James Baldwin is considered one of the most important African American writer of novels, poetry, short stories and essays, as well as a civil right activist. ... Baldwin spent much of his time in libraries and found his passion for writing (236). ... Ross states that "Baldwin found in homosexuality a clear path of desire" (634). ... This is a story of how two African Americans brothers take their own path through life as they struggle to find meaning in their lives. ... Baldwin used essays to examine race relations. ...

• Word Count: 1511
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It was at this time that Baldwin published his first essay, "The Harlem Ghetto". ... Many found it interesting that Baldwin chose a white person to portray himself. ... dwin's essays come off as being bitter, he should not be looked upon as a bitter man. ... Baldwin wrote novels, poetry, essays and a screenplay in the later years of his life. ... Charlie, in other works Baldwin wrote of integration as a loving means through which we would force our "brothers" to love one another. ...

• Word Count: 1677
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). ... (Essay) Ida B Wells-Barnett Ida B. ... She helped the founding of the NAACP and was an active crusader against lynching. ... At age sixteen her mother, father and some of her brothers and sisters died of a tragic yellow fever outbreak when she was in another town visiting relatives. ... With that happening she was even more determined to fight racial injustice where ever she found it. ...

• Word Count: 1282
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Of course, even those who are not in the same position as, say, the president of the United States of America itself, but in the complete opposite side, still found hope and wanted to believe in all America's hope, prosperity, and liberty it preached about having. ... Within these published essays, Du Bois goes on to describe the disjointed identity of being "a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second sight yield[ing] him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world" (534). ... Especially when he claims ...

• Word Count: 1421
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

DuBois grew up in a large family that consisted of his mother, older brother, aunts, and cousins; they were called the "Burghardt clan". ... He was forced back to Harvard where he found himself studying history instead of philosophy, which was more useful to make a living. ... In 1909, DuBois helped founded the most influential civil rights organization of the 20th century: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). ... DuBois was the only black officer in the early years of the NAACP and was elected as one of its founding officers in 1910 (Thomas Gale). DuBois left...

• Word Count: 1675
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She and her brother, Bailey Johnson, went to live with her grandmother in the segregated rural area of Stamps, Arkansas of the 1930's. ... Once she revealed the identity of the man, he was found murdered a few days after by her uncle. ... (mayaangelou.com, 2015) Married to Tosh Angelos but the marriage did not last long, Maya found herself enjoy the independence of doing what she felt passion about rather than staying home as a housewife. ...

• Word Count: 962
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Through Hughes" works that included: poetry, short stories, novels, and political essays, Hughes brought his words to life and educated many people. ... Through my research, I have found Hughes" younger years the most influential for his life works. ... His mother and grandmother were the founding influences in Hughes" ideas for his later works. ... "I am the darker brother. ...

• Word Count: 1483
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• Grade Level: High School

The third piece of the poem alludes to a time when the man will be treated as an equal brother of America. ... Langston Hughes composed an essay entitled "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" in which he "described the mountain as "this urge within the race toward whiteness, the desire to pour racial individuality into the mold of American standardization, and be as little Negro and as much American as possible" (The Nation 692-694) Although Hughes did not have a longing to turn into a perfect "American", he did believe that African Americans should contribute to American Democracy. ......

• Word Count: 1522
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Ideas of Caucasian supremacy can be found throughout doctrines and scripture that exist in important Church documents. ... Nephi's two brothers Laman and Lemuel rose up against their brother and formed a band of dissidents that rejected Nephi's religious ideas. ... Cain murdered his brother Abel and gloried in his wickedness because Satan commanded him to perform the task. ...

• Word Count: 3075
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate