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that caused enough pestilence and death that claimed roughly half of Europe’s population was called the Black Death. Until recently, the Black Death has been widely believed to be a large outbreak of the bubonic plague as some historians challenge this original view. The origins of the black death is still unclear as there are many viewpoints of this plague such as: some believe that the Black Death originated in China or Central Asia and spread to south-east Europe, while others believe that…

how the black plague manage to spread as rapidly as it did as well as how it killed as many people as it did one must first understand its origin. Through the Mongol conquest of the Afro-Eurasia, the Mongols established a large network of communication through cultural exchange. The Mongols had a great deal of religious tolerance and do to this they had a variety of different cultures within their region of influence. However, these positive outcomes did not come without cost. The Black Death…

I didn’t know that I was Black until the fifth grade. I mean, I always knew that I was Black as in the Black slash African American box I poorly shaded in every year on the CST. But, I was never truly cognizant in the ways in which the melanin in my skin differentiated me from others. During a passing period between classes, I came to a realization of my race. Like hundreds of times before, I entered the dimly lit restroom connected to the cafeteria of my elementary school; but, instead of…

This week as I was reading I noticed on several occasions that Baldwin’s use of the word “black,” was to insult, denigrate, or negatively describe them. Baldwin uses the word “black” when describing negative characteristics of a character, and in dialogue when the characters are insulting each other. The use of the word black with such a negative connotation comes from multiple characters; my first quote is a description of Ruth, described by John, the second is said by Aunt Florence, and Roy…

Analysis (2-3 paragraphs)- Black Saturday (Victoria 2009) One of the worst and most recent natural disasters ever recorded in Australia was Black Saturday which happened in Victoria on the 7th of February 2009. Temperatures reached a high of 48.8 °C and wind speeds were up to 110 kilometres. - Cause The cause of this fire is due to many different things, but for all fires to start in the first place it needs materials that can burn like dried out leaves fuel), a source of ignition (heat)…

Black students complain about stereotypical comments made about them in the classroom, generalizations of opinions made by individual Black students to reflect all Black students, and the failure of White faculty to acknowledge and incorporate Black perspectives in the curriculum (Guiffrida & Douthiti, 2010). This kind of behavior makes it difficult for Black students to approach White faculty for assistance (Schwitzer, Griffen, Ancis, & Thomas, 1999). Fries-Britt and Turner (2001) note that…

Professor Henry Gates explores the South American country of Brazil in his second episode of Black in Latin America. More than 75 million people of African descent inhabit Brazil which makes it the second largest population of black people in the world. There are many aspects of African culture, traditions, and values very alive in Brazil. Brazil was the first country to claim it was free of racism, but the last country in the western hemisphere to abolish slavery. Gates visits different cities…

While many believed they would receive their freedom by joining the British army, numerous black loyalists were disappointed when they were denied their right of freedom. Why did these black loyalists not receive their end of the bargain? These Black Loyalists were mistreated and disrespected on both fronts. When the British army was in need of troops, they offered to free the slaves if they joined the British army. Countless slaves from American Plantations and other areas risked their lives…

Black-on-Black crime is one, if not the worst, challenge African Americans face today because it claims the lives of so many people, whether it be through death of a victim or a life spent in prison for committing crimes. Black-on-black crime and violence are major problems in current society because these tragic crimes and brutal violence break down African American unity. An astonishing amount of crime committed against African Americans is black-on-black crime. The vast majority of these…

The course revolves around the various themes existing within African American history, focused on the emergent ideal of Black Radicalism. It travels through the various Black movements in history converging them and allowing students to recognize their relationship to the larger and debatably unresolved picture. Stemming from rise of racial segregation in the early post-slavery nineteenth-century, and driving up to the apparent triumph of the race in the in the early days of Obama’s presidency…