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    with the cultural traditions of many African ethnic groups. This culture is distinct and part of American culture. The principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System (U.S. Census Bureau) defines the African Americans as “people having origins in any of the Black race groups of Africa.” This culture is native to the descendants in America of survivors of the Middle Passage. The Africans were not able to practice their cultural traditions, practices, values, and beliefs in America.…

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    appear to be portrayed the same way as the Americans, as they arm the “Hill People” in order to ensure a fair fight, and ultimately get almost too involved in the war (to the point where they nearly violate the aforementioned Prime Directive) as America was widely believed to have done. Another episode, “The Omega Glory” sees the subtly-named Kohms, or Communists, fighting against the “Yangs”, or Yankees in a mutually destructive war. This allegory reflects the often-futile battles and the…

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    Over 150 years ago, our nation went through a major battle known as the Civil War. It was a conflict where 620,000 American soldiers died because of the different viewpoints between the North and the South. The years following this great battle molded our nation to become the land of the free and the home of the brave. The next 50 years for the United States of America were marked by the quest for freedom of different sorts, expansion as a nation, and modernization. It began with the hard-fought…

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    Bigfoot Research Paper

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    forest and you see a big hairy creature it's probably big foot. Most people don't believe in Bigfoot, but i do. It would be awesome if someone really proved that Bigfoot is real and there is a lot of them Upon big foots father's death,bigfoot became the leader of the tribe. They suffered during the Sioux war for the black hills after the war, they settled on the Cheyenne river in South Dakota. “Big foot encouraged his people to adapt to life on the reservation”(“Big foot”).Bigfoot is in the…

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    The war between Britain and the United States was not an easy battle to win as it had to took many lost to achieve victory.It took the United States many battles with the Brtish to get there independence. Both sides had fought hard and many people had died during the long bloody war. On May 10 1775, the Second Continental Congress that all thirteen colonies assembled was in Philadelphia. They had planned to meet a year ago during the First Continental Congress. During the Second Continental…

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    was the Black Freedom Struggle. This was a time that slavery continued with African Americans and eventually became more of a culture. Slavery had been around at least 200 years before the Civil war had begun. This was one of the only populations that continued to grow under slavery. The population of slavery was huge when the war had begun there was a problem to this though. No one during this time expected slavery to end. Lincoln knew though that he had to end it in order to win the war. This…

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    Is your protagonist a round or flat character? In The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, Aminata Diallo is the main protagonist and the book is narrated in her eyes as she recalls her life from her early childhood, her eventual capture and her quest to get home. The changes that she goes through tell us that she is a round character. Some of the stages can include: • Aminata begins to undergo growth in her mind as a young child. Her parents are strong models who play an important part in helping…

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    shows why black lives matter should be a priority. Shortly, after the Zimmerman verdict was the emergence of the black lives matter movement,…

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    During this era, most whites owned slaves in fact on some plantations, slaves outnumbered the white owners. Before discussing the relationship between the American Revolution and black freedom, we must internalize the conditions slaves live in and why would slaves fight for freedom with possibly the ultimate sacrifice death. According to the authors of the Declaration of Independence, living under the British rule was like being a slave. However, these rights did not include enslaved Africans.…

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    In her book, Another Kind of Public Education, Patricia Hill Collins describes a startling personal incident, which reveals the prevalent inequities still present in the American school system. The author attended Philadelphia High School for Girls, where she was one of few African Americans in her class. As a result of her minority status, the author transformed into a quiet girl and felt uncomfortable in her classes. One day, Patricia’s teacher invites her to deliver a Flag Speech. Patricia…

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