Modernism In African-American Poetry
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A 5 page analysis and research paper which examines three representative poems from leaders of the Harlem Renaissance to illustrate the principle of modernism in black poetry. These poems are: 'Mulatto' by Langston Hughes; 'Incident' by Countee Cullen; and 'He was a man' by Sterling Brown. The writer first discusses what experts have said regarding the definition of modernism and then examines how these statements can be applied to each poem. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Paper Title: Modernism In African-American Poetry

The Plays Of Langston Hughes
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A 6 page paper focusing on 'Don't you want to be free?' and 'Mulatto', two plays by Hughes. His theme of the black experience is examined. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Paper Title: The Plays Of Langston Hughes

The Autobiography Of An Ex-Colored Man By James Weldon Johnson
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In 5 pages the author discusses 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man' by James Weldon Johnson. The author attempts to show how 'passing' is destructive in that it prevents the narrator from finding his identity. He does not know if he belongs in the category of black or white. No additional sources cited.
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Paper Title: The Autobiography Of An Ex-Colored Man By James Weldon Johnson

President Kennedy's Civil Rights Legacy Analyzed
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A 5 page paper which questions whether President John F. Kennedy actually left behind a legacy of civil rights, or if it was merely a facade created to perpetuate the slain leader's memory. Specifically considered are whether or not JFK actually achieved anything in civil rights, why or why not, and the motives behind his involvement in civil rights. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Paper Title: President Kennedy's Civil Rights Legacy Analyzed

Dr. Martin Luther King & The Dilemma Of The American Negro / Then & Now
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An 8 page essay exploring the conditions described in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s book, 'Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?', to conditions for the African American in 1997, thirty years after the book was published. Specifically, Chapter IV is reviewed and compared to conditions of racism and opportunities in both eras. The writer offers examples and the thesis that conditions have definitely changed for the better but racism is still prevalent in the country. Two additional sources are cited.
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Paper Title: Dr. Martin Luther King & The Dilemma Of The American Negro / Then & Now

Desegregation of Major League Baseball In The United States
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A 10 page paper on the integration of Black athletes into major league baseball. The writer describes the evolution of the Negro Leagues and the reasons why it would have been beneficial for these leagues to remain in effect as they contributed to social bonding. It is argued that integration damaged some of the pride and cultural experience that Black athletes enjoyed in the Negro Leagues. Desegregation brought about major opposition, ridicule, shame, etc; Irony exists in the fact that Blacks were allowed to fight and die for America-- but they could not play baseball. And once they were allowed to, nobody would accept them. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Paper Title: Desegregation of Major League Baseball In The United States

Jackie Robinson / Film vs. Book
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In this 5 page paper, the writer is concerned with the historical accuracy of film & written accounts of the Jackie Robinson legend. The movie ['Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars'] is compared with the book 'Baseball's Great Experiment: --Jackie Robinson and His Legacy.'
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Paper Title: Jackie Robinson / Film vs. Book

Jackie Robinson's Enduring Legacy
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An 11 page paper on baseball's first enduring black player. Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 amid a raft of controversy, but managed to pull 'Dem Bums,' perpetual losers into the 1947 World Series by doing things that won him the title of 1947 Rookie of the Year. Always outspoken on racial issues, he maintained his promise of 2 years' worth of no visible reaction to the verbal abuse all involved, including him, knew he would suffer. After that, it was no holds barred while he meanwhile gathered award after award. He committed a lifetime to civil rights work, using baseball as a stage from which to speak. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Paper Title: Jackie Robinson's Enduring Legacy

Jackie Robinson's Legacy / Review Of Tygel's 'Baseball's Great Experiment'
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5 pages in which the author discusses this particular book and how the great baseball player Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier between Black and Whites on the playing field and in society.
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Paper Title: Jackie Robinson's Legacy / Review Of Tygel's 'Baseball's Great Experiment'

Jackie Robinson's Social Contributions
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An 8 page paper discussing the social effect felt by Jackie Robinson's addition to the Dodgers. He suffered incredible verbal abuse and even threats of death, yet continued with his mission. He summarized the source of his drive in his last book: 'I cannot, as an individual, rejoice in the good things I have been permitted to work for and learn while the humblest of my brothers is down in a deep hole hollering for help and not being heard. That is why I have devoted and dedicated my life to service.' Jackie Robinson did more perhaps than any other black man in breaking color barriers. Without discounting the contributions of other civil rights workers, Jackie Robinson became a master of breaking the white man's rules yet remaining within those same rules. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Paper Title: Jackie Robinson's Social Contributions

The Nation of Islam in Chicago
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This 12 page paper presents the development of the Nation of Islam in Chicago and its emerging importance as a component of the stabilization of the Black community. This paper argues that the development of the Nation of Islam led to the creation of Chicago as it currently exists, and defines the correlation between the Nation of Islam and the demographic composition of the city. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Paper Title: The Nation of Islam in Chicago

Alex Haley's 'Roots'
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A 5 page book report which provides an overview of the Alex Haley's 1976 work of 'autobiographical fiction,' Roots. No additional sources cited.
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Paper Title: Alex Haley's 'Roots'

Alex Haley's 'Roots' / Book, Miniseries & The Subject of Child Developmental Psychology
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A 5 page paper which compares Alex Haley's book, Roots (Chapters 1-42), with the 1977 miniseries to determine the major differences in terms of how each addressed child development, the difference in the socialization process between Kunta Kinte's tribe and that of Anglo-American children in the U.S., the classification of Kunta Kinte's society from an American cultural orientation, and the development of a child in Kinte's culture with the same aged Anglo child, from a specie perspective. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Paper Title: Alex Haley's 'Roots' / Book, Miniseries & The Subject of Child Developmental Psychology

Booker T. Washington & Harriet Jacobs -- The Knowledge of Freedom
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A 10 page paper discussing Booker T. Washington and Harriet Jacobs (aka Linda Brent) and their similarities, the time in which they were writing and presenting their thoughts, as well as their innate intelligence which was bot applauded and dismissed because it came from a 'Negro.' Bibliography lists four sources.
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Paper Title: Booker T. Washington & Harriet Jacobs -- The Knowledge of Freedom

Gwendolyn Brooks / Poems
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A 5 page analysis of 3 of Gwendolyn Brooks' poems. The writer looks at 'A Sunset of the City,' 'When you have forgotten Sunday: The Love Story,' and 'Corners on the Curving Sky' as being representative of Brooks' style and also of how Brooks consistently expresses emotions which are universal to human experience. No additional sources cited.
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Paper Title: Gwendolyn Brooks / Poems

The Poetry Of Gwendolyn Brooks / Growing Up, Reaching Out
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A 6 page paper on three poems by this well-known Black American. The poems explicated are 'Hunchback Girl: She Thinks of Heaven;' 'We Real Cool;' and 'The Ballad of Chocolate Mabbie,' and the paper looks at them in terms of their evocation of the experience of growing up. Bibliography lists four sources.
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Paper Title: The Poetry Of Gwendolyn Brooks / Growing Up, Reaching Out

Eurocentrism & Afrocentrism / Contrasting Views and the Significance for Race Relations
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An 8 page paper that considers the differences between Eurocentrism and Afrocentrism and relates them in terms of the perceptions of Molei Kete Asante and Mary Lefkowitz. This paper demonstrates the arguments presented by both theorists and then considers their implication for race relations. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Paper Title: Eurocentrism & Afrocentrism / Contrasting Views and the Significance for Race Relations

Frederick Douglass / Unfeeling Animal or Suppressed Human Being?
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A 5 page discussion of Douglass' narrative and how they can be used to disprove Alexis Tocqueville's contention that the black slave is oblivious to his state as a slave. Bibliography includes two sources.
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Paper Title: Frederick Douglass / Unfeeling Animal or Suppressed Human Being?

Contemporary Racism and the Role of Frederick Douglass
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A 5 page overview of the importance of the work of Frederick Douglass and the stature of the man. Relates that this work and the man, while extremely important in a historical sense, is not something on which we should base our current day attitudes regarding racism. Bibliography lists 2sources.
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Paper Title: Contemporary Racism and the Role of Frederick Douglass

Autobiography of Frederick Douglass
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This 5 page paper takes an analytical look at the autobiography. Several observations are made including how Douglass was unique and also how he remained optimistic. No additional sources cited.
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Paper Title: Autobiography of Frederick Douglass

Douglass v. The Confederacy
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A 5 page research paper which examines how the antebellum South was viewed through the eyes of white Southerners and then through the eyes of ex-slave Frederick Douglass. Using the work of Drew Faust in his book on the development of Confederate nationalism, the writer shows how white Southerners considered themselves to be deeply religious people. This is contrasted with the spirituality of Douglass and his experiences as a slave.
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Paper Title: Douglass v. The Confederacy

Frederick Douglass & Maria W. Stewart / Perspectives
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A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts the social perspectives of author and orator Frederick Douglass, a southern male slave with author and lecturer Maria W. Stewart, a free northern black woman to determine the perceptions of each in the black community and white society and how their individual experiences influenced their understanding of and proposed solutions for the antebellum black community. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Paper Title: Frederick Douglass & Maria W. Stewart / Perspectives

Frederick Douglass & Yezierska / Into Freedom
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A 6 page paper on the similar lives and philosophies of Anzia Yezierska, a Russian-Jewish writer who grew up on the East Side of New York City, and Frederick Douglass, the famed orator who was born a slave. Special emphasis is placed on their views on education and wealth in our society. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Paper Title: Frederick Douglass & Yezierska / Into Freedom

Frederick Douglass / A Great American
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A 6 page research paper that gives an overall look at the life and achievements of Frederick Douglass. Born a slave around 1818, Douglass escaped to freedom at the age of 20 and spent the rest of his life as an abolitionist, a writer and as an internationally-acclaimed orator. The most prominent African-American of his age, his accomplishments contribute significantly to the national heritage. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Paper Title: Frederick Douglass / A Great American

Frederick Douglass / An Interpretation Of His Famed Fight With Mr. Covey
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A 5 page examination of the fight between Frederick Douglass and Mr. Covey as related in the 'The Narrative of Frederick Douglass'. Concludes that Douglass' account of the fight holds no real symbolic meaning but that this account was really just one man's reccollection of an event. No additional sources are listed.
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Paper Title: Frederick Douglass / An Interpretation Of His Famed Fight With Mr. Covey

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