Louis with her mother and her mother's parents, brothers, and boyfriend, while she was eight; back in Stamps from age nine to thirteen; and in California with her mother, to age sixteen. Her brother was her constant companion during all but the last year. ... Louis, Maya found her mother, whom she had known only as someone who had abandoned her and who probably was dead, to be a wonder of light-skinned beauty and hurricane energy, in constant social demand. ... Freeman, her mother's boyfriend, who suffered similar neglect; when he began to abuse her sexually, an abuse at first accom...

• Word Count: 1226
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1923, two brothers from Chicago, Illinois, founded the Disney Brother's Cartoon Studio. Over the course of nine decades, this studio, founded by Walt Disney and older brother Roy, has evolved into one of the world's largest multinational mass media corporations. ... "A study conducted by Nicole Martins, an assistant professor of telecommunications in the IU College of Arts and Sciences, and Kristen Harrison, professor of communication studies at the University of Michigan, found that TV could decrease the self-esteem in children, except for white boys. ...

• Word Count: 1585
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Following in the footsteps of his father, who was very well educated himself, and his older brother, who went off to medical school, Paul was anxious to learn and it was shown through his grades. ... He later went on to be one of only 3 graduating blacks from College and still managed strive and surpass the level of educational excellency that his father and oldest brother had set for him. ... Through out the readings I found myself immensely interested in what I was learning about Paul Robeson. ...

• Word Count: 1652
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ideas of Caucasian supremacy can be found throughout doctrines and scripture that exist in important Church documents. ... Nephi's two brothers Laman and Lemuel rose up against their brother and formed a band of dissidents that rejected Nephi's religious ideas. ... Cain murdered his brother Abel and gloried in his wickedness because Satan commanded him to perform the task. ...

• Word Count: 3075
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"With so many of their brothers, sons and fathers away from war, black women increasingly found work outside the laundry and domestic service which had previously had been their lot."6 Black men and women are not only increased in numbers via employment, but union membership increased as well. ...

• Word Count: 1502
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"With so many of their brothers, sons and fathers away from war, black women increasingly found work outside the laundry and domestic service which had previously had been their lot."6 Black men and women are not only increased in numbers via employment, but union membership increased as well. ...

• Word Count: 1502
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Like so many other Chinese characters in the American popular imagination, Jian-Wa becomes inextricably linked to the world of crime through his brother's association with a criminal "tong."" ... Losing his brother, Wa-Go (Chi-Muoi Lo), to the excesses of capitalism represented by an Asian criminal gang, Jian-Wa's dream of freedom has turned on him, and, helped by his brother's ghost, he continues on his quest for some sort of resolution as the series follows him on his journey across America. ...

• Word Count: 9463
• Approx Pages: 38
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate