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Papers On Slavery, Racism & Civil Rights
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The Realities Of Slavery
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A 5 page paper discussing stereotypes of slaves versus the realities of slave life, including methods of resistance. The writer provides an overview of various misconceptions of slave life and reasons for slave behavior as well as various forms of resistance. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Realisla.wps
Women In Slavery
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The slave narrative has been a subject that has held
the interest of contemporary historians as well as literary critics. The
relative abundance of narratives of women in slavery has led to a number
of feminist perspectives. This 10 page paper explores three such
narratives: Incidents in the Life of A Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, The
Narrative of Bethany Veney: A Slave Woman and Memories of Childhood's
Slavery by Annie L. Burton. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: KTwmnslv.wps
'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
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