African American Historical Perspective
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(5 pp) Although, the number of African American slaves grew slowly at first, by the 1680s they were essential to the economy of Virginia. During the 17th and 18th centuries, African American slaves lived in all of England's North American colonies. Before Great Britain prohibited its subjects from participating in the slave trade, between 600,000 and 650,000 Africans had been forcibly transported to North America. And that was the unfortunate beginning for African Americans in this country, and although there are indeed African Americans who have prospered with education and other professional skills, but many have not. Bibliography lists 7 sources
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African American History: American History
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A 5 page paper which discusses various aspects of the African American history as it involves the history of America. Issues, or events, discussed are the Dred Scott case, Brown v. Board of Education, Hopwood v. Texas, and the recent dragging murder case in Texas. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVE MOTHERS
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This paper examines a little-mentioned fact of slavery times; namely the mother slaves. Citing from sources written by former slaves, the paper examines the role of African American slave mothers in working to keep their communities together through trying times. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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AFRICAN AMERICANS IN CONSTRUCTION
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This paper examines whether or not the growing African American population has led to an increase of African American workers and business owners in the construction industry and explains why growth in this particular arena has been very slow. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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African Americans: Huck Finn and Today
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A 5 page paper which compares the life of African Americans in Mark Twain’s story of Huckleberry Finn to African Americans today. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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African and Euro-American Culture: Slave Culture
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A 5 page paper which discusses how the African culture and the Euro-American worked together to create the American slave culture. The book used for this discussion is "Black Odyssey" by Nathan Irvin Huggins. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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African Canadians: Nova Scotia
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A 10 page paper which discusses the history and influence of the African Canadians in Nova Scotia. For several hundred years there have been Africans in Nova Scotia. Many of them went to Nova Scotia because they were promised land and freedom, when the reality was that they were put into the same lifestyle, the lifestyle of slavery, that they experienced in the United States. The history of African Canadians in Nova Scotia has been very similar to that experienced by African Americans in the United States. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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African Ideology and Culture: Past and Continued Impacts on African Americans
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A 6 page discussion of the continued importance of Africa culture and ideology to African Americans. To these people Africa was, and will continue to be a continual theme in their culture and even their perceptions of themselves. It was the underlying commonality of their Africanness which pulled African Americans one of the most turbulent times of their history, the time of slavery. It is this same underlying theme of Africanness which continues to consolidate the African Americans and which allows them to resist total assimilation into white culture. Some suggests that the creation of Africa-centered schools would be a positive factor in the welfare of contemporary Black Americans. While the ideology and culture of Africa is something which should continue to be stressed into our future, however, the segregation of black from white in the form of Africa-centered schools would only be a regress into our past. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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