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Hurricane Katrina's Effect on African American Community Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of United States in August 2005.... About one of every three people who lived in the areas hit hardest by the hurricane was african american.... By contrast, one of every eight people in the nation is african american” (p.... According to them, the Protestant work ethic (PWE), “the belief that hard work leads to success, a quintessential lay theory of the United States,” and “often referred to as the american Dream, with the egalitarian implication that Americans from all social categories are basically equal and can all succeed” (p....
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Research Paper
The Great Depression and the African American Community Order No: 212215 No: of pages: 2 Premium 6530 “If ever there was a modern - day David and Goliath story, this is it.... Many african american Institutions sprang up during this period such as the NAACP and the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, led by Mabel Staupers, (European Theater of Operations, Nurses in England, 1944) vehemently protested racial policies in the Army Nurse Corps and the military in general....
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The paper "Mortgage Discrimination in the African American Community" states that perhaps lending institutions could learn a few good lessons from small community development credit unions, which typically offer financial education and counselling as part of the membership package.... Once we have created a broad definition of discriminatory lending, we must seek to understand how the African American Community can fall victim to such practices on a broad level through a culture of overt and inadvertent discrimination....
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Essay
In the paper 'Diabetes in the African-american community,' the author analyzes two types of diabetes: Type 1 or juvenile diabetes and Type II or adult onset diabetes.... Research shows that the African-american community has unfortunately been falling prey to this disease in increasing numbers over the last decade....
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here have been numerous factors proposed for the high incidences of obesity among the African American Community most, which stem from education and poverty and an overreaching culture grounded in unhealthy eating habits.... A study carried out by Slone Epidemiology Center followed up on 23,631 african american women aged under 55 from 1995 to 2009 (Coogan, 2012).... ost scholars agree that the most likely culprit is diet; however, this like many of the social problems facing the african american population is compounded with a host of other...
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Research Paper
The paper 'Gender Differences in the African American Community' is determined to identify the gender difference in African American society.... Considering the families of the middle-class of the Africa american community, there is an improvement in how the African American middle-class family live.... Going through various articles and books that have researched the difference in african american society, it was identified that the african american society was at par on issues to do with gender inequality....
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Research Paper
The paper "The Civil Rights Movements within the African-american community" discusses that the church leaders played a significant role as they led civil rights movements especially as the forefront leaders of the civil rights movement through the clergy or lay church leaders.... More significantly, the church leaders played a major role in educating the community as they led civil rights movements against unfriendly treatment which was against their teaching as they viewed lack of respect for the individual civil right as immoral and their prohibition of the act as an example of moral resentment....
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Book Report/Review
"Leadership in the African American Community" paper identifies the significance of leadership in the African American Community.... Many African American leaders' actions have left significant effects on the African-american community.... African Americans have contributed to the growth of american society in terms of education, politics business, and arts.... The first significance brought by an African-american leader in the improvement of health care that has been ensured by the current president of America President Barrack Obama....
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