My African-American band director held the entire band over the bell one day to give us a lecture on Malcom X and Dr. ... In Boston Malcom was exposed to African-American life in such a way that he began to realize what the people back in Michigan felt for him was pity and sympathy. ... He started out as a shoe shine boy, working at a dance hall for white dances and occasionally black dances when they were allowed. ... The white woman that he had an affair with until he went to prison, Sophia, he meet her in the dance hall where he shined shoes. ...

• Word Count: 4036
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

All the '58 stereotypes are in abundant supply: mellifluous judge, evil, smirky prosecutor, drunken law professor, cynical divorce lawyer pal, good ol' dog, morally pure African-American, Cro-Magnon white racists.... 'CME' stands for Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, a branch of the methodist believe founded by former slaves in 1870, which up until today describes itself as "[c]omposed primarily of African Americans" (Lakey), seperating itself from the white majorities. ...

• Word Count: 4938
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate