As proven in the later years of the National party, the ideologies of apartheid were continually being abandoned in the name of siding with business practices for economic prosperity in spite of the conflicts it posed with apartheid's goal of completely separating races. ... This assertion within the Moodley and Heribert text gives insight into the delusions of the National Party during this era. ... The National Party could not have alleviated the myriad of problems it had without causing total destruction to the "system " it had built. ... "In March 1965, a delegation from " A Nationa...

• Word Count: 3701
• Approx Pages: 15
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most women between the ages of 25 to 44 are in childbearing years, and thirty to fifty percent of them (blacks) are misdiagnosed because of cultural barriers, language, trust, and values between doctor an patient (NMHA 2). The National Mental Health Association has recorded that 63% of African American believe that depression is a personal weakness, 31% believed it is a health problem, 30% could handle it themselves, and 20% would seek help from friends and family. ... The rate of depression African American women is 50% higher among white women although, 25% of blacks account for mental hea...

• Word Count: 2505
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Giovanni's Room and Another Country "featured characters struggling to define sexual, racial, and national identities, and the matter-of-fact depictions of gay relationships in both books surprised many readers" (ht! ...

• Word Count: 2618
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

On September 2, the night before the first day of school, Governor Faubus announced that he had ordered the Arkansas National Guard to monitor the school the next day. When a group of nine black students arrived at Central High on September 3, they were barred from entering by the National Guardsmen. ... Finally, President Eisenhower ordered 1,000 paratroopers and 10,000 National Guardsmen to Little Rock, and on September 25, Central High School was desegregated. ...

• Word Count: 6633
• Approx Pages: 27

Around 1650 unified songs began to develop in the slave communities (mainly due to their learning of the English language). ... Blues was the first African American style to be not only recorded but also played on national radio. ... Ragtime became nationally popular fast because black pianist first really performed their, "Rags," (Ragtime compositions) at the Chicago World's Fair (1893). ...

• Word Count: 4223
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

English was the language to be learned by thousands of new immigrants such as the Germans, Mediterraneans, Eastern Europeans, Asians, and Africans (although for hundreds of years, Africans were not really counted as citizens). ...

• Word Count: 4261
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A new race-neutral language was developed to appeal to old racist sentiments and was accompanied by a new political movement that vied for "law and order" instead of "segregation forever.... Unfortunately, at the same time, the FBI was reporting dramatic increases in the national crime rate. ... As a result, the budget for the National Institute on Drug Abuse was reduced from $274 million to $57 million from 1981 to 1984, and the Department of Education's budget was reduced from $14 million to $3 million. ...

• Word Count: 4144
• Approx Pages: 17
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Each tribe had developed a culture and often an own language, and the people either prayed to their own Gods or (especially in north and central Africa) followed the teachings of the Koran. ... He also used it as a national platform from which he spoke. ...

• Word Count: 3965
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School