Baldwin published three collections of essays, which sold over a million copies each. ... Many critics have praised Baldwin for "his ability to make his readers feel intensely his! ... Notes of a Native Son marked the formal entry of Baldwin into the literary tradition of the personal essay. ... Through his essays, Baldwin developed a reputation for being a shrewd commentator on racial identity. ... Baldwin's 1949 essay Everybody's Protest Novel and 1951 essay Many Thousands Gone, however, both of which criticized Wright's Native Son, created a lasting break in that friendsh...

• Word Count: 2618
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Abstract The research question of my extended essay is "How patriarchal and colonial oppression is expressed in Alice Walker's "The Color Purple?" The essay explores the themes of colonial subordination, gender oppression and the representation of gender relations of the male dominated early 20th century in the novel, The Color Purple and how these can be related to postcolonial feminist criticism. ... The concept of sisterhood which is engraved in the Womanist Theology is also looked upon in the essay. ... The essay endeavors to investigate how gender oppression, colonial subordinat...

• Word Count: 3403
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

He had only one blanket and nothing else to make himself warmer (Lester 63). ... Here is what a slaveholder tells in one of his letter. ... The slaves did not have very good houses as this person implies. ... What makes the author of this letter be so confident in his words? ... They saw the slaves" situation as very good and they thought of themselves as of the very kind people who did all these good things for uncivilized savages. ...

• Word Count: 3121
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He had only one blanket and nothing else to make himself warmer (Lester 63). ... Here is what a slaveholder tells in one of his letter. ... The slaves did not have very good houses as this person implies. ... What makes the author of this letter be so confident in his words? ... They saw the slaves" situation as very good and they thought of themselves as of the very kind people who did all these good things for uncivilized savages. ...

• Word Count: 3121
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In this essay I will examine whether the work of the white, middle-class campaigners really was the main reason the slave trade was abolished or if other members of the social spectrum were equally or more responsible. ... Moreover, he employed a man named Thomas Clarkson to find out about the conditions on the slave ships and was absolutely horrified at what he'd heard. ... Clarkson attended Cambridge University and won an essay competition; the essay's title was "Is it right to make men slaves against their will " For this essay he had done considerable research which opened his e...

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In her essay titled, Tupacs Squandered Gift, Kenneth Carroll goes as far to not only blame gangster rap, but Tupac himself for society's ills. ... Bakarie Kitwana in her essay Walking The Tight Rope: the Art, Reality and Impact of Tupac Skakur, defends this statement, "In All Eyez on Me, his attempts to glorify street culture is overshadowed by his willingness to glorify it Thus many young people are imitating what they assume to be reality. ... While Tupac was put into the category of "gangsta rapper", he did not abide by many of the outlines that have been laid down to model what a g...

• Word Count: 3526
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The decision as to what kind of conduct by African-Americans ought to be punished is better made by African- Americans themselves."1 The means by which Butler proposes for Blacks to implement these decisions is termed jury nullification. ... Although several commentators have voiced criticisms with the ideas of Professor Butler, most of these criticisms focus on what is best for the American legal system, what legal precedents dictate, or as is most often the case, on what is "right." ... Instead criticism and analysis must be based upon what is best for the Black community in this country. .....

• Word Count: 3584
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Introduction The Middle Passage is the crossing of the Ocean from Africa to America of African people, who passed from the state of liberty to the state of slavery, and took place between the XVI and XIX centuries. They were captured from the tribes situated on Africa's West Coast: Nigeria, Iv...

• Word Count: 4160
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School