In one sense, we were huddled in there, bonded together in seeking security, warmth and comfort from each other, and we didn't know it. ... The author believes that the Islamic religion is likely to change the social problems of the American society. ... According to this quotation, X believed that the problem of race among the American societies can be resolved. ... I reflect many, many times to myself upon how the American Negro has been entirely brainwashed from ever seeing or thinking of himself, as he should, as a part of the nonwhite peoples of the world (Malcolm 1). ... In contrast...

• Word Count: 3645
• Approx Pages: 15
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Prison Literature in America. ... Still, we have more young black men in prison than we do in college. ... As much as we need to defend men and women on a death row, we will ultimately fail without drawing their cases into a broader movement for racial and economic justice. ... But prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings. ... When prisons disappear human beings in order to convey the illusion of solving social problems, penal infrastructures must be created to accommodate a rapidly swelling population of caged people. ...

• Word Count: 3043
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This issue screams to be addressed by the government and abolished in American society if we truly desire our country to be "The Land of the Free," that we all know and love. Racism, and stereotyping in general, are issues that date back many centuries. ... There were no drugs to be found, "We 5 were completely humiliated," says Wilkens. ... Ford told him, "If I was treated this way, I can't imagine how folks who don't have the access to the things I do as a member of Congress are treated." ... If the black community does not trust the police, how are they supposed to sup...

• Word Count: 2664
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the South, mostly African-Americans of the middle-class took an active part in the struggle for integration in the American society. ... In his first speech to the group as its president, King declared: We have no alternative but to protest. For many years we have shown an amazing patience. We have sometimes given our white brothers the feeling that we liked the way we were being treated. ... King lectured in all parts of the country and discussed problems of Blacks with civil-rights and religious leaders at home and abroad. ...

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