Holden is unwilling to cooperate, socially and scholastically, which brings about mental and physical problems. ... A black teen from Mississippi, Anne Moody, wrote, "I was fifteen years old when I began to hate people. ... I hated them for not standing up and doing something about the murders" (303). ... Nevertheless, he says, "That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a goddam toilet seat" (Salinger 62). ... Under all Holden's angst, fears, and unwillingness to mature is a confused boy. ...

• Word Count: 817
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There are two main families in the novel, one consisting of Mother, Father and their little boy who are part of the upper class society in New Rochelle. ... Back in the upperclass family, Mother finds a baby buried alive in thier backyard; she finds out it is a black washwoman named Sarah's baby. ... A black man named Coalhouse Walker stops by the family's home in New Rochelle, asking to see Sarah, but she refused to see him. ... When Coalhouse complained about his car and he was arrested. ... Mother and Father meet Tateh in Atlantic City, and the little boy and the little girl...

• Word Count: 937
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

To make up for the shortage of labor, the Company sent black slaves to New Amsterdam. ... Before the British took over in 1664, blacks made up 20% of the population. ... By 1776, the only groups that remained segregated were the blacks and the Jews. ... In 1760, the number of houses in NYC was about 2,600. By 1771, about 22,000 people resided in NYC. ...

• Word Count: 4369
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Sources differ when talking about when Hurston furthered her education. ... Shortly after graduation, she moved from her hometown in Florida to Harlem, New York in hopes of finding success and inspiration (About Zora Neale Hurston).  ... By the mid-1940s, Hurston's writing career was faltering, and she was arrested and charged with molesting a ten-year-old boy and his two friends. ... Only one of the other adults, a black male janitor, was formally charged. ... "God does love black people, doesn't He?" ...

• Word Count: 1464
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In this discussion he talked about the racism and neglect of the city kids. The children that he follows are mostly black or hispanic and are the subject of racial neglect, according to Kozol. ... In one instance in the story, there is a little boy who is playing in a hallway and leans against an elevator shaft. The shaft doors open and the boy falls to his death. ... These cuts are funded by laying off many social service agents who also happen to be mostly black and hispanic women. ...

• Word Count: 4415
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

A famous club known for showcasing black-talent was the "Cotton Club". The "Cotton Club" was owned by whites, but all of the performers were black. ... The radio and film industries also discriminated against blacks. ... Black artists flocked to Harlem in the late nineteen twenties. ... He attended an all black school as a child. ...

• Word Count: 2498
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Jazz Singer portrays Jack as a boy who was never fully satisfied as the typical Jew and in order to find real joy in life he is forced to disappoint his parents or deny himself his dreams of being a performer. ... When Jack Robins sang in the bar as a young boy, he began a cinematic revolution. ... The song is about an Alabama mother, but as Jack sings you are able to recognize it is about his own mother. ... A powerful scene is when Mary enters the room and Jack is applying the black face paint, he is clearly distraught and conflicted by his Jewish culture and his career. ... Although he ...

• Word Count: 1489
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

February is Black History Month A full appreciation of the celebration of Black History Month requires a review and a reassessment of the social and academic climate that prevailed in the Western world, and especially in North America before 1926 when Black History Month was established. ... Black History Month takes on a paramount significance as we approach the 21st century. Civil rights laws and celebrations such as Black History Month have exposed the legal consequences of overt discriminatory practices and racial harassment. ... He later attended Fisk University, then transferred to Ha...

• Word Count: 3305
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Holden is unwilling to cooperate, socially and scholastically, which brings about mental and physical problems. ... A black teen from Mississippi, Anne Moody, wrote, "I was fifteen years old when I began to hate people. ... I hated them for not standing up and doing something about the murders" (303). ... Nevertheless, he says, "That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a g______ toilet seat" (Salinger 62). ... Under all Holden's angst, fears, and unwillingness to mature is a confused boy. ...

• Word Count: 852
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

James Baldwin, though controversial in his own time due to his homosexual writings, became a leading black commentator on the suffering and abuse of his people in the United States, which he believed symbolized universal conflicts. ... It was only when Baldwin began writing about his own personal experiences did he become an accomplished writer. ... He felt as though he was "too black" as well as isolated, and all of these insecurities constituted for his leaving Switzerland after only two weeks (Als 141). ... His most famous novel, Got Tell It on the Mountain published in 1953, is an unus...

• Word Count: 2437
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Whether it is the controversial lyrics or the vicious murders of many artists, violence appears to be an everyday element of this "bad-boy" lifestyle. ... Black Entertainment Television reports that [The New York Post] speculates "Jam Master Jay may have been killed for a dispute over money, and fingered an individual named Curtis Scoon as the prime suspect in the investigation, and the man wanted by police for questioning" (Creekmur, BET). ... Wallace and his recording label Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. had strong influence in the eastern area of the United States, while Shakur and Death Row R...

• Word Count: 2526
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School