Many influences give the idea onto the character, that in order to be successful in life you must be white. ... "There were two immediate reasons of my forced loneliness; I began to find company in books and greater pleasure in music" (Chapter 2). The ex-colored man wanted to "bringing glory and honor to the Negro race" (Chapter 3). ... His millionaire friend gives him a choice by saying, "My boy, you are by blood, by appearance, by education and by tastes, a white man. ... I think this novel is suggesting that we all give our burden of culture and follow our individual lives. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In chapter ten, Moody starts high school with a new insight into the life of Negroes in Mississippi. ... Rice was giving her because it could cost Mrs. ... Chapter ten and eleven's passage led me to choosing my second song titled, "Mississippi Goddam," by Nina Simone. ... Chapter twenty-one, twenty-two, and thirty are where we really see Anne Moody stand up for herself and the black community. ... Overall, Coming of Age in Mississippi gives us a better understanding of racial segregation, racial violence, and discrimination. ...

• Word Count: 1133
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• Grade Level: High School

In chapter ten, Moody starts high school with a new insight into the life of Negroes in Mississippi. ... Rice was giving her because it could cost Mrs. ... Chapter ten and eleven's passage led me to choosing my second song titled, "Mississippi Goddam," by Nina Simone. ... Chapter twenty-one, twenty-two, and thirty are where we really see Anne Moody stand up for herself and the black community. ... Overall, Coming of Age in Mississippi gives us a better understanding of racial segregation, racial violence, and discrimination. ...

• Word Count: 1133
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• Grade Level: High School

Within these parts are chapters that pinpoints specific rules that are carried through politics. ... Based off the few chapters of the first part of the book, Chris Matthews focused on clarification of what alliances are like in politics. ... When one is silent in the "political world" they usually hold a lot of power because they are receiving more information than they are giving. ... Donald Trump said he would give any charity that Barack Obama choses, one million dollars, if he released his personal birth documents. ... This book will give students insight on government and how ...

• Word Count: 1485
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• Grade Level: High School

The black community of America continued to fight racism and segregation and did not give up the fight until they earned the place that they are in now. ... At the beginning of the second chapter, "Lincoln Institute", the school Berea Hall is depicted. ... Its main duty was to give the neglected African American youths that had been cast out from attending any other schools in the states. ... There was one in particular that rose above all the rest, and the title of chapter six of Mr. ... African Americans in Louisville were no stranger to being business owners and this is outlined i...

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In the book Bone Black, Bell Hooks gives a vivid look into her childhood. ... In the next few chapters she discusses how they were brought up to fear white people. ... Bell wants people to understand why and how she became the person that she is today, by giving the reader a personal look into her childhood. ... Every chapter of this book tells another story of how she has become the person she is today. ...

• Word Count: 959
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• Grade Level: High School

Each chapter also includes an introduction and a summary. ... I thought that the citations should have been printed in a smaller font and placed at the end of the chapter. ... He discusses the same topics that have been presented in PS 484-01 but gives more examples than the current text. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Adrienne's civil right group in chapter 3, we are informed that one of the biggest concerns for the group is the lack of interest in the cause from the younger citizens in their city. ... For many people, King's death marked the end of the civil rights movement, knowing this might give more insight to the interaction between Martin and Nolan in chapter six. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In 1917 Williams formed the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP. ... He was the president of Atlanta's chapter of the NAACP that his father started (Garrow). ... Shortly after he moved to Montgomery a woman named Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white man. ... As the head of the MIA King also had to give speeches for the boycott. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

For example there were many women forced to give up their homes and farms and made to live in internment camps. ... After the men came home from war the "Rosie's- would stay at home with the kids and give the jobs back to the men. ... Chapter 9: Victorian Sexuality During the Nineteenth-Century, there were many prostitutes in New York. ... Chapter 2: Native American vs. ...

• Word Count: 1504
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• Grade Level: High School

In 1917 Williams formed the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP. ... He was the president of Atlanta's chapter of the NAACP that his father started (Garrow). ... Shortly after he moved to Montgomery a woman named Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white man. ... As the head of the MIA King also had to give speeches for the boycott. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It takes the form of a dramatic monologue, a weary mother giving worldly advice to her son. ... The title of the poem sets the stage of a mother getting ready to give her son advice. ... Hughes" background and familiarity with the biblical "Jacob's Ladder" (Genesis, Chapter 28) and its ties to the struggle and freedom for Blacks in America, creates the backdrop for the matriarchal figure that speaks to her son. ... If she can do it, then there is no reason to give up, as she is the ultimate example of strength and perseverance. ... The warning is not to give up the fight or all will be l...

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Hayes, head of the fund to "Educate Negros," was giving a scholarship to a black man. ... W.E.B. also wrote the now famous book The Souls of Black Folks, which, in one chapter, entitled "Of Booker T. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They also attempted to get private retailers like Sears, which was anti-union and resistant to grassroots pressure, to give credit to lower income people. "A list of proposed slogans for the Sears campaign included: "The Rich get cash & credit at least give the poor credit"; "How Many credit Cards do you have? We only want ONE[,] a SEARS credit card for all poor people"; and "Give us Credit for Being American." ... "Ahmad Rahmad of the Illinois chapter remembers that it was in the Illinois Black Panther Party where he "first took orders from a woman who wasn't my mother." ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Giving some space to Douglass" parentage and early upbringing, Chesnutt focuses on key episodes related to Douglass" struggle from slavery to freedom, his sojourn with the abolitionists, and his rise to the famous orator and astute politician of with which history gives him credit. ... Some of these are new archival materials, but the editor here was able to locate most of them and make use of the material found in the end notes following each chapter. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Reading references" at end of each chapter in both items. "Record illustrations" at end of most of the chapters of The Negro and his music. ... Critic David Kasner agrees that Harris and Molesworth have done a tremendous service with this biography, they have put Locke in perspective, giving him his rightful due without falsely exaggerating his importance. ... All in all, his collection of essays will give his readers another chance to see Locke as writer and thinker where he belongs, moving about the issues brought to light when we think hard about race, culture, and value. ...

• Word Count: 2542
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

"Reading references" at end of each chapter in both items. "Record illustrations" at end of most of the chapters of The Negro and his music. ... Critic David Kasner agrees that Harris and Molesworth have done a tremendous service with this biography, they have put Locke in perspective, giving him his rightful due without falsely exaggerating his importance. ... All in all, his collection of essays will give his readers another chance to see Locke as writer and thinker where he belongs, moving about the issues brought to light when we think hard about race, culture, and value. ...

• Word Count: 2542
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• Grade Level: High School

Her teaching career ended in 1976 giving her a total of thirty-four years as an educator. ... For example, she was president of the Women's Political Counsel (WPC) college chapter, an organization of black women founded by Dr. ...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School