" Because of the time period taken place in the novel, Lily isn't used to her not being wanted because of her skin color. ... In the end of the novel Lily is proud to be living with the Boatwright sisters. ... She realized that it is a community she loves and that it does not matter that her "family" members are black and she is white. ... She has a nervous breakdown and throws honey jars at the wall but she keeps her mother's things not ready to let them go. ... In conclusion, Lily had to deal with forgiving herself of her mother's death because she always knew that her m...

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• Grade Level: High School

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born Tuesday, January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, to the proud parents Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King. ... He is not the only person who played a role in changing the world but he definitely stands out as one of the most influencing. ... Later on that year, Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person. ... King's death was a shock to everyone. ...

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The Native Americans did not consider "white way of living righteous" for them, they were spiritual and had a different outlook on life, and did not want interference from outside world. ... After seeing their own villages, where they were born and where the soul was, burn down to ashes, their hatred and dispiteous actions towards whites just grew stronger and stronger, and all they wanted was revenge and death of whites. ... Indians were proudly keeping on fighting the Wasichu, many times left with two horses and wounded. ... Nevertheless all the descriptive lives of the Indians and how much ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The repressive laws of the apartheid system introduced and practiced by the white minority National Party government after 1948, certainly made black resistance difficult but not impossible. ... He wanted blacks and rather all races to think differently about themselves, he wanted blacks to think differently about their situation, and he wanted blacks to be proud of their heritage and culture. ... Biko's death promised great sorrow within the anitiapartheid movement and he is remembered as a martyr. ... As the power of the apartheid system grew, so did black consciousness...not only in So...

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Identifying his true self and allowing himself the responsibility of his actions all led to his deep longing to go off on his own and, for once in his life, not owe anyone for anything. ... "No reconciliation took place Just as the consequences of Milkman's own stupidity would remain, and regret would always outweigh the things he was proud of having done,"" (335). ... "At the end of Milkman's journey is not the gold which triggered it, but the dismantling of his personality and the acquisition of a difficult knowledge of himself and those closest to him,"" (30). ... Milkman's ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Although IM eventually gives in to the white M.C. who terrorizes him for saying "social equality" instead of "social responsibility" (31), his surrender to the dehumanization is not actually disgraceful, for it gave him the opportunity to "KeepRunning" or to step into his long journey toward identity (33). ... " and "Black men, I'm proud of you" (281), IM gains new will to fight any injustice and unfair reality, and even recovers his pride he has previously lost to the white men at the Battle Royal and Dr. ... Several chapters later, when he se...

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Essentially, Daisy is not beautiful because she is black. ... When Janie leaves with Tea Cake, her "soul crawls out from its hiding place" (192), implying that she is now free and proud. ... Not only does Mrs. ... At the end of Janie's trial for Tea Cake's death, it is the black community that continues to reject her. ... She does not care what people have to say about her. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

While Whites looked back proudly on their achievements in history and culture, Blacks were denied their identity. ... Slaves were not looked upon as human beings but rather as objects. Indeed it was not common to call a slave other than by his first name or as boy". ...

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• Grade Level: High School