Persuasive Speech on Stereotypes "Dumb jocks", "That person must belong to a gang, just look how he dresses". How often have we heard somebody mention these things, yet, how often have we said something similar? I believe our society is based on the superficial thin...

To Kill a Mockingbird Persuasive EssayIs prejudice fair? Are children taught good moral values at a young age? In the novel, ToKill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee discussed the 1920's and 1930's. A man named Atticus was awidower and raised two kids by himself. Atticus tries to teach Jem and Scout goo...

The Atlanta Exposition Address The Atlanta Exposition Address is the fortieth chapter of Booker T. Washington's autobiography. This autobiography was called Up From Slavery and it was written in 1901. The chapter begins by telling the reader that Booker T. Washington, the author, was in ...

Jenkins, Wilbert L. Seizing the New Day: African Americans in Post-Civil War Charleston. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. The end of the Civil War may have ended the institution of slavery, but this emancipation did not necessarily mean that African Americans in post-Civil War Cha...

Americans talk about how they are so happy to be here, so lucky to be in such a free country, but how free are we actually. Granted the police can protect us from the criminals of society but can they stop us, from us? We talk about the first amendment and how it is so great because we woul...

Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man in 1952, when the post-modern writing style dominated American literature. Post-modernism is displayed in this novel by several metaphors that literally and symbolically challenge Emersonian and Whitmanian models, which consider social equality for all beings in Am...

One of the best books I read this year was Randall Robinson\'s The Debt America Owes to Blacks. It was the kind of shockingly delicious book you e-mail 10+ friends about. It had a controversial title, so I couldn\'t comfortably read it on the train; there were too many double takes and pursed lips. ...

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Once Upon a Social Issue Hayden Grant Hayes EH 101, Section 02 Professor Singh Thursday, January 27 2000 Once Upon a Social Issue Fairy tales have always been told to us as children; whether to comfort or ente...

Published in 1965 "Learning to Read' is an excerpt from the autobiography of Malcolm X. 1965 marks a period in American history that is tainted with widespread abuse of African Americans at the hands of White oppression. The target audience for this piece is predominately African American. Malcolm...

A cult refers to worship or a particular form of worship. They are viewed as dangerous, authoritarian groups. When a cult has become established it forms into a church. The cult is then an ideological organization held together by charismatic relationships and demands total commitment. The groups ar...