Before his tragic death, he spoke one of the most important speeches in history, the I Have a Dream speech. ... Soon after he says this, he begins to share the dreams he has for America. ... King's dream was every Negro's dream, to be free of the beatings, discriminating words, and to be able to call white men friends. ... King died trying to make that dream come true and it is our duty, and the government's, to fulfill his dream. ... Within seconds she disappeared into a cross street," Staples calling her a victim is significant and ironic because though he has done nothi...

• Word Count: 1861
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"I have a dream- are the famous words stated by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28th, 1963 in civil rights movement speech (King). ... Although the authorities were worried that the 100,000 participants would prove with acts of violence that Kennedy should not approve the bill, King had faith that there would be no problems whatsoever within the crowd. King made his "I have a Dream" speech to all the people present, and millions watching on TV (Moritz, 220). ... From that decision on, white and blacks were to live as equals within the American borders, and King was viewed as the hero. .....

• Word Count: 1609
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Within segregation it has a Superior and inferior group. ... They had this mind set because they were involved in everything; they had their hands within the system. ... The black community came together with hopes and dreams of desegregation. ... Not only was he the voice of the people, he was also the hope and dreams of the black community. ...

• Word Count: 1633
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

He and the group of women who followed him acted from within spiritual traditions often associated with Hinduism. ... " It was this devil who had burned his home, killed his father, institutionalized his mother, separated his family, encouraged him to abandon his dreams, and ultimately thrown him in prison. ... His dream was to create an organization different from the NOI that "would embrace all faiths of black people, and it would carry into practice what the NOI had only preached....

• Word Count: 2128
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

According to David Willson "the leaders of revolutions actually help their followers to find the courage already within themselves- (151). ... However, Willson's friendship with Bradshaw did not give David the courage needed to rebel against the oppressiveness of south and his father to pursue his dreams in New York. ... According to David Willson "the leaders of revolutions actually help their followers to find the courage already within themselves- (151). ... However, Willson's friendship with Bradshaw did not give David the courage needed to rebel against the oppressiveness of ...

• Word Count: 1992
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Young Pecola has the knowledge that she isn't were attractive and often wishes, dreams, yearns in desperation to fit in the model of white beauty. ... (David 68) But Claudia, too, learns to interject those ideals knowing that, in order to be loved and accepted, she must conform because, as she remembers, "all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured-(Morrison 20) But Morrison is not intent upon merely affirming the existence of the fear, frustration, and fury inherent in black life; she wished to expose the psychic cause...

• Word Count: 2499
• Approx Pages: 10
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However, in this novel Morrison is placing the spot light on African-Americans and how racism within the race accelerates their self destruction. ... By thoroughly showing how African-Americans perpetuate this hatred, Morrison can make an appeal for change within the race. ... Maureen is described as "a high-yellow dream child with long brown hair There was a hint of spring in her sloe green eyes, something summery in her complexion."" ...

• Word Count: 1291
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The survivors of this decline, especially whites, fled the cities to pursue new dreams in the suburbs. ... As a result of racial tensions in the cities, the only safety blacks could find was in de-facto segregation; many blacks ended up creating their own areas within large urban cities. ...

• Word Count: 1369
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The protagonist holds tight to the American dream, which is sought by all men, and of all races. ... His skin color is a paradox within itself. ... Although he has done this he is not at peace within himself, "I cannot repress the thought, that, after all, I have chosen the lesser part, that I have sold my birthright for a mess of pottage." (100) He will never be able to reverse what has been done. ...

• Word Count: 1633
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In his book, Dark Water: Voices From Within the Veil, Du Bois said, "I felt myself standing, not against the world, but simply against American narrowness and color prejudice, with the greater, finer world at my back urging me on. ... I dreamed and loved and wandered and sang; then, after two long years, I dropped suddenly back into "nigger"-hating America! ... " This creates an internal struggle within African Americans. ...

• Word Count: 1517
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• Grade Level: High School

While Jacobs didn't consider herself to be a slave - "I never dreamed I was a piece of merchandise"(Jacobs 3), Frederick Douglass had to re-learn to think of himself as a human being and a free man, rather than a property of someone or a slave. ... It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood. ...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The poem begins with the instructor giving the class the assignment of writing a paper and asking that what they write comes from within them and only then it'll be truethis is immediately followed by the characters line, "I wonder if its that simple?... In this line we see our character telling the reader of his journey, moving from Historically poor Winston-Salem, to Durham where he attended school, which is an area of fine schools, already showing the reader his journey has been moving up the latter fighting for opportunity, in a time and place that dreams for black men were held ...

• Word Count: 1440
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

When his stepfather dies in 1943, Baldwin moved to Greenwich Village to pursue his literary dreams. ... Brooke discusses various articles published within the issue including one on James Baldwin's queer utility, one on the influence of Carson McCullers to James Baldwin. ...

• Word Count: 1511
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His speaking prowess inspired African American citizens to rise up and help achieve King's "dream" for America. ... Police opened fire on the protesters and within minutes, 56 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured. ...

• Word Count: 1517
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Celie's dreams never deteriorate and she is eventually delivered from the oppression of her younger days. ... On the one hand, it's refreshing to see a film that not only focuses on the experiences of people of color, but specifically on the experiences of women of color; but on the other hand, it's also important to look at the framework within which these experiences are portrayed. ...

• Word Count: 1523
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As the nation changes however, his dreams do not seem as farfetched as they previously had. ... The FEPC was supposed to enforce the order to ban discriminatory hiring within the federal government and in corporations that received federal contracts. ...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School