Essays Tagged: "Howard University"

Affirmative Action

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order #11246 at HowardUniversity that required federal contractors to undertake affirmative actionto increase the nu ...

(1 pages) 213 1 4.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Affirmative Action

needed to be done to remedy these flaws. On September 24, 1965, he issuedExecutive Order #11246 at Howard University that required federal contractors "to takeAffirmative Action to ensure that applic ...

(6 pages) 508 0 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Reverse Racism In America by Dan Heffron, a short 6 page essay describing reverse racism in America Today. Gives examples and references.

at the expense of whites (and sometimes men), and never the other way around. No one proposes that Howard University (an all black school) be made more diverse by admitting Whites, Hispanics, or Asia ...

(7 pages) 512 5 3.9 Oct/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

A Cultural Psychologist: Zora Neale Hurston

t grew upon me that I ought to walk out to the horizon and see what the end of the world was like" (Howard 14). The direction of her life was set, as was the focus of her writing.The town of Eatonvill ... where she grew up made a great impact on her life. In the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Lillie Howard states, "The all black, incorporated, self-governed town of Eatonville fostered and nurtured ...

(5 pages) 90 0 4.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Affirmative Action.

son was the first to establish policies that assisted minorities. In a 1965 commencement address at Howard University, he said:You do not take a person who for years has been hobbled by chains and lib ...

(3 pages) 113 0 3.5 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison,

illis Wofford. Toni Morrison grew up in a constantly poor town. After high school Morrison attended Howard University. She received her degree in 1953 and then went on to Cornell University for her ma ... received in 1955 (Toni Morrison 583). Morrison taught at both Texas Southern University and Howard University. While teaching at Howard University she met Harold Morrison, whom she would marry ...

(7 pages) 193 0 2.5 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Afiirmative Action.

gneeded to be done to remedy these flaws. On September 24, 1965, heissued Executive Order #11246 at Howard University that requiredfederal contractors "to take affirmative action to ensure thatapplica ...

(4 pages) 48 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Review of John Blassingame's "The Slave Community". Rather specialized, I'm afraid. Review of a book on slavery in the South.

n the mid-1970's. He has a Bachelor's Degree from Fort Valley State College, a Master's Degree from Howard University, and a Ph.D. from Yale. He passed away in February 2000, and is survived by his fa ...

(2 pages) 83 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Biography on Dr. Ernest Everett Just an embryologist

College with a degree in zoology, honors in botany and history, and honors in sociology; taught at Howard University; in 1916, he graduated magna cum laude from University of Chicago receiving his do ...

(1 pages) 28 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Comparing Feminist Virginia Woolf and Toni Morrison

graduated with honors from Lorain High School in 1949. Chloe then went on to attend the prestigious Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she majored in English with a minor in classics. Since ... she changed it to Toni, a shortened version of her middle name. She joined a repertory company, the Howard University Players, with whom she made several tours of the South. She saw firsthand the life ...

(14 pages) 163 0 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Support for Affirmative Action Programs

m more qualified applicants.Support for Affirmative Action ProgramsIn a 1965 commencement speech at Howard University in Washington, D.C., President Lyndon Johnson discussed the importance of affirmat ...

(3 pages) 89 0 2.7 Jul/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

The Failures of Affirmative Action.

needed to be done to remedy these flaws. On September 24, 1965, he issued Executive Order #11246 at Howard University that required federal contractors "to take affirmative action to ensure that appli ...

(6 pages) 30 0 0.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Mamie Clark

significant impact on developmental psychology. Mamie received distinguised alumni awards from both Howard and Columbia Universities. She also received honorary doctorate degrees from Williams College ... ted Pine Bluff's Lanston High School in 1934 at the age of 16. After High School, Mamie enrolled in Howard University to major in Mathematics and Physics.After her first year at Howard University, Mam ...

(7 pages) 23 0 3.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Mamie Phillips Clark

, and high school in the racially segregated town. After graduating at age sixteen, Phipps attended Howard University, with a major in mathematics and physics.At Howard, Phipps was an academic scholar ... psychology and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1938.In the fall of 1938, she began graduate school at Howard and her interest in developmental psychology began to escalate. Phipps married Clark and with ...

(2 pages) 4415 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

BREEDLOVE?

nt Toni Morrison’s 1970 book The Bluest Eye was written while she was still a professor at the Howard University and was a single-parent of two boys. (Dreifus, C. Chole Wofford Talks about Toni M ...

(7 pages) 25 0 0.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Childhood love

the time passed 10 years, John and Isabel turned 22 years old. John a young lad graduated from the Howard University. Even though John was well-known in Howard University and there were more than eno ...

(10 pages) 8 0 0.0 May/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Women in Psychology Paper

ignificant impact on developmental psychology. Clark received distinguished alumni awards from both Howard and Columbia Universities. She also received honorary doctorate degrees from Williams College ... ted Pine Bluff's Lanston High School in 1934 at the age of 16. After High School, Clark enrolled in Howard University to major in Mathematics and Physics.After her first year at Howard University, Cla ...

(7 pages) 45 1 4.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Wise Investment to Reach Financial Security

and some sacrifices. After all the sacrifices you made, the results are worth it. On an article of Howard University entitled "Starting on the Road to Financial Security" said that reaching financial ...

(4 pages) 2 0 0.0 Feb/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Wise Investments to Reach Financial Security

and some sacrifices. After all the sacrifices you made, the results are worth it. On an article of Howard University entitled "Starting on the Road to Financial Security" said that reaching financial ...

(4 pages) 1 0 0.0 Feb/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers