It creates suspicion towards other races in that when people see an African American walking down the street, they might think the worst of them and have a negative prejudice towards them all because of the way the media portrays them. ... It caters to the lowest instinct in man. ... Sympathy is never shown for the victim, media manipulates us into thinking they should be dead, and why should we feel bad for the victim. ...

• Word Count: 1258
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Then the movement took place when Rosa Parks wouldn't give up her seat to a white man on a bus. ... Or if a black man walks in the presence of one or several KKK members, it would be unsafe for the black person. ... A 49 year old black man by the name of James Bryd Jr. was dragged by the back of a pickup truck (Boven). Police got the call of a dead body and the man's torso was found first, right arm second. ... If only that feeling of walking in public and being looked at the wrong way cou...

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

He was pronounced dead upon arrival at St. ... In the United States, ordinary American citizens such as Rosa Parks, Zecozy Williams, and Jim Zwerg (a white man) revolutionized the system of segregation. ... Other black citizens found other transportation alternatives, such as walking. ...

• Word Count: 1517
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Toni Morrison's Sula chronicles the unlikely friendship of two very different women. Nel Wright represents the archetypal mother and wife, a conformer who never leaves her hometown. Sula refuses the bonds of marriage and children, and sets out into the world, refusing tradition's version of woman. D...

• Word Count: 2386
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School