Throughout the Revolutionary War American Colonist was fighting for many different causes, probably the most obvious was freedom form Great Britain. ... According to the authors Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, and Prince Hall the American Colonist were no the only ones discriminated against in the late 1700s; African Americans were being discriminated as well. ... "Has Great Britain and enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for this accumulation of navies and armies? ...

• Word Count: 484
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

It begins on October 28, 1959, with the author's incredible decision to go through medical treatment to change the color of his skin. ... They treat him with great kindness, courtesy and respect, so that he feels reassured that a human being can show feelings other than hostility or hate. ... He is an unusual white a man who is openly anti-racist, even at great risk to his life. ... Thus at the end of his experiment in truth, the author is forced to leave America and move to Mexico with his family, for peace and security. ... The main theme of the book is the white author's experi...

• Word Count: 670
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Author's Point of View: The author's point of view in this movie about Frederick Douglas is one that is clearly prejudice. ... The author viewed Frederick Douglas not only as a literary genius, but an underrated one due to the color of his skin. Frederick Douglas was a great motivational speaker and skilled writer. ... Abraham Lincoln was great president, but he did not particularly care for slavery. ... Prejudice The author of this film is clearly prejudice towards whites. ...

• Word Count: 885
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The main characters in both the stories show great dignity and hope for a better future. ... The Characters are however different in profession, for Nathaniel finds it profitable to be a beggar, which shows his lack of commitment, whilst Brille shows great pride and effort for he is a politician. Both of the authors show a clear, but different, point of view in both of the stories. ... In the second story Bessie tries to show a great sense of pride and confidence among the black community, even though they were treated so harshly. ... The authors do also show some different feelings of opi...

• Word Count: 404
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The author's main reason for writing this story was to tell the story of racism. ... The author expresses this by writing this book. ... I find that this inspired me to be a better person. (3) The novel is told form the point of view of the author who is also protagonist and is maintained through the whole novel. (2) John Howard Griffin who is not only the author but is also the protagonist of this story, Black Like Me. ... I think that the author is very descriptive. ... This story is great and I think that I would recommend it to anyone. (3)...

• Word Count: 808
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the commentary, "Divine Words," I feel as if the author Tony Hendra is referring to himself as God. ... The author quotes at the beginning of his commentary,"Mel, Why do you hate me so (Divine Words)?" ... I think the author is having issues about the way the Jewish people treated Jesus Christ, and he was taking his problems out on Mel Gibson. ... I feel as if every one should be mature about everything in this movie and understand that Jesus Christ suffered this great deal of pain to save us from our sins. ... These two authors would not agree with each other because they both have ve...

• Word Count: 694
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Life as a Black Man in America has been overwhelming for both authors. ... Wideman is also a published author, an example of Wideman works is the Homewood Trilogy. ... The difference in the authors motives for writing their story was appealing. ... The two authors were brilliant enough to chronicle their life stories in a poised way and with an authentic outlook. Baldwin and Wideman literary works are among Americas Great Writers. ...

• Word Count: 861
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Each author displays powerful qualities that illustrate their identity. ... It is hard to believe that somebody who stole food, was dirt poor, and could barely receive a healthy education would ever become such a great writer. ... The portrayal of people and events in both books is colored by the author's feelings. ... I believe the authors show similarity and differences in one another in many ways. ... Each author contains certain qualities which only few people have. ...

• Word Count: 1141
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The author shows prejudice through three main characters, Author Radley, Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson. ... The author set the book in a town where fear of the unknown affects people. A great example of this is when Boo doesn't come out of the Radley house during the day so the town's people fear him and make up a cruel nicknames that claim he is a monster. ...

• Word Count: 814
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Several authors such as Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, and Countee Cullen confronted this situation of the incomplete American dream with literature that proposed the irony of its society. ... However, white southern democrats did not agree with this bill, and they blamed African Americans for the fall in the economy otherwise known as the great depression. ... There was also an African American author by the name of Langston Hughes. ...

• Word Count: 548
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Title: Jackie Robinson Author: David A. Alder Copyright date: 1989 The setting begins in 1919, when Jackie Robinson was born near Cairo, Georgia. At the time it was bad to be black in Georgia. It was bad because Georgia was a slave state and Abraham Lincoln did not sign the emanci...

• Word Count: 314
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Booker The author lived in the time of reconstruction, a period in which the North controlled and dominated the South, both politically and economically. ... With the disappearance of the slavery and of the great land property, the South began to decline, both in economy and culture. ... The image of the everyday life is highly important in his work, with a highlighted image of the cabin and the image, wish and desire of a free life, because the author remembers the discussions occurring after the Civil War. ...

• Word Count: 900
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The author emphasized the opposing views of many white males used to discredit Affirmative Action. ... I believe no matter how great our society has advanced towards equality we are not yet where we need to be. ...

• Word Count: 425
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Color of Water by James McBride is a book about the author finding his own identity through discovering who is mother, Ruth really is. ... I have not had a great deal of experience with people of different races. ... I have a great deal of respect for Ruth. ... She raised a great family. ... This book gave me a great understanding of racism. ...

• Word Count: 693
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Sidney Bremer, a professor of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin, mainly discusses the image of home life that American authors portray compared to the reality in which the modern person lives. ... On the other hand, Cheryl Wall, the author of Paris and Harlem: Two Culture Capitols, discusses the occurrence of blacks working to gain inspiration from white culture by traveling to Europe. ... As well as the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance, Wall discusses the effect the Great Depression had on this artistic movement. ... Starting just after World War I and ending by the ...

• Word Count: 876
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography

Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Black Man In Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Black Man the author James Weldon Johnson tells the story of a black man passing as a white man. ... The ex-colored man didn't achieve his childhood visions of greatness as a great black man, but the ex-colored man did succeeds in life as an artist and becomes very wealthy. ... He achieved great wealth and stardom, but did he find happiness. ...

• Word Count: 856
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The author endured a lot of racism when she was young; one example is when she entered the bathroom which was labeled white women. ... Like I said before it was great that the schools were integrating, but Melba and the eight others still had to endure a lot of turmoil. ...

• Word Count: 555
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The theme is the central meaning or message that the author wishes to convey to the audience. ... There is also a great metaphor in his mom's story about how the truck that killed his uncle "kept on a-going and it ain't stopped till this day"(48). ...

• Word Count: 597
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• Grade Level: High School

Referring to the slaves" feelings about the Great House Farm, and not his own elevates his position and disassociates himself from slavery in the reader's mind. "The slaves selected to go to the Great House Farm, for the monthly allowance for themselves and their fellow-slaves, were peculiarly enthusiastic (Douglass 270)." ... Humility allows people to recognize that there is something bigger and better, and Douglass became literate, an author, a freed man, and a respected historical figure in his lifetime....

• Word Count: 765
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography

The context of the piece, the period of time during which it was written, and the events that are reflected within it may have an enormous effect on the work, both in its style and in the ways through which the audience can interpret the author's literary aims. ... Her husband, Sykes, is a very devious and immoral character who finds great joy in torturing Delia both physically and emotionally. ... The society depicted in "Sweat- is in its most basic elements, very similar to the society in which the author, Zora Neale Hurston grew up in. ...

• Word Count: 963
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The author introduces cultural conflict not only between the blacks and whites, but also the Indians. ... The author shows us that parents influence their children in a strong manner, as to how they should treat certain people. ... Conflicts between status accounts for a great deal of events that take place in the novel. " Europeans cannot be friends with black people. ...

• Word Count: 1177
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

On the other hand, The "Armstrong" phenomenon that we are going to be analyzing step by step, made ​​a huge repercussion for several reasons: not only was known as ''Ambassador Satch'', a cultural ambassador, under the sponsorship of the United States that captivated colossal audiences around the world, but also, the innovative improvisations that he did and the way his compositions were transmitted to others through his acting technique, produced a reputation for serving as a model for artists such as Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and even, harmonically, L...

• Word Count: 1036
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

There is great racial and ethnic diversity all threw out the world. ... America has not been exactly great since it has caused various conflicts. ... Brent Staples is an author and editorial writer for the New York Times. ... Zimmerman said he was in great harm so he had shot Trayvon in a matter of self-defense. ...

• Word Count: 1151
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Unlike some authors, Twain presents the facts in a harsh but realistic manner without sugarcoating them. ... He successfully contrasted the character of a black slave, who has a great capacity to love, to be responsible, and to exercise good judgement, with many white characters that have all the negative attributes they accused black people of having. ...

• Word Count: 910
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

John Howard Griffin was a journalist and a professional on race issues. After publication, he became a leading advocate in the Civil Rights Movement and did much to promote awareness of the racial situation sand pass legislature. He was middle aged and living in Mansfield, Texas at the time of publi...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School