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Singing the Song of the People in African American Literature

her works dealt little with the condition of the slaves in America, and held mainly to classical poetical themes. She was an accom...

A Review of the Article Between Depression and Prosperity? by Townsend Price Spratland.

A 3 page analysis of the research published in a 1988 edition of Social Forces. The focus is on the factors influencing urban migr...

African-American and African Cultural Beliefs on Masculinity

This paper examines the differences in how the concept of masculinity is viewed among African-American and African men. This elev...

An Analysis of the Film, The African Queen

This paper examines the film, The African Queen, and discusses the relationship between movie's co-stars, Humphrey Bogart and Kath...

How African Americans Were Treated in the US Before and After the Civil War

This paper examines the treatment of African Americans in the United States from the late eighteenth through the nineteenth centur...

The Civil Rights Era and its Impact upon African American Poetry

endured by Black People during various eras. Research I uncovered focuses much on the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Poets, an...

African American Culture and Extended Families

In five pages this paper examines African American culture in an analysis of the important role extended families play. Five sour...

Good Night, and Good Luck, Film Review

This film review primarily profiles the film's protagonist, Edward R. Murrow, using an existential perspective. The writer argues ...

"Phenomenal Women," Article Analysis

these clubs provide "alternative sista [sister] spaces," which become significant locations for "literacy learning and literacy ac...

Maya Angelou and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

The writer presents a biographical sketch of this noted African American writer. An analysis of her 1970 book completes this seve...

African American Theater and Blues and the Influential Works of Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes

a line stating the mood of the singer repeated three times. The stress and variation is carried by the tune and the whole thing w...

Black Folk Tradition and Black Middle Class Tension

In ten pages this paper examines the conflict between African cultural traditions and the contemporary African American middle cla...

Civil Rights Quest of African Americans

her peers. By reading her book, one can understand why the quest to achieve civil rights is and was important for African America...

American Psycho/In Bruges

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares American Psycho (2000, directed by Mary Harron) and In Bruges (2008, directed by Martin...

American Foreign Policy/Cohen and Walt

of marginal communities" have altered, "at least publicly," so that they now focus on "inclusion and legitimization" of those memb...

Overview of a Criminal Justice Study on Marijuana Use

This research paper consists of an analysis of Green, et al's 2010 study, "Does heavy adolescent marijuana use lead to criminal in...

Theories in Sociological Studies

interact with each other, and tend to ignore larger structures such as national governments and economies ("Theoretical Perspectiv...

Black Religion as Formed by Racism

individuals were members of St. Georges Methodist Episcopal Church but, because of the fact they were African American, found them...

The History of African Americans

trader exchanged his cargo of Africans for food in 1619. The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to man...

Effectiveness of Ebonics

(Fields, 1997; see also Heilbrunn, 1997). SEP, as it was called, was created to educate teachers who work with black children abou...

African American Women and Breast Cancer

be reviewed closely and research which specifically targets African American women is essential. Interestingly enough, the "numbe...

The Passion of the Christ and the Shared Suffering Between Jesus and the Film Audience

are the various traumatic events Christ endures from the Garden of Gethsemane until the Crucifixion. They are broken down into fo...

Amelie, A Film Review

understand the main thrust of the film without subtitles, as it follows Amelie from childhood to adulthood, showing the main event...

African Culture and Ideology and Its Impact Upon African Americans Past and Present

In this paper consisting of six pages the 'Africanness' thread that continues to link contemporary African Americans to their past...

African and African American Heritage by Oscar Brown Jr.

This paper examines this work, also referred to as Drum Street, by Oscar Brown Jr. There are no other sources listed....

Analyzing the Film Educating Rita

for Rita. The result is that not only does Frank tutor Rita, but Franks learns from Rita as well. Initially Rita is portrayed as...

Application and Analysis of Film Theories of Signification, Representation, and Perception

throughout cinematic history, Jean Mitry (1907-1988) was perhaps the most comprehensive and objective. He examined cinema from al...

Frida/Accuracy of Recent Film

Frida, as a young teen, sneaking into an auditorium to watch Diego painting a mural. Diegos wife Lupe appears and confronts Diego ...

Film Analysis/Kiss Me Deadly

(Ralph Meeker) swerves to avoid her and runs off the road. Angry, he snarls, "You almost wrecked my car. Well? Get in!" (Dirks, 20...

Gender/Sexuality in 6 Films

the others, feels compelled to protect this young bit of innocence and humanity at all costs. The symbolic way that the child co...