Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a gifted poet, author, and lecturer. ... Saw you those hands so sadly clasped-- The bowed and feeble head-- The shuddering of that fragile form-- That look of grief and dread? ... He is not hers, for cruel hands May rudely tear apart The only wreath of household love That binds her breaking heart. ... But marry one who's good and kind, And free from all pretence; Who, if without a gifted mind, At least has common sense. ...

• Word Count: 2134
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: High School

Washington understood that his speech, although meant to present the races "as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress" (451), also gave him a bit of backlash from his own community, while bringing prosper from the white community. ... On the other hand, he received heavy criticism his fellow race, including W. ... Within these published essays, Du Bois goes on to describe the disjointed identity of being "a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second sight yield[ing] him no true self-consciousness, but only lets ...

• Word Count: 1421
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Mark was one of the lucky ones who was naturally gifted and was able to afford schooling. ... By giving his first hand account of growing up in South Africa I am now able to see how the whites kept control over the blacks for such a long time. ...

• Word Count: 1571
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• Grade Level: High School

DuBois stated that, "The Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world, ¾a world which yields him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world. ... Where on the other hand the house negro is under constant watch by the master and like Malcolm X wanted to resist and separate from him. ... This goes hand in hand with Malcolm X's movement because Malcolm wanted blacks to take a stand towards whites. ...

• Word Count: 2034
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• Grade Level: High School