Stephen Kumalo, a Zulu priest, and James Jarvis, a wealthy plantation owner, are brought together by tragedy and exhibit similar traits and actions under the stress. ... His sister, a prostitute, his son Absolom, an unwed father to be and future murderer, and his brother John, a corrupt politician, all strip away his innocence and test his morals. ...
In the dinner scene with his father he warns Derek to read the literature Sweeny makes him, take the test, Ace the test, but don't believe any of the information Sweeny is telling him or the literature there reading. 12. ... If not you should because you will end up stressed in the end. ...
In elections, southern states used poll taxes, literacy tests, and other means to deprive blacks of their voting rights. The Civil Rights Act of 1960 provided for the appointment of referees to help blacks register to vote, likewise the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed literacy test in many southern states. ...
If one is to discuss and problem solve an issue, he or she must first know what the issue is truly about. Affirmative action is defined as the equal opportunities given to women, minorities, and small groups so they will have the same tools, education, and allotment to achieve their goals in life. S...
Because disenfranchising blacks was impossible due to the Fifteenth Amendment, poll taxes and literacy tests accomplished this task indirectly. ... In Washington's "Atlanta Exposition Address", he stresses, "Cast down your bucket where you are- cast it down in making friends in every manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded." ...
To keep Blacks from registering to vote, poll taxes were raised, comprehension tests were held and the grandfather-clause was put into practice. ... They became more radical and turned to organisations, which preached black pride, black self-esteem, and black nationalism, but also stressed the need for an internationalisation of the fight because of the interdepence of all nations in the modern world. go to top Martin Luther King, jr. ...
