There are many reasons people should celebrate black history month, according to the author it helps blacks be better represented in the media, it is an important way to recognize black contributions to society, and it helps to get rid of the color line. ... Also while there are the famous black celebrities like Michael Jordan, 40% of black children live in poverty. ... Another reason it is important to celebrate black history month is that it blurs the color line. The author talks a lot about the color line and how whites often make more money, own more houses than blacks, and have more job...

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• Grade Level: High School

On the other hand if the poem is read with the title "Harlem" people automatically attach stereotypes to the name such as poverty and label it a black neighborhood where nothing good will come out of it. With the title "Harlem" the first line, "What happens to a dream deferred?" ... The last line, "OR does it explode?" ...

• Word Count: 525
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• Grade Level: High School

The majority of the African-American population is located in the lower-middle class, and therefore has few resources that will help them move out of their close-to-poverty state. Many African-American women and teenagers are not provided with the resources to educate themselves on how having children out of wedlock will affect their lives, and as a result, they fall under the poverty line; many of them never come out of poverty. ...

• Word Count: 1387
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He addresses what he calls "the problem with the color-line" and also the problems that faced blacks who tried to incorporate themselves into a society dominated by whites. ... The "problem with the color-line" is one of the many things that Du Bois brings to our attention in these essays. The "color-line" is the division between the blacks and the whites in society. ... With one story, Du Boise related both problems, of the color-line and the veil, to the reader. ... He shows us their living situations, a how they were cheated of money by the whites, and how they were s...

• Word Count: 1047
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• Grade Level: High School

One example of word choice is the line, "Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice" (King 616).I would like to focus on two parts of that line, first starting with the word "seared." ... The way this line reflects the author's thesis is that the injustice that the African Americans were feeling was like a fire they could not escape. ... Another example of word choice used in this essay was the line, "The African American lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity" (King 616). ... Lastly, another example of word choic...

• Word Count: 1293
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

(Law) The history of Supreme Court rulings concerning school desegregation is one of initial unwillingness to dictate solutions, followed by growing impatience with the speed of integration in many jurisdictions, culminating in detailed and sometimes drastic orders for complete and immediate desegregation, and finally some backing off in the 1970's from hard-line solutions. ... Wallace said "I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyrannyand I say segregation nowsegregation tomorrowsegregation forever" (Hampton 123). ...

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Although African Americans have gained many rights and come a long way since the Civil War, there are still issues in today's society when it comes to poverty and income. ... Although many Americans think that hard work will make them rich enough in order to live the American Dream, the sad fact is that most Americans are not rich and will never reach beyond the poverty line, regardless of hard they work. ...

• Word Count: 967
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He was known for proposing anti-poverty legislation and misusing government funds allotted for his congressional department, education and labor. ... He was a key figure in the Civil Rights movement because he constantly fought for minority rights, an end to poverty, and an overall increase in social equality in the United States. ...

• Word Count: 1701
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

DuBois once stated, "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line." ... Washington grew up in poverty and therefore discontinued his schooling at age nine to work in a salt furnace and later in a coal mine. ... Born into slavery and poverty, he knew nothing other than submission to society to achieve goals. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Instead they would stand on the corner and chant rhymes about anything from life on the streets, violence, poverty, politics, etc. ... " In the last line he is taunting a guy joking as if he can't understand why the man's girl is paging him. ... Tupac often rapped about poverty, urban life, thug life, and racism. Howlin' Wolf sang about relationships with women, Southern black life, poverty, and just having the blues in general. ...

• Word Count: 1900
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

"Because Walker came from a background of poverty and social restriction," it is fitting that she writes, "Everyday Use," in first person point of view, (Christian 455). ... Dee's name however, comes from a line of family history of her aunt, Mama's sister and Grandma Dee tracing back to the Civil War (Walker 300). ...

• Word Count: 1247
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• Grade Level: High School

Although he does write this poem about the victory of the North and the values that are embraced there, Whitman also reveals a line that he hopes will make people take a closer look at the direction that the nation was headed before the war. ... In general, the lives that Hughes witnessed involved blacks living in poverty and dying poor, while many whites lived and died rich in comparison to the life that Hughes knew as a child. ...

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

He learned and experienced first hand poverty, poor land, ignorance, and prejudice. ... It discussed the meaning of being black in America at the turn of the century and identified the "the color line" as the central problem of the 20th century (Smith & Giovanni; 199). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Americans held a wide variety of opinions about the capitalist system because each American had a different role in society and the system affected them in different ways. The people of society were classified in different ways and the differences between the classes defined the way that each saw ...

• Word Count: 2825
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society"" (SullenToys, 2011) waiting to receive the benefit of the burdens they have carried for so long to promote the common good of our society. ... In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny...and I say...segregation today...segregation tomorrow...segregation forever" " (AlabamaArchives, 2013). The proverbial line in the dust implies a...

• Word Count: 2706
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In his text he states that wealth and poverty continued to be racialized as a result of chattel slavery, which ended over 150 years ago. The racist illness of the past has trickled down into our generation which is evident in poverty rates as well as conviction rates amongst African Americans in comparison with Caucasians for similar crimes. ... Neo-Racism When I walk around my campus, specifically when I wonder around the HUB (a common area for us college kids to eat, relax, study), it is hard for me to not notice the color line separating my peers. ...

• Word Count: 2862
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The 1960's was a decade that changed the world. This decade was filled with countless important events that are still impacting us. The 60's saw everything from the election and assignation of the nation's first Catholic president, a divisive war with Vietnam, the space race which led to American as...

• Word Count: 3205
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His later life as a vocal person did not happen by mere chance but was instilled into him at a very young age through a whole family line of preachers: "Of course I was religious. ... It had been a way out of poverty for Martin Sr. and as a schoolteacher it was equally important . ...

• Word Count: 3793
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• Grade Level: High School

Many kinds of music have come out on the American stage within the last 100 or so and have had a great impact on it. American music is extremely varied and diverse. Instead of being dominated by the cultures and traditions of any one particular country (i.e. England or Germany), it is the proverbial...

• Word Count: 4261
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Civil rights activist argued that socioeconomic inequality coupled with racism produced crippling poverty and social issues. ... " The food stamp program, in turn, was a vehicle to let "some fellow ahead of you buy a T-bone steak" while "you were standing in a checkout line with your package of hamburger....

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Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. Kung Fu (Warner Bros, ABC, 1972-1975), starring David Carradine as Kwai-Chang Caine, featured a white American actor as a bi-racial Shaolin priest in the Old West. Originally conceived as a vehicle for martial arts adept Bruce Lee, the series went to an actor with little physical ability, but with a knack for embodying a Hippie pacifism along with a reluctant, but devastating aggression On the lam from the la...

• Word Count: 9463
• Approx Pages: 38
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate