Baldwin wrote in "Notes of a Native Son- about his struggles with the hatred that surrounded and almost eventually consumed him. ... Since "Notes of a Native Son- is a personal account of his life, the entire writing is essentially evidence. ... She did not say it with the blunt, derisive hostility to which I had grown accustomed, but rather, with a note of apology in her voice, and fear. ... Lots of evidence is good yes, but she almost uses too much of it not giving enough time to explain exactly what she is talking about. ...

• Word Count: 1418
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is important to note that although they see themselves as being oppress! ... "Money gives a nudge to the poet star bandit./ Control it, then recluse it, follow, you won't lose it."" ... To end the song "Push it Along- the Tribe incorporates the first few notes of the song "All you need is love,"" when ironically, it was The Love Movement that ended their career as A Tribe Called Quest....

• Word Count: 1361
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The most important thing to note about the shift in class structure can be seen by looking at the former behavior of Sutpen and Wash with how they behaved after the war. ... This passage goes on to note how black people laughed and tormented him. ... The aristocratic south was forced to redefine what their place was in society, giving up all they knew to loved. Yet, they proved unable to give up there superior notions of class and identity. ...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He gives this statement, but he also is able to back it up with a real life situation. ... He is able to back up his statement with several examples giving his audience real life situations to contemplate about. ... He gives examples of where people have come from. ... "It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. ...

• Word Count: 1371
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

She states that she is fan of conscious underground artist like Common, The Roots, Talib Kweli and others, so when she gives her opinion about their music, the reader is able to accept it because it has already been established that McLune knows what she is talking about. ... The title of his article, "Notes of a Hip Hop Head", establishes credibility before the first sentence is read. ... The article could easily be mistaken for a lengthy comment or rant on a discussion board because she neglects to give the reader a purpose for wanting to read further. ...

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

Thurman is showing a common view of 1920's society in a small segregated town and giving the reader a reason for Emma Lou's self-inflicted pain even after she moves on. Thurman does this by giving the reader insight into Emma Lou's mind and showing how the character has come to be racist against herself and her own people. ... The teachers send her a note in an attempt to help Emma Lou avoid the gossip and criticism behind her back. ...

• Word Count: 1573
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On a side note, "there is not one major American success throughout our history that can be attributed to ˜diversity.' ... Another argument supporters of affirmative action will often give is that affirmative action compensates for the past discrimination and injustice African Americans were forced to endure. ... Even so, "it makes [no] sense to give preference to applicants from these groups, despite the fact that some of the beneficiaries will be people who haven't suffered much from racism, and some of the members of the non-preferred group may themselves be disadvantaged, ...

• Word Count: 2129
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In addition to the practice of racial segregation across the South, Tindall and Shi note that, "The period of growing discrimination at the turn of the century was one of the worst" (America 854). ... These incredibly powerful words give Du Bois stance that the political aspects of finding freedom overshadow the economical opinions of Washington. ...

• Word Count: 1894
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

A columnist for the segregation minded Richmond News Leader wrote, "Here were the colored students in coats, white shirts, and ties and one of them was reading Goethe and one was taking notes from a biology text. ... It gives one pause"(Chalmers 21). ... Carmichael then started to give speeches and was looked upon as a successor of Malcolm X. ... He established a permanent home in Guinea that year and only returned on occasions to the United States to give lectures (Microsoft). ...

• Word Count: 2394
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Staples cites from two essays in which the authors are both intensely uncomfortable in the presence of black men on certain streets and Staples also notes that he often notices the "hunch posture" (256) that one of the authors describes in his essay. ... In the revised version, Staples begins in a much more descriptive manner, taking more time to give a details about the area that he walks in and an in depth description of his appearance the evening he took his "first victim" (258). ...

• Word Count: 1531
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

And next month maybe I"ll give you another one." ... It is interesting to note as well, that it is the dietician who causes Joe to be taken out of the orphanage, the only home he has even known, by telling the matron of the orphanage of Joe's mixed heritage. ...

• Word Count: 1750
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

" (13-14) Dunbar never gives up, because his parents never gave up, and neither did theirs, as far back as the Atlantic ship forced them over here to be slaves. ... We are given a peak into what they have gone through, and how white people have destroyed their lives and has made the mother into such a distraught and depressed woman, yet she still pushes and carries on for her daughter, just like any family would (although, quick side note, comparing this to stories written by white authors, if the mother is rich, she usually has a nanny, and if not, the mother has been abusive, i.e. ... T...

• Word Count: 1871
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She refused to give up her seat in the middle of the row when a white person wished to sit in her row. ... (Note: It was an "established rule" in the American south (at that time) that African-American bus riders had to sit at the back of the bus. ... Some helped the blacks by giving them rides; others attacked the blacks. ...

• Word Count: 1975
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were both fighting the same war for the same people. Their methods were different but both achieved, in time, what they were trying to bring across. Never did they back down from their beliefs or compromised them. They were the embodiment of integrity. King a...

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