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"Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America", 2005.
Book report on Laura Wexler's book about the lynching deaths of two black couples in Walton County, Georgia, in 1946.
948 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 33.95
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This paper presents a positive review of Wexler's book, "Fire in a Canebrake". The paper begins with a brief summary of the book, and then follows with a look at how Wexler's style makes the book interesting and captivating to the reader. The paper also points out that, through her book, Wexler reveals a great deal about race in America, both today and in the past.
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"In Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America, Laura Wexler paints a disturbing and convincing portrait of race in America. Her detached point of view allows the reader to become personally involved in the story, and creates a powerful feeling of suspense. Further, Wexler's thorough analysis of the search for the killers is equally involving. Ultimately, Fire in a Canebrake reveals a great deal about the pervasiveness of racial tension and inequalities in America."
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?Fire in a Canebrake?, 2004.
An analysis of the book, ?Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America", by Laura Wexler.
875 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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Laura Wexler's novel, ?Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America", describes the events surrounding the infamous Moore Ford lynching, where a crowd of white men executed two black men and two black women. This paper examines how, in the book, Wexler describes the political and racial climate of the time and creates a disturbing portrait of an America that is clearly divided by race. The paper shows how simmering undercurrents of racial tension are described in this portrayal of the Moore's Ford lynching, revealing the powerful impact of both race and violence.
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"The killings in Walton County became national news, notes Wexler, and even spurred President Harry Truman to emphasize the importance of the civil rights movement. Despite this intense scrutiny and publicity, law enforcement officials were unable to identify the killers. To this day, Wexler notes that no individuals have been convicted of the killings, and yet officials continue to search for the killers. In 2001, the governor of Georgia offered a reward for information that led to the arrest of those responsible for the lynchings. Wexler notes that several of the original suspects are still alive, and that there is no statue of limitations on the crime of murder."
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"Don't Fire Them, Fire Them Up", 2006.
This paper serves as a book review of the "Don't Fire Them, Fire Them Up: Motivate Yourself and Your Team" by Frank Pacetta.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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In this article, the writer discusses leadership principles through a review of Frank Pacetta's book 'Don't Fire Them, Fire Them Up: Motivate Yourself and Your Team'. The writer examines Pacetta's presentation of leadership principles for both business and military organizations. Further, the writer points out that Pacetta maintains that ultimately, the proper application of psychology is vital for success in the workplace, for the primary motivational tools all rely upon psychology for effectiveness.
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"In his book, 'Don't Fire Them, Fire Them Up: Motivate Yourself and Your Team', Frank Pacetta presents a unique demonstration of leadership principles that can be used in both a military and non-military environment. As he identifies leadership principles, Pacetta emphasizes that motivation is one of the most vital aspects of leadership and critical to success in both business and military organizations."
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"Don't Fire Them, Fire Them Up", 2006.
This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "Don't Fire Them, Fire Them Up" by Frank Pacetta.
1,019 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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In this article, the writer identifies leadership principles and describes their applicability in either a military and non-military situation. The writer compares the principles of management and leadership exhibited by Mr. Pacetta with those principles of leadership found in or demonstrated in their work environment. The writer claims that Pacetta's book is a glimpse into the successful turnaround of a struggling Xerox sales office in Cleveland Ohio in the 1990s. Further, the writer discusses how the author uses several basic principles of management and leadership along with his own unique additions to "fire up" his employees and create a successful organization.
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"Leadership is about winning, but it is also about using common sense to win, and Pacetta offers many bulleted checklists and questions that give managers quick, timely advice. He even offers a concise explanation of every chapter, complete with bullets, at the back of the book for someone who needs quick advice and does not have time to sit down the entire book at once. As the reader moves through the book, they begin to have a greater understanding of Pacetta's methods, why they worked, and how to apply them to their own business (or even personal) situations. The book reads somewhat like a sports team's "rah-rah" message before they head out to the playing field, and partly like a military manual. Pacetta uses this voice effectively to appeal to a wide audience of managers who tend to be male and tend to relate to these types of messages because they are familiar with them at home and in the workplace."
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Mass Media, Mass Communication and Globalization, 2006.
An essay that defines the concept of globalization and what it means to all aspects of modern life.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper defines globalization as a process that is leading the world towards economic integration that goes beyond states and local economies. The paper discusses how globalization refers to the growing sense of interconnectedness throughout the world and not in just an economic sense. The people asserts that, on the contrary, globalization is evident in all the key arenas of modern life.
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Mass Transit and the needs of the Masses, 2002.
Examines public transportation service in downtown East Side Vancouver.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 11 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper will consider the relation between the British Columbia public transit service's new "Stop Request" program, in relation to the transportation needs of Vancouver's Downtown East Side residents. This paper will examine these issues with Beauregard's (1989) modernist/postmodernist perspective; and the usefulness of Young's (YEAR) discussion of the five faces of oppression, as a way to more specifically characterize the people of East Side Vancouver in relation to their marginal location in the city and in the society and their relation with issues of "safety".
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Lynching in Virginia, 2002.
This paper discusses the misconceptions and the history of lynching in Virginia.
1,335 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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The paper discusses the literature about lynching in Virginia. This paper explains that the history of lynching in Virginia is almost entirely a series of misrepresentation and misconceptions; and even today, decades after the last official lynching, it is difficult to find accurate and truthful information regarding this most ignoble tradition. The author continues that nonetheless several items of consensus emerge: Lynching originated in Virginia, Virginia actually historically has the lowest rate of lynching and lynching continues to this day in isolated cases.
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"The history of lynching in Virginia begins, as mentioned above, with Col. Lynch. He and his comrades, ?responded to unsettled times by making their own rules for confronting Tories and criminal elements...? Due to their distance from formalized courts, these early Americans felt free to form informal courts in the esteemed Col.?s front yard, try, and punish offenders. Contrary to popular misconception, lynching is not and never has been synonymous with hanging. Most early Virginian lynchings consisted of whippings or similar punishments, and in many rural areas, such a definition continued for over a century. In addition, historical lynchings that did result in death were not always hangings either. Lynching tradition does not necessitate hanging by any means. Other popular methods included shooting, torture of various sorts, skinning, burning (alive or dead), beheading, evisceration and other ghastly methods. Regardless of method, ?lynching is a criminal practice which is peculiar to the United States.? "
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Lynching in Literature, 2002.
A look at the concept of lynching as referred to in American literature.
2,934 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 86.95
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Lynching was certainly the cruelest form of racial segregation and discrimination; mob violence was used as a weapon against black men to crush their spirits. After the Civil War, most black men found themselves in a very ugly situation, as lynch law was frequently against them, which resulted in tens of hundreds of deaths. Ida Wells was one of those few courageous black writers and activists who spoke about the horrors of lynching and started an anti-lynching campaign. The paper studies the causes of lynching and nature of anti-lynching campaign in the light of Wells?s three pamphlets, which were later published in a book form titled, ?Southern Horrors and Other Writings? by editor Jacqueline Royster.
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"Lynching refers to use of mob violence against any person with or without a reason. In the days after the Civil War and during the period of Reconstruction, slavery became even more intense than it was ever before. This is because Southerners were now being forced to grant Black Americans their due rights, something that they were absolutely not willing to do. In the days before the Civil War, slavery was prevalent and no one openly objected to it or talked about civil rights of black people. Slaveholders assumed they were superior to their slaves and felt no one could take this right away from them. But as soon as people started discussing civil rights for blacks in public especially the Northerners and some members of the salve community, Southerners became even more austere as they feared loss of their superiority."
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Lynching in Virginia, 2005.
Traces the history of lynching in the State of Virginia.
927 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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The history of lynching in the state of Virginia is still surrounded by many misconceptions. Even though is has been decades since the last of the official lynchings took place, it is still difficult to find reliable and accurate information that accurately represents what went on during that period in history. This paper examines the history of lynching in Virginia from around the 1830's till an anti-lynching bill was passed in 1928.
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"It does appear, however, that the lynching practice did originate in Virginia with Col. Charles Lynch and some of his associates (Brundage, 1993). It is not known whether the activities that took place under this gentleman account for the naming of the town of Lynchburg, Virginia, or not. Even though the practice of lynching originated in that state, Virginia has the lowest rate of all ex-confederate states for lynchings that can be historically verified. Evidence also indicates that lynching in the state of Virginia has not officially existed since the 1920s but it does continue even today in many isolated cases."
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Lynching, 2003.
Discusses the history of lynching in the U.S.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 12 sources, $ 71.95
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Contends lynching of African-Americans was not just an act of hatred and rage, but at attempt to control behavior. Examines the Deep South as the region of most lynchings and discusses the Ku Klux Klan, the lack of action on the part of the North, and anti-lynching protests.
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"The history of lynching in the United States ranks as one of the most horrific, shameful episodes in American history. In Lynch Law, the first serious investigation of lynching published in 1905, James E. Cutler states that "lynching is a criminal practice..."
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Anti-Lynching and Ida B. Wells, 2004.
This paper discusses Ida B. Wells, one of the few black activists who, during the Reconstruction period, took action against the Lynch Law.
965 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper explains that Lynch Laws and lynching activities lead to the death of tens of hundreds of black men, most of whom were completely innocent. The author points out that Wells used data published by the "Chicago Tribune" showing how many innocent people were lynched each year as a means to make authorities take notice of the atrocities that were being committed under the shelter of Lynch Law. The paper states that the anti-lynching campaign of Ida Wells occupies a very important place in our history because this crusade made people understand the issues connected with racial segregation and discrimination.
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"She maintained that not all white women were raped; there had been cases in which white women actually had consensual sex with black men, as they liked their company. This was probably the most outrageous comment that anyone had ever made in favor of black men but Wells probably believed in attacking the attackers instead of defending the victims. This attacking approach did work as people started taking notice of the problems associated with Lynch Law. The greatest favor she did to the black race was that she brought forth some ugly incidents of lynching, which most newspapers never published. She presented many such cases in her famous pamphlets now available in book-form titled ?Southern Horrors and other writings: The anti-lynching campaign?."
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Philip Dray's "... The Lynching of Black America", 2005.
This paper discusses Philip Dray book "At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America", which exposes the killing by hanging of Black Americans for committing no other crime than being black.
1,330 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that the story told by Dray shows how lynching developed, what it was supposed to mean to those carrying it out and what it meant to those targeted including the whole black community, what it meant to reformers and what it continues to mean today as a symbol and terrible mark on American history. The author points out that lynchers are among those who try to force a focus on African-Americans as victims, with the act of lynching itself a deliberate victimization. The paper states that Dray's book, which is informative and frightening at the same time, tells much about the practice, the people involve and the symbolic meaning this era still has for many in America.
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"The title of Dray's book evokes a police report or legal statement by a coroner, as if the crime of lynching were being investigated and the perpetrators slyly exonerated by being listed as "persons unknown," as if unknown when in fact they are known. That has indeed been the pattern for most of these crimes, with the white power structure in the South in particular closing ranks to protect those who lynched blacks because they did not see this as a crime. Dray gives a good account of the history of the era and of the nature of the problem of lynching at different times in American history, beginning with the extralegal actions of Charles Lynch in the late eighteenth century, from whom the name was derived."
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Legal Lynching in Alabama - The Scottsboro Boys, 2000.
A look at the 1930 Alabama lynching of nine black youths accused of rape.
1,427 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 10 sources, $ 47.95
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This paper reports on the Scottsboro lynching of 1930. The case of the Scottsboro Boys was one that showed the tensions between Northerners and Southerners, blacks and whites, poor and wealthy, Communists and Capitalists. The author argues that in midst of these important issues that surrounded this case, many forget the nine young boys, the real victims of this tragedy, a battle of passions, prejudices and propaganda.
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"Few cases stirred up as much controversy and high emotions among the American people in the 1930?s as the one of the ?Scottsboro Boys?. The case of the nine black boys accused of raping two white women in Alabama produced many retrials, convictions and reversals that followed for two decades after the first trial. The proceedings of the case embodied many issues existing in the country during this period of the Great Depression. The struggle for justice of the innocent young men heightened the major tensions and illustrated the threat of a social, Communist revolution, unrest along race lines, and divisions and hostility between the North and South, the core themes of the decade."
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Lynching of African-Americans, 1997.
Examining the occurance in 19th and 20th century America, citing examples; as mob behavior and intended effects.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 39.95
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" The lynching of African Americans in the later 19th century continued on through the middle of the 20th century. Lynching as a phenomenon of crowd behavior will be examined in the context of African American history, and it will be shown that lynching was, in large measure, a means of social control as much as an abberation of human behavior.
Lynching of African Americans in the United States for real or imagined offenses continued in the 20th century, often with little or no opposition from formal agencies of control--police, courts, and other public officials. Although lynch mobs are uncommon today, occasional instances of mob behavior take place over issues such as busing or housing, during political conventions and rallies, and among student or labor groups angry about perceived injustices."
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The San Francisco Fire Department, 2004.
A history of the San Francisco Fire Department and Fire Station #21.
1,873 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper presents a historical background of the San Francisco Fire Department. The paper prefaces this with an overview of the first fire departments and societies, as they were called, in 18th century America. The paper focuses on one of San Fransisco's landmarks, the old Fire Station #21 building. The paper discusses the technicalities involved in the running of fire departments in general and Fire Station #21 in particular.
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"America's fastest growing city, Boston, didn't escape the fire problems of other cities. In 1631, only eight months after it was settled, the city had its first major fire. After the fire, city leaders issued orders that no man should build his chimney with wood or roof his house with thatch. In 1717, Boston established America's first fire department. Boston was years ahead in establishing a fire department because of the terrible fires the city had endured. The following year, a group of concerned homeowners banned together and formed the first fire society. This fire society was the building blocks for the volunteer firefighters. "
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