During this time in the southern states, black people had to use separate bathrooms, drinking fountains, sections in restaurants, churches, and even go to separate schools. ... The novel TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee has numerous accounts of racism and prejudice throughout the entire piece. ... There were separate schools, water fountains, restores, even churches. ... Throughout the novel, we see each separate person and his personal narrow-mindedness. ...

• Word Count: 1427
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The first piece of reconstructionist legislation was the 14th amendment, which guaranteed blacks citizenship and equal protection under the law. ... By 1885, most states had separate schools which catered to the black and white communities of the south. ... Ferguson case which decided separate was allowed as long as the facilities were equal. ...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5

Pretty nearly 11 to 16 million slaves were brought to the Americas originating from a few piece of Africa. ... While African Americans were ensured rights amid the Reconstruction period, once it finished a large portion of those rights were taken away after the U.s Supreme court ruled "separate however equivalent" offices were sacred in the 1896 Plessy V. ... They didn't need white and African Americans to sit in the same room there were likewise separate theaters for minorities individuals. ... The Court chose that state laws obliging separate however equivalent schools damaged the Equal...

• Word Count: 2190
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography

William Faulkner touches remarkably on all of these ideas in his piece entitled Wash and another work, Victory Mountain. ... Though marginally separated financially they still operate on the old southern ideas of class. ... Though there was a change after the war, they were inside and Sutpen was now in a chair while Wash was sitting on any piece of scrap left, the change was only minor. ...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I can't tell you more, but read the book, and the piece in the last September's Reader's Digest and you"ll know who I really am" (Griffin, 37). ... The distance between them and me was far more miles than that physically separated us. ... They would live on separate sides of the cities. ...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

When assessing a novel to see whether it qualifies for high school curriculum, one of the criterion follows that the piece of literature must offer a new perspective and truthful sense of the time period and its cultural elements that cannot be found in less controversial material, such as textbooks. ... Even during the post-Civil War era, Southerners showed strong racist sentiment towards African Americans through the Jim Crow laws and "separate but equal " treatment, influencing the nature of the novel. ... The desolating pain for his family that plagues Jim simply cannot be found in textbo...

• Word Count: 2046
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The second section discusses a Negro man being sent into a separate room to take his meal due to the arrival of company. ... The third piece of the poem alludes to a time when the man will be treated as an equal brother of America. ...

• Word Count: 1522
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The art of quilts passed down through generations of women, provide the family with a piece of living history. ... Education has given many opportunities to Dee, but at the same time, has separated her from her family. ...

• Word Count: 1619
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, was a watershed piece of legislation that "outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin" (History). ... " The truth is that even as some racial barriers have tumbled, economic disparities separating the African Americans and Caucasians remains as wide as they were when marchers assembled in 1963 (Fletcher). ...

• Word Count: 1633
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Centuries later, even after the Civil War (the war that was so called fought to "free slaves" but in actuality was fought over power and control by two separate factions of the ruling class) Africans were still resisting. ... In this document, a police officer gives his account of the women's reasons for striking, "They swear they will never wash another piece for less than one dollar a dozen, but they will never get it and will soon give in....

• Word Count: 1964
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The Harlem Renaissance was a very important African-American cultural and social movement during the early twentieth century. The Harlem Renaissance marked the first time that African-American artists and authors were taken seriously by American society. During the Harlem Renaissance, African-Americ...

• Word Count: 2498
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School