A book can be the window to a whole new world. ... Never has a book of history opened my eyes wider, captivated me more, than the story of Malcom Little. ... After the shoe shine job outgrew Malcom, he went to work for the railroad during World War II, this job landed him in Harlem and into a life of crime that was the bases for his life prior to prison. ... His friend Shorty was in need of money and a job as well and Malcom began the crime spree that put him in prison. ... Things were going relatively well until Malcom broke the watch he had stolen from one of their jobs. ...

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

The Invisible Man's Quest for Identity 2. 1 Disillusionment from the Philosophy of Booker T. Washington The first chapters of the book describe the narrator as an innocent and naive boy attending a black college in the South. ... To achieve this goal he believes "with all [his] heart and soul" (84) in the principles of Booker T. Washington - in the novel impersonated by the college's founder - with whom he identifies himself to such a degree, that he visualized himself "as a potential Booker T. ... After visiting Emerson he finds out about the true content of the le...

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

After graduating from De Witt Clinton High School in 1942, Baldwin worked at a variety of jobs, including waiting tables and working as a railroad hand in New Jersey. ... Baldwin's interests went from being an activist in the civil rights movement, to book reviewer and essayist for New York periodicals, to international celebration as literary artist. ... view of the damage that racial prejudice inflicts on both whites and blacks" (World Book Encyclopedia, pg. 31). ... Baldwin finished his long-awaited first book, Go Tell It On The Mountain, during a stay in his companion's Swiss...

• Word Count: 2618
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The book I read was called Dreammakers, Dream Breakers. ... Though William was a man of great character and class, he did not let his resentment of his Pullman car porter or steward job destroy him or humiliate him. ... After passing the Maryland Bar, Thurgood, turned down a job offer from Harvard to start his own practice. ...

• Word Count: 4823
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Irwin's book seeks to examine how America has used its jail system as a new, under examined form of social control. ... Vagrancy laws made it illegal to not have a job. ... If blacks were found without a job, they would be sent to prison and subjected to forced labor. ...

• Word Count: 6384
• Approx Pages: 26

In her book, Giddings attempted to show the correlation between the gradual evolutionary dissipation of racism and sexism with the advancement of both African-Americans and women. 3) The primary way that African-American women were able to promote their independence was by noting the hardships that they had overcome - their experiences under slavery, their participation in the work force, their political activism, and their sense of independence 3- these were all scenarios that many non-African-American women didn't have to face. ... James Wells lost his job...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Pirzada Came to Dine of her book Interpreter of Maladies a young girl named Lilia is conflicted and unaccepting of the idea of racism when it first comes a reality in her own life. ... Al Sharpton is dished millions of dollars a year to be a political figure whose full time job is to voice word on black inequality, and his actions show that he will tell his followers things that would stir up anger and ultimately increase the racial divide because he holds a position that allows him to do so. ...

• Word Count: 3113
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Late 19th - Century American Literature Mark Twain's novel Pudd'nhead Wilson as a critique of 19th Century hierarchies based on racial segregation Mark Twain: Mark Twain was born on November 30th of the year 1835 in Florida, Missouri. His first job was as a printer and 1856 as a steamboa...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the United States. Blacks have not always been afforded a right to trial, not to mention a fair one. Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on juries, clearly affecting the way both Blacks and whites were tried. Much of this improvement has been achieved through various court decisions, and other improvements have been made through federal and state legislatures. Despite these facts, the development of the legal system with regard to race ...

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

In 1986, a young Irish woman named Anne Marie Murphy boarded an El Al flight from London to Tel Aviv. She was interviewed by Israeli profilers, who became suspicious when they learned Murphy had a Palestinian fiancé. This, coupled with the fact that Anne Marie Murphy was young, pregnant, and a bi...

• Word Count: 3209
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography

Activists organized boycotts, picket lines, and demonstrations to attack discrimination in access jobs and the denial of economic opportunity. ... According William Julius Wilson, in his book When Work Disappears, "the overwhelming majority of African-Americans in the 1970s lacked college educations and had attended racially segregated, underfunded, schools lacking basic resources....

• Word Count: 4144
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography