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'Gender and Jim Crow'
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A 5 page paper which discusses how Glenda Gilmore, in 'Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920,' stands in awe of these women she depicts, and also stands apologetic for her ignorance concerning the struggles of African American women, despite the fact she grew up in North Carolina and yet was ignorant to such plights. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAglenda.wps

Oates' 'Fires of Jubilee : Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion'
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A 5 page paper on this illuminating nonfiction analysis of the most famous slave rebellion of the antebellum era. The paper analyzes the way Oates brings the character of this brilliant, articulate, but tormented man to life. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: Oates.wps

Anne Moody's Story - Coming Of Age In Mississippi?
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A 6 page paper looking at the influence of Anne Moody?s childhood on the woman and the activist she later became, as chronicled in her autobiography. The story explains some of the psychological hardships of growing up poor and black, and shows how Moody turned them into strengths. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Moody5.wps

Speech Analysis / King's 'I Have a Dream'
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4 pages in length. A detailed analysis of Dr. Martin Luther King's infamous 'I Have a Dream' speech -- written from a communications perspective. Among other things, the report looks at King's use of language, conviction, credibility, and semantics. Numerous examples (quotations) are used to demonstrate how King's got his message across effectively. No Bibliography.
Filename: Mlkdream.rtf

Analysis of Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' Speech
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A 5 page paper analyzing Dr. King's immortal words in terms of application of the tools of rhetoric. The paper lifts out segments of Dr. King's speech to serve as examples of ethos, pathos and logos. It concludes that Dr. King employed several tools of persuasion in his speech. He employed the techniques of persuasion with such skill that his audience likely was only aware of a stirring toward unity. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KS-MLK.wps

M.L. King's 'Why We Can't Wait'
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5 pages worth of notes, analysis, & information pertinent to Martin Luther King Jr.'s book Why We Can't Wait. No sources are listed.
Filename: Whywait.wps

Non-Violent Civil Disobedience and the Views of Martin Luther King
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This 5 page paper argues in favor of non-violent civil disobedience through the application of the views of Martin Luther King in his 'Letter From a Birmingham Jail.' This paper argues that civil disobedience is a powerful means of social change, but that it must be carried out in a manner that determines the non-violent nature of this kind of social and political discourse. No additional sources cited.
Filename: MHMLKci_.wps

Black Culture and its Presentation in Drama: A Raisin in the Sun and Les Blancs
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This 5 page paper considers the argument that few playwrights have pursued the representation of Black culture theatrically, and then goes on to demonstrate the value of this process through the development of characters and cultural elements in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun and Les Blancs. This paper not only considers the nature of Black culture, but also the comparative nature of Hansberry's works as it proves to distinguish Black culture and Afrocentrism within a social organization. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: MHraisin.wps

African-American Poetry/ Civil Rights Era
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7 pages covering the voice of struggle expressed in Black poetry of the civil rights era. Analytical focus is specifically upon the works of such greats as Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovani, and Gwendolyn Brook. Bibliography lists 7 sources, Report also includes samples of two relevant poems (no additional charge).
Filename: Blackpoe.wps

Langston Hughes
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A 5 page discussion of two poems written by Langston Hughes. The poems are 'Dream Deferred' (also known as 'Harlem')and 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers.' In discussing these poems the paper illustrates the realities that they all share, which is essentially the notion of dreams and harsh realities that kill those dreams, in relationship to the African American race. They are also all dreams that inherently speak of strength in the face of those harsh realities. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAhughes.wps