In the novel, No Hiding Place, by Valerie Wilson Wesley, the main character private investigator Tamara Hayle faces many difficulties in her career in law enforcement. Wesley explores the struggles of a black woman in a white-male dominated police force and at the same time she also comments upon...

Class Struggles socioeconomic status and American culture "Black Like Me" and "The Jungle" both describe the inequities of the unseen caste system in America. In both cases a minority group (blacks, immigrants) are oppressed and mistreated by the white power group, and there is almost no com...

Social Mobilization Meet Sandra, a mother recently divorced from her abusive middle-class husband. Her previous life had been comfortable; she now lives day-to-day with her children, working as a secretary while attending college courses in her little spare time, all while attending to her h...