United States counties with African American majority populations

Wall Street. If you’ve never heard about the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, the tragic truth is that it did happen. The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 is an unfamiliar and somewhat misconceived event in the history of Oklahoma, as well as inclusive to the United States’ history. The riot is generally considered and on attenuate occasions it’s discussed, to have been an isolated quagmire in Tulsa's past that resulted in death and astronomical destruction. The speculations about what transpired and why are…

The United States is a prison society. We have the highest incarceration rate in the world – more than historically harsh societies such as Russia and China; we sentence people to longer sentences than other nations; and we are one of the only developed countries who still practice the death penalty. Our rate of incarceration increased a staggering 700% from 1970 to 2005 (banking on bondage pg 5, 11) and, as of 2013, 1 out of every 110 adults in the USA are in jail or prison, with a further 1 in…

According to Bullard (2000), he states that throughout history “toxic dumping and the location of locally unwanted land uses (LULUs) have followed the ‘path of least resistance’” (p. 3). The path of least resistance can be described as community the waste facilities targets because they’re…

The United States of America is known as a safe haven for immigrants searching for a better life. Immigrants are eager to start their new life in America where it is said that everyone has equal freedom and opportunities regardless of their race, religion, or any other factors. While that is mostly true, recent events like police brutality toward African Americans questions whether all races and classes in the United States have the same rights. Race and class are often two things used by…

followed in the 1900s, this time targeting African Americans (“A brief history of the Drug War”). Then, in 1971, Nixon decided to take drugs on as a whole. He formed the DEA to help combat the drug problem, asking…

educational system in the United States. We have learned that the public school system in America is failing our minority students, specifically the African American ones. The goal of this paper is to explain my school reform concept, that I have developed based on the various types of school systems that we’ve explored. The major goal of the school reform project is to close the achievement gap between our African American students and their white counterparts. Our African American children…

originates from back in the day when slavery came into the picture. The idea of a better and/or best race came from there and even though slavery is officially no more, the idea of a better race still lives on through media. It’s a shame that in our own county, where someone…

west Michigan community. Two of my best friends happen to be either an immigrant or their parent was an immigrant. My friend Nathan’s family immigrated to the United States from South Korea before he was born, but his parents lived in South Korea while they were growing up. Also, my friend Marc and his family immigrated to the United States from Germany when he was 3 years old. I have come to know…

having immigrant in the America People has been migrating from their birth land to escape prosecution, religious freedom, and economic reasons. By 1920 more than 4 million non-naturalize people reside in United States (U.S History). In response to the Gold Rust: several Chinese came to American and California saw the importance of making a way to travel to the west In 1886 Chinese were paid 28 dollars per month do work on the railroad which with lack of safety. Chinese immigrant was a big help…

unincorporated Tattnall County outside of Reidsville, GA is the home of Georgia’s Department of Corrections (GDC), formerly the Georgia Industrial Institute, purchased by the state in 1937 for approximately 1.3 million dollars. The facility had renovation done in 2007. The prison originally housed juvenile delinquents. It’s now a medium security state prison. This prison is the oldest still running correctional institution in the state of Georgia. Just like Georgia’s state prison, South…