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