From years 1505 to 1870, the world underwent the largest forced migration in history. West Africa was soon to be convulsed by the arrival of Europeans and become the advent of the transatlantic slave trade. Ships from Europe, bound for America, appeared on the horizon, and their captains and sailor...

Roles in History Discrimination, whether motivated by differences in race, nationality, religion, or gender, prevents American citizens from experiencing true freedom. Discrimination has existed in many forms, both legally condoned and legally punishable, and has become a part of American history ...

The People, Leisure, and Culture of BlacksDuring the Harlem RenaissanceIt seems unfair that the pages of our history books or even the lecturers in majority of classrooms speak very little of the accomplishments of blacks. They speak very little of a period within black history in which many of the...

RESTORING THE BIOLOGICAL FAMILY AND THE HUMAN FAMILY: WHITE MALE HEROISM IN THE PATRIOT, GLADIATOR, AND AMERICAN HISTORY X Recently Karen Schneider has argued that in the second half of the 1990s, the genre of "action-thrillers" changed. Whereas in the 1980s the white male hero of suc...

We live in a society that draws lines and builds boxes. These creations function as a means to place people in categories to describe, identify, and imprison individuals into certain groups. One means of classification that we have is race. It is a simple way to create boxes and stereotypes abou...

Abasi Latcham Modern History Racialism Research Assignment ________________________________________ 2003 MOA Hypothesis: "that racialism began to develop in South Africa when the Dutch first arrived. It gradually worsened as the white population too...

PEARL'S SECRET Neil Henry's Pearl's Secret is a fascinating autobiographical journey of an African American man's search for his racial identity. Henry is a light-skinned African American man who tries to piece together a few scraps passed down in his family and many years of...

It seems unfair that the pages of our history books or even the lecturers in majority of classrooms speak very little of the accomplishments of blacks. They speak very little of a period within black history in which many of the greatest musicians, writers, painters, and influential paragon'' e...

Apartheid-The segregation of people by skin color.“Cry freedom cry. From deep inside, where we are all confined.” These words by singer/songwriter Dave Matthews establishes the fact that apartheid, separation of the races, was in fact, a very real thing in South Africa. The natives of...

In 1948, the National Party was elected with Dr. Daniel Malan as their leader in South Africa. Their policies were based on the Saur Report (1947) which ultimately worked towards full apartheid (apartness) and segregation of the different races. During 1948-1960, many apartheid laws were introduced ...

Last of the Mohicans: A Dying GenerationThe Last of the Mohicans is one of five novels in the Leatherstocking Series, all of whichwere written by James Fenimore Cooper. Cooper is known to be "one of the nineteenth century'smost popular story tellers" because he "presented a simpler, idealized view ...

Last of the Mohicans: A Dying GenerationThe Last of the Mohicans is one of five novels in the Leatherstocking Series, all of whichwere written by James Fenimore Cooper. Cooper is known to be "one of the nineteenth century'smost popular story tellers" because he "presented a simpler, idealized view ...

Many social analysts have argued that Christianity and the Bible lendthemselves to diverse and often conflicting interpretations. This view isborne out in the case of race. Preachers of racial tolerance and those whoadvocate racial extremism have cited the Bible as a source of their beliefsr...

About 400,000 Americans die every year because of health problems due to smoking. 1.5 million people quit smoking a year, but 50 million keep on going. Those 50 million people are addicted to nicotine. Nicotine addiction is when a person psychologically, physically, and socially has a compulsive...