...The commodities they produced provided the foundation of the development of America’s economy and structured was by enslaved Africans and African Americans, African Americans reclaimed their freedom, but the weight of slavery’s history was not easily obliterated, as slavery continued to cast a long shadow over the state. Blacks have endured poverty and discrimination into the twenty-first century. The legacy of Slavery has been a part of American history since the very beginning Americas sold slaves and purchased them without fear of violating either the laws as they were expendable tools for their own means and benefits They were forced into labor and treated like property. The main reason and purpose of slavery were for profit. Slave...
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...unique and have all experienced slavery some worse than others. These counties have their own heritage, important African American people, and towns and villages that has meant something in African American history. Wicomico County is one of the counties. Slaves in Wicomico County undoubtedly contained many “stations” on the underground railway used by slaves on their way to freedom. Many African American families have huge reputations here. There weren’t many important people there...
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...institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community. They have always allowed admission to students of all races. There are 107 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States, including public and private institutions, community, four-year institutions, medical and law schools. Most were created in the aftermath of the American Civil War and are in the former slave states, although a few notable exceptions exist. Bowie State University is the oldest historically black university (HBCU) in Maryland. The present-day public university, located in suburban Bowie, Maryland, was founded by the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of Colored People in 1865. Then known as the Baltimore Normal School, the institution’s goal was to train African Americans to become teachers. The Board of Education provided funding and assumed control of the school in 1908. The school relocated to Prince George’s County and received the name Maryland Normal School in 1914. The first four-year programs began in 1935 and the institution became a state college in 1963. The first graduate degree was in 1970 but Bowie State did not receive university status until 1988, when it became one of the first members of the just-established University System of Maryland. The school’s first doctoral program graduates earned their degrees in May 2005. Bowie State is accredited by the...
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...respectful and effective mental health and residential services to residents of the District of Columbia and Montgomery County, Maryland. Our Mission Community Connections provides comprehensive, respectful and effective mental health and residential services to residents of the District of Columbia and Montgomery County, Maryland. Our Philosophy Community Connections was founded on the premise that service integration could best be achieved by vesting a single agency with responsibility for a full range of activities. Although it maintains collaborative relationships with public and private providers throughout the Greater Washington area, Community Connections continues to develop and maintain "in-house" services to meet the many needs of its clients. Core Values | | Integration and non-duplication of services | | Innovative treatments for complex problems | | Gender and culturally sensitive and informed treatment | | Humane, safe and affordable housing | Clinical Programs for Adults Since its inception in 1983, Community Connections has created a comprehensive range of supportive services and treatment designed to help consumers meet their personal goals of recovery. Our programs are for adults in need of mental health services and those with co-occurring substance abuse treatment needs. Most consumers come with histories of violence and victimization, incarceration, homelessness, and/or major medical concerns. Our relationship-based services...
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...Individual change from time to time. As the age of a person increase, emotions and other aspects of life change too. To know the change and the emotions that a person goes through as time pass by from childhood to adult stage, an interview was conducted. I interviewed my grandmother, Arlene Wims, A 72 year old African American Female from Ijamsville, Maryland; who was raised by her mother who was a teacher and her father who fought in the Vietnam War and then was a steel worker. She has 4 sisters and 1 brother. Her childhood consists of segregation and racism still being a part of life and although there were major changes when the U.S. supreme court ruled segregation in public schools. During her childhood, television was becoming more popular and sock hops were the thing to go to for entertainment and dances. A period of time that Arlene has experienced is in 1963, when the civil rights march on Washington DC for jobs and freedom is attended by 250,00 people where Martin Luther King delivers his famous Martin Luther King speech from the steps of the Lincoln memorial. On February 21st, 1965, Malcolm X who was a black nationalist and the organization of afro American unity was assassinated. In 1966, the Black Panthers were founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was appointed by President Johnson to the Supreme Court; he became the first black Supreme Court justice. In 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee...
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...FREDERICK, Md. — In 1801, Roger Brooke Taney, the politically minded child of a Maryland tobacco grower, settled here to provide legal counsel. He wedded the sister of Francis Scott Key, won decision to the State Senate and worked his approach to Washington, where he found a fantasy work: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Taney (purported TAW-knee) is covered in a memorial park here; the house he possessed is presently a historical center; and for a long time, his bronze bust, with stern eyes and angular nose, has looked out on the yard of what is currently City Hall. For around 40 of those years, seeing that bust has made Willie Mahone, a nearby legal advisor, need to heave. As an African-American who went to isolated Alabama schools,...
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...officially abolished slavery in America, and was ratified on December 6, 1865, after the conclusion of the American Civil War. The 13th Amendment was important because it created a constitutional amendment that banned slavery in all of the American states. The Emancipation Proclamation, although frequently credited for abolishing slavery in the United States, only declared slavery illegal in "rebelling" parts of America - so basically within the Confederacy. States fighting for the Union who had slavery systems (Maryland, West Virginia, East Tennessee) were not required to free their slaves. The passage of the 13th Amendment addressed this issue and formally outlawed slavery in the territorial us. In 1868, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and...
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...way. (Refer to picture. ) Slavery and plantations had a huge impact on the economy. Steven Mitz said, “Plantation economy and slavery shaped life in southern colonies.” The tobacco, indigo, rice and cotton plantations fueled the economies growth during the 17th and 18th centuries. The black race increased and increased and when the colonial period ended, the blacks numbered to about 500,000 in population.1 4.5 million of African descent lived in America. There were 4 million of them enslaved and at least 3.5 million living on plantations.5 The ratio of slaves to masters was great and only increased at the beginning of the 17th century. The southerners were wealthy and made their money off of selling product. Slaves labored those products and made the money for their masters. As they were becoming the wealthy, they owned the biggest and greatest quality of all things. Their houses and plantations were huge and the style continues to these days. The average estate for the top 1 percent of southern wealthy was $238,000. According to the Journal of the American Revolution, 45.9 percent of whites owned land, 8.8 percent owned livestock and 5.1 percent had their own, personal goods. Slaves were frequently the most owned all throughout. In the year of 1860, there were 20,800 plantations that contained 20-30 slaves, 2, 278 plantations that contained 100-500 slaves, 13 plantations that contained 500-1,000 slaves and only 1 plantation that contained 1,000+ slaves. Many plantations included...
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...Madelyn Risbrough Professor Howlett History 16 Section 12080 3 August 2014 Supreme Court Cases Shaping America I believe that the small decisions we make can determine an even larger outcome. I believe that power is in the hands of the people. I believe that the United States has been shaped solely by the actions people take. From 1790 to 1877 there have been many Supreme Court cases, but there are three that really stick out to me to have shaped the United States economy, social, and political aspects. The first court case that was very influential during this time period was Marbury v. Madison where the concept of Judicial Review and judging how much power congress has were established. This case mainly influenced the political aspect of the United States because it focused on power. McCulloch v. Madison is another case that influenced the US, especially in the area of economics. The case was about whether or not the National Bank should have overall control over other banks and how much control they had. The third and final case that I think is equally as...
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...University of Maryland Distinguished University Professor Ira Berlin suggests that the unique circumstances of American slavery continue to shape the nation even today. In his lecture, professor Ira Berlin discussed his book Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves, published by Harvard University Press. He traced the history of slavery from its 17th-century origins to its demise in the U.S. during the Civil War. According to Berlin, slavery has emerged as a central issue in contemporary American white. Also, without question slavery has a “greater” presence now than it has at any time since the end of American Civil War. One of the reason for this is simply because American history cannot be understood without slavery....
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...the color does not symbolize the Confederate army, but a measure the Union soldiers took to avoid confrontation. One American flag is visible hanging off a tent, this flag shows the painting is of the Union army. African Americans in shabbier clothes perform labor. The black people in this camp show that though slavery was illegal and blacks did enlist in the Union army, they still performed labor for Northerners. Hay scattered on the ground of the encampment and a barn on the left side of the image show the army is in farmland (African Americans in the Civil War; After the Storm; Sanford Robinson Gifford Biography; The Camp of the Seventh...
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...came from a certain time period in the past that has evolved over time into something much larger and improved. The southern colonies were established in the seventieth and eighteenth centuries by England in North America. Consisting of Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. The purpose of founding these colonies was to compete with other European powers in the search of wealth, land, and clothing. Over time they developed an economy based on cash crops such as tobacco, indigo, rice and cotton. The southern colonies were an ideal place for agriculture. The climate was warm and damp, which made it easy to grow plants. Virginia’s and Maryland’s main crop was tobacco, Georgia grew cotton, rice, and indigo, and South Carolina’s main crop was rice, indigo, sugarcane and cotton as well. The people who harvested these plantations were African American slaves and people of the poverty. We still use most of these products that were grown centuries ago. In fact, they play a large part of our life providing everyday uses. The southern colonies is the beginning of plantations to produce products that are still around centuries later. The land was rich of...
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...2B STATE OF MARYLAND MARYLAND BOARD OF NURSING NURSING ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM 4140 PATTERSON AVENUE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21215-2254 (410) 585-1990 (410) 764-8042 FAX (410) 585-1994 AUTOMATED VERIFICATION 1-877-847-0626 TOLL FREE October 01, 2009 THESE ARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE TWO FINGERPRINT CARDS AND OBTAINING YOUR CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECK (CHRC). PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS WILL LEAD TO DELAY OF CERTIFICATION. IT IS THE APPLICANTS’ RESPONSIBILITY TO ASSURE THAT THE CORRECT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED. CJIS Approved Commercial Fingerprinting Services Private Fingerprint Providers/Mobile Units – May come to your facility when contacted directly by you. Please use the Private Fingerprint Providers before contacting CJIS or MVA sites The cost of fingerprints may vary from site-to-site 1. Private Fingerprint Providers/Mobile Fingerprint Units All American Protective Services, LLC 2275 Research Blvd, Suite 500 Rockville, MD 20850 Telephone: 301.296.4499 x1182 www.mdfingerprint.com/ Harborview Investigations 308 Crain Highway, NW, Suite 201 Glen Burnie, MD 21061 Telephone: 410-761-6700 www.marylandfingerprinting.com Mid-Atlantic Regional Investigations, LLC 1202 West Street Annapolis, MD 21401 Telephone: 888-320-7775 http://www.marinvestigations.com/ Apex Investigative Services 1916 Crain Hwy S. Ste 11 Glen Burnie, Md. 21061 Phone: 410-590-3700 www.apex-investigations.com Inquiries, Inc. 129 N. West Street...
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...Between the World and Me Response The most powerful message Tah-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me is the struggle of African Americans in the United States, and how the “Dream” or American Dream, is not realistic and available for everyone. As a young child, Coates’s saw the dream as not being available to him because his family wasn’t rich, and he didn’t live in the white suburbs. Racism, crime, poverty, and violence had already been ingrained in his young mind, and he was not able to change his perspective. With Coates’s background of growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, he saw how his environment did not allow for social mobility, and how that was the only experience black children in his area knew. Coates exerts how the oppression...
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...The question is “Who are the notable African Americans who have earned Ph.D.s in mathematics?” Would researching the answer be significant? Is it important in the science of mathematics to investigate whether five Ph.D.s awarded to five African Americans between 1925 and 2000 imparts enough impact to the field to fill the gap in the canon of mathematics and history? My intention with this paper is to offer the reader the opportunity to consider the field of mathematics in which five individuals have made and are making contributions, while at the same time suggesting that their path to their achievements were unusual. The first section of this paper is a summary of these five. The second section is concise and provides an overview of how many math Ph.D.s, were awarded to African Americans during that same period. The next two sections examine the contributions and mathematical achievements in general and the barriers and psychology that perhaps has created a dismal increase in underrepresented populations entering the field. The final section highlights the importance and implication of stagnate educational pipelines. In addition, I would like to stretch the mind to consider educational practices, as we know them now and to urge the reader to, bear in mind that in the 21st century, we need the talents, contributions and resources of all citizens in United States. A Summary of Five Ph.D.s in Math from 1925 to 2000 While there are numerous achievements by minorities...
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