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African Americans and Homicides

to black versus white homicide victims: 1) Young black males stand a five-to-ten times greater risk of dying by homicide than thei...

The Language of Black America: African American Vernacular English (AAVE)

the verb to be, such as in he be hollering at us (Powell, 1997). Other aspects of this dialect is to drop the consonants at the en...

African American Social Contributions of bell hooks, Alice Walkler, and Betty Friedan

each womans strength is varied among these tales, they share a common thread of power felt from down within ones very being. It i...

Case Study Analysis of Business Racial Quotas

race and seniority. When the program began, thirteen workers in all were chosen that were equivalent to six white employees and ...

African American Community, Important Theories of Psychology, and the Causes and Effects of Neglect and Oppression

1998). What these factors are telling many within the mental health community it that the majority of African Americans are living...

A Comparative Analysis of 'Ar'n't I A Woman?' and 'What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?' And "Compare/Contrast

Truth went to bat for every woman when she spoke before a crowd of hostile white people at the 1851 Ohio Womens Rights Convention,...

Civil Rights Activist Al Sharpton's Life and Achievements

age of nine (2003). Hence, even his childhood was entrenched in religion and preaching. That said, he did pursue other interests w...

Historian and Journalist George Washington Williams

finally relented and approved him for combat (Franklin, 1977). He received a serious injury during the war and received an honora...

Cervical or Breast Cancer and the High Incidences in African American Women

National Womens Health Information Center, 1998). Findings from a recent National Cancer Institute study noted how African Americ...

Ralph Ellison's Life and Literary Career

However, any hope for a middle-class life died in 1917 with the death of Lewis Ellison (Rogers 12). Nevertheless, the...

Toni Morrison's Writings and the Use of Trauma

to those themes" (Mayo 231). Another author indicates that "Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eye emphasizes the de-culturing effects o...

African American Poet Langston Hughes

he foretold in this little piece written long before his name became a beloved household word"....

African Americans and Multicultural Communication

with the task of coping with whites who predominantly spoke English. The African peoples brought to the US adapted by creating a ...

Yvette Flunder, An Overview

This paper describes Yvette Flunder's ministry and career. Flunder is an innovative spiritual leader who has faced discrimination ...

Obesity, Social Marketing

This research paper pertains to a social marketing campaign, the Campaign to End Obesity and the writer also discusses obesity pre...

African American Obesity, PRECEDE-PROCEED Model

This paper pertains to the Precede-Proceed model and its applicability to intervention development that addresses the overweight/o...

Minority Populations, HIV Intervention

This paper is comprised of two parts, with each part discussing aspects of the high prevalence of HIV infection among Hispanic/La...

Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours, 1833, Course Reading Assignment

This 3 page paper gives an example of answers to reading questions about story written by Richard Allen. This paper includes his ...

Client's Dietary Intake, A Critique

This paper pertains to the diet of an African American woman and evaluates it in terms of nutrition and whether it fits her needs ...

African American Diabetics, Cultural Competency

This research paper/essay presents the writer/tutor's suggestions for how a student researcher may wish to design the student's re...

African American Women: Impact of Violence on their Health

This research paper is presented in two sections. The first section consists of an annotated bibliography and an outline of the pa...

Motherhood and Race, Michelle Obama, Lesbian and Gay Parents

This 10 page paper gives an explanation to many homework answers concerning motherhood and African Americans. This paper includes ...

Sacred and Secular Music: Al Green's Path to God

This 8 page paper gives an overview of the position of both secular and sacred music within the African American Church. This pape...

Hypertension and African Americans

This paper describes hypertension and the threat it constitutes for African Americans. The writer then describes a project that pe...

Cultural Impacts of Jimi Hendrix and His Music

of the most integral components of human expression. We must admit that the role of Hendrixs art and the precise type of impact i...

Effectiveness of Ebonics

(Fields, 1997; see also Heilbrunn, 1997). SEP, as it was called, was created to educate teachers who work with black children abou...

Black Filmmakers and the 'Burden of Representation'

Lees "Mo Better Blues", and Julie Dashs "Daughters of the Dust". The trend continued in 1991 with the release of twelve black dire...

Issues in Black Studies

site of cultural heritage (Hoechsmnn, 2002). In other words, by reclaiming ones past,and ones history as well as cultural roots, ...

Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan

Ali or Jordan who bestows upon his admirers the importance of making positive contributions to self and society. II. FAMILY BACKG...

African Americans and Health Disparities

This research paper pertains to health disparities that are evident among African Americans and then focuses specifically on type...