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Frederick Douglas, 2007.
This paper looks at the life and slavery experiences of Frederick Douglas.
1,078 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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The paper discusses how Frederick Douglas is best known for his written works and his speeches against slavery. The paper relates that Frederick Douglas wrote three very powerful autobiographies about his life and experiences as a slave and as a free man. The paper looks at several inhumane elements of slavery that are seen within his biographies.
From the Paper
"Frederick Douglas was born into slavery in Tuckahoe Maryland in February 1818 to a black mother and a white father. He was separated from his mother during infancy and because his father was white, he never knew him. However, Frederick Douglas often believed that his very own slave master was his father, Capitan Aaron Anthony. His mother died when he was seven years old and the man who he thought to be his father died when he was twelve years old. After the death of his father he was sent to Baltimore to live and slave for his father's brother, Hugh Augh."
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Marcus Garvey, 2007.
This paper discusses the life and philosophy of Marcus Garvey.
2,408 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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The paper reveals that Marcus Garvey is considered one of the most influential Black leaders in America's history. The paper explains his social theory that economic power was the key to African-American success. The paper discusses how he spent his adult life working to educate the African-American masses in the importance of building and sustaining businesses and financial portfolios. The paper explores his life and how he became who he was. The paper shows how African-American strength in business today can be partly attributed to the work and social policy of Marcus Garvey.
Outline:
Introduction
Garvey History
Setting the Stage
Bringing It Together
Analysis
From the Paper
"Marcus Garvey is considered one of the most influential Black leaders in America's history. He came to America and honed is debate skills then used those skills to provide leadership for millions of African Americans who felt lost and without a path."
"Marcus Garvey directed the largest mass-based movement among African Americans in the history of the United States. His phenomenal success came at a time when African American confidence was low and unemployment was considered a way of life. Garvey harnessed these conditions to build momentum for his cause(Carter, 2002).""
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Children and Violence, 2007.
This paper is a literature review of the problems caused when children, particularly African-American children, witness family and community violence.
1,745 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 56.95
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This paper hypothesizes that medical professionals, specifically nurses, must understand that the lives and future lives of African-American children are impacted when they witness violence. The author points out that the literature review does indicate that children witnessing family abuse are negatively impacted in many areas of both cognition and emotional regulation and that these children generally are depressed and joyless. The paper relates that this study demonstrated that an overwhelming number of African-American children witness family and community violence and that more than two-thirds of African-American children are not assessed for family violence trauma and go untreated.
Table of Contents:
Objective
Hypothesis
Literature Review
Summary and Conclusion
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"...is a case study and discussion of a child whose mother was shot and killed while the child was nineteen months of age by the child's father who killed himself two weeks later. The child was noted as having separation anxiety and timidity or reluctance to discuss either of her parents. Further the child believed that someone was going to 'get her'. It was revealed in the study that the child did in actuality remember the traumatic event due to her extreme reaction to the sight of blood and particularly her grandmother's red coat. "
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The Legacy of Harriet Tubman, 2007.
A review of Catherine Clinton's biography "Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom".
1,434 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 47.95
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The paper reveals that Catherine Clinton's biography "Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom" is considered one of the best and most comprehensive biographies of Harriet Tubman's life. The paper describes how Clinton attempts to present a historically accurate, complex and complete portrayal of Harriet Tubman. The paper notes Clinton's theme that Harriet Tubman was an ordinary individual but, through her life experiences and moral convictions, she turned into a strong and courageous leader.
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"Catherine Clinton is a renowned historian with a special interest in black history. She has authored many books in both children and adult literature on the theme of Black American history. As a professor of African American studies at Brandeis University, Brown University and Harvard, she has become an expert on the arena of Black narratives and historical biographies. Her definitive chronicling of Tubman's life in this work is fully comprehensive and immersive, one of the reasons it is such a powerful narrative work is because Clinton does not deviate from the life of Tubman, but focuses on exposing the reality of this mythical figure."
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The Gaines v. Canada Decision, 2007.
This paper discusses how the Supreme Court decision in the Gaines v. Canada case marked the beginning of social changes in education and civil rights in America.
3,153 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 91.95
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The paper discusses the Supreme Court's 1938 historical decision in Gaines v. Canada. The paper looks at the case where the state of Missouri petitioned for the right to provide a scholarship to a black student, Lloyd Gaines, to attend law school out of the state. The paper describes how the court upheld that the Fourteenth Amendment provided black Americans the same opportunities in education as white Americans. The paper relates that this established the precedent for ending educational segregation in America. The paper also notes the unknown fate of the protagonist, Lloyd Gaines.
Outline:
Introduction
The Court
The Case
The Gaines Decision and the Civil Rights Movement
Lloyd Gaines
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"Writing in 1957, Bernard Schwartz claimed that the United States Supreme Court was all too often described in terms of the individual justices sitting on the Court at the point in time that the writer wrote about it . This, Schwartz says, is not a full picture of the Court . Schwartz says that the complete sense of the Court should be one as a government institution, one which "the only continuing governmental institution in our Constitutional structure; individual Justices come and go, but their arrivals and departures scarcely affect the unbroken functioning of the Court as a judicial organ." . Schwartz contends, too, that the institution has an effect on those elected to it that causes them to lose themselves to the humility of its continuity in process, and to become the sum of all that has come before it up until that point, and as such to become inextricably interwoven in all that should come after them as individual members of the highest court in the nation."
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"The Bluest Eye", 2007.
This paper discusses Toni Morrison's book "The Bluest Eye."
2,141 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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The paper examines the character of Pecola Breedlove, an unloved and mistreated African-American girl in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye". The paper describes how she becomes enthralled by the blue eyes and white skin of former child movie star Shirley Temple. The paper portrays the magical whiteness and social power of Maureen Peal, the image Morrison uses of feminine beauty. The paper looks at Pauline Breedlove, Pecola's mother and her unkind view of Pecola. The paper points out that the failure to show love to a child can have a negative effect on that person for the rest of his/her life.
Outline:
Introduction
Body of Paper
Conclusion
From the Paper
"Morrison's characters help tell her story through their actions and their words. For example, the character Pecola Breedlove is an African American girl that everyone says is very ugly, which is unfair and makes Pecola feel bad about herself. So Pecola tries to escape her difficult situation and in doing so she reaches out to symbols of something to look up to, something to aspire to. In the process of doing this she becomes mesmerized and even enthralled by the blue eyes and white skin of former child movie star Shirley Temple. Everywhere she looks, "white skin and blue eyes are taken as signs of beauty," writes Keith E. Byerman in the book Modern Critical Views: Toni Morrison."
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The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, 2007.
An analysis of the importance and the application of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution.
3,234 words (approx. 12.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper discusses the history and application of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution. The paper analyzes each amendment and describes its importance with regards to the close of the slavery era in the U.S. The paper also discusses the implications of the landmark court-case, Plessy v. Ferguson and how these amendments related to it.
Table of Contents:
The History of These Three Amendments
Why Support These Amendments
The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Who Benefited From The 13th Amendment?
Hard-Line Southerners and Their Evil Deeds
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Plessy v. Ferguson
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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"In 1910, Arthur W. Machen wrote in the Harvard Law Review - forty years after the passage of the 15th - that this amendment has been "despised, flouted, nullified, evaded," and moreover, had never up to and through the time Machen wrote his piece, been backed by the High Court to assure the suffrage rights of black citizens. And indeed it took the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to truly move the country forward into an era that the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution were supposed to open the door for. Jim Crow and Southern segregation were alive and well even up into the 1960s in some Southern states, as witnessed by the fact that President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy had to send federal troops into Mississippi in 1962 to allow James Meredith to enter the University of Mississippi."
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"Let Nobody Turn Us Around", 2007.
An analysis of the narratives of African-American women in "Let Nobody Turn Us Around," edited by Marable Manning and Leith Mullings.
2,373 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper discusses the narratives of African-American women and their struggle to realize the American Dream. It presents these narratives from the articles in "Let Nobody Turn Us Around," edited by Marable Manning and Leith Mullings. The paper discusses how, through the struggles of African-American women, we can learn much about the goals of the Black Freedom Movement.
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"The African American movement of the later half of the 20th century profoundly shifted from the Civil Rights movement towards the much murkier field of providing freedom and liberation for subclasses of the subjugated. In section five of "Let Nobody Turn Us Around", the reader is presented with the narratives of African American women and their struggle to realize the American Dream. The conflict embodied within these articles provides a telling struggle of a two front war. Not only were African American women victimized for their black heritage, and thus racialized and castigated by society, they also fought an internal war against the pervasive sexism of the times. Through their struggles to gain recognition not only as African Americans, but as African American women, we can learn much about the goals of the Black Freedom Movement. The cry for equality that these women iterate through their narratives is matched by the historical feminist stances of past generations. The struggle for freedom and equality voiced through the experiences of contemporary African American feminists mirrors a historical and cultural struggle for gender equality that paralleled the movement for racial equality. The crystallization of African American women's struggle for independence is emblematic of the greater struggle for independence from racial divides."
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Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass, 2007.
This paper looks at the accomplishments of Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass.
704 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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The paper discusses the life of Sojourner Truth, one of the key organizers of the Underground Railroad, part of the Abolitionist movement. The paper describes how she holds a prominent place in the history of the women's rights movement. The paper also looks at Frederick Douglass and contends that he deserves far more recognition than he receives. The paper maintains that his scholarly, descriptive and smoothly presented narrative writings should be required readings in every American history class.
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"Sojourner Truth was tall, had a deep voice, and was a character. She never for a moment doubted herself, her mission, or her ability to move others in the direction she wished to have them go. In her speech, which she probably had given more than once or twice in her career, she made a few wise cracks at the expense of a previous speaker."
"He was saying that women are the weaker gender, that they need help negotiating mud puddles and getting into carriages, setting her up perfectly for her semantics. Using the power of redundancy and the charm of colloquial language, she mesmerized the audience. "Look at me! Look at my arm! I have plowed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!" she argued."
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Recidivism for DUI Offenders, 2007.
This paper discusses whether recidivism for driving under the influence (DUI) offenders who are electronically monitored is lower than for those that are not electronically monitored.
5,396 words (approx. 21.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 132.95
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In this article, the writer notes that race is not the only issue that is involved in the sentencing disparity of DUI offenders, however, it is one of the larger ones. This study explores all of the issues that are involved in disparity in sentencing, and does not concern itself solely with race. However, since race appears to be one of the largest factors, its importance in the study and the literature review is evident. The writer concludes that while there are no real solutions, one of the best ideas would be to have more law enforcement agencies use monitoring, even though many refuse to do so. The writer then suggests limiting the number of people on electronic monitoring and choosing which ones to monitor carefully, so that the offenders being monitored are those with the highest chance of rehabilitation.
Outline:
Abstract
Introduction
Statement of the Problem and Hypotheses
Purpose of the Study
Importance of the Study
Scope of the Study
Rationale of the Study
Literature Review
Research Method
Conclusion
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"Literature on this subject, which will be reviewed in Chapter Two, appears to indicate that some disparity may exist, and this is worrying for minority individuals, due to the fact that they are aware that, if they are arrested for DUI crimes, they will be likely to be punished more severely than those that are of the Caucasian race. The review of the literature will provide insight into this issue, and will likely shed light on whether this is an accurate assumption and whether there is anything that can be done to correct sentencing disparities if they do exist in the court system."
"Electronic monitoring of these individuals is often thought to play a role in recidivism rates, and that issue will be explored within the context of sentencing guidelines and other related issues. Unfortunately, there is little literature specifically dealing with sentencing disparity based on DUI crimes. This is unfortunate, but clearly shows the need for more studies. It is unfortunate for the understanding of DUI crimes sentencing disparity when it comes to race and other factors that there is not more literature on the specific subject."
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Gaines v. Canada (1938), 2007.
An in-depth look at the case of Gaines v. Canada (1938).
3,088 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the case of Gaines v. Canada (1938), the first case to directly challenge school segregation. The paper reports that Lloyd Gaines filed the petition for admission to the University of Missouri Law School.The paper goes on to say that the decision in the Gaines case focused on the practice of southern states to meet the provision of "equality" by awarding out-of-state tuition scholarships to black students. In lieu of providing equal facilities, blacks were expected to use the scholarships to defray costs associated with attending northern institutions. Southern states universally ignored the Court's ruling that the scholarships did not equalize the conditions.
Outline:
Introduction
Post-Verdict Era
Effort Towards Legal Transformation
Influence and Involvement of NAACP
Does Providing for the Legal Education of Missouri Blacks in Other States Satisfy Equal Protection?
Conclusion
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"Equal protection is a subsidiary of human rights, and is to be provided to all, irrespective of any preference, discrimination and likeness. The system that fails to uphold the notion of equal protection is under moral and legal obligation to ensure the implementation of equal protection draft within the system. It is to be considered a malpractice, if the system admits the failure of the provision on its behalf, but recommends the complainant to avail the provisions for the equal protection from another system. It is wrong to believe that equal protection can be provided to residents of particular region, and be avoided to another class of it. Therefore if rights are to be provided, then these rights have to be provided to all without any discriminatory attitude. A resident and practitioner of particular system, in under no obligation to avail his or her fortunes from other system, running at parallel. Instead, it is the responsibility of the system itself to broaden the scope of its moral and legal conduct, so that the grievances of the complainant can be addressed and resolved, in accordance with the sufficiently elaborated parameters of the law, within legal pretext. "
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Urban Riots, 2007.
This paper explores four urban riots in the US that were manifestations of the same urban troubles.
1,714 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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The paper discusses the causes behind urban riots and focuses on the Watts riot in 1965, the Newark riot in 1967, the Miami riot in 1980 and the Los Angeles riot in 1992. The paper shows how these riots were all triggered by police brutality perpetrated by white cops against black citizens. The paper demonstrates the racial profiling and the unfairness of the criminal justice system that aroused public tensions. The paper shows how rioting can be viewed as disorganized, yet pointed attempts to mobilize a disenfranchised population to achieve political power. The paper concludes that cities and their governments must learn from these four significant events in American urban history.
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"Urban riots often indicate underlying social unrest. The largest riots in modern American history can be traced to race and class issues that transcend and predate the proximate cause of the rioting. For example, the Watts riot in 1965, the Newark riot in 1967, the Miami riot in 1980, and the Los Angeles riot in 1992 were each triggered by striking similar events and were manifestations of the same urban troubles. In each of these cases, the rioting was triggered by white-on-black police brutality and jury verdicts that seemed unjust. The police brutality also relates to racial profiling in each of these riot incidents, reflecting injustices within law enforcement institutions."
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