As Morel watched the shipments arrive he noticed something, a great amount of ivory and rubber were being transported into Belgium but nothing was being taken out, as the book states: "There is no trade going on here. ... From the early 1900's until after the death of Leopold in 1909, Morel, having become a radical human rights campaigner, used the information smuggled out of the Congo by missionaries and Leopold's employees, to set up the Congo Reform Association (CRA) and mount a campaign that won the support of prominent politicians and churchmen, both in Britain and in the United...

• Word Count: 2087
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As exhilarating as this may sound the mountain they had to climb to receive acceptance the way they were was a very steep one. ... Zora Neale Hurston claims that this lack of interest and gap in the national literature and information is causing a strain on world affairs. ... The author of Scarlet Sister Mary said her neighbor didn't take well to the book because she portrayed her characters falsely as "everyone knows niggas don't think....

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to Howard Jones in the book Race on Trial, "Black people had brought suit on behalf of their rights as human beings and, whether on the basis of law or morality, went freeIf they [blacks] found equality before the courts, the momentum would develop for their achieving the same status outside the courts. ... True empathy might help our country move forward, but simple words on a document that sound far from personal will make little impact. ... My thinking was also reinforced by the education I received in school because the institution never fully educated me on the racial and...

• Word Count: 2862
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate