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Papers On Slavery, Racism & Civil Rights
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Langston Hughes' 'Salvation' / Disillusionment
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A 5 page paper on a short essay by this well-known twentieth century writer. The paper shows how the conflict between Langston's expectations of what would happen at the revival meeting and his aunt's expectations for him caused his ultimate disillusionment. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Langsalv.wps
Langston Hughes' 'Theme for English B' / 'Coloredness'
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A 5 page explication of Langston Hughes' poem. The paper looks particularly at the difference between the stark dictionary definition of the word 'colored' and how it functions for Hughes as a badge of inferiority placed on him by white people. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Hughes3.wps
Modernism In African-American Poetry
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A 5 page analysis and research paper which examines three representative poems from leaders of the Harlem Renaissance to illustrate the principle of modernism in black poetry. These poems are: 'Mulatto' by Langston Hughes; 'Incident' by Countee Cullen; and 'He was a man' by Sterling Brown. The writer first discusses what experts have said regarding the definition of modernism and then examines how these statements can be applied to each poem. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: 3bpoets.rtf
The Plays Of Langston Hughes
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A 6 page paper focusing on 'Don't you want to be free?' and 'Mulatto', two plays by Hughes. His theme of the black experience is examined. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Hughes2.wps
Dr. Martin Luther King & The Dilemma Of The American Negro / Then & Now
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An 8 page essay exploring the conditions described in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s book, 'Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?', to conditions for the African American in 1997, thirty years after the book was published. Specifically, Chapter IV is reviewed and compared to conditions of racism and opportunities in both eras. The writer offers examples and the thesis that conditions have definitely changed for the better but racism is still prevalent in the country. Two additional sources are cited.
Filename: Dilemma.wps
Desegregation of Major League Baseball In The United States
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A 10 page paper on the integration of Black athletes into major league baseball. The writer describes the evolution of the Negro Leagues and the reasons why it would have been beneficial for these leagues to remain in effect as they contributed to social bonding. It is argued that integration damaged some of the pride and cultural experience that Black athletes enjoyed in the Negro Leagues. Desegregation brought about major opposition, ridicule, shame, etc; Irony exists in the fact that Blacks were allowed to fight and die for America-- but they could not play baseball. And once they were allowed to, nobody would accept them. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: Desegreg.wps
Jackie Robinson / Film vs. Book
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In this 5 page paper, the writer is concerned with the historical accuracy of film & written accounts of the Jackie Robinson legend. The movie ['Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars'] is compared with the book 'Baseball's Great Experiment: --Jackie Robinson and His Legacy.'
Filename: Bingolong.wps
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