His coming of age also opened his eyes to racial struggles that surrounded black people in his community. ... "This was his first taste of racism; Garvey's eyes were opened to all of the racism surrounding him. ... "The idea comes to Garvey that black people need a shipping line, and he bases his idea on the fact that the Cunard family has the White Star Line and the Irish have the Green Star Line, and he says, "Why shouldn't blacks have the Black Star Line?" ... Although ultimately unsuccessful, the Black Star Line more so provide hope for black people. When the Yarmouth, the first ...

• Word Count: 2365
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: High School

UNIA was started to help promote blacks in everyone's eyes so that they wouldn't have to be "at the mercy of white people."" ... UNIA also set up a steamship company called Black Star Line. ... The Black Star Line helped the blacks mainly because it provided employment and a source of income. ... The Black Star Line consisted of 3 ships: the Yarmouth, the Shadyside, and the Kanahawa. ... In 1922, Garvey and three officers of the Black Star Line were arrested and charged for mail fraud. ...

• Word Count: 1629
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School

Those few years of lost herding opened James Baldwins' eyes to the fact that he was in need of soul searching. ... In Card's novel, Ender's Game, the reader is forced to see and think through the eyes and ears of a yo0ung genius, Ender Wiggin. In Lucas' trilogy, Star Wars, he use such characters as extra-terrestrials to make the audience think of and respond to normally taboo subjects (such as ethnic tolerance and ethnocentricity). ...

• Word Count: 1677
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• Grade Level: High School

"Generally, he was a harmless, little screwball creation whose eyes popped, whose hair stood on end with the least excitement, and whose antics were pleasant and diverting.""... The archetypes of the 20's and thirties were no longer acceptable, and the few Hollywood "race films- (which usually starred Sidney Poitier), were no longer adequate. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

James Presley notes "one summer in Chicago when he was a teen-ager Langston Hughes felt the American Dream explode in his face; a gang of white youths beat him up so badly that he went home with blacked eyes and a swollen jaw. ... Hughes referred to Carl Sandburg as "my guiding star." ...

• Word Count: 1559
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

(Rummel 44) At that point Hughes established himself as a bright young star of the "New Negro Renaissance." ... (The Best Of Simple 3) Hughes poems opened the reader's eyes to the many disadvantages that many people have suffered through and are still trying to "defeat". ...

• Word Count: 1984
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School

Destined to fill the void of support for a race of people, who having been kicked in the teeth for so many years, were finally willing to rid their lives of oppression and to stand up and be counted, not just in the eyes of the law, but in the hearts of the people. ...

• Word Count: 3793
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School