Malcolm was actually intended to be sent to a reform school, but didn't end up going there for quite some time because the family he lived with liked him so much. ... He was convicted and sentenced to serve time in jail. It was in jail that his next major phase of life started; his religious phase. ... This is where the next phase of his life started. ... Also, when he and Shorty where caught committing robberies with Sophia and her sister, they were sentenced to much longer sentences just because they had been suspected of also taking advantage of these white girls, which was ver...

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• Grade Level: High School

Lynchings by local mobs started to become a common ritual on blacks that didn't abide by the Jim Crow laws. This practice was performed mainly in the south with authorities and politicians "looking the other way." ... I caught myself in shock wondering where he got his information because it was so hard to conceive. ... Then we started to see how the judicial system was no different than being out there in the communities with lynch mobs. ... They were sentenced to death in the first trial, but got retried several times over 6 years. ...

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So what could possibly be wrong with classifying a crime with hate, for a larger sentence? ... And don't even get me started on the case of the black street punk who got punched by the cop. ... His attackers were charged with hate crimes and made out to be savage homophobes. ... His attackers should be executed, but not because Shappard was gay, but rather because they committed murder. ... I am pro death penalty, and while I do think these hate crime committers should be executed or prosecuted fully, why should the other regular murders deserve lighter sentences? ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Derek and his racist friend Cameron start up a white supreme gang called the D.O.C. ... He is upset because he feels like the government is just ignoring the problem. ... Derek is only sentenced to three years because his brother wouldn't testify as an eye witness against him. ... Sweeny relates to Danny a lot because he was also racist growing up. ... He finally starts to come to grips with his father's death, and he starts changing his beliefs about African Americans. ...

• Word Count: 2014
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

With the help of the Christian church they managed to start a kind of non-violent revolution which finally made the white people understand the injustice of segregation, so that discrimination by law was finally abolished. ... King and other civil rights leaders, like Philip Randolph and Roy Wilkins met with president Eisenhower, with no results. ... He was welcomed by the prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and discussed with followers of Gandhi. ... Students started sit-ins to integrate lunch-counters. ... During such a sit-in King was arrested and sentenced to 6 months in jail on the pretex...

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• Grade Level: High School

Marcus Garvey was one of the most influential leaders of his time because he started the Universal Negro Improvement Association, advocated black unity, preached self-reliance, and was the black peoples' spokesman. Marcus Garvey started UNIA because he wanted blacks to have pride in themselves and to be treated fairly. ... This sudden change was mainly done because the Liberian government became aware of the uproar that Garvey was causing in the U.S. with his preachings. ... Garvey was sentenced to three months in Spanish Town Prison for contempt or court. ... He preached separatism; ...

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That's because of missconceptions. ... Well that's O.K., because today the majority of cowboys are white, but back in the 1800's the numbers were different.(*) The "cowboy" in general started in what is now southern Texas in the early 1800's. ... The herders in Texas were unique, because they started their own slang, dress codes, cattle trails, leisure time events and were crowned the name Cowboy. ... Blacks were sometimes leading groups because of there expertise and not because of there color. ... Finally he was knocked out during a card game b...

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• Grade Level: High School

The very title of his speech "I Have a Dream" was probably taken from his use of anaphora (using the same word at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences) which was present throughout his speech. ... This hope was that they would one day be treated as equals and walk side by side with the all other races. ... King's use of alluding to other historic documents, which also deal with equality issues, helped his speech reach the listener. ... King does not want the equality-seeking listeners to go out and use force or start a battle to get their freedom because then it would give the...

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• Grade Level: High School

The person is automatically using plain racism, but they would never use the word racism with their assumption. ... People are raised with different beliefs, and may share or differ in their thoughts of other races. ... I do not know whether it is because I live in this sheltered little world, or because New England just does not have as many fancy racism groups as other areas of the U.S. ... The statement starts off saying "Negro-, and then in the last paragraph uses the term "African-. ... They even stated it in the finishing sentence, "that the enslaved African race were not intended to be ...

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Howlands were rich men because they had land. ... Howlands because he got education. " Mr. Howlands is a wealthy man because he owns lots of land yet Jacobo was educated. ... "Or be like Juliana...proud to have a daughter who was a teacher. " Stating that the only ones with knowledge were the whites and the only ones that were important were those with education or with educated children. ... In addition, this novel is a book in translation, so some of the sentence and grammatical structure can be a bit tricky at times. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The conflict is supported by Bigger's difficulty to be happy with who he is. ... Sara had a hard time trying to fit her own definition of being an American because she started her journey in another country. ... Bigger struggled to fit into the society around him because the society around him refused to accept him. ... Between jobs, Bigger spent most of his time hanging out with his friends getting into trouble until he went to work for the Daltons in his mid-20's. ... At the end of Bigger's journey, Bigger was captured by the police and sentenced to death. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Sometimes, people assumes that they can receive a better outcome by avoiding the truth intentionally because it betrayal of their own expectations. ... The invisible man first starts to undergo realizations of reality after he finished from the college and his arrival in New York. ... His job consists of mixing pitch black paint with white paint to form the company. ... By analyzing the sentence that he said, the isolation between whites and blacks stands out very clearly. ... With its location in the basement, the boiler room can hide one from the light, or truth, of the real world.  ...

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I have just been sentenced to two years in state prison for committing armed robbery. ... We pull up to the first of three gates, and an officer climbs aboard and starts calling out names. ... The only reason I don't qualify as a level 1 is because I used a gun so I get to play with the really bad guys. ... I start to get tough with him. ... I start messing around with him telling him to shut up before I kill him, getting a little too big for my britches. ...

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He started High School at the age of 18. ... King started to base his words and acts on religious concepts since when he was young. ... His life started changing when he was in prison, by joining the Nation of Islam (pp.121). ... After he got sentenced ten years of prison, he met some people who were already in the Nation of Islam. ... He told black people that they were physically and spiritually sick, because for centuries they had accepted the white men's Christianity. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Some may be sub-species who share a common ancestor with the white race. ... Everything they do is geared towards populating the earth with all white people. ... Because they fell the latter terms indicates an existence of respect for the black race. ... This was the start of much violence that has been associated with church members. ... In California COTC members Geremy von Rineman and Jill Scarborough were arrested in a plot to bomb Los Angeles' largest black church. 1995 John McLaughlin, a close friend of Matt Hale, is sentenced to 2- ½ years probation after he is convicted of s...

• Word Count: 1899
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

And if you're not ready to get involved with either only of those, you are satisfied with the status quo. ... You 're good with your hands-making things. ... I'm telling you we do it because we live in one of the rottenest countries that has ever existed on this earth. ... As is the case in any jungle, the hustler's -every waking hour is lived with both the practical and the subconscious knowledge that if he ever relaxes, if he ever slows down, the other hungry, restless foxes, ferrets, wolves, and vultures out there with him won't hesitate to make him their prey. 5 ...

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After moving to Lansing, right after the sixth child was born, their house burned to the ground one night with the entire family inside, the fire was started by people who wanted Earl Little out of town. ... He started out as a shoe shine boy, working at a dance hall for white dances and occasionally black dances when they were allowed. ... Malcom and Shorty received a sentence that reflected more than their breaking and entering crimes, the judge had to show them that they couldn't mess with good white women and get away with it. The men went to separate prisons to do their time and t...

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Is it because we are said to be weak, educationally impaired or is it because of the difference in body parts? ... African Americans were also brutally treated with inequality. ... Martin Luther King starts off his speech he says, "I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.... This would be an example of situational irony because just as he said, that speech is one of the greatest demonstrations for freedom. ... The use of the word victim is ironic because instead of her, he has been the victim...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

If they could not pay their debt with money they sent food and livestock instead. ... I think I may be able to understand why some urban groups have started to refer to themselves as niggers. ... He was unjustly charged with the rape of the Mayella Ewell. ... Further investigation reveled that people from the black community - one of the most segregated towns of all of Florida -because of the police brutality. ... For drug offenses, why are black children 48 times more likely to be sentenced to prison for drug offenses than white youths? ...

• Word Count: 1892
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• Grade Level: High School

The manager, who inspires uneasiness and distrust in Marlow, explains that an inexperienced captain had wrecked the steamboat days earlier when he and the manager started up-river to pick up Mr. ... One night, an agent confides in Marlow that others at the station are weary of him because they view him as similar to Kurtz. ... With Kurtz on the boat, Marlow finally got his chance to speak face to face with the infamous man. ... Finally, the Russian asks Marlow to help him flee because he fears that the manager wants to kill him. ... Marlow follows Kurtz into the jungle where he has crawled ...

• Word Count: 4309
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• Grade Level: High School