Most times families were pulled apart and never saw each other again and this helped the Americans break or strip down these people in order to rebuild them the way they wanted. ... The importance of this is to understand that when reading a novel such as "A Raisin in the Sun" or "The Souls of Black Folks", you cannot immediately assume that this story represents every single African American family across the United States. ...

• Word Count: 3543
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After this novel was published Twain had to experience a series of painful experiences within his family life. ... It is said that the family of Mark Twain used to own slaves and that he grew up with them In his family "slavery was practiced benevolently and the word nigger was rigidly forbidden- (16). Pettit adds that Twain gained most of his positive acquaintances with slaves during his summers spent on his uncle's farm who owned many of them. ... The second example for miscegenation is Roxy's son Chambers, who is the product of an affair between Roxy and Colonel Cecil Burleigh Ess...

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

The convict lease system farmed black and a few white prisoners out to work in factories, mines, and fields that built the New south. ... A black man suspect was discovered and found guilty by a jury before the white man's brother came forward with the truth: the white man had killed his own family. ...

• Word Count: 3043
• Approx Pages: 12