Toni Morrison, one of the most remarkable African American authors and her novels remind readers that there is a past to remember. ... African American men were deprived of their manhood during slavery. ... Instead of Helene helping Nel to increase her daughter self-worth instead she always reminds her daughter that there is something wrong with her appearance: "Don't just sit there, honey. ... Still, the revelation that there exist people who do not worship her mother and are not under her control pleases Nel: "She [Nel] felt both pleased and ashamed to sense that these men, un...

• Word Count: 5084
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Labor workers were unable to benefit from the capitalist ideas because they were never given the respect or the acknowledgement that they deserved as the demands of factory working increased dramatically. ... None of the suffering the labor workers felt impacted the business owners and it never did until the progressive movement came a long and enforced fair labor and an increase in wages. ... Jane Addams was apart of a younger generation of society that was fortunate to have many more opportunities then their parents. ... Being an educated woman, Jane Addams saw that the poor people of soc...

• Word Count: 2825
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on juries, clearly affecting the way both Blacks and whites were tried. ... Additionally, there are seven Black males in prison for every one white male.3 More than half of all black males are under the supervision of the justice system in some way.4 These two factors indicate a very important trend. ... Secondly, and perhaps more significantly, the high rate of incarceration, upon further examination, leads to conclusions about its causes which then shed light on the discussion of jury nullification. ... There are several levels within the ...

• Word Count: 3584
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This concept basically states that there will be two levels of government, the national and the state. ... As a result, blacks were enslaved, and women were persecuted throughout the late 1700's and early 1800's. ... Following the depression there were many programs and acts to help the nation recover from the depression. ... Even under the new deal, blacks were treated unfair. ... Unions for blacks and women were rare until John Lewis formed the CIO, a union anyone...

• Word Count: 8719
• Approx Pages: 35
• Grade Level: High School

The question then became what to do about it. ... From 1811 to 1815, he made the first attempt to establish a black American colony in Africa, transporting several dozen people there. ... They founded the country of Liberia and between 1822 and 1861, nearly 15,000 blacks chose to return there. ... He moved to Chicago and started Muslim Temple Number 2 and established his headquarters there. Malcolm X took over from there. ...

• Word Count: 4261
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Although the students were not physically injured, a mob of 1,000 townspeople prevented them from remaining at school. ... Then in September 1958 Governor Faubus closed all the public high schools in Little Rock in what the Supreme Court called an "evasive scheme" to prevent integration. ... When it was over, two people were dead, twenty-eight marshals had been shot, one hundred sixty people were injured, and James Meredith became the first black student to attend the University of Mississippi. ... Governor Wallace was not alone in this sentiment, there were many who felt the same. ...

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There is no answer on her cell phone and she does not answer his three pages. ... If Little Billy goes to a private Catholic school in a white neighborhood his entire life that costs $20,000 a year, the chances of him spending any time with a lower-class minority are slim to none. ... Probably not because they were all too busy using the "colored" bathrooms. Even though the model for residential zoning may need a little work, there are many organizations that have been formed in hopes to influence racial harmony. ...

• Word Count: 2726
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School