1. In the text, the author discusses how the history of slavery can still be felt today through African Americans' surnames. Do you think there are other ways that we continue to be reminded of America's history of slavery today? If so, in what ways?

Culture in general, especially in music.

Explanation:

Through out all the American continent the popular music reflects the history of slavery; without slavery there wouldn´t have been Samba & Bossa Nova in Brazil, Candombe in Uruguay, Reggae in Jamaica, Calypso in Trinidad, Cuban music and everything ranging from blues, gospel, rhythm & blues, ragtime, jazz, cool jazz, classic jazz, bebop, cubop, latin jazz, rock, rap, soul, funk and probably even more styles in the U.S. They all were developed with the helping hand of the slaves.

Most obviously is this the case with the world´s most famous North American style: jazz  

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.

educational segregation in the us prior to brown.

the members of the u.s. supreme court that on may 17, 1954, ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

judgment and order of the supreme court for the case.

u.s. circuit judges robert a. katzmann, damon j.

the u.s. supreme court's decision in brown v. board of education marked a turning point in the history of race relations in the united states. on may 17, 1954, the court stripped away constitutional sanctions for segregation by race, and made equal opportunity in education the law of the land.