In the novel A time to kill, we witness the heroic actions of Jake Brignance, a young male lawyer who takes the chance of defending a black male who turns a rape case into a murder case. ... Back in those days blacks and whites kept separate and each race would help each other out in a time of need. ... For example when Jake Stated," a • ¬ a • ¬ a • ¬ " This is the point where the Klu Klux Klan burned down his beautiful white house that he was so fond of and lost his wife and kids for a period of time for their safety. ... The foolish actions of two ...

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Her mother, Pauline, reinforces this belief by dedicating her life to this rich white family and doting over their blond, blue-eyed little girl, while at the same time completely ignoring her own little girl. ... At some fixed point in time and space he senses that he need not waste the effort of a glance .She looks up at him and sees the vacuum where curiosity ought to lodge. ... She loved taking care of their daughter. ... Pauline beats her daughter and kicks her out for this simple mistake. The mother coddles and protects the little Fisher girl, protecting her from her ugly dark skinned...

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His daughter scoffs at the penniless Walter, but Atticus maintains that he is a person, just like anyone else. ... Another very important lesson that he teaches his children occurs during the time when he knows they will be targeted at school for having aNegro-lover? ... Time after time, Atticus uses the difficult situation to educate his son and daughter about the fact that they must be faithful to themselves and stand up for their ideals, but at the same time it is important to roll with the punches and take unfair abuse with their heads held high, not with their fists ready to fight back. ...

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The first time we are introduced to Annie, she is looking after Susie. It has been noted by many film studies scholars that Annie tends to hug and hold Susie more than her actual daughter (Staples, pg. 8). ... She cooks, cleans, and babysits, claiming the whole time that she enjoys the work. ... The only time Sarah Jane accepts her blackness is at her mother's funeral. ... Sirk's remake takes place in a time closer to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. ...

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This is derived from his decision to marry the daughter of a powerful senator of Venice. ... Othello is harassed by Desdemona's father, who claims that he used magic to steal his daughter from him. ... Therefor he is isolated physically much of the time. ... Aaron is a smart man, and he uses his intelligence to guide Demetrius and Chiron to rape Lavinia, Titus's daughter. ... Yet the only time that Aaron actually kills or attacks someone is when his own child is in danger. ...

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This is derived from his decision to marry the daughter of a powerful senator of Venice. ... Othello is harassed by Desdemona's father, who claims that he used magic to steal his daughter from him. ... Therefor he is isolated physically much of the time. ... Aaron is a smart man, and he uses his intelligence to guide Demetrius and Chiron to rape Lavinia, Titus's daughter. ... Yet the only time that Aaron actually kills or attacks someone is when his own child is in danger. ...

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The Differences between "Rosie- and the Woman in "That Damned Fence- During the time of World War Two, there were hard working women taking over the jobs in industry that were usually held by men. ... During the same time, there were women who held no similarities with the working women of the 1940's. ... While working women were buy fur coats, these people were living off of what they could bring with them at the time of there evacuation. ... During the same time there was an issue in the south with young white women, usually the daughters of plantation owners, having sex with black m...

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Changes of Time: The Stereotypical Images of Blacks on Television Ever since television began in 1939, African Americans have been portrayed as maids, servants or clowns. ... Every time Lamont threatened to leave, Fred would do his famous act and fake a heart attack and start moaning to his late wife, I'm coming, Elizabeth, I'm coming. ... Good times was one of the most original shows on television its time. ... Also in the household was Kimberly, his 13-year-old daughter and the new, scatterbrained housekeeper, Mrs. ... Sondra, the oldest daughter was a senior at Princeton Univers...

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She was the daughter of free slaves and was orphaned at the age of three. ... Fenton died shortly after the birth of their daughter, Mary in 1864. ... When the slave master tore him from her arms she knew it would be the last time she would see her beloved son. ...

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Just like many of her characters Walker was the daughter of black sharecroppers from the rural South. ... The two decided to move to Jackson, Mississippi where they would have a daughter Rebecca Grant. ... Although our country has grown a lot since the time of slavery and segregation, we still see racism going on in our society today. ...

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By the time Jackie Robinson broke the racial barrier in 1947, troy was past his ball playing prime. ... Baseball was his life, it came first, " During his time in the Negro leagues, the major players never received the substantial amount of glory and fame as the white plays until 1947. ... (Winson, 96) Rose's words, wise as they are, would have been ineffectual without the help of Raynell, Troy's illegitimate daughter, now seven years old, whom Cory meets for the first time. ...

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The following is an example of a story from an ACLU publication that claims racial profiling: In New York, Collie Brown was driving from Albany to Bethlehem with his young daughter asleep in the car in 1997when he noticed his headlights were dimming. ... In short, skin color has become evidence of the propensity to commit a crime, and police use this "evidence" against minority drivers on the road all the time. ... Last time I checked, the way to fight racism is not more racism. ...

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Benjamin Banneker was born in 1731 to the daughter of a former indentured slave, an African American woman named Molly Walsh, who emigrated from England and was in bondage for seven years. ... He had an eighth grade education by the time he turned 15 and took over the operations of the family farm. ... In Benjamin Banneker's studying of the stars, he was the first to notice and write about the Star of Sirius, being two stars instead of one, challenging the astronomers of his time. ... He was also the first scientist to study the relativity of time and space two centuries before Einstei...

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It is the second time since Claudette Colvin case that a Negro woman has been arrested for the same thing. ... The next time it may be you, or your daughter, or mother. ... The time has come when you men is going to have to learn to be grown men or scared boys." ... By this time, members of the Montgomery's business community were becoming aggravated with the boycott. ... During this time blacks were still being intimidated while the ruling from the U.S. ...

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Her parents realized the brilliance their daughter obtained in her childhood years and decided sent her to a boarding school where she was the only black person to ever attend (New York Times; Her Eyes Were Watching God).  ... That same year, Hurston set aside time to more deeply explore her love for anthropology. Hurston spent a great deal of time in Jamaica conducting anthropological research after Their Eyes Were Watching God was complete (Biography.com; Zora Neale Hurston). ... Despite being able to prove that she was abroad at the time of most incidences due to her busy work schedule, sh...

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The beginning of the novel starts with Birdie's recollection that says "a long time ago I disappeared. ... Birdie becomes conscious of the white gaze and the power of the white gaze in ways that many cannot and she becomes very informed of the power of the white gaze when her father, a black man, is interrogated by the police because he is accused of kidnapping "a little white girl"" (Senna, p. 60-61) who is actually his daughter. ... Here we can see that Birdie only is usually only capable of passing as a white girl and while at this time she can see how her father is being looked at, ac...

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By the time of the Little Rock incident, the nation had already become aware of the heightened struggle in the South. ... During this short time in prison he wrote a lengthy letter in response to a public letter from a group of eight clergymen who opposed the non-violent demonstrations that King had lead. ... He insists that violence is not the ultimate solution, but he warns "There comes a time when the cop of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair. ... In addition, Martin Luther King reminds the clergymen the real heroes of the ...

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He saw that his aunt perfectly fitted their society, "The widow rung a bell for supper, and you had to come to time, when you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals, though there warn't really anything the matter with them After super she got out her book and learned me about Moses and Bulrushers;" (pg. 2). ... Watson] meant - I must help other people, and do everything I could for other people, and look out for them all the time, and never think about myself. " (pg. 8). ... Huck did not fit their soc...

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Others believe that the time has come to move on and consider racism and the residual effect of slavery as a thing of the past. ... During a time when it was easier to conform, rather than rebel, Rosa Park, chose the later. ... Oliver Brown, an African American railroad worker in Topeka, Kansas, sued the Topeka Board of Education for not allowing his daughter, Linda Brown, attend Sumner Elementary School, an all white school near his home. ... In all honest, I believe that during my life, I will live to see an African American hold a distinguish position, such as the President of the United...

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King explains the Clergymen that he is serving as the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which at that time had over eighty-five affiliates that operated across every state in the south. ... The word "blasted" is a powerful word to be used in this text because at this point in time Birmingham there had been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches than in any other city in the south. ... King refers to his two children, he first speaks of his daughter who wants to go to the amusement park but is un able to due to the fact that she is not white. ... ...

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"When Mary was a child, many people thought that education was a waste of time for black children, [b]ut Mary wanted to go to school and her parents supported her" (qtd. in Hudson and Wesley 5). ... Sometimes, she would take Mary over to play with her employer's daughter, but one day something happened and it marked Mary's soul for the rest of her life. ... Bethune knew that her school was starting to grow with the population of students increasing, so a larger facility was right on time for her. ...

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Title: The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman Author: Ernest J. Gaines Year and place published: 1971, New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, and Auckland. Number of pages: 259 Type of Book: Fictional Autobiography Biography of Author: Ernest James Gaines was born in 1933 on River...

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The book follows the story of a mean and ignorant white man who falsely accuses an innocent black man of raping his daughter, purely to uphold his own family's values in the community as racists. ... As Atticus states in his closing argument, Mayella "committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it, is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with". ...

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N The 19th century was a difficult time for many women and blacks because of the domination of white men over them. ... Armand had changed to a kinder man after his marriage and the birth of his son and it may have been the only time in his life he was truly happy. ... Madame Valmonde looked closely at the baby and new that it was indeed of mixed ancestry but did not mention it to her daughter, this I believe was her way of hoping for the best. ... The struggle Desiree was trying to overcome was a losing one and mainly because of the dominance of men over women at the time. ... Desiree fina...

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Basketball is an ageless game thought and learned from generation to generation, from father to son, father to daughter, etc. ... The Romas, one of the greatest female ball clubs of all time, played against male and female teams, never lost a game for six years after World War 2 (1939-1945). Mignon Burns, Corrine Robinson, Lillian Ross, Lola Porter, Issadore Channels, and Virginia Wills were among the Romas best players of all time. ... Not knowing what the future holds, she went on to become one of the greatest women ball players of all time. ...

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