He sent to prison where he was self-taught and followed the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. ... Martin, like his father and Christian teachings, preached tolerance and denounced violence as a means to achieve something. Influenced By Mahatma Gandhi and the victory Gandhi gained with his non-violent civil disobedience policy, Martin as an African American leader, urged his people to act in a civil well mannered way; but to resist oppression, a hybrid method of "fighting back the system" while showing that African Americans can have eloquence and defy violent negative stereotypes; he cal...

• Word Count: 1170
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The new social science of his time was based on seeking truth of human history through an examination of historical documents; therefore DuBois adopted this new method and as a researcher, conducted many studies including one on the urbanization of blacks in the North (The Philadelphia Negro) and the organization of blacks in the South (The Atlanta University Publications). ... By the time of his death, he school which started out with two buildings, no equipment, and a lack of funds grew into one with over one hundred buildings, approximately 1,500 students, and 200 faculty teaching thirty-e...

• Word Count: 1561
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The idea of taking a less offensive stance in order to convince another party of your logic is an age old method of persuasion that Wells is able to yield masterfully in "A Red Record". ... She talked thankfully about white women of the North coming and teaching blacks during reconstruction. ... In her article she is able to fight against racism by using the divide and conquer method; she tries to arouse a blind sense of animosity in her reader based on ideological differences between the reader and the ugly picture she paints of white southerners. ... Washington was a master at co...

• Word Count: 1541
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Du Bois certainly admires the moral value that Nussbaum portrays in her argument, but his claims in The Souls of Black Folk demonstrate his skeptical opinion of Nussbaum's method of creating citizens. ... He thus finds a high degree of moral value in Nussbaum's argument and would support her in teaching individuals to respect the rights of all people regardless of identity. ... By teaching cosmopolitan education, Nussbaum believes that human beings begin to learn fundamental things about themselves and in effect open their minds to improve their implications of individual and ...

• Word Count: 2792
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After teaching himself to read and write, Washington received a secondary education at Hampton Institute and eventually founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama (Harlan). ... This proves why DuBois does not believe that this method of achieving equality will be successful. ...

• Word Count: 1189
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Whites, being leery not to encourage freedom-based teachings of Christianity, provided a watered-down version that stayed true to the salvation message and passages encouraging the slave's docility, but avoided passages promoting freedom primarily found in the Old Testament. ... Slaves were able to develop methods of worship that were not only unique to their people, but were filled with elements of worship not previously associated with traditionally Christian worship. ... During these "sermons", the congregation was encouraged to shout and respond to what was being said in a give-and-...

• Word Count: 1954
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate