The Montgomery busboy cut was started by Rosa Parks an NAACP activist that decided not to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery. ... As a result of Rosa parks not giving up her seat on the bus for a white man, Martin Luther King was elected to lead the Montgomery bus boycott by fellow members of the NAACP. ... However the impact that he made didn't cause a turning point in the civil rights movement, as there were other factors like the little rock movement, that arguably made a bigger impact towards discrimination towards black Americans and getting the civil rights act p...

• Word Count: 1288
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After someone is labeled a felon, they lose rights to public housing, and it gets really hard for them to find jobs, which is why according to Michelle Alexander, seventy percent of the people who go to jail are right back inside within three months. (78) The prison industrial complex is a new term for slavery, because many companies make millions of dollars daily off having jails so populated and the more populated jails get, the bigger their pockets become. ... If Whites are just as likely to break drug related laws as African Americans, how is it possible that an African American man is 30%...

• Word Count: 1422
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Clinton family could not catch a break through their entire term as "the level of hostility directed against Clinton by punditocracy big-feet was truly a wonder." ... McGowen stated that the Times gave the murder credit for his principles and described the incident as an act of protest against white supremacy, when in fact that article stated how mentally deranged the man was and quoted his friend calling the act insane. ... However, a month before Smart was kidnapped, another little girl, named Alexis Patterson disappeared on her way from school on day. ... There was very little covera...

• Word Count: 950
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy". ... Through her hardships Ellen faces a number of family members who only "want what the fancy people in their big houses got" Whilst Gibbons forces the readers to feel sympathy for the young girl, she allows the reader to feel close with her to once become a child again. Although only young, Ellen is far from naive and Gibbons cleverly portrays her to be an independent girl who can see anyone's undisclosed ambitions whether it be for power or wealth, "Aunt Nadine was only laughing at the smiley man becau...

• Word Count: 1059
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Out of these economic problems that play a big part in the novel, Carl Lee can only pay Jake $900 to take his case, and is unable to get a new mortgage on his land in order to pay for the remainder of the agreed fee. ...

• Word Count: 4938
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" Historically there have been many people and organizations that have stood up against racial profiling despite the fact that so little progress has been made. ... This is a cycle that has personal and societal costs and is both symptomatic and symbolic of bigger issues at the crossroads of race and the criminal justice system. ...

• Word Count: 1975
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate