The Coon was an urban free black man that attempted to imitate the white folk. ... The existence of the Coon again clearly showed that free black Americans were inconsequential in value to the society. ... With such prevalent degrading representations of the Black American in the early half of the 20th century it comes as no surprise that contemporary black entertainers struggle to break free from these characters. ...

• Word Count: 1938
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

We have been taught since elementary school that the pilgrims journeyed away from Europe to escape from the oppression of the British king to be free in the new land of the Americas. ... That's why Dunbar "[knows] why the the caged bird sings" (15) even while in complete pain, the bird continues its song and shake the bars, because "he would be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer...But a plea" (17-20). ... We are given a peak into what they have gone through, and how white people have destroyed their lives and has made the mother into such a distraught...

• Word Count: 1871
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Martin Luther King addressed the nation with his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, King believed in the power of natural law to propel the free flow of justice in a color blind society. ... King stated that the "Emancipation Proclamation" came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice the Negro still is not free. ... When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This not...

• Word Count: 2706
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the United States. Blacks have not always been afforded a right to trial, not to mention a fair one. Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on ...

• Word Count: 3584
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. Kung Fu (Warner Bros, ABC, 1972-1975), starring David Carradine as Kwai-Chang Caine, featured a white American actor as a bi-racial Shaolin priest in the Old West. Originally conceived as a vehicle for martial arts adept Bruce Lee, the series went to an actor with little physical ability, but with a knack for embodying a Hippie pacifism along with a reluctant, but devastating aggression On the lam from the la...

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