Washington The first chapters of the book describe the narrator as an innocent and naive boy attending a black college in the South. ... Even if that means denying his own black identity. ... After visiting Emerson he finds out about the true content of the letters, given to him by Bledsoe in order to help him getting a job, as they basically contain the following message: "Keep this nigger boy running" (208). ... " (215) the narrator expresses his erupted identification with the black race of the South. ... And "as he moves from innocence to awareness, the narrator must c...

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He is still regarded mainly as the black leader of a movement for black equality. ... After his assassination in 1968, King became a symbol of protest in the struggle for racial justice. ... A 14-year-old black boy like Emmett Till could be hunted down and murdered by a Mississippi gang simply because he had supposedly made suggestive remarks to white woman. ... KKK members burned blacks' homes and churches, and even hanged blacks simply for "talking back- to whites. ... Bus Boycott Montgomery's black community had long-standing grievances about the mistreatment of blacks on ci...

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• Grade Level: High School

Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. Kung Fu (Warner Bros, ABC, 1972-1975), starring David Carradine as Kwai-Chang Caine, featured a white American actor ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate