilization far ahead of its time and the capturing of their people put them greatly behind the rest of the world. ... Japanese-Americans imprisoned in the United States during the second world war have received repayment, and so has the country of Kuwait from Iraq for their suffering during the Gulf war. ... What makes saving Iraq more important than making up for the devastating mistakes made by our ancestors? ... (Horowitz 2). Though I agree with Horowitz to an extent, would all those people have died during the Civil War if we didn't begi...

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Many different kinds of people, cultures, and races live in Canada and call it their home. ... Ever since the discovery of the New World, black people have lived in Canada and have not been treated fairly. ... Although the Blacks fought their hearts out for the English after the war, they were still treated unfairly. ... During these times, work was scarce because of the end of the war. ... During this war, all of Hall's gun crew was killed except for him and one officer. ...

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Lyndon Baines Johnson "embodied the contradictions of political liberalism" in post war America, and he "orchestrated its triumphs, and endured its agonies"(Schulman 2). He was also the maker of its most important legislative achievements and a factor in its ultimate demise... (2) Classical liberalism took on a "negative view of freedom." ... The war showed that cooperation between government and business could enrich the people and all aspects of economy. ... Third, it vowed to "defend the free world" from the advances of communism. ...

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However, much was negative: student and anti-war protest movements, political assassinations, and ghetto riots excited American people and resulted in lack of respect for authority and the law. The decade began under the shadow of the cold war with the Soviet Union, which was aggravated by the U-2 incident, the Berlin Wall, and the Cuban missile crisis, along with the space race with the USSR. ... They enabled the youths to escape to a different kind of world. Because of the youths' great desire to achieve a universal sense of peace and harmony, drugs were sometimes a ve...

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The Many Aspects of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes, an author of many writings, uses his voice well, the most important tool an author has. ... Langston Hughes entered the world of published authors early on in his career. ... Although enjoying writing, Hughes still wanted to experience the world. ... Handy and Clarence Muse for war blues, sung at rallies- (99). ... His funeral like his poetry, was all blues and jazz- (Hughes 2). ...

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The Differences between "Rosie- and the Woman in "That Damned Fence- During the time of World War Two, there were hard working women taking over the jobs in industry that were usually held by men. ... The Japanese internment camps were set up by the United States government during World War Two. ... These people were jailed as if they were horrendous criminals. ... Chapter 2: Native American vs. ... In their society, one family was part of a larger and more important group. ...

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Black Americans made significant gains in their struggle for equal rights during Reconstruction, the 12-year period after the Civil War. ... Suffragists under Catt threatened to discharge their traditional duties as homemakers and mothers in the increasingly public world of the city. ... Through the work of the abolitionists before the war, civil rights water sheds were established during Reconstruction. ... These people were the blacks, women, immigrants, and the many people...

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However, to see freedom, a civil war, in which many African-Americans died, had to be fought. ... In October 1982, Reagan announced the War on Drugs. However, at the time less than 2 percent of the American public viewed drugs as the most important issue facing the nation. ... To justify the War on Drugs, the Reagan administration launched a media offensive. ... However, we chose the path of war. ...

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The sixties were filled with new music, clothes, and an overall change in the way people acted, but most importantly it was a decade filled with civil rights movements. ... This was also, unfortunately, the time that the assassinations of important leaders took place. ... The Kennedy Era, 1960 - 1963, saw many important events. ... Seventy people went to the hospital that day. ... The 1960's also had many other people that were important to the development of the civil rights movement. ...

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He is famous for his world-record success in the 1936 Olympics in the face of racial discrimination" (Whitehouse 1). ... "At that time, Germany was ruled by the powerful dictator Adolph Hitler, whose beliefs in racial supremacy and destructive actions led to World War II. ... It is extremely important to be knowledgeable of Jackie Robinson because he was the man that paved the way for professional sports as we know them today. ... "Teams had better interview these black candidates "in good faith," they say, and "with an open mind" (Nordlinger 2). ... Americans have to stop seeing things in...

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Players are remembered for their missed shots, letting their team down when needed most, and most important their weaknesses. ... The Romas, one of the greatest female ball clubs of all time, played against male and female teams, never lost a game for six years after World War 2 (1939-1945). ... Coaches' efforts to encourage a strong sense of self worth, respectability, and self-confidence in young people they mentored on the court extended the educational missions of institutions and the work of parents and families, despite the negativity and racism that surrounded and shaped the lives ...

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James Baldwin's time in France was very important for his writing career and his personal life. ... While many people in the United States frowned upon both homosexuality and interracial dating, Baldwin found social freedom and privacy while in Europe. He also wrote three important works while in France. ... He was simply fed up with the disgustingly intollerable racial problems in the United States and in the world. ... Walter Meserve writes in The Black American Writer: Poetry and Drama, Vol. 2, Baldwin tries to use theatre as a pulpit for his ideas. ...

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World wide racism has been an issue, and still is. ... "His charismatic leadership inspired men and women, young and old, in this nation and around the world."2 "His wisdom, his words, his actions, his commitment, and his dream for a new way of life are intertwined with the American experience."3 The life of Martin started in 1929. ... An important person in the shaping of Martin's theological development was Benjamin E. ... I speak as a citizen of the world, for the world as it stands aghast at the path we have taken. ... The great initiative in this war is ours. ...

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The United States of America has a relatively short-lived history in comparison to the majority of the vast societies of the world. ... When the grip on the throat of the new Americans became too much, a rag tag group of militiamen stood up against the British for what they believed in and defeated one of the most powerful and expansive army's that the world has ever seen. ... Black American's heeded to his campaign slogan of "Yes We Can" and invested all of their time and energy into ensuring that Obama would be instated as the President of the free world. ... This paper w...

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After the Civil War, during Reconstruction, not much militant Black Nationalist activity stirred as a result of terrorism from the Ku Klux Klan and lack of political interest. ... He founded a chapter of UNIA in New York City and began publishing a newspaper called Negro World. ... He moved to Chicago and started Muslim Temple Number 2 and established his headquarters there. ... (Henderson, Errol A. 2) Hip-hop began in the early 70's. ... (Henderson, Errol A., 2) Meanwhile, J. ...

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She was one of the first African American women to run for public office in the United States, one of the first founders of the NAACP, and a respected journalist. 2) One of the themes that Giddings mentioned was the relationship between sexism and racism. Because both are motivated by similar economic, social, and psychological forces, it is only logical that those who sought to undermine Blacks were also the most virulent antifeminists 2." ... (1-21, w&w) CHAPTER 2 The first line in the poem ("you may write me down in history / with your bitter, twisted lies") refers to the way t...

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Some real good books, important names and the lasting struggle for the same rights for blacks and whites in America are the result of the Harlem Renaissance movement in the beginning of our century. ... But maybe some day there will be a change. 2. ... Historians date this event in the period between the First World War and the crash of the stock market of 1929 . ... Claude McKay` s poetry of 1917 presents some of the most important pieces of the Harlem Renaissance as well. ... So important names like Jean Toomer, Claude McKay or Rudolph Fisher were missing in the list of editors. ...

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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 Negro World wasn't exclusive to just American blacks. ... "The Black Star Line was an important symbol of black potential, and a powerful propaganda and recruitment tool for Garvey and the U.N.I.A. " While all of the achievements that Garvey obtained through the U.N.I.A may have seemed extraordinary to the people of African descent, many governments across the globe who have witnessed the signific...

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The Harlem Renaissance spanned the 1920's and 'it was the period when the Negro was in vogue'.1 New York had become 'the capital of the black world'2 and Harlem was the site of black economic power and consciousness. ... In a letter to Frank Waldo he wrote 'my own life has been divided between two racial groups for the most part, ever since, I have lived between two worlds'9. ... To be', Alexander is trying to illustrate that Toomer felt that there should be no separations regardless of race, 'to prove to the world that the Negro race can be jus...

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