Douglass was played significant role in the civil war by convincing Lincoln that the main focus of the war should be the abolishment of slavery and influenced a large amount of blacks to fight for the Union. ... His intelligence and incredible speaking abilities led people to question his former reputation as a slave, "the Liberator wrote that many people in the audience refused to believe his stories: How a man, only six years out of bondage, and who had never gone to school could speak with suck eloquence- with such precision of language and power of thought- they were utterly at loss to dev...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ida B Wells, a southern born journalist, wrote "A Red Record" to inform her Northern readers about southern lynching in a way that would inspire them take action. ... Her neutral strategy played to her advantage because neutrality does not warrant as much conflict as a more bashful article would. ... Wells wrote this article in 1894, and at this point there was lynching going on all over the country. ... Washington played on a paternal attitude that white southerners had toward black people; when he said the south is the best place for black people to enter the economy. ... Secondl...

• Word Count: 1541
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times of Hispanic households," wrote a market analyst (Chung). ... Interestingly, these same black and Hispanic workers played a large role in Obama's success in his presidency campaign. ...

• Word Count: 551
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Due to segregation, no matter how well a black male played they were not allowed to play on an official team. ... In the earlier years of baseball clubs were organized not to allow African Americans to play amongst the white players, in 1890's is when the revolutionary social climate causing club owners to stop allowing blacks the right to play and began forcing them out of the teams. ... In his book he also talks about how African American writers played an effective role in trying to end the segregation in the sport. ... They also wrote letters to the club owners giving them reasons ...

• Word Count: 1398
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As Professor Kennedy said in his article, " So we play their game . ... Gill wrote in article, "As long as society perceives human variation in the terms of discrete races (sometimes even social races), then the forensic anthropologist must be prepared to at least articulate results of analysis in those terms." ...

• Word Count: 762
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The game of basketball had been created in 1891; it was until 1950 when the game became racially integrated, allowing black men to play on white teams. ... Blacks weren't able to play on white teams and they were banned from playing in gymnasiums owned by whites. This never slowed them down, instead, they played in other spaces, including church basements, dance ballrooms, and meeting halls. ... Blacks weren't able to play on white teams and they were banned from playing in gymnasiums owned by whites. ... No African American woman had ever played the way she did. ...

• Word Count: 2290
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(Out of Many, 614) In addition to the revoluntaries that encouraged reforms, muckrakers also played a crucial role in addressing injustices and calling attention to the American citizen. ... Upton Sinclair was best-known for his novel, The Jungle, which he wrote in 1906. ... (Out of Many, 634) Ida Tarbell also brought about change, she wrote History of Standard Oil Company in 1904, were she exposed the practices of some corporations and strengthened the movement for outlawing monopolies. ...

• Word Count: 1668
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The great migration greatly expanded black communities in the North, creating a greater market for black culture of black entertainments and the migrants were played in the nightclubs and hotspots of Harlem. ... As we can see, Whites wrote two novels to promote the Harlem Renaissance and support blacks to express their thoughts. ... In addition, the connection between white and black literatures helped many black writers to publish their works and also whites wrote some literatures to support blacks....

• Word Count: 1512
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Topeka Board of Education decision all played key roles in our American Civil Rights Movement. ... 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. ... This clear avoidance of issue at hand is a recurring theme in politics and Collins was playing this card famously. ...

• Word Count: 1986
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Thomas is one of the founders of the ABP, he played a major role in shaping the early moves of Black psychology from the negatives of traditional school. ... White wrote a very important piece of literature in the 70's he argues that traditional psychology uses an Anglo middle-class frame of reference, which is true. ...

• Word Count: 1274
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Writers would come to play a key role in reshaping the meaning of violence "away from exploitation and towards transformation" (Borstelmann 2011: 108). ... Here again we find the method of inversion, as "incarcerated people were central to the revolutionary aims of the Black Arts movement both in the works they wrote and in the symbol they provided of imprisonment in a radically oppressive society" (Borstelmann 2011: 101). ...

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He also learned to play the violin and the flute. ... This is a fact that has been the subject of some debate over the years as to whether he really wrote the letter and if he ever received a legitimate answer from Jefferson. ...

• Word Count: 1655
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Although Sharpeville is on a smaller scale in regards to the number of deaths, they have both played a key part in changing the future of the nation. ... In 1963, Nkosi wrote the following about Robert Sobukwe and Sharpeville: "... a tall distinguished-looking African prisoner, a university instructor and political leader who, at the age of 36, has a rare distinction of having scared Dr. ...

• Word Count: 1663
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Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"" speech in comparison with George Wallace's inaugural address highlights the issue of segregation and seems to imply the philosophical views of the two men with regard to positive verses natural law, a subject's duty to obey the law, how law should or should not be used to promote the common good, the harm to others principle, and the roles paternalism, autonomy, and morality should play in determining the aims of law. ... When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independenc...

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With the eventual success of the civil rights movement, it is important to trace back to its origins and the people and organizations that played a vital role in making the African American people's dreams become a reality. ...

• Word Count: 3545
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Stephen Hunter, who reviewed the film for the Baltimore Sun wrote: "Why is it taking place in 1996 instead of 1958? ... Similar criticism came forward in 2013, when the novel was adapted again, this time to become a Broadway theater play. ... Out of these economic problems that play a big part in the novel, Carl Lee can only pay Jake $900 to take his case, and is unable to get a new mortgage on his land in order to pay for the remainder of the agreed fee. ...

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