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41 Shots...and Many Shots Later: The Police killing of Amadou Diallo and its Aftermath
This source recounts the police killing of Amadou Diallo on February 4, 1999.
McMillan and Harris: The Mother and Father of Black Fiction
An analysis on McMillan and Harris's influence on African American fiction.
Do your pants hang low
The impact of sagging pants in the 1990s
You attend an HBCU? What is that?
Provide a picture of the campus during the 1990s.
So...What is love?
Poetic Justice and its relation/symbolism of love in the era
Freaknik: The Black College Spring Break
Description and analysis of Freaknik's impact on its participants and the city of Atlanta.
The Reign of the Black Family on T.V.
A look at how the black family was portrayed in the 90s.
The term "African-American"
The term African-American emerges throughout the 90s as the "correct" term to use when discussing the the people of African descent that were born in the United States
LA Gang Peace Treaty/LA Riots
In 1992, rival gangs known as the Crips and Bloods decided to call a truce after the cops charged with beating Rodney King were found not guilty
Boyz N the Hood Movie
1991 movie produced by John Singleton dealing with the reality of growing up in South Central, LA