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A new breed of potentiating, powerful, and persuasive African American activists evolved in our society. The baton of leadership was passed down to them by men and women who ran in the race of equality, justice, and self-sufficiency for their people. A militant organization leader like the late Huey P. Newton strategy lives in us. His strategy was to defend and protect his own (black people) in the wake of police brutality. The only way his strategy within the black community could be destroyed…

enforcement. The federal data showed that African America males ranging from the ages 15-19 were killed at a 31.17% per million rates as opposed to White Americans were only killed at a 1.47% per million person’s rate. For that statistic to equal out for a White American, 185 more White American teens in the age range 15-19 would have to die. That statistic states more than one teen would have to die per week just to equal the amount of deaths that African American teens are facing die to police…

white and Aibileen is African-American. Miss Skeeter lives at home with her mother and father and writes an article for the Junior League. Aibileen lives by herself and works for Elizabeth Leefolt. Aibileen has been working for white families all her life and has raised seventeen children. Aibileen is raising her eighteenth and nineteenth child who is Mae Mobley and Raleigh. Mae Mobley is a girl and Raleigh is a boy. When Miss Skeeter has the idea of writing a book about African American maids…

African Americans were an essential part to the Union’s victory. The African Americans had something extra that made them fight in the war. They had great character. They also have seen and felt how horrible slavery was and the thirst for freedom propelled them to volunteer and fight for the Union. It didn’t matter if the African American was free of a runaway slave, they both enlisted in the war. After the war waged on for more than a year, the northerners were growing tired of the war and the…

reformed historically throughout America. Initially, African Americans were enslaved and taken from their homes to work for white man’s financial profitability since the birth of this nation. Many were kidnapped from their homes in Africa and forced on lengthy voyages to tend for laborious tasks on American white men 's plantations. They were racially ridiculed and were deemed as inferior. Even though the civil war concluded in the emancipation of African American enslaved individuals, they…

and theorization of the African diaspora comes from the understanding of experiences and history of the dispersed people of African descent throughout the world. The diaspora of the African people has been understood through numerous means, which has allowed scholars the ability to explore the dispersion in terms of major themes, most commonly identity and memory. These themes are significant in understanding the diaspora because it allows a platform for people of African descent to comprehend…

community the African American culture was not seen very often. The things that I had always heard growing up were "blacks" were lazy, violent, very athletic and forbidden to date. In fifth grade I became best friends with a girl that was African American and it allowed me to see a glimpse into the African American culture. The opinions of others were no longer true and I seen a culture that was rich in family history, work ethic, athletic ability and a love for Jesus. African Americans…

than ever: the increase in divorce and remarriage, adoption, foster parenting, single parenthood, kinship care, and same-sex relationships. However, the African American family seems to have not only maintained its stagnated structure, but its function as a unit is vanishing from society. According to Ghanaian scholar Gyekye, the role of the African American family refers to one that is centered upon communal values and includes not only the biological relatives, but those in the extended family…

reasonable for an individual to assume that African Americans and other minority groups have advanced economically, socially, and politically. Throughout the fight for liberty, there have been gains and also setbacks that negate those gains. Many factors like The March on Washington and Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech gave hope to many of a possible society where life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are guaranteed to everyone. Many people agree that African Americans have advanced since…

In the article, Facilitating African Identity Development Critical Literacy Books for African College Students, it discusses the way Africans identify with who they are. The article goes into details about how Africans define culturally, based on their race, environment, personality awareness, and there interest level in learning of there cultural history. Through the years people development their sense of identity from the lifestyle the lived. This can be attributed to the way the…