Therefore, Walker's writings become the bridge that connects the gap between African-American women of the past and their search to be able to express their creativity and spirituality. ... What may be viewed on the surface as a typical black woman domestic labourer to most people, is what Marshall sees as the ultimate expression of art. ... As in Marshall's essay about her mother, Delia can be paralleled to her because she is a black woman domestic labourer who is viewed as such by the rest of her town. ... These ancestors express themselves through songs and quilt-making because th...

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• Grade Level: High School

This paper will serve as a bridge between the two main arguments in the respective books and compare and contrast the lessons found within their text to the ideology of some of the most affluent civil rights leaders in world history. ... Each section in these two powerful pieces of work provided an extraordinary point of view on just how the justice system works and also showed how the system that we are taught to believe is fair and equal may not be the case for all citizens within America. ... This is when your social status depends on the color of your skin or where you come from, rathe...

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A six-year-old black girl like Ruby Bridges could be hectored and spit on by a white New Orleans mob simply because she wanted to go to the same school as white children. ... Soon it was obvious to the owners of the bus company and to the white community that the Blacks were not going to ride the buses unless their terms were met They wanted only three things: courteous treatment from drivers; seating on a first-come, first-served basis, and the employment of Black bus drivers. ... From this time forward, there was no turning back for King. ... Montgomery Improvement Association leaders had...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This subculture has historically ranged from the enchained position of slaves to more contemporary manifestos of political prisoners. ... Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with then are relegated to cages. ... And the practice of disappearing vast numbers of people from poor, immigrant, and racially marginalized community has literally become big business. ... Vast numbers of handcuffed and shackled people are moved across state borders as they are transfe...

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