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The African American Civil Rights Movement has expanded immensely throughout the ages and has been shaped by society and in turn, been shaped by it. The civil rights movement shifted immensely after Martin Luther King Jr.´s horrific assassination. Over the course of the past 50 years, more activists began to rise up to oppression and change followed with it. Many milestones were set and new goals have been established. There are still many more obstacles that need to be faced but every…

Equal right for african americans after the civil war. got full and equal protection from the law and they also get to vote because the 14th and 15th amendment supports them. congress also made freedmen schools for african americans to be educated. The 14th and 15th amendment supports african americans to vote and be a citizen of the united states. The 14th amendment states that anyone born or naturalized is a u.s citizen.The 15th amendment states that anyone that is a us citizen has the right…

new environment. I will reflect on the differences I identified from my own culture and share what I learned about the African American culture. I will explain how it felt to wander the streets elbow to elbow with a crowd that was predominantly African American, and the subsequent motions that surfaced. I will share how this experience reminded me of the nuances of the African American culture and the resulting awareness I acquired. I will express how this awareness…

Tobacco Use: African Americans The topic that I have chosen from Healthy People 2020 is tobacco. Tobacco is a drug substance that creates nicotine to be exhaust or to be grind. Tobacco is a craving substance for many people, especially the African- American culture. I am writing this paper to inform African Americans about how tobacco can affect their bodies by developing an educational health promotion project addressing how tobacco can lead to lung cancer, lung problems, and other ways it…

slavery amongst African Americans into the Civil War. Progress to aid the civil rights of African-Americans was little to none until Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, “which freed the slaves held in the states still…

support of African American women for women's suffrage (Gilmore, Gender and Jim Crow). African American women had taken the active role of teaching their community about American citizenship, and the pride of their race. African American women saw the women's suffrage as another step of pushing the racial divide (Goodstein, A Rare Alliance). While most white suffragists didn't see gaining the support of African American women the same way, white suffragists realized that they needed African…

attitudes of the African American towards job searching is that they have the fear of being discriminated by their white counterparts who happen to be their employers in most of the time. Another fear is that of harassment by their employers and being underpaid as compared to other employees who are working in the same positions. Another attitude is that they fear being demoralized or being intimidated by their employers, and even being used wrongly. Some of the enlightened African Americans…

Sherell Thompson Classism in the African American Community SOC3349 University of Houston How are African Americans categorized by classism in the Houston area? Class Action defines classism as “differential treatment based on social class or perceived social class. Classism is the systematic oppression of a subordinated class group to an advantage and strengthens the dominant class groups. It’s the systematic assignment of characteristics of worth and ability based on social class.”…

African slaves were desocialization by the slave masters having the slaves as possession as an acceptable price. The slave masters did not take them as full human beings. Taking the slaves to new places and they needed a new identity to fit in like a fellow American. The slave masters did not want them to socialize because it could be a dangerous and unprofitable cause. Like talking about having a rebellion or even mention to be free and most of the African forgot their culture. For example," ..…

appearance of an important character which played by Black people was created many arguments about African American role in 21st century Hollywood movie. Mostly African American important character was role as the helper for the White. They are also appears as a symbol of equality in an American movie. African American appears to give a picture that Black people can also involve in a Hollywood production…