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African-American Speeches
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6 pages worth of very short reaction essays to famous speeches and writings of early African-American heroes like Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and Sojourner Truth. No outside references are cited.
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Booker T. Washington and the Education of the African American
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A 6 page paper which discusses Booker T. Washington's role as a teacher to his people of African American descent. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Play and Leisure Among Slave Children in the United States
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A 5 page overview of the concepts of play and recreation and how they related to black children during slavery. Emphasizes that play was shaped by the environment and that while black children may have not had much leisure time they assuredly engaged in a diversity of play and leisure activities. These activities could have been as diverse as learning to read, as Frederick Douglass related in his now infamous narratives, to learning complex and often meaningful circular song games. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Tension Between Black Middle Class and Black Folk Tradition
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A 10 page analysis of Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow and Earl Lovelace's The Dragon Can't Dance. The writer argues that these two books are indicative of a body of black literature that examines the conflict and tension that is intrinsic between the intersections of mainstream white culture and the black cultures, which derive from African origins but are mediated by the experience of slavery and oppression. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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This 10 page paper explores the problems with the Emancipation Proclamation. Events which led up to the creation of the document and its ultimate effects are noted. Slavery is also discussed from a Christian perspective. Measures Lincoln could have implemented which would have been more effective are explored. The paper takes the position that the proclamation did not free the slaves which is part of the reason why black people in America continue to be troubled. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Slave Narrative, White Readership, and the Oral Tradition
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A 5 page paper analyzing five different works by slaves or former slaves (Olaudau Equiano, Harriet Jacobs, Frederick Douglass, David Walker, and Nat Turner) in the light of their reliance on literacy or the oral tradition to further their cause. The paper points out that regardless of whether the intended readership was black or white, black writers of the pre-Civil War period relied heavily on communications arts both to muster opposition to slavery and to encourage blacks not to give up hope. Bibliography lists four sources.
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African-American Influences On Art & Music
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A 5 page research paper on African-American contributions to American culture. The writer demonstrates how African-American culture ha influenced art and music in America since its earliest beginnings and emphasizes the contributions made by the artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Josephine Baker & Diana Ross - Divas of Harlem's History
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A 7 page paper that compares Josephine Baker and Diana Ross and the contribution that each has made to the advancement of African American music. Included is a discussion of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s and the effect this era had on black entertainment. Also included is a brief history of the changes that have shaped African American music from the time of the Harlem Renaissance to the present. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: LCHarlem.doc

Racism & The Burning of Baptist Churches in the South
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This well-developed 4 page essay argues that the burning of Black Baptists churches in the South is a clear sign that racism & bigotry are alive and well in the United States today. Specific cases are cited as is the Ku Klux Klan's involvement in some of the fires.
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Dealing with Racism and Racial Violence
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A 5 page paper on the problems associated with racism and the violence that stems from it. Discussed in the paper are different cultural and ethnic groups that are generally effected the most by racial violence, and what can be done about it. A brief description of what different types of racial violence can entail is also included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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