A book can be the window to a whole new world. ... Never has a book of history opened my eyes wider, captivated me more, than the story of Malcom Little. ... A home were Malcom was the "mascot," a home were the word "nigger" was so common Malcom began to think it was his nickname. ... After this, he went to work hustling drugs, which eventually led him to live from place to place, fearing for his life if he stayed in one apartment too long. ... He immediately called the police and when Malcom came back to get it, the cops were waiting on him. ...

• Word Count: 4036
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

As the situation escalates, the national guard is called into town, while everybody is awaiting the trial jury's decision. ... Stephen Hunter, who reviewed the film for the Baltimore Sun wrote: "Why is it taking place in 1996 instead of 1958? ... There are different reasons stated for the permanent or temporary removal of "A Time to Kill" from the libraries; when asked about the book banning in his home state of Mississippi, John Grisham himself assumed that it was because of the "graphic rape scene" in the first chapter. ... Between 2000 and 2009, "A Time ...

• Word Count: 4938
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To this day, the systematic oppression of the black man and woman as a result of their kidnapping and being forced into slave labor has eternalized itself in our society and has found its home within the minds of the vast majority of white citizens. ... Irwin's book seeks to examine how America has used its jail system as a new, under examined form of social control. ... They called them savages and made eliminating them a moral duty, rather than a moral sin (Alexander, 23). ... The restrictions to registration now in place denied blacks the rights they were given and deserved. ...

• Word Count: 6384
• Approx Pages: 26

It means, the apartheid society has taken place in the country in a such long time. ... These two race groups weren't allowed to use the same official places such as hospital and schools etc. Namely they had segregated neighborhoods, black people were forcibly removed from their homes and were put in a separated area from whites. ... While white students were having many skilled teachers, all the texts book they needed and a pleased school building. ... The uprising was organized by Soweto students as well as a man called Steve Biko, he was an antiapartheid activists. ...

• Word Count: 2834
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In fact, some laws, called segregation laws, often limited their freedom and discriminated against them. ... A secret society called the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) had been organized to uphold this white "supremacy-. KKK members burned blacks' homes and churches, and even hanged blacks simply for "talking back- to whites. ... King's network began to fall into place. ... With this in mind, he began his first book "St...

• Word Count: 3558
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His first popular book was "Innocents Abroad- (1869), followed by "Tom Sawyer- and "Huckleberry Finn- (1876). ... However, the setting of the novel was in 1830, a period called "Ante Bellum-, which was the time before Civil War and the time of slavery. ... Pudd'nhead Wilson, originally called David Wilson, is a young lawyer who comes into the small town named Dawson's Landing. ... Her son, now called "Tom-, grows up as a white man and Tom, now called "Chambers- grows up as a slave. ... Twain had a special relationship to one of the slaves called Uncle Daniel. ...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Indeed it was not common to call a slave other than by his first name or as boy". ... But the so-called Reconstruction period failed, although Blacks were now called citizens", they still had no civil rights. ... They used threats, burning and lynching to keep the black man in his place". ... Daddy King, as he was called by his family, was an example for Martin, who was deeply influenced by his home and his church, which helped him in the white racist society of the South. ... King lectured in all parts of the country and discussed problems of Blacks with civil-rights and religious leader...

• Word Count: 3965
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

The two men were working towards the same goals as Cone explains in his book, but in different manners. ... If King loses, worse leaders are going to take his place. ... Louis Farrakhan called him a "cowardly hypocritical dog" who "is worthy of death." ... Cone also quotes King's wife, Coretta, who said King saw her as a "homemaker" and expected her to be "home waiting for him." ... Malcolm called women "tricky, deceitful, and untrustworthy flesh." ...

• Word Count: 2721
• Approx Pages: 11

He was gifted and because of that he skipped the ninth and the twelfth grade of the "Booker T. ... They suffered terrorist telephone calls and threatening letters from King's opponents. ... They were called "Freedom-Riders", and their goal was to end the segregation at bus terminals. ...

• Word Count: 4457
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School