Filled with stifling detail, intense political drama, and great social/economic analysis, The Reckless Decade by H.W. ... From the way the author organizes and it seems that the author's purpose in writing the book not was not only as an informational analysis of the 1890s but also to show how trends in the past can significantly effect our lives in the future. ... Brands also states that protests and court battles against racial segregation of blacks from whites and racism made the public more aware of such issues the end result was the decision that segregation was not a legal matter bu...

• Word Count: 504
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In comparison of the general plot, the analysis of the novel's origin, and in the examination of the character's actions, Yezierska's Bread Givers can be read as a similar journey through a more civilized path as Wright's Native Son. ... Native Son is the story of a young black man growing up during a time of legal racial segregation. ... Bigger lived in a time of legal racial segregation. ...

• Word Count: 1142
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The mulatto approached the white ideal of female attractiveness the mulatto afforded the slave owner the opportunity to rape, with impunity, a woman who was physically white (or near-white) but legally black....

• Word Count: 1218
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School