Song of Solomon CHARACTERS: Macon "Milkman" Dead - the protagonist of the novel. ... He is one of seven men-- called the Seven Days--who kill random European Americans in retaliation for murders of African Americans. ... This desire provokes Railroad Tommy to launch on a long list of more and more voluptuous descriptions of fine things to do and eat, saying at each point that that is one more thing these boys will never get to do. ... It means he doesn't have to go collect rents, which he always felt lowered his dignity, and frees him up to plan and visit the bank men. ... He has a...

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"Martin Luther King and his View of the American Dream" Introduction The reason why I have chosen the topic "Martin Luther King and his view of the American Dream" for my research paper has its roots in my early childhood. My mom was very impressed of King and read picture books about hi...

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1. Introduction This term paper will be about the magazine FIRE !! which was published during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. For the first time important figures ( writers ) of the Harlem Renaissance worked together, they found out that it was a great chance to show the blacks that, if the...

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So for a society who prides herself on the basis of freedom, and who has based its moral code off of Judeo-Christian law which claims that all men are created equal; how could we possibly commit such a cockamamie violation of humanitarian rights like slavery? ... When someone describes America the first thing most would say is that it is the land of opportunity where all men are created equal and are endowed with unalienable rights. ... When the settlers in the colonies began to have a need for cheap and effective labor, Africans were turned into slaves and sold off to white men as property. ...

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