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In the last 100 years, the American population of 65 years or older people has increased eleven times. The 2030 estimates project that 22.3 percent of the population (80 million) will be 65 or older. (Bookman & Kimbrel, 2011). Basically, the majority of the over 65 population is healthier and is living longer. However, people of color have suffered through racial suppression in this country. Many of them enter old age after a lifetime of struggle that has not allowed them to save for retirement and

Toni Morrison’s Beloved explores the lives of slaves during the Antebellum era and the repercussions of their actions during the Reconstruction. The novel has been interpreted by many and its symbolism and metaphors are endless. Morrison uses the tree to symbolize cultural and religious beliefs and tree-like diction to describe her characters. African heritage is present throughout all of Morrison’s writings because of the importance it has on her life. Morrison is intimately connected with

Jackie Robinson Brave, courageous, daring, bold, these all describe the baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Jackie was the first African American major league baseball player. (Jackie Robinson official website) Things were not always easy but he had many supporters and motivators to keep him going.( Britannica encyclopedia) Since Jackie never gave up through all of the harsh comments and criticism as he carried on being the first African American baseball player, African Americans are now allowed

Sula misses Ajax and his absence is unbearable for her, like for the rest of the women in the novel who experienced men’s departure. After Ajax leaves, there is nothing left but emptiness. Sula has the impression that there is nothing new waiting for her in the world and that she has already seen everything there is to see: “There aren’t any more new songs and I have sung all the ones there are”(Sula 137). Sula’s life becomes discontented once she was willing to submit to a man and she starts to

Let me tell you a story about the bronco’s win the super bowl. Cam newton is a man who can blow up one building with one dab. People say he is so fast that he can make a earthquake be running quarter mile. Most people hate him because they are jealous of his skills. He can also throw a past in any type of stress. He can run a whole field in a second while trucking and juking out people without even really trying. Even when player brake throw the line he scrambled away. When he throw amazing past

Baltimore, the largest city in Maryland, is located in the northern portion of the state on the Patapsco River estuary, a division of Chesapeake Bay. The city is self-governing and does not fall within any county. (Baltimore, Md., 2015) The vast majority of this city is poverty stricken, which makes it vulnerable to high crime rates. In the first six months of 2013 Baltimore had reported 117 homicides, with a population of 622, 104, (CITY DATA, 2015) this gives the city a rate of 18.8 per 100,000

The book "The Wes Moore", tells "the story of two boys living in Baltimore" who shares a similar life history within the "same black community", in addition to having identical names (Moore & Smiley, 2010). Written by Wes Moore and Tavis Smiley, it recounts the real life stories of the two "Wes Moores", the different journeys and destinies of their life. One Wes Moore ends up as a "phi beta kappa graduate of the John Hopkins University", a "white house fellow", an "army officer" and as the co-author

Mark O’Donnell. ‘Hairspray’ premiered on Broadway on 15th August 2002 and successfully shows the changes in attitudes of the people of America from 1960s to the 21st century, spreading the message of equality whilst doing so. ‘Hairspray’ is set in Baltimore, Mary-land in 1962, the height of the civil rights movement. On the surface, ‘Hairspray’ appears to be a comical, all glitter and sparkles musical with the story

     The article on Black America Web entitled “The state of Black America, Part 4: Health as Wealth” (Lewis, 17 Jan. 05) is mainly addressing how African Americans should get check-ups, eat a healthier diet, exercise, among other things to maintain their health. The authors main point of writing an article about health is so that African Americans will be propelled to take preventative measures to prevent and treat disease that may be debilitating or lethal, to get professional

The Sixties, in America, was famously known as the years of the Cultural Revolution. It was a socially and politically chaotic period for America. In Toni Cade Bambara’s short story, “The Lesson”, she exposes the injustices and inequalities imposed on African Americans of that time. “…she’s boring us silly about what things cost and what our parents make… and how money ain’t divided up right in this country. And then… about we all poor and live in the slums” (Bambara 137). During the time