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Civil War Era and Black Emancipation

repugnant. In exploring the time period before the Civil War, Equaino (1998) takes one on a journey through the 1700s slave trad...

The New South and the Black American Communities

groups" (Robinson 73). Apparently these community fault lines developed in accordance with the religious/ benevolent functions of ...

American Women, Blacks, and Discrimination

of discrimination, the following thesis will be investigated: Numerous factors affect the level of discrimination...

Ignorance and Fear in 'The Minister's Black Veil' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

hearers quaked. An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe" (Hawthorne). They shuddered and were simply fearful of this man who...

Film Review of Diary of a Mad Black Woman

whom he has already fathered two children. Charles literally drags Helen to the front door and throws her out of the house (IMDb,...

'The Tell Tale Heart' and 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe

My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions. I was especially fond of animals, and was ...

United Kingdom's White Underclass, the Black Underclass of America, and Yob Culture

is crossing the boundaries of acceptable behavior, which represents the common denominator between Americas black underclass and t...

Light Skinned Blacks 'Passing' Themselves Off as Whites in America

In order to enjoy the better things in life, it was better to deny ones heritage, while reclaiming ones heritage, while noble and ...

Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

was an immediate celebrity. However, many racist whites and quite a few people in the black community were angered by his assumed ...

Autobiographical 'Black Boy' by Richard Wright

hunger and pain on a visceral level. One sees that Wright was oppressed not only by racial issues, but also by issues of gender. W...

August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

In ten pages this play by August Wilson analyzes meaning, setting, and characterizations. There are no other sources cited....

Critical Opinions on 'The Souls of Black Folk' by W.E.B. Du Bois

In eleven pages this research paper considers the diverse critical opinions regarding this landmark early 20th century African Ame...

A History of Blacks in America From the Oppression of Slavery to the Civil Rights' Movement

direction that this country would ultimately take. They were also critical elements in determining the ultimate fate of the Afric...

3 Articles on 'Black' and 'White' Ameica

In five pages a review of these 3 articles considers the 'blackening' or 'whitening' of America. There are no other sources liste...

Black Middle Class and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement

to such an extent that?in retrospect?these witnesses now see the African-Americans who suffered as people, and not as "other." The...

Black in Selma by J.L. Chestnut and Power Uses

In five pages J.L. Chestnut's career is analyzed as presented in this amazing text that reveals much about American politics and s...

Overview of Great Black Leader Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois

worldwide. He led by example becoming the first black man to attain many goals, including a doctorate from Harvard University. (C...

Edward Lazarus's Black Hills, White Justice

two contesting parties, it also has the propensity to affect a change in life for all Americans for many generations to come. Man...

Marcel Camus' Version of Black Orpheus

In seven pages Camus's interpretation of the play is assessed and compared with the original and discusses how Camus's insights de...

Peter Balakian's Black Dog of Fate

In eight pages an overview of the text's basic elements is presented along with an assessment of the 1914 Armenian genocide impact...

A Black Oppression Theory

In an essay consisting of three pages Andrew Hacker's theory on the US mainstream society's oppression of African Americans is dis...

The Resiliency and Pathology of Black American Families

5 pages and 5 sources. This paper relates two different perspectives on the African American family in the modern era, one based ...

U.S. and the Experience of the Latino and the Black

illegal to teach slaves how to read and write, as it was understood even in those days that knowledge is equivalent to power. On...

Black Leaders Contrasting Analysis

This paper contains five pages and contrasts the racist positions of Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Jesse Jackson....

A REview of Black Boy by Richard Wright

A 5 page overview of the religious and supersticious perspectives that interlace this book. 2 sources....

Black Cinema in the 1940s

For example, one review, that is typical of those produced by white critics, described the typical Hollywood musical of the 1930s ...

John Neihardt's Black Elk Speaks

In a paper consisting of six pages this text is examined from the context of how the tribes of Native America lost much of what th...

Painting in Florence and Siena after the Black Death by Millard Meiss

In four pages this paper discusses the perceptual connections between art and society as they relate to the text by Millard Meiss....

bell hooks' Bone Black and Determination

In 6 pages bell hooks' autobiography is analyzed in terms of the significance of the author's determination to penetrate societal ...

A Speech Inspired by Anna Sewell's Black Beauty

In this paper consisting of three pages an animal fable speech that mirrors the literary style of the novel features similar word ...