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Life and Political Contributions of Barbara Jordan

In a report consisting of five pages the remarkable life and accomplishments of Barbara Jordan, first black elected to the Senate ...

The African-American Experience in the Short Story - James Baldwin and Langston Hughes Compared

This research report compares and contrasts the works of these two black authors. Short stories are discussed which look at how th...

Race Relations, Slavery, and the U.S. Civil War

In twenty five pages this paper examines the slavery and race issues that culminated in the U.S. Civil War and examines the Jim Cr...

Comparison of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

In a paper consisting of 7 pages the poems in these two works are compared and include variations of 'Little Girl Lost' and 'The C...

Nadine Gordimer's 'July's People'

In 5 pages, this essay considers the plight of Bam and Marlene Smales, who were sensitive to the dilemma of black apartheid, a pos...

Heroic Myth in Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

In 7 pages this paper applies Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell to the novel Prisoner of Azkaban in an analysis of how...

Vanley Burke

In seven pages Vanley Burke is discussed within the context of Great Britain's Black Art Movement with a consideration of his 'Boy...

3 Authors on Ethnicity and Race

In nine pages this paper examines ethnicity and race as viewed by Elaine Bell Kaplan in 'Not our kind of girl : unraveling the myt...

The Struggle of Assimilation

In a paper consisting of 6 pages the struggles encountered by a Korean man and a black man in white community assimilation are exa...

Rise and Local Influence of the Black Panther Party

In twenty pages this paper discusses the rise of Huey Newton and Bobby Seale's Black Panther party tracing back its 1966 origins, ...

Works of Tennessee Williams and the Theme of Sexuality

In five pages this paper discusses how sexuality is thematically portrayed in Tennessee Williams' short story 'Desire and the Blac...

Black and Decker's Information Systems

In twenty five pages this paper discusses how Black and Decker utilizes information systems in a consideration of ScumBuster produ...

Whites and Blacks Life Span Differences

The role of socioeconomics is considered in a research paper containing seven pages that discusses the ever growing differences in...

Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes

In ten pages this paper discusses Langston Hughes' 1930 novel debut and analyzes the author's use of speech to convey 'black humor...

Taste of Power by Elaine Brown

influenced the 1974 election victory of Jerry Brown for governor of California. However, in the process, Brown had to overcome vir...

Africa and Nation State Curse

In five pages this paper discusses how the nation state has cursed Africa in a consideration of Basil Davidson's Black Man's Burde...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories and the Theme of Temptation

In six pages this paper examines how temptation is featured in the Hawthorne short stories 'Young Goodman Brown,' 'The Minister's ...

Florida and Education Prior to and Following the U.S. Civil War

In five pages education in Florida during the nineteenth century is examined in terms of the implications of social, economic, and...

Our Kind of People Inside America's Black Upper Class by Lawrence Otis Graham

and fascinating experiences of upper-class blacks who grew up with privilege and power. Previously known for his provocative New Y...

Literary Satire

In 5 pages literary satire through history is examined in a discussion of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, As You Like It by William Sh...

Second World War Newsreels

In five pages the Second World War's black and white newsreels are examined in terms of their historical importance and also discu...

Human Nature as Defined by Frederick Douglass

In five pages this paper compares Frederick Douglass's definition of human nature with that of the Black Codes, Jefferson Davis, a...

Being Black in the US and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and The Confessions of Nat Turner

These texts are contrasted and compared in an assessment of what being black in the US means in five pages. Two sources are cited...

The Black Experience Before and After the American Civil War

6 pages and 5 sources. This paper outlines the experiences of Black Americans before and after 1865, relating to the changes that...

Short Stories of Richard Wright

In five pages this paper discusses how social realities are depicted in the themes and characters of Richard Wright's short storie...

Identity and Politics in An African-Nicaraguan Community

A 6 page review of the book by Edmund Gordon. The focus is on the downfall of the Sandinista regime. A brief history of Nicaragu...

Richard Wright and 4 Short Stories

In seven pages the assessments of 3 critics are applied to the Richard Wright short stories 'The Man Who Lived Underground,' 'Long...

Black Mountain Poets Robert Duncan and Charles Olson

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the words, movement, and music of Black Mountain poets Robert Duncan and Charles O...

Discrimination Based on Color

Race and color continue to be used to gauge acceptability in American culture. This paper examines racial and color factors, both ...

August Wilson's Race Reversal of Romeo and Juliet

work seems to mirror much of his own life struggles, as well as his journey to accepting himself and, perhaps, his father who aban...