People took his dream to be their dream and different people from all walks of life saw this dreamer (King) as the conscience of the whole nation. ... King's dream is " a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers." ... King is remembered for his humanity, leadership and his love of his fellow man regardless of skin color. ...

• Word Count: 765
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

," "Remembering Miss Alberta: One of Alice's Women," and "A Worn Path" each author describes a character that fits the mold of a womanist. ... In the second short story "Remembering Miss Alberta: One of Alice's Women" the author tells of a special womanist, Miss Alberta. ... Although this character does not possess the same physical abilities (she walks with a cane and wobbles from side to side like a penguin) as some of the other womanist, Phoenix Jackson is a womanist through and through. ...

• Word Count: 910
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

While they paint at the black church, an person walks by smoking, and seeing the open cans of paint and turpentine, throws a match into the church. ... Macey decides to go around town asking people about what happened but no one remembers anything about the fire. ...

• Word Count: 587
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• Grade Level: High School

These blameless individuals were referred to as mockingbirds, since it was a sin to kill one as said by Atticus, "Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 90). ... We see a development in Scout as she begins to walk away from fights, tries to understand changes in her brother Jem's behavior, and tries to relate to Mr. ... Yet when she hears about her life, Scout is able to walk around in Mayella's skin. ...

• Word Count: 1230
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

This action is an act of tenderness that shows the speakers sadness remembering a friend or fellow soldier. ... Standing there, "Names shimmer on a woman's blousebut then she walks away/the names stay on the wall" (714). For the speaker, the power of the stone will never let go of the names; he wishes the names could walk away with the woman for real. ...

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

During the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era (GAPE), many atrocities were directed towards African-American people. This period of history was one of the great advances. The nation was making incredible advancements in industry, science, and the settlement of the frontier. America was growing...

• Word Count: 802
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• Grade Level: High School

I can remember a time when having a job of a housewife was a noble thing. ... The term "physically challenged" sounds like there is hope that he may walk again someday. ... I don't ever remember hearing him tell me he was a "Senior Citizen" or "elderly". ...

• Word Count: 1158
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• Grade Level: High School

We walk up through what I am now being told is Blood Alley, which is an extremely narrow outdoor corridor with very high walls. ... As I am being escorted to my cell I notice as we walk by how small they are. ... Even though he was flanked front to back and side to side by guards toting rifles and himself shackled from his ankles to his wrists I could not help but cringe when he walked by. ...

• Word Count: 2223
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• Grade Level: High School

Introduction As a native New Yorker, I can remember growing up in Harlem on 112th street and St. ... I remember many days sitting on the stoop and wandering why is my block different from the others. ... I remember him saying how much his life has changed for the better since he moved to New York. ... I can remember my grandfather telling me about his trips up seventh avenue on the bus and looking at the beautiful churches, social and civic centers, shops, theatres and other places of amusement. ...

• Word Count: 2437
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

They walk down the streets, through the stores and working at their job, completely oblivious. ... That follows the same scenario, if a white man walks in a black community, it's generally unsafe in the inner cities or slums. Or if a black man walks in the presence of one or several KKK members, it would be unsafe for the black person. ...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

He understood that he was not allowed to use the front door but commanded the respect that he would not walk in the back door yet just honk his horn and Jimmy's father would go outside to talk with him. ... He could remember the day a soldier told him he was free. ...

• Word Count: 1153
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• Grade Level: High School

The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. In several of her novels, she has treated themes of God and humanity. Indeed, spirituality is a common thread woven through many of her characters. Morrison has a sharp insight into people as they relate to their Maker and each ...

• Word Count: 3712
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• Grade Level: High School

The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. In several of her novels, she has treated themes of God and humanity. Indeed, spirituality is a common thread woven through many of her characters. Morrison has a sharp insight into people as they relate to their Maker and each ...

• Word Count: 3715
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

(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 causes for the social distortions within a black community. ...

• Word Count: 2499
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography

But after she was told by her husband not to give a slave an inch, because they could walk all over you. As Douglass meets up with the Auld family later on in his slave days he remembers the Auld family. ...

• Word Count: 1998
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• Grade Level: High School

Depression in the African American Community Mental health professionals state that clinical depression is a treatable illness that can strike everyone, it can be caused by biological factors, genetics, difficult life events, negative thinking patterns and, physical health problems. People that s...

• Word Count: 2505
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Consequently, when he witnesses the eviction of the old Harlem couple, seeing all the household objects that remember him of his past, his invoked race consciousness leads him to utter a speech causing the listening crowd to revolt against the officials. ...

• Word Count: 2972
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

Some people are born to be certain things in life. Some are born to be doctors, some are born to be lawyers, some perhaps engineers or teachers. Some altogether different like Martin Luther King Jr. are born to be revolutionary leaders. Destined to fill the void of support for a race of people, who having been kicked in the teeth for so many years, were finally willing to rid their lives of oppression and to stand up and be counted, not just in the eyes of the law, but in the hearts of the people. It was never going to be easy. ...

• Word Count: 3793
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School