Reading African American literature ranging from spirituals and slave narratives, to works written during and after the Civil Rights Movement provides readers and scholars with a rare insight into the minds and lives of African Americans at that time. ... During the Harlem Renaissance the issue of race became a central issue as "the first movement in which public discussions about the representation of black people in fiction reach a crisis point" (Bernard 408). ... When speaking towards identity and representation, there are many African American writers and leaders who had the p...

• Word Count: 3543
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This scenario and story to me conveys the way The Civil Rights Movement passed through government. Flannery O'Connor very well could have been talking about the Civil Rights movement in the story "The Barber." ... Which political leader was in favor of the Civil Rights Movement and which was not for supporting the movement in this short story. ... According to 40 Lives of Freedom, "But the changes in the South, in the context of major political changes internationally, had given rise to a civil rights movement. ...

• Word Count: 2519
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Many kinds of music have come out on the American stage within the last 100 or so and have had a great impact on it. American music is extremely varied and diverse. Instead of being dominated by the cultures and traditions of any one particular country (i.e. England or Germany), it is the proverbial...

• Word Count: 4261
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Baldwin's interests went from being an activist in the civil rights movement, to book reviewer and essayist for New York periodicals, to international celebration as literary artist. ... As the civil rights movement intensified during the early 1960's, Baldwin became an active participant. ... He soon became well known as an essayist, publishing in the New Leader, Commentary, and Partisan Review. ... The Black Muslim portion evaluations Elijah Muhammad as a charismatic and disciplined leader who refuses to accept the white world's definitions and therefore threatens its power...

• Word Count: 2618
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He is just one of the motivating start buttons to the movement that I think could have been written about a thousand times and still not cover the complexity of his heart, strength and ideas. ... These blacks, headed by the "militant" leader W.E.B. Du Bois, demanded the same as the original members of the Niagara Movement founded in 1905: -Freedom of speech and criticism -An unfettered and unsubsidized press -Manhood suffrage [note, no "womanhood"] -The abolition of all caste distinctions based simply on race and color -The recognition of the principle of human brotherhood as a ...

• Word Count: 4823
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As a society, we have made so many improvements in so many different fields, yet the black man is arguably equally if not more oppressed than he was during the civil rights movement. ... This paper will serve as a bridge between the two main arguments in the respective books and compare and contrast the lessons found within their text to the ideology of some of the most affluent civil rights leaders in world history. ... The civil rights movement began in the late 1950's. By the 1960's, the Civil Rights Movement ...

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Bledsoe justifies his action by blaming the narrator for having "caused this school incalculable damage" (117) and "as the leader of this institution [he could not] possibly let this pass" (118). ... But following the Communist theory "individuals [...] don't count" (236) for the Brotherhood whose leader Brother Jack, described as a very authoritative person "who snap[s] his orders like a general" (268), requires the invisible man to "accept discipline" (381) subordinating to the Brotherhood's aims - just as subservience has been dema...

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We hear almost everyday about ethnic groups, minority groups and racism on the news. We hear people call themselves African American, German American, Asian American, and any number of other country slash American. People say it helps them identify with their roots and their culture. I suppose I could call myself Irish or Norwegian American, but I doubt it would help me identify with a family culture that I know nothing about. So why do people identify themselves as one thing or another and American? ...

• Word Count: 3593
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

SECTION 1 - Short Answer 1) Ida B. Wells maintained her anti-lynching campaign throughout her life despite her constant fear of death by her oppressors. When the entire passage is taken into context, it explains her actions and the amazing courage that she possessed. "I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. ...

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• Grade Level: High School