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African Americans and Racism

became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world s...

Karen B. Strier's 'Primate Behavioral Ecology From Ethnography to Ethology and Back'

clarifies that her article picks up on "primatologys relationship to anthropology from 1981 onward". Striers goal is to s...

Characters of Simon Legree, St. Clare, and Shelby in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

that matter. At one point a little boy, named Jim Crow, comes in and he tosses raisins at him and tells him to pick them up. The b...

Paula G. Allen's Spider Woman's Granddaughters and Gordon Henry Jr.'s Light People

impetus of Oskinaways desire to learn of his own origins provides as catalyst that results in as series of interconnected tales th...

Proud Shoes by Pauli Murray

doctorate there in 1965 (Pauli Murray). Among other positions, Murray was a civil rights lawyer, "a professor, a college vice pres...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Autobiography of an Ex Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson and the American Dream

"well aware of the way African American identity had become irreducible to a simple set of criteria" (Favor 28). In The Autobiogr...

The Poetry of Wheatley and Hughes

experiences were good ones, and quite unique when compared to slaves in the south. As such "racial equality is not a theme to be f...

Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? by Louis Gerstner

Gerstner identified four immediate concerns: Should he break IBM "into many freestanding businesses?" (Duncan). How should he "cha...

African Americans and Racism

of the African Americans, up until just before the Second World War, the United States was also apparently guilty of trying to eng...

Improving High School Graduation Rates for Texas Minorities in the Presence of Exit-Level Testing

U.S. District Court Judge Edward C. Prado observed: "The receipt of an education that does...

'I Want to Live!' by Thom Jones

a surprise! She ... knew. Of course, you always hope for the best. She heard but she didnt hear" (Jones 166). There are several ...

Flowing Time in Tlon, Ugbar, Orbis, Tertius and The Circular Ruins by Jorge Luis Borges

part of the 1944 compilation entitled Ficciones, probed time flow and temporality in ways that deviated from literary tradition an...

Abstraction, Modernist Temper, Art and Literature

yet they were incredibly symbolic and modern in their approach. It was not enough to say life was harsh, or to illustrate a beauti...

The Condition of the Working Class in England by Friedrich Engels

In four pages this paper examines Engel's communist views expressed in this 1844 pamphlet and considers the hypocrisy of the autho...

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

Works and Beliefs of C. Wright Mills

In a paper consisting of 7 pages American sociologist C. Wright Mills is discussed in terms of his works and beliefs along with hi...

Families on the Fault Line by Lillian B. Rubin

In five pages this sociological text is summarized and analyzed in a consideration of the working class 'invisible' American citiz...

Literature and Music Expressed in the Nationalist Culture of African Americans

In six pages this paper discusses the expression of cultural nationalism in African American literature and music as depicted in t...

A look at Gandhi

Gandhi is discussed from a social work perspective. Various aspects of his achievements are explored. The micro, macro and mezzo l...

Impact of Media Violence on American Youth

This paper examines the affects of television violence on American children. The author provides statistical data to support his ...

U.S. Workforce and the Role of African American Women

In 3 pages this paper discusses how women's involvement in the U.S. labor force was profoundly influenced by the role of African A...

Personal Childhood Experience Tale 'That's Cause You're Stupid'

In three pages this essay considers the ups and downs of childhood friendship in an author's personal account of one that continue...

20th Century Latin American Artistic Theme

In five pages this paper examines the importance of Latin American themed art during the 20th century in a consideration of the wo...

Six Great Ideas by Mortimer Adler

one is fit to lead until and unless he is first able to guide his own self, is the credo upon which Plato lived. Man must work di...

American Literature Overview

In five pages this research paper examines American literature from the late 18th century through the 20th century with such autho...

Stephen Gould's Chauvet Cave The Discovery of the World's Oldest Paintings, a Rhetorical Analysis

brain-picking sessions, the symposia, the panel-discussion, the interview-in short, a rhetoric of the stop-and-go, give-and-take d...

Camilla Paglia's 'The Rape Debate" and Modes of Reasoning

why it should be tolerated.. How many of us would have chosen to read this article if it began, rape is just something you should...

Comparative Analysis of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

In 5 pages a comparative analysis of these American literary works examines their similarities and differences. There are 2 sourc...

'The Appeal' by David Walker

faced by the black people. It was practically unheard of for a slave to buy his or her freedom in the United States, it was even ...

In Praise of Wolves by R.D. Lawrence Reviewed

not to present any sort of challenge to the animals as he remained "crouching", "speaking softly" and "kept his gaze away" not wan...