Sharecroppers had no choice, but to take these jobs that forced them into debt and had a negative effect on their lives. ... Trying to get an education also proved to be extremely difficult for all the families, and children often had to travel long distances usually one to two miles to simply reach the bus stop (Agee p. 159). ... In the long term FDR's deal aimed to fix the South by helping all the citizens in the nation, but many southerners refused to change their ways. ... The New Deal that FDR proposed at the beginning of his presidency may not have been the immediate success he had ...

• Word Count: 973
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In literature, especially, most schools no longer emphasize the traditional canon of works and authors, but are instead teaching the literature of a wide variety of cultures. ... With ease and abundance and fast communications came an erosion of regional differences, a merged culture that many artists saw as a threat. ... Johnson snatches her ancestors' quilts from her daughter Dee, who wants to hang them on a wall, and gives them to Maggie, Walker illuminates her life-long celebration of rural Southern black womanhood. ...

• Word Count: 905
• Approx Pages: 4
• 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 juries, clearly affecting the way both Blacks and whites were tried. Much of this improvement has been achieved through various court decisions, and other improvements have been made through federal and state legislatures. Despite these facts, the development of the legal system with regard to race ...

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

The friendship that they had deeply influenced the writing of this book, Paul felt at ease with Lloyd and wasn't afraid to open up and share past experiences of his life. ... Paul didn't stay in this town very long when he was just a young boy his father, Rev. ... At first when I started to read this book I wasn't at all interested in it, I was merely reading it for an assignment for school and had no intention of retaining any information. ...

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

Ward believes "the Emancipation Proclamation stands as a monumental landmark in the advancement of liberty1" In contrast US history writes, "the search for equal rights was far from over with the passage of the 14th Amendment2" as the Supreme Court did nothing to ensure that the 14th Amendment, which stated that no "State [should] deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,3" was made a meaningful reality. ... Rather, he once told a black audience that there "must be a position of superior and inferior.4" James A Rawley clarifies this stating that ...

• Word Count: 3529
• 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