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83 percent of blacks call themselves Christians

non-urban, lower socioeconomic neighborhoods

522 black girls between the ages of 14 and 18

Three times more likely to hit a teacher * Over 2.5 times more likely to get arrested * Twice as likely to have multiple sexual partners * 1.5 times more likely to get a sexually transmitted disease, use drugs, or drink alcohol.

It wasn't until the arrival of Spike Lee that a Black person began to define our image in a commercially successful way

The gun-toting, drug-dealing gangsta became the predominant image for Black men.

Black women became hootchie-mama, baby-making machines who always seemed to forget to marry the baby's daddy

Hip-hop has grown from its inner-city roots to appeal to a diverse and worldwide audience. It is no longer the fad some once considered it.

Yet another is cultivating one's thug factor through braided hair, baggy clothing, ghetto diction and street reputation.

Breakdance, breaking, b-boying or b-girling is a street dance style that evolved as part of the hip hop movement among African American and Puerto Rican youths in Manhattan and the South Bronx of New York City during the early 1970s

A breakdancer, breaker, b-boy or b-girl refers to a person who practices breakdancing.

Breakdancing may have begun as a building, productive, and a constructive youth culture alternative to the violence of urban street gangs.[1] Today, breakdancing culture is a remarkable discipline somewhere between those of dancers and athletes. Since acceptance and involvement centers on dance skills, breakdancing culture is often free of the common race and gender boundaries of a subculture and has been accepted worldwide.

ince the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta issued its first warning about HIV/AIDS in 1981, more than 25 million people around the world have died from the disease.

with more than 4 million new infections in 2006 and almost 3 million deaths.

estimated 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS worldwid