United States counties with African American majority populations

context that is deeply rooted within that conflict (Martin & Nakayama, 2010). When we look at the contexts of what is going on in not only Ferguson, Missouri but around the country, we see that they are deeply engrained in the history of the African American culture and systematically engrained in an economic, political, and social way as well. In Why the Fires in Ferguson Won’t End Soon, Jamelle Bouie (2014) discusses some of the historical context from which we can grasp a deeper…

makes the situation all the more unfortunate is that the emergency manager who agreed with the switch, Darnell Earley, is black. This simply goes to show that environmental racism is a complicated issue and not a straightforward type of racism the United States has familiarity with. Despite the water surpassing levels that the federal government set, city officials continued to brush the problem off as not a top priority. When confronted on whether or not the demographic makeup and socioeconomic…

journalism and political science from Northwestern University. Ari Berman’s concentration is American politics as well as foreign policy. His first book is titled Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics, published in 2010. In the book, Give Us The Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights In America by Ari Berman, Berman discusses the evolution of American Democracy under the Voting Rights Act. Berman uses intensive research and conducts…

important place in the discussion of race in the United States. Though it may seem as though Coates title of his article portrays “reparation” as: making amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged; However, he isn’t demanding that a sum of taxpayer dollars should be handed out to every African American. Though it seems like a very effective method of apologizing on the behalf of the United States history of racism, it is not possible to…

The biggest migration in American history is known as the California Gold Rush. It all started on January 24th, 1848, when gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California. After word got around that gold had been discovered, many flocked to California by 1849. The individuals involved in the mass migration to California were known as forty-niners. Most of the migrants were men coming from the eastern United States, however, there were also many immigrants from China, Mexico, South America,…

actuality, if a county were to refuse the practice of censorship it would become a pandemic as well, affecting any country that held relations with previously mentioned anti-censorship country. Take the United States as an example, they are known to have had elite spies during the cold war, most likely with a focus on Russian affairs. These details have been censored from the public in order to protect our country and those who serve it. If all the secret operations of the United States were to…

represented California and constantly alluded to their experiences growing up in the “ghetto” in their songs. N.W.A.’s debut album, Straight Outta Compton, boasted it’s most controversial and popular track titled “Fuck tha Police”. Lyrics from the song state, “Young nigga got it bad cause I'm brown/And not the other color so police think/They have the authority to kill a minority”. N.W.A. did not sugarcoat their mentality; the message was clear, and it was one that many youths identified with in…

Serving Institutions (MSIs) Models of Success study, was to understand the work and contributions of MSIs by analyzing 12 MSIs throughout the United States. • Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) Overview o MSIs emerged in response to a history of inequity, lack of minority people’s access to majority institutions and significant demographic changes in the county (p.5). o These institutions have carved out a unique niche of the nation: serving the needs of low-income and underrepresented…

A fight for liberty and a democratic consummation The key objectives of the American revolution are mostly represented as a fight for liberty and independence, but the true history behind a curtain of facts is a predominant unknown among the majority of Americans. It is true that the population of the 1700’s was fighting for freedom above anything else, but there was a set of other major causes that pushed the mentality of change among the heterogeneous society of that era. The divergence…

Introduction Over the course of the years, there has been various strategies created to make neighborhoods safe all through the United States. During this day and age, our society is extremely risky and it's not simply up to the police to ensure an area is protected, yet the general population of the area needs to volunteer to ensure the area is sheltered too. There are various measures of strategies that as of now have been attempted to alter these continuous issues. Park Heights in Baltimore,…