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    American Beauty Throughout American history there have been many different family types. In these families types that society has created everyone has a specific role that they are pressured to play and most of the time feel like they will be judged if they don’t play their intended role. The only way for a society to change and evolve is for people to break the norms and step outside of the box. We must question what is truly right and wrong to create new ways of living. The Cycle of Socialization

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    period. America has, since the coining of the term, proven that it was an artificial label with little resemblance to the truth. Throughout history a great deal of white Americans practiced seclusion, segregation, and alienation of rights for non Anglo-Saxon peoples. Perhaps none have suffered more than the African Americans at the hand of Anglo-Saxon Americans. In his "South Carolina Schools and Colleges Desegregation" manuscript William E. Rone details the hard fought court cases against educational

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    The diverse recognitions and accomplishments of many famous historical Native American women has created them to be viewed as heroic figures, ultimately causing them to influence and improve Native American history. Mary Musgrove was born in 1700 in Georgia, and was a member of the Cherokee. She was a colonial American translator and negotiator for English and Yamacraw ancestry. She facilitated in the development of Colonial Georgia and became an important negotiator between the Muscogee Creek Indians

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    dichotomy Self and Other Within American History American’s culture has been a big influence for American literature; because it not only has serves writers to convey the lives of Americans ancestors, but also to express their thoughts and feelings. Furthermore, American literature shows the power exerted by the white Americans against African American slaves. The superiority of white Americans over blacks population forms part of American heritage and it is reflected in American literature. The “Narrative

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    African American class is one of my favorite classes. I have learned some new things about the African American art history during the 20th century. Also, I have known some of the important artist, and being able to discover their lives. However, one of those artists was George Washington Carver, who was a American botanist and inventor. He was a Muslim scientist. He was born into slavery in Missouri in 1864. He has a wild reputation because he had changed the way that poor family lives on. In addition

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    What hope is given to Americans from the history? In American history, there were conflicts such as wars, civil rights movement, and multiple attacks through these the hopeful spirit of America shines. Wars can display how we can keep the place we have. It gives people hope that the militias out there are doing an abundant job at keeping America safe. Revolutionary War was a competition amongst Great Britain and the 13 original British colonies in North America. Without this war those 13 countries

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    drastic change in African American history. The war began as a conflict between the Europeans and soon became an event with revolutionary consequences, which would have a big affect on the social, economic, and political future for the black community. The war impacted the black community of Cleveland greatly whether you were male or female, soldier or civilian. The war began in 1914 and ended in 1918, which marked one of the most dynamic periods for the African American community because of migration

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    Reservations, like in Western, North Carolina. The use of ceramics, however, is quite different than the way it was used by the natives during the Middle Woodland Period. Today, pottery is mainly made for decoration or art purposes by modern day Americans, but according to Wallis (2011), about 3,000 years ago the use of pottery became a very common use and practiced tradition among the native people who lived during that time period. The Swift Creek culture and the Cherokee Indians had very similar

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    American History X Almost one week before I started to take this class, I watched “American History X” for the first time. When I learned we are going to do this project, this movie was on my mind and I did not surprise at all when I saw it in our movie list. Since the beginning of the semester, everything related to multiculturalism in this movie is becoming clearer to me. Multiculturalism is a huge issue, especially the country like the US which has many different races. One of the first things

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    It operated in Arkansas until 1829. It was the first protestant effort directed at the education and conversion of native Americans in Arkansas and was one of the first protestant missions established west of Mississippi River. Tolluntuskee invited Protestant missionaries like the one that founded the Dwight Mission so that the Cherokee children could learn Anglo-American ways. The mission was in a location that was firmly under control of Takatoka. Chief Takatoka opposed the effort to build the

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