Wells chose to make it about the south because judging the ugliness of the southern social system put her and the reader on the same team in a sense. ... In her article she is able to fight against racism by using the divide and conquer method; she tries to arouse a blind sense of animosity in her reader based on ideological differences between the reader and the ugly picture she paints of white southerners. ... His mastery in engaging with white sensibilities is evident in the results that he was able to yield with his method. ...

• Word Count: 1541
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When exploring oppression the African American community was faced with slavery, racism, and no sense of dignity. ... But, he who placed us here, and commanded that we should stay until he willed to call us hence, has enforced his law on one written on our own hearts - a horror of death inwrought into our nature, so that we violate our own sensibilities by disobeying his will, unless, indeed, our feelings have become so distorted and perverted that they are untrue to their original action" (The Lowell Offering p 202). ...

• Word Count: 1689
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A black middle class had developed following the American Civil War (1861-1865), increasing education and employment opportunities with a new sense of racial pride (Collier, 1985). ... The new sense of political activism was reflected in the massive shift in Black affiliation from the Republican to the Democratic party and in the increasing influence of Black organizations. ... Perhaps the most dramatic evidence of the newfound sense of purpose and activism was the popularity of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Driven by the charismatic zeal of Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican...

• Word Count: 2619
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate