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In addition, African Americans began to employ the European tactics of petitions, lawsuits, and organized protest to fight for their rights. This movement, which started early in the nineteenth century, involved the formation and utilization of mutual aid societies; independent black churches; lodges and fraternal organizations; and educational and cultural institutions designed to fight black oppression. it was plain that Black people were in America to stay and that room had to be made for them."
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African Americans and Mexican Americans - and really all Latinos - have much to gain in the 2008 elections. There are opportunities for both communities to work together and lead the growing movement for political change in Washington.
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Hollywood was not interested in making Positive Image Movies about African-Americans -- they saw them as "risky" undertakings; therefore the major roles available to black actors were maids, walkons, butlers, servants, or comics. Remember: blackface was still in vogue, and it could sell movie tickets:
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