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political action committee
political action committee (PAC), U.S. organization formed by a corporation, labor union, or association to raise money for political activity. Funds can be gathered by voluntary contributions from members, employees, or shareholders. Political action committees were first organized in the 1940s. T... Read more
pension
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Pacific scandal
Pacific scandal 1873, a major event in Canadian political history. Charges were made in Parliament that the Conservative administration of Sir John A. Macdonald had accepted campaign funds from Sir Hugh Allan in return for a promise to award Allan's syndicate the contract to build the Canadian ... Read more
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Ryunosuke Akutagawa , pseud. of Chōkōdō Shujin , 1892-1927, Japanese author. One of Japan's finest short-story writers, he derived many of his tales from historical Japanese sources, but told them with psychological insights in an individualistic style. "Rashomon" (1915) and "... Read more
Herman Max Gluckman
Herman Max Gluckman , 1911-75, British anthropologist, b. Johannesburg, South Africa, grad. Univ. of Witwatersrand (B.A., 1930) and Oxford (Ph.D., 1936). From 1947 to 1971 he was professor of social anthropology at the Univ. of Manchester; thereafter he was research professor there. His major contri... Read more
zygote
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Peter's pence
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Hausa
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Dummer, Jeremiah
Dummer, Jeremiah (c.1679–1739),colonial agent for Massachusetts and Connecticut, wrote a closely reasoned Defence of the New England Charters (1721) to answer the Parliamentary attacks of the time. He was instrumental in persuading Elihu Yale to contribute to the college then named for him.... Read more
Nicholas Grimald
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African-American Studies
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES...that the history of African Americans' experiences and contributions to the United States...curricula. Thus, African-American studies...society. This was in response to the major tenet...
Multicultural Education
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education ...historical roots in the African-American ethnic studies...images and stereotypes of African Americans prevalent...life, history, and contributions of African Americans. These scholars...schools and colleges. In response to public demand for...
Wright, Jane Cooke
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the highest-ranked African-American woman at...medical institution. Her contributions to the nascent field...Fletcher Penn, the first African-American to graduate...researcher and was the first African-American to be a staff...and individual patient responses to various chemotherapeutic...
Frazier, E. Franklin
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...the most prominent African American sociologists...death. His central contribution to sociology was the...research tradition on the African American family, which...Frazier expanded his contributions on the topic by publishing...organizational portraits of the African American family ...
Slave Lives, Archaeology of
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...the lives of enslaved Africans. Archaeological studies...human experience of African American life and positively...interpretations and contributions the field makes take...racism was a direct response to the events surrounding the African Burial Ground project...struggles between the local ...
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...belief is held must, in response to the treatment she...the twentieth century African Americans were barred...strikebreakers. This left African American laborers with...Merton, the belief that African Americans were strikebreakers...Merton ’ s contribution to the field ’...
Sociology
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...nineteenth century in response to rapid social...made the largest contribution to the emergence...of Chicago. In response to the poverty of immigrants and African Americans in the...B. Du Bois, an African American sociologist...
Achievement Gap, Racial
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...disparities between African American (black) and...the 1990s partly in response to a widening of the...also arose partly in response to the publication of...for example, in the contribution to Urban Review...returns to education among African Americans and increased...
Joseph B. Danquah
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...with few parallels in modern African history. He had neither the...unwittingly played perfectly. In response to appeals from Bertrand Russell...Output Danquah's scholarly contributions spread throughout his life...renamed Ghana, after the early African empire. Earlier research...
Orphanages
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society ...hospitals all over Europe as a response to the plague and to increasing...usually founded orphanages as a response to wars and epidemics. In...financed by local governments. African-American and Indian-American...institutions were supported by contributions from individuals, the children...

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Witchcraft, African Studies of
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas WITCHCRAFT, AFRICAN STUDIES OF. In contemporary...on made the greatest contributions to the study of social...political institutions in African societies, as well...controversial place in African Studies scholarship...the movement drew from responses to the influences of...
South Africa, Relations with
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...gold mining. American contributions to the South African economy in the 1800s...president of the South African Native National Congress...which later became the African National Congress. Dube's activism was a response to the establishment...rights to black South Africans. The racist ...
African American Studies
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES...also the masses in African American communities...establishing blacks' contributions to history and society...curricula. The first African American Studies units were founded as a response to student protests...
Black Atlantic
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...movements of people of African descent from Africa...artistic and aesthetic responses to racism, played...the unique cultural contributions that they attributed to the so-called African personality. Leroi...of the music of the African diaspora, documenting...albeit nontextual, ...
Souls of Black Folk, The
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...poetic rendering of African American history since emancipation, a critical response to the racism and economic...sweeping tableau of African American life, emphasizing...of slavery, and the contributions of blacks to America...Du Bois described African American efforts to...
Reception of Asians to the United States
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...colonialism in Asia and a response to the labor shortage in the...superstitious, and devious race. In response to such anti-Chinese frenzy...emphasizing the significant contribution the Chinese made to American...as the Chinese related the African slaves' misery to their own...
National Public Radio
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...music, jazz, blues, and contemporary African music. Talk shows included the humorous...political and social programs. NPR formed in response to the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967...less on government support and more on contributions. By the early twenty-first century...

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Exhibit Showcases Contributions of African Americans
Magazine article from: The Crisis; 4/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...Jamestown was where African slaves first arrived...another story of Africans who were brought...America I AM: The African American Imprint...African American contribution has been to the...African American contributions to the United...that depict how African Americans ...
Black History Month celebrates African-American contribution to our culture.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 2/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...engender pride among African-Americans, while...celebration of the unique African-American contribution to American culture...performance, a fusion of African chants and dance...demonstration and a call and response rhythm challenge...
HLA polymorphism and evaluation of European, African, and Amerindian contribution to the white and mulatto populations from Parana, Brazil
Magazine article from: Human Biology; 8/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...other of predominantly African and European ancestry...with a smaller contribution of African (12.5%) and Amerindian...population consists of African (49.5%) and European...cardinal role in immune responses, in that T lymphocytes...
Bumuntu: an African response to the Lutheran-Roman Catholic agreement on justification.
Magazine article from: Journal of Ecumenical Studies; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...suggest, the African response to the Lutheran...important for Africans; second, I will address African concerns and the African contribution to the debate...attitude between African Traditional...ambitions. Central Africans were brought...
BLACK LEGACY LIVES ON PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHT AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS.(Valley News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2/22/2006; 412 words ; ...Fernando Valley, people are learning about the contributions of these and other African- Americans through Black History Month programs...Senior librarian Laura Dwan was pleased with the response. ``Different kids are being exposed to all...
African-Americans, musical contributions are significant
Newspaper article from: Sun, The: Plainfield (IL); 2/21/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...and defending the contributions of our African...celebrate their unique contributions to American life...black culture and contributions, given the significance...tiny sliver of the contribution that African-Americans have...experience of the Africans who were bought and...one ...
California's Outstanding African Americans Honored for Contributions to Community; Fifth Annual Local Hero of the Year Awards Recognize Unsung `Heroes'.
Business Wire; 2/14/2003; 700+ words ; ...and San Diego. The African Americans awarded were singled out for their contribution in such areas as arts...was one of the first African American dentists in...artist who celebrates African culture through her...psychiatric emergency; crisis response; maternal, child and...
Looking beyond the sensationalist news; What contributions are we, as South Africans, making towards the good of our fellow man and, in turn, towards our country?(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mercury (South Africa); 3/3/2009; 700+ words ; ...shown me that most South Africans, of all races, care about...I am worried that South Africans expect the government to...minutes, I got two positive responses from two young black professionals...organisations. The first response read, Dear Prof. It will...submission that, as South ...
President Mbeki Comments on African Renaissance During State Visit U.S.
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel; 6/21/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...involved both the Africans living on the continent...is this diverse African humanity, with...racism. "As a response to this problem...whites. The South African contribution will obviously...of racism. "An African renaissance will...capacity of the Africans of the diaspora...
Performing arts grace TV again: Black dancers and African a cappella group overcome racism.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 6/22/2001; 700+ words ; ...Without the African contribution, we would not have...United States. The contributions to dance of Ms. Dunham...religious nature of some African dance, Guy's creative response to her church's...courage and commitment. African-American dance combines...American as apple pie. ...