While many evidences have already proved the unwarranted disparity in sentencing yielded by the race of the victims, same kind of cases combined with the conditions of defendants' race will result even more significant discrepancies. ... From 1988 to 1994, hundreds of blacks and Hispanics "but no whites" were prosecuted by the United States Attorney's office with jurisdiction over Los Angeles County and six surrounding counties.16 This is not because blacks take more cracks than whites since the numbers prosecuted for crack offenses were nearly equal in other parts of California. ......

• Word Count: 2471
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Malcolm was actually intended to be sent to a reform school, but didn't end up going there for quite some time because the family he lived with liked him so much. ... He was convicted and sentenced to serve time in jail. It was in jail that his next major phase of life started; his religious phase. ... This is where the next phase of his life started. ... Also, when he and Shorty where caught committing robberies with Sophia and her sister, they were sentenced to much longer sentences just because they had been suspected of also taking advantage of these white girls, which was ver...

• Word Count: 1737
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

For some odd reason he had forgot this until he started writing Martin King's biography. ... Lewis to ride with him, his client, Mrs. ... The senior King shook hands with Mr. ... The hoses were probably brought out because the people wouldn't listen. ... That was until he started this biography and got to know the man. ...

• Word Count: 1279
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

It was just a silly song with a catchy melody. ... McLune suggest that if our community as a whole starts to view woman hating as a common enemy then hip hop would start to change. ... Especially nowadays with the abundance of technology, establishing credibility is important because everyone has an opinion and now everyone is able to share it. ... The word choice that McLune uses for this sentence clearly reveals to the reader that she is a female. ... The title of his article, "Notes of a Hip Hop Head", establishes credibility before the first sentence is read. ...

• Word Count: 1283
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

So what could possibly be wrong with classifying a crime with hate, for a larger sentence? ... And don't even get me started on the case of the black street punk who got punched by the cop. ... His attackers were charged with hate crimes and made out to be savage homophobes. ... His attackers should be executed, but not because Shappard was gay, but rather because they committed murder. ... I am pro death penalty, and while I do think these hate crime committers should be executed or prosecuted fully, why should the other regular murders deserve lighter sentences? ...

• Word Count: 1254
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Marcus Garvey was one of the most influential leaders of his time because he started the Universal Negro Improvement Association, advocated black unity, preached self-reliance, and was the black peoples' spokesman. Marcus Garvey started UNIA because he wanted blacks to have pride in themselves and to be treated fairly. ... This sudden change was mainly done because the Liberian government became aware of the uproar that Garvey was causing in the U.S. with his preachings. ... Garvey was sentenced to three months in Spanish Town Prison for contempt or court. ... He preached separatism; ...

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

Scout herself starts out as a young child who doesn't think much of colored folks, which is inadvertently forged by the racism of Maycomb inhabitants. ... Deprivation of rights and materials via segregation might have slowly started coming to an end in the workforce, but it certainly hadn't ended in the housing industry. ... Instead of being given a rightful jury decision, he was convicted because, in Maycomb, they take the word of a white person over the word of a colored person. ... After being denied the right of equal standing and not having the opportunity to defend himself wit...

• Word Count: 1567
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Eventually he became involved with drugs and alcohol. ... Eventually, Malcolm Little was caught and sentenced to prison for 10 years on robbery charges in 1946. ... The main reason it attracted Malcolm Little though was because it was a large, powerful black organization. Malcolm Little was interested and decided to start making contact with the organization through letters. ... Malcolm X inspired black people to start their own businesses and to become a unified people through the values and teachings of Islam. ...

• Word Count: 1673
• Approx Pages: 7

For all the writers and artists from Harlem, liberty had its importance, because they could talk about their experiences and also about the differences between the cities of the north and the rural south where injustice was still in practice. ... But also he wrote his poem with simple verbs such as "like" which is used several time like if he was playing with it. ... Moreover he ended his poem with the same sentence like if he wanted to clearly explained that life has always been hard to him. With the same idea of sermons, blues and prayers the poem The Negro Speaks of Rivers starts like i...

• Word Count: 1971
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In an article written about this particular problem in the south, Jamelle Bouie states that, Many in the south claim that they don't deal with or vote for african americans because thats "just the way it is.... A way to start changing the way people think about others is immersing themselves with other cultures. ... A lot of young people get into interracial relationships because its "hip.... Interracial dating causes problems with the older generation because a lot of families want to keep their bloodline "Pure.... African American youths arrested for drug possession are ...

• Word Count: 1561
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

With this vision in mind, Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). ... In 1910, Garvey began traveling in the regions throughout Central America with intent to discover if blacks were treated with such disgrace in other areas of the world. ... It is in London where many believe that Garvey gathered all the knowledge he needed to start the Universal Negro Improvement Association. ... He wasted no time once back in Jamaica to start his own organization of which he planned to finally liberate his race through. ... It was because of successes like this that the American...

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

This list could hardly every be exhausted because segregation was present in every aspect of human life. ... Meanwhile, African Americans were living with their deteriorating freedoms that almost pushed them back into slavery. ... For the majority, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote that separating black children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority which may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone. ... Interestingly enough, The Miami Herald printed an article on May 12, 2957 with a heading Roose...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I have just been sentenced to two years in state prison for committing armed robbery. ... We pull up to the first of three gates, and an officer climbs aboard and starts calling out names. ... The only reason I don't qualify as a level 1 is because I used a gun so I get to play with the really bad guys. ... I start to get tough with him. ... I start messing around with him telling him to shut up before I kill him, getting a little too big for my britches. ...

• Word Count: 2223
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Some may be sub-species who share a common ancestor with the white race. ... Everything they do is geared towards populating the earth with all white people. ... Because they fell the latter terms indicates an existence of respect for the black race. ... This was the start of much violence that has been associated with church members. ... In California COTC members Geremy von Rineman and Jill Scarborough were arrested in a plot to bomb Los Angeles' largest black church. 1995 John McLaughlin, a close friend of Matt Hale, is sentenced to 2- ½ years probation after he is convicted of s...

• Word Count: 1899
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"The Negro Speaks of Rivers," and "Ballad of the Landlord," then, is just the start of a long chain of poems by Hughes which stand up to develop, and change the verifiable experience of African Americans into a workmanship both limpid and automatic. ... " I agree with James Smethurst that Langston was exactly that a man with an agenda, his writings were not just to raise awareness of social injustice in and out of the black community. ... The story closes with "The Little Virgin" ridiculously droning again and again, "He oughtn't to hit a lady. ... The majority of African American ...

• Word Count: 1762
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

And if you're not ready to get involved with either only of those, you are satisfied with the status quo. ... You 're good with your hands-making things. ... I'm telling you we do it because we live in one of the rottenest countries that has ever existed on this earth. ... As is the case in any jungle, the hustler's -every waking hour is lived with both the practical and the subconscious knowledge that if he ever relaxes, if he ever slows down, the other hungry, restless foxes, ferrets, wolves, and vultures out there with him won't hesitate to make him their prey. 5 ...

• Word Count: 2034
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Is it because we are said to be weak, educationally impaired or is it because of the difference in body parts? ... African Americans were also brutally treated with inequality. ... Martin Luther King starts off his speech he says, "I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.... This would be an example of situational irony because just as he said, that speech is one of the greatest demonstrations for freedom. ... The use of the word victim is ironic because instead of her, he has been the victim...

• Word Count: 1861
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

King married and on completion of his studies at Boston University, became the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church where he was popular because of his skills. ... After his last speech, it is known that he said "We've got some difficult days ahead, but it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountaintop." ... In 1946, he was caught, convicted and sentenced to ten years even though it was his first offence. This large term was instituted because of his relation with a white woman. ... People understood him because he had been there. ...

• Word Count: 2369
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

If they could not pay their debt with money they sent food and livestock instead. ... I think I may be able to understand why some urban groups have started to refer to themselves as niggers. ... He was unjustly charged with the rape of the Mayella Ewell. ... Further investigation reveled that people from the black community - one of the most segregated towns of all of Florida -because of the police brutality. ... For drug offenses, why are black children 48 times more likely to be sentenced to prison for drug offenses than white youths? ...

• Word Count: 1892
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Only with the power of the gun can the black masses halt the terror and brutality perpetrated against them by the armed racist power structure black people were forced to build America and if forced to we will tear it down" , these are the words of Huey P. ... Along with Bobby Seale they created a party which shocked all of America, blacks and whites, and its sole purpose was to overthrow the oppression the black people had suffered under the United States government through history. ... At just three years of age his family moved to Oakland, California, where his father a minister took up a ...

• Word Count: 2373
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School