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    Lincoln Cathedral is without a doubt a very well-established building which has received centuries of admiration, but perhaps generically towards its size and impressive dating alone. My subjective experience of the space both internally and externally made me realise that my appreciation and warming towards the structure was provoked from a relational feeling as if the cathedral possessed life-like qualities itself. The visual expression of structure, use of living materials, the sound it…

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    tithes and offerings, and hospitable invitation), which continues today with nearly 1,100 members. The Metropolitan Baptist Church was established in 1917 by Rev. J.F. Kirsh in a small, North Tulsa house. In 1919, under Rev. J.W. Bryant, the church moved to a converted apartment building at 1018 North Lansing. Six years later, the church went bankrupt and the doors of the church were closed. In 1925, the…

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    as the church building. With the advancement of women in the workforce and absentee fathers the church was needed more than ever for the development of families. Agencies and non-for-profits were created to support the youth because the adults were the sole focus of the church on at that time. The concept of children’s church was introduced and a major conflict of it was that parents believed that the responsibility of spiritual growth was now the church’s task. Also, there were church…

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    The Goolsby Chapel is located in Denton, TX at the University of North Texas. The chapel is a generous gift of UNT alum Tony Goolsby. The chapel is a non-denominational place of worship, reflection and peace that is open to everyone without exception. The chapel was dedicated in September of 2001. It is not as prestigious as the Chartres Cathedral, but it definitely exhibits the ideas and beliefs of Modern Americans.The chapel was planned to accommodate as many as 142 people. To begin…

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    Black Pride with Brown Pride African Americans and Latinos have always felt like they have been ostracized from society, for which I believe to be true considering we have always been the minorities in this country, however despite these adversities we seem to show great compassion and understanding to each other because we can relate through our livelihoods. We tend to always stay in one general area despite our culture’s way of life, our social standards, or our marginally different religions…

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    (Hunter) The blend without a doubt has a perming cream in it. Through eras, hair change has ended up business as usual for African American ladies. Despite the fact that its unique reason has been outgrown development has motivated gratefulness for a Blacks aesthetic, hair surface modification among African American ladies has a steady hold. Present day African American ladies will support it by clarifying that they are not attempting to fit in with a Caucasian magnificence standard, however…

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    however, is nostalgic for the era of Milton in which London was powerful and its people were virtuous and proud of their nation. Dunbar describes his time as similar to Douglass’s, but the mistreatment in Dunbar’s time towards the black community is getting worse and the blacks have no leader to help them move forward and reach true freedom. The language and structure of the two poems are also contrasting. Wordsworth is straightforward in his cry out to Milton in request of a guiding voice…

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    Frederick Douglass and Barack Obama both teach their fellow African Americans how to read, which rids them of the lack of knowledge that white people try to enforce on them. Obama informs the members of a poor black community that they are being ignored about by the building officials, as he states, “It was a legal notice, in small print, run in the classified section. It said that the CHA was soliciting bids from qualified contractors to remove asbestos from…

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    The quote “On Sophia Auld transformation of character. “But alas! this kind heart had but a short time to remain such. The fatal poison irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced it’s infernal work. That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage; that voice, made all sweet accord, changed to one harsh and horrid discord; and that angelic face gave place to that of a demon,” relates to the present and past history. In the narrative Frederick’s…

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    Jean Toomer was a well-known writer of the Harlem Renaissance. He chose to look at the United States as a ‘melting pot’ rather than as ‘black’ or ‘white’. He also elected to view and refer to himself as an ‘American’ rather than as ‘black’ or ‘white’. These ideals were emphasized within his works. Jean Toomer’s Cane is his most famous piece. Throughout Cane, Toomer included reoccurring symbols which heightened in meaning as the book went on. Throughout “Karintha”, “Georgia Dusk” and “Blood…

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