The company has since gone private. ... To add to this, Earth,Wind, and Fire was awarded the lifetime achievement awards for their hard work and success in the industry, also Will Smith was honored with the Humanitarian Award for his outstanding performance in the smash hit movie, "Ali" who was present at the awards and receive high honor for his Achievement as well. With the launch of BET.COM it gave BET the Technology to reach the nation with more news, forums, and updates on the network. ... Though she's with a small group from her record label, it's not immediately apparent th...

• Word Count: 1086
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Beginning with first contact between white Europeans and Africans during the English colonial period, Africans were immediately labeled with terms including savage and heathen. Later with the institution of chattel slavery in America certain ideas of what the black man's role in society became widely known and accepted. ... The Mammy was stripped of sexuality and portrayed as a large, dark woman with a bandana covering her hair. ... This representation of the Mammy persisted throughout the 20th century with films such as Imitation of Life and Gone with the Wind. ... With a prevailin...

• Word Count: 1938
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The works of Whitman and Hughes are filled with experiences from their pasts that can be found both directly and indirectly in their poems. ... It does not become clear that these are the people Whitman is writing about until the end of the poem, when he says of them, "Some emerge on the opposite bank, others are just entering the ford - while, / Scarlet and blue and snowy white, / The guidon flags flutter gaily in the wind" (Whitman Lines 5-7). ... The Wilmot Proviso was presented with the hope of banning slavery in any new territories. ... Hughes" father left when he was just over a year ...

• Word Count: 1893
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

One of my favorite childhood memories was going to the carnival with my grandma whenever it was in town. ... In the article, Robinson talks about Alice Randall's book, The Wind Done Gone, and tells about the gruesome story of how a Mammy had to neglect her own child to give her full attention to the master's children which later resulted in the death of the child (63). ... The show Good Luck Charlie is already known for being daring; just recently they aired and was the first children's Disney show to have an openly gay couple with a child which had sparked a huge controversy...

• Word Count: 2170
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Walker and Marshall write about an identity that they have found with African-American women of the past. ... Walker identifies with this potential and she expresses their creativity and culture through her own writing. ... In her essay, Marshall identifies with her mother and the African-American tradition that her mother expressed. ... It is as though all of her worries are gone and it is just her and the spirits: She stayed to the night service - "love feast" - which was very warm and full of spirit. In the emotional winds her domestic trials were borne ...

• Word Count: 3271
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School