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Myne Own Ground by T.H. Breen and Stephen Innes

The writer discusses the book Myne Own Ground by Breen and Innes, which describes the little known communities of free black who l...

The Depression of the 1930s and Black American Artists

noted that in historic cultures that functional objects, often had a decorative component. The works of these artists f...

African American Author, Historian, and Sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois

In five pages this paper discusses how being a black man influenced the perspectives of W.E.B. Du Bois with his text The Souls of ...

Black Literature and the Influence of the Black Panthers

In five pages this paper discusses how black literature was influenced by the late 20th century's Black Panther party. Five sourc...

Evaluating The 'Criminal Justice is Not Racist' Assertion

While the statistics obviously support the contention that there is a disproportionate representation of blacks as compared to whi...

'Blackberry Sweet' by Dudley Randall

devices not only within the line in which it occurs, but also between lines. Also in regards to these lines, while the poet refe...

ADHD and a Male Black Teen

of ADHD. Another disorder that is frequently associated with school failure is Conduct Disorder (CD), which is characterized in ...

Arbitrary Capital Punishment

when the death penalty is suitable and when it is not. For example, in California, the death penalty must only be administered in ...

Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

Jadine and Sons respective interpretations of race and social stature represent. That each conflict intertwines with one another ...

Biography Of Ida B. Wells

in fact, she had more gumption than most adults, refusing to allow adversity stand in the way of what she knew had to be done. He...

Eighteenth Century Social Reformer John Howard

In nine pages this research paper discusses John Howard's 18th century prison reform efforts. Five sources are cited in the bibli...

Reality and Slave Narratives

when those realities overlap, but that hardly seems the case in the discussion of these two works. The Narrative of Bethany Veney,...

Junot Diaz, "How to Date a Brown Girl..."

This essay pertains to "How to date a brown girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie)" by Junot Diaz. Referring to a description if...

Turning Point for James McBride, Within the Color of Water

This 5 page paper gives an explanation of a part of the book The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. This p...

Caucasians and African Americans Communication Differences

however. Everyday functions of business are intimately tied to communication (Pincus PG, Gaplin PG). Communication is th...

Black Liberalism and White Conservatism

American politics are typically characterized by a radical divide between two ideological camps. These camps...

Theme of Lynching in Black Boy

life as a background that makes it possible to discuss the personal characteristics that enabled African Americans growing up in t...

Black Boy by Richard Wright

a thousand lynchings" (Wright, 1993, p. 74). One of the many odd jobs that Wright utilized to try to help support is impoverishe...

Portrayal of Racial Stereotypes in the Media

to recognize the implications of such attitudes is the only way to fight against its continued allowance. Descriptions of such ra...

White Establishment and the Black Panther Party

militants, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (Rhodes, 1999). This was modeled after a...

Chinua Achebe and Victor Frankenstein

that he has chosen for himself. Yet when he, after months of disgusting, horrifying work, finally brings his creation to life, he ...

Race and the Use of the Term 'Nigger'

Kingdom until about the 1960s to refer to blacks. Clarence Major, who wrote Juba to Jive, noted that the term nigger has been a pa...

The Awakening by Kate Chopin and an Evaluation of Minor Female Characters

is reflected in The Awakening. No woman could have any greater calling than to be a good wife and mother. In fact, that was the ...

A Brief Description of Booker T. Washington

he was, I never heard of his taking the least interest in me or providing for my rearing. But I do not find especial fault with hi...

A Stellar Evolution Overview

Stellar Evolution is actually something that is driven completely by the conflict between pressure and gravity v . As an imbalance...

Indian and European Interaction Patterns

There the Choctaw would ally themselves with the French and would have extensive warfare with the Chickasaw. The Creeks on the ot...

White Privilege and Black Kids

womens disadvantages so vigorously that any discussion of the phenomenon has taken on the aspect of a social taboo (McIntosh, 1988...

How Will the Supreme Court Rule on the Allen Snyder Case?

race, Snyder refers to Batson v. Kentucky, a case in 1986 that would not allow the practice of eliminating jurors due to race ("Co...

Nan Goldin Exhibit At The Matthew Marks Gallery: General Review

the subjects soul in order answer the call of meaning so critical to the postmodern movement. The photography unarguably becomes ...

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Comparison/Contrast

the condition of oppression and restrictive realities. This is the symbolic premise of the poem. From this perspective the African...