Ren was used to being free to do whatever he wanted, but when he moved there was many rules he had to ably by. ... The parents put laws on dancing, books and music. They said they were not allowed to dance and they had to approve of the books the kids were allowed to read and the music they were allowed to listen to. ... The parents would separate the books the teenagers were allowed to read and the ones they were not allowed to read. ... The parents would label the books that the teenagers could read and the books that they could not read. ...

• Word Count: 1310
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• Grade Level: High School

Different books will talk in different voices, and books that have fallen into the African American genre speak "a distinctively African voice". ... In addition to African American Literature testifying to the intellect of African Americans, Gates also asserts that the genre "at once testified against their captors and bore witness to the urge to be free and literate". ... There is little doubt that Douglass was testifying against the slavers and actually demonstrating the urge to be free and liberated. ... The voice that testified against captors and bore witness to the urge to be free evo...

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Although these contributions were recorded, his name was not mentioned in the American History Books until later in life. ... Eventually she freed her slaves and married one of them named Bannaky. They had several children, one of whom, Mary who also grew up and bought a farm, and bought a slave, Robert, whom she later freed and married. ... Supposedly Banneker penned a twelve page letter to Jefferson regarding his own, many, accomplishments but also requesting aid for the improvement of the lives of the freed blacks in the country. ... There are so many things that have happened in the past ...

• Word Count: 1655
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

But I watch what I could on tv, it was hard to watch because I just did not understand how we , blacks could be hated so much that we would be beated, spread with water holes, kicked, spat on and called names because we are fighting for our equal rights to be a free people just like the whites. ... In my school we never good new books for school. Our books would always come for a school on the north side or some white suburban. How I know because the books with always have some Jewish name handwritten in it from the previous students.. ... Our teachers would have to copy pages from books an...

• Word Count: 1607
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• Grade Level: High School

Once the slaves were freed and given the promise of equality, they discovered that racism and intolerance kept them from achieving any sort of equal standing with white Americans. ... The 13th amendment had ended slavery and now there were millions of free blacks in the southern states who were in control of their own lives, or so they were told. ... Racism kept the newly freed black farmers from gaining hold of opportunity and economic freedom which resulted in wide spread poverty among the sharecroppers. ... The 15th amendment to the constitution gave black men the same voting rights as whit...

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Through his poetry, novels, plays, essays, and children's books, he promoted equality, condemned racism and injustice, and celebrated African American culture, humor, and spirituality. ... During this time, Hughes struggled with a sense of desolation fostered by parental neglect, and he recalled being driven early by his loneliness "to books, and the wonderful world in books."" ... We build our temples for tomorrow, as strong as we know how and we stand on the top of the mountain, free within ourselves." ... (Life of Langston Hughes: I, Too, Sing America) The Simple books inspired a mu...

• Word Count: 2112
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He wrote many books filled with his amazing poetry, including "Sympathy" and "We Wear Masks"(Miller 392). ... The poem "Sympathy" is a poem of Negro man telling how he feels when he is freed from slavery. ... He also says that when everyone else in the world is free and he and the other Negro slaves can not enjoy the world around them he knows how they feel. ... He tried to let the slaves feel as if they had a chance to be redeemed and free. ... He is using his skill with wording to show that a slave (like a prisoner) is like a caged bird because neither can do as they please and be free. ...

• Word Count: 1623
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• Grade Level: High School

We younger negro artists now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame....We build our temples for tomorrow, as strong as we know how and we stand on the top of the mountain, free within ourselves."... Black owned magazines and newspapers flourished, freeing African Americans from the influences of the white society. ... Almost one-third of the books published during the Renaissance were still read, sold, and bought after 1929. ...

• Word Count: 1369
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His mother finally called for him, and they moved to Topeka, Kansas where he first discovered the library and books. ... This period in Hughes life pretty free from care since racial injustice was easy to forget in Europe, while back in the States the same problems plagued the Negro. ... With his everyday themes and free verse style he placed himself in step with the New Poetry Movement (Dickenson 58); with his proud and realistic racial portrayals he became a prominent figure in the Negro Renaissance. ...

• Word Count: 1325
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He freed the black defendants on trial and attempted to make an escape. ... The term "Free Angela " became very popular among many. ... She believed Cuba to be a country free of racism and attributed it to the socialist ways. ... She has several books under her belt such as The Meaning of Freedom (2012), Women, Race, and Class (1983), Are Prisons Obsolete? ...

• Word Count: 1404
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Almost one-third of the books published during the Renaissance appeared after 1929. ... In the poem Dream Variations, Hughes demonstrates how nature helps celebrate and free the soul. ... The speaker's soul is free and liberated as he rejoices with nature. ... The black man that is lynched in the poem could not be free in this society, and the girl he leaves behind mourns at the sight of the tree. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He believed that the only way Africans could be free anywhere, was to be free everywhere. ... DuBois wrote twenty books, including three in history and one on sociology; he wrote two novels and a play; he produced studies on religion, business, education, and labor; organized conferences; taught at three univer...

• Word Count: 1675
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Although blacks may have been freed from slavery, it didn't mean that they were treated the same as everyone else. ... One of the most horrid days in the 60's would have to go down in the books as March 7, 1965. ...

• Word Count: 2394
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• Grade Level: High School

Hughes continued his career publishing many books of poetry. ... Langston Hughes thinks that many blacks are educated by white teachers, see white books and pictures, white papers, and then want to be what they are seeing. ... Therefore, African-Americans must be themselves and build a foundation for the future generations to stand upon so they can finally be free, and be proud of their individuality. ...

• Word Count: 1984
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Pap demonstrates a harshly racist set of beliefs by voicing his pure and unadulterated loathing for African-Americans during his speech: "Here was a free nigger there from Ohio "a mulatter, most as white as a white man. ... Growing up in the antebellum South, Huck embodies racist ideals and struggles to show moral development in order to break free of the ideas that are not truly his own, demonstrating to students how to find his or her moral standards. ...

• Word Count: 2046
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION A NECESSARY POLICY TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION AND INEQUITIES OR A DISCRIMINATIVE AND INEQUITABLE POLCY INTRODUCTION Historically, there have been arguments about what Affirmative Action (AA) really is. The basis of the argument for the most part, debates the goal(s) of AA. Is the g...

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What keeps them free is knowing that their mind, body, and will is their own and they need to appreciate it. ... We learn a lot of life's lessons through others and not just books or lectures. ...

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Walker is right, movies and books are two completely different mediums. ... Through both mediums, people realize that the sexual abuse Celie endures from her stepfather and husband represents how all women should break free from this cycle so that they can be seen as individuals and not sex objects. ...

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According to an article by Danielle Dorky, as a writer, Maya Angelou acquired her inspiration from different authors who had written books and poems, which she used to read from her childhood (1). ... According to Als, Angelou's writings were focused on self-revelation compared to politics, which played a significant role in freeing other female writers to be more flexible and write without any shame to how they would be viewed in the world (1). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Blacks were forced to carry special identification "pass books" which contained the person's fingerprints, access to non- white land, and other information. ... The pressure became so strong that Mandela was set free in 1991 and the abolishment of apartheid began shortly thereafter. ...

• Word Count: 1377
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• Grade Level: High School

"He becomes a hustler and spends his free time with pimps and thieves" ("Malcolm X.... He begins to read all the books he can find in the prison library and copied the dictionary word for word. ...

• Word Count: 1558
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• Grade Level: High School

For instance, there are degrading toys, posters, books, ashtrays, detergent boxes, and much more, which make fun of the African American status. ... "The middle-class values by which we were raised. . . urge us toward participation in the American mainstream. . . toward a strong identification with the society. . . these values are almost rules for how to prosper in a democratic, free-enterprise society," (688). ...

• Word Count: 1958
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School