All throughout history, there have been times in which a moment or event nearly summed up a generation: what happened during that time period, what the people were experiencing, the emotional state of a country, the impact of a single person all merely examples of stories that helped share a larger one. ... Only later is the reader told that the farmhand was actually the farm owners secret son. The title, The Moment Before the Gun Went Off, refers to the overall place and state the farmer and farmhand found themselves in before the unfortunate event took place, a moment of high excitement s...

• Word Count: 1018
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Since the time of slavery, African American women have endured many hardships. This group has suffered such injustices as racial prejudice, social and sexual discrimination. Women are constantly being placed under stereotypical microscopes. Black women have succeeded in the world today despit...

• Word Count: 1267
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are various types of people that live in today's society and each person has a unique aspect of their character to share with the society. ... He secretly longs for the comfort and privacy of his grandfather's mansion on the old family plantation, despite his avowed repudiation of his family's status as former slaveholders. ...

• Word Count: 1330
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Drawing on Pieter's secret journals, to which she gains access after his disgrace is made public, Tante Sophie sets out to piece together the story of her nephew's self-destructive behavior. ... Pieter receives more than his share; Nella receives very little; Stephanie none at all. ...

• Word Count: 1438
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Section 1: Question 2 Slave narratives such as The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl help readers try to experience and understand what life was like as a slave. These writings really get into specifics regarding the treatment of African-Americans in t...

• Word Count: 1740
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ethnikas and ethos taken together therefore can mean a band of people or nation living together who share customs. ... Combining the definitions and interpretations of identity and ethnicity it can be concluded that they mean, or at minimum imply, the sameness of a band or nation of people who share common customs, traditions, historical experiences, and in some instances geographical residence (De Vos, 1995: 67). ...

• Word Count: 3101
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In her quest of "trying to learn the white folks secret (p.41)", the normal, usual activities of a nine year old child were disrupted by societal issues of race that were prevalent in the neighborhood environment. ...

• Word Count: 2352
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

African Americans have been fighting for their rights for decades. The African American civil rights movement changed everything. This social movement looked to outlaw discrimination towards black Americans and obtain their right to vote. The movement did not turn to violence to get what they wanted...

• Word Count: 3545
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate