African American Leadership Research Paper

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Almost a 100 years ago slavery was a big thing back then.Many African Americans were considered as slaves because of the color of their skin or their religion.African Americans were working for people who owned farmland and wanted them to work because they didn’t want to do the work.The owner paid for the slaves a lot of money.Although African Americans were suffering they made it through.To go through that far they have to use leadership, get along with others and most slaves went through prejudice. To survive slavery they, need to use leadership to survive.In order to be an effective leader you have to be brave, lead people to do good.Just like Nightjohn he wanted to stay to be a slave because he wanted to teach kids and people how to read

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