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The Reconstruction period from 1863 to 1877 saw legislation aimed at integrating blacks into society as equals to whites. Though promising, the opportunities for black advancement were stifled by state and local laws during the Jim Crow era that followed.

Is the War on Drugs just modern day Jim Crow laws? This article will tackle the issues of the War on Drugs and show the similarities of the laws created with those of the south's Jim Crow laws.

Although racism is not as strong today as it was in the Jim Crow Era. Although, interracial marriage was not accepted back then, it is still not fully accepted today.

Yes, there was. In a manner of speaking?

It's a story that reads like one from America's troubled and racially explosive Jim/Jane Crow era. A white "victim" using the justice system via judges, prosecutors and all-white juries to keep "uppity negroes in their place."

On September 20, 2007 best selling author and radio personality Michael Baisden will be broadcasting his program live from Jena, Louisiana. People from across the country will protest in Jena, a small town where racism, segregation and Jim Crow laws are still enforced.

Jesse Owens was the black man that showed Hitler that there was no such think as a dominant race. In spite of his Olympic success in Nazi Germany, Jesse Owens was snubbed in the Jim Crow environment of America in the 1930's.

Charlotte Hawkins Brown worked tirelessly to educate African Americans during the Jim Crow Era. Her main goal in life was to show that African Americans were not inferior to whites.

In the Jim Crow South, black-faced minstrels had to be ten times wiser than a field worker

An analysis of the causes of the social conditions caused by slavery and Jim Crow with a proposal for solution.

In Wilberforce, Ohio, near Dayton, visitors to the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center can learn more about how Jim Crow laws kept African Americans from professional sports and how the right to vote was obtained.

Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders all of these men were trendsetters during their time in the NFL. Read about three men that paved the way for them and many others.

In the article, "African Americans and the Quest for Civil Rights", author Sean Dennis Cashman explains in detail how hard it was for the African-American race to gain a place in society without being referred to as inferior people to the whites.

The theme of these years True Fourth Of July can be summed up in one
word...IMPEACHMENT.

During the first portion of Reconstruction, Americans were uninterested in politics. As interest peaked in the late Nineteenth Century, topics like women's rights, racism and religion were on everyone's mind.

equality, racial discrimination, suffrage for women and African Americans, Feminist movement, comparable worth, affirmative action, civil rights effect on democracy

The cultural differences and views within the Black community during the Harlem Renaissance.

...what happens when someone crosses the line into the reality of her wildest dreams? Picture if you will, a woman who wants only to live life to the fullest, who finally finds herself stepping smartly into...the Eventide Zone.

This paper covers several interesting events in Richard Wright's life as discussed in his autobiography "Black Boy". It also looks at the novel's library scene, which to many is considered a pivotal moment in Wright's life.

This is an editorial piece about the ways that reparations can be funded to African-Americans and who deserves them.

Though bop was directed more towards an African-American audience and film noir to a mass audience, both contain characteristics that make them the antithesis of their predecessors.

The African American music and dance, speech and strong personality carry the African American culture to play a pivotal role in their rich history, powerful literature, and political movements that revealed around the world.

At no other time in the 200-year history of the United States has there been a greater opportunity for people to be involved in the evolution of democracy.

Editorial review about a sterotypical hip hop song

When Jackie Robinson became a major league baseball player he had to endure death threats, verbal attacks, and a lot more - all as a price of trying to break the race barrier in baseball. He overcame it all because of his Christian faith.

This paper is about women's roles in the civil rights movement. It is especially focused on the contributions of African-American women.

A think tank about the degrading word "Nigger", its origins, and its intents.

The only way to lessen the activities of the Klan is to have them officially declared a terrorist organization and have them prosecuted, to the full extent of the law, under the Patriot Act of 2001.

The history of my tortured relationship with the Written Word.

The article shows how important the decision of Brown v. Board of Ed. was and how it changed the way we live.

This is a brief history of the birth of the Harlem Renaissance.

Examines Affirmative Action after 40 years. Gives solutions and insight into the often controversial topic.

Companies are being forced to research whether they profited from slavery. If they don't reveal the information they could lose millions in local government contracts.

The date was December 1, 1955. After a long day at work, a 42-year-old seamstress left her job at a department store and boarded a bus. All she wanted to do was go home. Instead, she changed the course of history.

At the time the Department of Justices is trying to halt gender and race specific scholarships, Congress is looking to cut social programs, which include student funding

Ronald Regan once said, "We fought the War on Poverty and poverty won." An in-depth look at why.

Descendants of slaves have begun to file for reparations for the mistreatment of their ancestors. Sound strange? It should, but explore the facts, and the hardships that are caused by this new fervor.

A recent Cornell University survey found that almost half of all Americans believe that the U.S. government should restrict the civil liberties of Muslim Americans. This bigoted, racist attitude is quite simply appalling. It essentially favors racial prof

Growing up in Texas it's impossible not to hear about the Galveston storm of 1900 that destroyed the city and killed at least 6 thousand people.

A review of the first two literary NASCAR biographies and their impact on the early days of the sport

Potentially millions of ex-felons are denied the right to vote even though they have completed their sentences and have returned to society - working and paying taxes.

Langston Hughes remains one of literature's top poets and African-American writers. His humble history still serves as an inspiration to many.

This paper gives resources to those wanting to learn about African American History. It also includes additional resources for futher study.

A careful reading of the historical subtext in Toni Morrison's Sula reveals a deeper understanding of how Morrison's conceptualizations of identity and self-revelation informs much of the novel's narrative.

Jean Toomer and Zora Neale Hurston's writing were heavily influenced on the American South and the small southern town.

The first line of the epic historical novel Chesapeake sets the tone for the whole book. This region, like much of America, was explored and settled due to the courage and initiative of those who were deemed outcasts elswhere in the world.

African American history encompasses almost four hundred years of struggle, achievement and contribution to America and the world. Here are some websites where you can discover that history for yourself.

W.E.B. DuBois lived 92 years. He was a founder of the NAACP as well as a pioneer in social science and African-American studies.

Why have women of the African Diaspora abandoned their natural hair? Why are black women now running towards weaves and wigs instead of Afros and locks? What has caused African-American women to be ashamed of their God given beauty?

A look at Martin Luther King's development as a civil rights leader and the portrayal of King in David Garrow's book, Bearing the Cross.