Malcom's grandmother was raped by a white man and his mother was the product of that rape, she passed onto Malcom the light coloring that he would resent later in his life. ... It was in Boston that Malcom began the life that would eventually land him in prison. ... Shorty would also go to prison with Malcom. ... His family tried to reach out to him while he was in prison, writing to him and visiting. ... Malcom began to participate in the debates at the prison and visited frequently with his family w...

• Word Count: 4036
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

Entitled "A Time to Kill", the novel presented the story of a small Mississippi town that becomes the scene of a spectacular trial: After two white men rape his daughter, her black father named Carl Lee Hailey shoots them. ... John Grisham himself claims that he was inspired to write the novel when he witnessed a rape trial in 1984 and was shocked by the young victims testimony. 2. ... "(Stasio) However, despite this presumed irrelevance in the 21st century, the book is still banned in a number of schools and prisons across the southern United States. There are different reaso...

• Word Count: 4938
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Situation of African-Americans in America In their motherland Africa, black people lived together in tribes with the families staying together in the village and leading a live according to strong morals and rites. Each tribe had developed a culture and often an own language, and the people ei...

• Word Count: 3965
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

The texts of the records were very negligent (they used lax phrases such as "friendless boys and girls"), and very few of the crimes (rape, sexual exploits, beatings) in where African-Americans were victims were ever reported or recorded (2-33, W&W). ...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School