When they verified what had happened, they informed the authorities and held Celia prison until she had a trial to evaluate the case. ... Until then, Celia remained in prison pregnant and waited the day of her execution. ... Later Celia would escape prison and be recaptured again after execution date. ... Raping of female slaves by their slaveholders occurred frequently in society since such rapes were not considered crimes. Recent historical documents demonstrate that female slaves were raped or at least threatened by rape once in their lives. ...

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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...

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• Grade Level: High School

There are many different cultures throughout the world we live in. There's no one to say who's culture is better than another, but I will say that I love everything about my culture and how we live. In this paper you"ll get an understanding of how I was raised as a black man in America. You"ll also come across a very interesting interview that taught me a lot about the culture in America as compared to that of another country. Also, I"ll give my insight on what book and movie I feel can help someone understand the culture of the United States. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery." W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction of America. (Alexander 20). W.E.B. Du Bois reminds us that former slaves had "a brief moment in the sun" before returning to a status akin to slavery. In many schools ac...

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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...

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• 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...

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• Grade Level: High School