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    Jump Jim Crow Analysis

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    In a time where America was dominated by white Americans the song popularised and as a result of the song 'Jump Jim Crow' became a 'projective adjective meaning African American' by 1838 from this the laws of segregation became known as 'Jim Crow laws'. This law mandated racial segregation in all public places; this law was created in effect to make black Americans 'separate but equal' Linder, Doug. Exploring Constitutional Law [online]. In reality, this led to treatment and accommodations that…

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    Quote Collector

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    Quote Collector Copy evidence from articles that support each topic, you will use these quotes later to create evidence sentences for your essay. Violence: Violence spread across the young nation like wildfire, displacing 413,000 civilians in just the first month of conflict. Tens of thousands of civilians rushed to seek refuge in U.N. bases that were subsequently turned into makeshift displacement camps. The scale of sexual violence is particularly shocking: in five months last year, from…

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    Lord's Resistance Army

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    The Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA, is a violent rebel group led by Joseph Kony. The fight between the Ugandan government and the LRA is one of the longest running conflicts in Africa resulting back to 1986. To many experts, the LRA is one of the most brutal forces in the world. The LRA is notorious for committing human rights violations including murder, mutilation, rape, widespread abductions of children and adults, sexual slavery, and looting of villages. Throughout the years of existence,…

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    The Republic of South Sudan is known as the youngest and newest state of the international community. It gained independence on July 9, 2011 as a result of a 2005 peace deal that ended the longest-running civil war in Africa. However, a couple of years later crisis struck the new state during a power struggle between President Salva Kiir and former Vice-President Riek Machar whom he sacked due to accusations of planning a coup. Machar denied the accusations but still mobilized a rebel force…

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    The colonial legacy of Britain and the core peripheral world structure has caused economic, political, and social disorder in South Sudan, resulting in domestic conflict and disfunctionality. British imperial power triggered major issues because of the redrawing of borders during the 1886 Congress of Berlin. It is important to note that before the 19th century, the conflict in Sudan was between the Arab north and the African south. Britain implemented the divide and rule policy that was used in…

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    54th State under President Salva Kiir Mayardit. South Sudan is a land-locked country located on the North-eastern part of Africa and is bordered by Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Central African Republic and Congo. The capital city of South Sudan is Juba and has a population of 8,260,490 (Census 2008). Only about 27% of its population is literate and more than 50% of the population live on less than 1 dollar a day. The main source of livelihood in South Sudan is farming; crop and animal…

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    Director’s Concept of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone Joe Turner’s Come and Gone was written by American playwright August Wilson. The play is set in 1911, in a boardinghouse Pittsburgh and tells the story of African American struggles in a post-civil war environment. Themes There are several themes to highlight throughout the play with the central theme being resolve. Each one of the characters in this play is determined to achieve or maintain something; for example, Seth Holly is the owner of the…

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    In what ways do you think the African musical rhythms and early style of percussive movements blended with the clogging style of the British Isles and the jigs of Ireland to create a form of tap dance that is relative to what we do today? Tap dance original come from different ethnic like African, Scottish, Irish, and English clog dances, hornpipes, and jigs. In the late few decades of the 20th century, people are believed that African slaves and Irish employee are interchange their knowledge…

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    Often when historical events are recanted in modern times, fiction is inspired by truth. Without perceiving these historical upsets with a caring eye, the history represented may be confused for reality. Although there are portions that are relevant to ancient history, it does not make it historically accurate. The cinematic production of Ridley Scott’s, Gladiator, conflicts the history of Ancient Rome with misconceptions of character, personage, and events, that would be grasped as truth with a…

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    Subjugation of African Americans Africans were enslaved by European-Americans in the beginning of seventeenth century. European-Americans captured Africans and brought them to America to make Africans their slaves. The masters were getting benefits and earning money by putting the slaves to work for them, While the slaves were separated from their relations and the only way to survive was to accept slavery. Though going to extra ordinary lengths to keep Negros oppressed, White-Americans…

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