| Papers [511-525] of 3116 :: [Page 35 of 208] | | Go to page : <— 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 —> | |
|
|
"To Kill a Mockingbird", 2006.
A review of "To Kill a Mockingbird" with emphasis on the background of the author, Harper Lee.
1,503 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The writer explains that this race-related novel became a success due to being published at the height of the civil rights movement and because behind its apparent simplicity and down-to-earth style it touched the heart of people from all walks of life. The paper summarizes the story and explains that its main theme is a coming of age. The paper describes Lee's education and her decision to become an author. It states that "To Kill a Mockingbird" which won a Pulitzer prize for fiction, and two other awards, was Lee's only novel. In conclusion, the writer posits that the novel's style and simplicity, seen through the eyes of a six year old child, carry thought-provoking moments as the events unfold.
From the Paper
"The years of 1960 and 1961, when To Kill A Mockingbird was published, signaled a time of great change. The civil rights movement was in full swing and the country was experiencing social and economic structuring. Traditional thinking was being transformed into ideas and thoughts that had never been considered before, and old traditions were pitted against new ones. Looking into the Deep South, in a little town named Maycomb, tradition for most people meant prejudice, separation, and racism. Atticus Finch chooses to fight against this "old tradition" with traditions of his own. Because of his highly ethical character, Atticus is able to admirably defend Tom Robinson and promote a "new tradition" for himself and his children. Respect, dignity, and equality form the backbone of Atticus' belief system, a belief system containing qualities that are often overlooked in the traditional South. In the absence of outside support, Atticus fights his battle the only way he knows how -- with patience, perseverance, and honesty."
| |
|
"Africa and Africans", 2006.
This paper reviews and critiques the overt generalizations in Paul Boahnnan and Philip Curtin's book "Africa and Africans," which was written to dispel certain myths about the African people and culture.
1,620 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 52.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The writer of this paper focuses on the overtly condescending style of writing in "Africa and Africans' by Paul Boahnnan and Philip Curtin. An example of this style of writing can be seen by the fact that the authors blame the African people for their wasteful method of farming and the resulting food crisis. This paper details the manners in which the authors stereotype and over generalize in their description of African culture, art, society, religion and other lifestyle factors. The writer of this paper describes each chapter of the book and points out if and where the authors misrepresented certain facts. While the original intent of the authors was to dispel various myths of the African people and their culture, this paper proves why the opposite result was achieved.
From the Paper
"Chapter two reiterates American ignorance in the opening sentence, wherein the authors state, "Africa is a part of the world about which Americans and Europeans can no longer afford to be ignorant." Although ignorance surrounding this continent does indeed seem prevalent across the Western Hemisphere, it is a mistake to assume that all Americans and Europeans are ignorant. However, this chapter becomes less controversial as it evenly describes the actual land and its geographical compositions, instead of general and populous compositions. Still, it seems paradoxical that the authors, while writing in hostile undertones of American ignorance, admit that much of the continent is navigable, due to its swells and basins; hence, it seems that the ignorance is more widespread than the asserted limitations to Americans and Europeans."
| |
|
Nella Larsen Character Comparison, 2006.
Draws comparisons between the two main characters in ?Quicksand? and ?Passing? by Nella Larsen
1,644 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 53.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The two main characters in Nella Larsen's "Quicksand" and "Passing" have fundamental similarities in being mulatto women from Renaissance Harlem in the early 20th century. The paper shows how both Helga Crane and Irene Redfield were well-educated women whose identities were more black than white, a product of their social environment.
From the Paper
"Irene, on the other hand, had little conflict about being of mixed race. She married a "dark" man, had his children and lived proudly as a black woman. While often curious about what it might be like to "pass" as white (as her friend Clare Kendry did), she never seriously considered it an acceptable lifestyle. Being black was not painful for Irene as it was for Helga. Irene did, however, seem to take vicarious pleasure in the notion of "passing" through Clare, pondering about the inherent difficulties of living such a life."
| |
|
The Los Angeles Riots, 2005.
An overview of the Rodney King incident which caused civil unrest in Los Angeles in 1992.
2,835 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 84.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
A twentieth century event that was sparked by racial controversy was the Los Angeles riots following the not guilty verdicts of four white officers accused of beating black motorist Rodney King. The paper shows that the riots in April of 1992 caused extensive damage totaling in the hundreds of millions and caused the deaths of at least 45 persons. By far it was the worst civil unrest of this century, surpassing even the Watts riot of 1965 in terms of destruction and lives lost. The paper shows that beyond the physical and economic damage to L.A., was the damage to race relations caused by the riots. Even though the events of the Rodney King beating involved white officers and a black man, the riots knew no racial boundaries as almost every race was affected by the violence, looting and destruction of Los Angeles.
From the Paper
"The officers justified their actions by stating they thought King was on the powerful mind-altering drug, PCP, but tests showed he only had alcohol in his blood (Wall, 2). In light of all this evidence, the all-white Simi Valley jury determined the officers were not guilty of any wrongdoing in the beating. Even though King may have resisted arrest and attempted to attack an officer, no human being or animal deserved such a beating. The television viewers; black, white, Latino, or Asians who saw the videotaped beating knew that this was excessive use of force and that King's civil rights had been violated by these officers."
| |
|
"All God's Children", 2006.
Examines a biographical text by Fox Butterfield that relates the violent family history of the criminal, Willie Bosket.
1,577 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
Willie Bosket has been called the most violent criminal in New York state history. This paper shows just who Bosket is and how he came to be so violent which is at the heart of "All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence" by Fox Butterfield. A dual biography of Willie Bosket and his father, and the saga of a family as it lurches through the decades from slave quarters to sharecroppers' cabin to Harlem tenement, the paper examines how the book shows how a tradition of violence crosses color lines and gets handed down from generation to generation.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
The "Monster" Among us
How do we Prevent Creating More Willie Boskets?
From the Paper
"Juvenile justice professionals must argue vigorously to maintain separate juvenile and criminal justice systems. Legitimate public concerns justify imprisoning dangerous, repeat offenders; however, research shows that housing juvenile offenders with adult felons is not the answer to reduce the rate of violent crime. Youth who get into trouble with the law need adult guidance, and suitable role models won't be found in prison. People must understand that the development of children and youth is a process that allows for learning, growing, changing, and maturing."
| |
|
African-Americans in Post-War America, 2006.
A look at the injustice and degradation suffered by African-Americans in post-war America, through the eyes of famous African-American authors such as James Baldwin and W.E.B. Du Bois.
1,345 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 45.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper examines the writings of famous African-American authors such as James Baldwin, W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, and discusses their experiences and understanding of what it meant to be a Black-American in post-war America. The paper focuses primarily on the work of James Baldwin and his description of the destruction of his race and the injustice and the force to which African-Americans were subjected.
From the Paper
"Baldwin's experience was that of a black man trying to find meaning and success and identity in apartheid America. Being black--or Negro, in the vernacular of the time--was a crucial fact of life. Baldwin observes the creation and the effects of "the projects," slums, and ghettoes on both the city-dwellers who live there and those who create them in the first place. James Baldwin's "Fifth Avenue, Uptown: A Letter from Harlem" is about one of these 'projects' that has captivated the blacks within the lanes of Harlem. Baldwin desperately and passionately hated the streets of Harlem not for what they were but rather, what they stood for. According to Baldwin the neighborhoods were distinctive in place and culture. They differed from America in all terms and manners. The law, schools, professional associations, and judicial institutions in these neighborhoods, were 'protected by law enforcement not of this territory. Baldwin's "occupation thesis," of course, challenges the American Dream and suggests an endemic basis for social unrest. But, the implication to be developed here is for how we understand law. Jurisprudence rather than policy, ethics, or political theory, is the issue and the challenge is just as compelling."
| |
|
"All God's Children", 2006.
Examines the history of racial tension through the book "All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence" by Fox Butterfield.
1,529 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The spiral of violence in the United States had its roots in slavery and has been perpetuated through the generations by the wide division that has existed between the black and white cultures. This paper examines these views by Fox Butterfield in "All God's Children". The paper shows how the author backs up his claim with voluminous research that studies the family of convicted murderer Willie Bosket, to uncover a tradition of violence and poverty that began during the days that immediately followed the Revolutionary War.
From the Paper
"From the start Willie Bosket's relationship with his mother was complicated. She often told the boy that he was just like his father and that he was sure to grow up to be "no good." The environment in Harlem was far less than wholesome, and he was always struggling in a love-hate relationship with his mother. When he learned that his father was in prison, he bragged about the fact to neighborhood boys and soon became embroiled in violent crime and behavior as had the men in his family as far back as could be traced. The so-called code of honor had become what is today known as the code of the streets, and Willie began to engage in petty crime that was met with violent punishment from his mother."
| |
|
Social Urbanization, 2006.
This paper analyzes the social urbanization of America for the past 150 years, focusing primarily on Los Angeles, CA.
1,337 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper examines the various methods of studying urbanization which include community formation and the process of urbanization. This paper also discusses advanced computer software programs that reveal concise developing patterns and complex sciences such as chaos and fragile theory which tell about the inner workings of cities. This paper describes how the emergence of new living patterns are a direct response to technology, modes of transportation and individual preferences. For more than 100 years urban theorists have contended that the balance of forces between white and black and male and female is a natural condition, yet this paper proves why this is no longer true. The writer focuses on the urbanization of L.A. which is more fragmented than most other multicultural municipalities due to its large Hispanic population. This paper also touches on the introduction of Islam into the African-American community and the resulting impact.
From the Paper
"Since 1966, and the theories of Jane Jacobs and post-modern urbanists, urbanists view the city as a living organism--one whose many cycles can be captured better on film then by a static plan. Indeed computer programs that reveal developing patterns and complex sciences, such as chaos and fragile theory, tell us much more about how cities really work than the old mechanic models of modern architects. An excellent candidate for such a study would be that complex, unexplainable entity known as Los Angeles. According to a United Nations report published in 1992, more than one million refugees migrated around the globe--compared to a World War II high of 16 million."
| |
|
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", 2005.
This paper relates the story of Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", who grew up prior to the Civil Rights movement.
995 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper explains that, in Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", a story based on her life, the two things which propelled young Maya into adolescence were her thirst for learning and her love of reading. The author tells of several aspects of Angelou's life including her attending college at the age of fourteen and the birth of a baby boy out of wedlock. The paper concludes that, even today, Maya Angelou, who is a product of Stamps and Oakland and of the disdain and hatred of pre-Civil Rights Negroes, seeks freedom for all people, black and white, so that they are not a caged bird.
From the Paper
"Maya also became somewhat of a dreamer, especially when thoughts of her mother, Vivian Baxter, arose from time to time. It seems that a movie star of that period, Kay Francis, was supposed to look like their mother, and the two would go to the movies- the colored balcony, of course, every time a Kay Francis movie would be shown at the local theatre. Slowly, there was a need for mother and daughter to reunite. But, still the heart and soul of Maya was her education. "I had met and loved the Bronte sisters, and had replaced Kipling's 'If' with 'Invictus'.""
| |
|
The Watts Riot: Enough is Enough, 2006.
An assessment of the Watts riot of 1968.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 38.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper studies the Watts riot that occurred in Los Angeles during the summer of 1968. The riots effectively signaled an end to peaceful dissent, which had previously characterized the civil rights movement. The paper asks and answers the question: why did this violence take place, especially so soon after a series of successes by the civil rights movement? The paper also addresses the root of the dissatisfaction by the African-American community. The paper concludes with a discussion of prevention -- both of the dissatisfaction and of the subsequent violence.
From the Paper
"On August 11, 1965, just five days after President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law (and only a year after the ratification of the 23rd Amendment), as a result of a drunk driving arrest and a mother's protests, racial tension in Los Angeles' largest black ghetto, Watts, finally burst. Six days of looting, rioting, burning, and various forms of brutality took place, resulting in 34 killed, 900 injured, 4,000 arrested, and $30 million in property destroyed. As Eldridge Cleaver details, Watts had always been "a place of shame," but now blacks everywhere were declaring that they were from there: 'I too, have participated in this game, saying, I'm from Watts. In fact, I did live there for a time, and I'm proud of it.'"
| |
|
Civil Disobedience: Breaking a Law to Take a Stand, 2006.
An essay discussing the use of civil disobedience in the 1960s to protest the Vietnam War and the injustices suffered by African-Americans.
1,944 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This essay examines the criteria established by American Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King, for determining when civil disobedience is justified and then uses this criteria to explain why the civil disobedience activities waged on behalf of the Civil Rights movement and the anti-Vietnam War movement were justified.
From the Paper
"The tactic of civil disobedience has been used throughout American history as a means of changing social conditions which are unaccaptable on moral grounds, as well as on political grounds in the case of laws which are intrinsically unjust. The American Revolution itself was civil disobedience carried out to its extreme and is defined in the opening words of the Declaration of Independence, which formally defined the right of government as the province of the people and justified the overthrow of the established government if it operated in opposition to the common good."
| |
|
Civil Rights, 2006.
An historical overview of the American civil rights movement.
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper studies the milestones of the civil rights movement. The paper begins by looking at landmark rulings by the Supreme Court. Then, the paper traces how various other disenfranchised groups -- Native Americans, women and homosexuals -- also joined the fight for equality.
From the Paper
"The NAACP had brought about legislation requiring integration giving hope to minorities. The election of John Kennedy in 1960 ushered in a new age of liberalism, but the progressives in the administration focused their attention on the race to the moon, idealistic enterprises like the Peace Corps and the Vietnam War. The Kennedy administration was blocked in many of its efforts by a conservative Congress, but the more progressive Supreme Court issued some landmark decisions that marked the beginning of the civil rights crusade. In Miranda v. Arizona (1966) the court declared that those accused of a crime must be informed of their rights and have an attorney present during questioning. The decision was of great benefit to the poor, the uneducated and those who were not fluent in English."
| |
|
Black Socio-Economic Underachievement, 2006.
An analysis of M. Kim Young's article: "Whites' Explanations of Blacks' Socioeconomic Underachievement: Individualism, Structuralism, and Status Inconsistency, Current Research in Social Psychology".
2,634 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 79.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper examines M. Kim Young's 2000 article entitled, "Whites' Explanations of Blacks' Socioeconomic Underachievement," which demonstrates that white individuals with different backgrounds perceive the lower social economic status of blacks from different perspectives. The paper looks at the methodology used, as well as the results of the study, amongst other things.
Paper Outline:
Methodology
Hypothesis
Dependent Variables
Independent Variables
Analysis and Statistics
Possible Problems with Methodology
Results of the Study
Discussion
Further Research Possibilities
Footnotes
References
From the Paper
"Kim Young states that most whites do not endorse that blacks are disadvantageous because of their inborn disability. On the other hand, he notes that slightly less than 60 percent of whites believe it is due to lack of motivation among blacks. Young's results show that whites are more likely to see unequal chance for education than discrimination as a major cause. They tend to see that lack of resources rather than differential evaluation of such resources is more important in determining blacks' crippled position. The study also indicates that underachievers are far more likely than overachievers to see that discrimination and unequal chance for education are the reasons for blacks' underachievement."
| |
|
"The Invisible Man", 2006.
A review of "The Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison.
1,587 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The writer explains that in the book by Ellison, the diametrically opposed views of Booker T. Washington and Henry Turner regarding the problems faced by African-Americans are expressed. The paper also discusses the different approach of each of these men towards a resolution of those problems. The paper explains that the mark of the African-American experience in the pages of American history is indelible and that in the spirit of Ralph Ellison, to try and separate that experience from the fabric of United States history, would unravel the framework of the American past. In conclusion, the writer posits that recounting the African-American past is of great value to our understanding of American history and culture.
From the Paper
"The events within chapter 1 of Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man highlight the degradation of the black race that continues from Washington and Turner's time period into Ellison's era. In the first chapter, the unnamed character is painfully reminded of his place in this white dominated society. Chapter 1 depicts white men who hold high levels of power taking advantage of a group of black boys in a battle royal. The boys are tempted with a naked white woman, and then brought on to beating upon each other in the battle royal.
"This scene shows the extremes of abuse which blacks suffer at the hands of whites. It is this type of oppression which Turner spoke so much about in his speech. One cannot help but feel the injustice faced by this unnamed black youth, who even through his ordeal remains deprecatory to the whites who used him like a toy. It is the purest irony that parts of his speech to these white men after the battle royal were taken from the same address studied here by Booker T. Washington. The first chapter appears to confirm the arguments of Henry Turner. However, the ending of chapter 1 comes back to Washington's belief that through help from the white race, African Americans can rise from poverty and oppression: "Boy, take this prize and keep it well. Consider it a badge of office. Prize it. Keep developing as you are and some day it will be filled with important papers that will help shape the destiny of your people" (Ellison 32). This is seen through the leather briefcase and scholarship that was given to the black youth in the end for his trials and endeavors."
| |
|
Advancement Empowerment for African-Americans, 2006.
A look at the progress of African-Americans.
2,314 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper explores how the African-American people have developed themselves through legal slavery and other injustices brought upon them by the whites. It looks at how they as a people have developed despite the odds against them. The author looks how every success that the blacks achieved was through wars, strikes and joint efforts of whites and blacks together. The paper concludes with the author's own personal opinion that the fight for equality is far from over. Outline: The Black Family The Family The Concept of Sharecropping Formation of the Black Church Education Black Migration World War II
From the Paper
"After filing by 38 members of post war separate petition by the Fairfield Baptist Church in Northumberland County in Virginia in 1867 marked the beginning of a social status to the African American on religious matters and separated the whites from the blacks to different churches. The Black Churches spread rapidly throughout the South. By 1895, the various Baptist Associations had formed themselves into the National Baptist Convention of America representing 3 million African American Baptists in the South."
|
|
|
