It was the nonfiction books - Notes of a Nation Son (1955), Nobody Knows My Name (1961), and The Fire Next Time (1963) - "that secured his reputation as an important American writer and social critic" (http://www.africana.com, pg. 1). ... view of the damage that racial prejudice inflicts on both whites and blacks" (World Book Encyclopedia, pg. 31). Notes of a Native Son marked the formal entry of Baldwin into the literary tradition of the personal essay. ... My Dungeon Shook contains advice to a young black male who is the author's nephew and is about to enter the area of racial confl...

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The book I read was called Dreammakers, Dream Breakers. ... Du Bois, demanded the same as the original members of the Niagara Movement founded in 1905: -Freedom of speech and criticism -An unfettered and unsubsidized press -Manhood suffrage [note, no "womanhood"] -The abolition of all caste distinctions based simply on race and color -The recognition of the principle of human brotherhood as a practical present creed -The recognition of the highest and best training as the monopoly of no class or race -A belief in the dignity of labor Thurgood and his brot...

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It is a testament to the greatness of Martin Luther King Jr. that nearly every major city in the U.S. has a street or school named after him. It is a measure of how sorely his achievements are misunderstood that most of them are located in black neighborhoods. He is still regarded mainly as the bl...

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The two men were working towards the same goals as Cone explains in his book, but in different manners. ... June Jordan notes that King never in all of his public speaking thanks Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, or any women for the work that they did within the Civil Rights Movement. ...

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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 ...

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"Martin Luther King and his View of the American Dream" Introduction The reason why I have chosen the topic "Martin Luther King and his view of the American Dream" for my research paper has its roots in my early childhood. My mom was very impressed of King and read picture books about hi...

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