indicated that students behaved differently when in an all White campus environment than when in an all Black campus environment" (Collins, Steward and Neil, p. 80). Collins and the others

Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Florida played an integral role in the political, cultural and religious lives of African Americans in Florida in the 19th century. Through the church, not

The exact manner by which Lee (2003) reveals the storys conflict is an integral component to its overall impact upon the characters and audience alike. Atypical of the standard

after the Civil war. The Compromise of 1877, however, would signify the end of that tremendous possibility for the black man as a group. That compromise, a compromise

status for African Americans in relation to the dominant nature of Caucasian European-descended Americans. Theoretical framework Sociological theoretical perspectives relative to minority relationships to dominant groups encompasses a

of several notable Southern black writers emerged. Among this emergence was the work of Langston Hughes. Trussell (2003) writes that Hughes poetry rang out in the literary world:

a motion disorder that is caused by brain damage. The result is muscle spasms, speech problems and poor muscle control or coordination. This disease affects about 500,000 Americans. Jenkins says

a pattern of self-esteem and self-perception that will be carried on into adult years. Indeed, college years are considered some of the most crucial periods of socialization because of

While it is true that slavery was not new to human experience, what was unique about this development was that it was carried out by Europeans groups who professed to

Northeast or Midwest. Even by 1900, approximately 90 percent of all African- Americans still resided in the South. However, migration from the South has long been a significant feature of

center in every persons mind to illustrate how barbaric the human race can be to its own and to hopefully learn from such historic faux pas so they never happen

persons color, his or her race or ethnicity, can be one of the most important factors in determining the way that person will be accepted by mainstream society and the

Austin argues that African American Vernacular English should be eliminated: "If we as a people continue to speak as if we lack education we are both disgracing the memory of

be a very serious concern in the African American population. As Mupier et al. (2002) indicate, "The consequences of alcohol are more devastating for African Americans in that they account

has always been hard, soft and heavy metal, but today, there is pop, hardcore, indie, alternative, punk, metal, and so on. Further, the rock of the sixties was more folksy