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Blacks in Mississippi Before and After World War II
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A 4 page paper which examines how the experience of Mississippi blacks serving in the military during World War II affected their attitudes regarding racism and segregation and made them more determined than ever to challenge Jim Crow laws. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGblackmiss.rtf

Blacks' Relationship to Whites/Sociological Analysis
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A 10 page research paper that explores the relationship between the dominant white mainstream culture and African Americans as a subordinate minority. This analysis of sociological research and theory explores the ramifications of minority status for African Americans in relation to the dominant nature of Caucasian European-descended Americans. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khblwhre.rtf

Blassingame's 'The Slave Community' / Interpersonal Bonds
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A 6 page paper looking at the way prominent historian John W. Blassingame reinterpreted black history through the use of authentic slave narratives in this landmark 1972 book. The paper concludes that Blassingame's abundant evidence proves the existence of not only strong family ties but strong community ties as well among the slaves on plantations. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Blasing.wps

Book Review of William Van Deburg's The Slave Drivers:
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This 5 page paper discusses this book at length and gives a detailed analysis of the story. This book is a story about black slaves during the colonial period of the United States. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: GSSlaved.rtf

Booker T. Washington
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This 6 page report discusses the life, times, contemporaries, and accomplishments of Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915). He was fundamental in changing the perceptions of many (at least those whose vision was not clouded by racial prejudice) 19th century white and black Americans regarding the potential of “Negroes.” He was convinced that education and training was the best possible way for his people to lift themselves up and away from the degradation and poverty most of them had always known. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWbooker.rtf

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois
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A 7 page paper which examines the philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. The paper compares the two and discusses the validity of their philosophies and whether or not their philosophies hold true today. Annotated bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: RAbookt.rtf

Booker T. Washington's Exposition Speech
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6 pages in length. Booker T. Washington took to the stage in 1895 to present a twenty minute speech at the Atlanta Exposition. With pride in his heart and sincerity on his lips, this representative of the black race eloquently addressed – and ultimately wowed – a crowd of primarily white listeners with his carefully chosen words. Not only was Washington's speech a rousing success, but he single-handedly set a precedence for America's renewed democracy. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCbookr.wps

Booker T. Washington’s Up From Slavery
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A 10 page paper which examines how and why Booker T. Washington’s claims of hard work and social acceptance by the whites, in Up From Slavery, may not have been the best approach for the African American following the days of slavery. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAupwo.rtf

Booker T. Washington/Up From Slavery
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A 5 page essay that discusses and analyzes Booker T. Washington's autobiography. The writer argues that Washington brought rational discourse and reasoned compromise to a volatile era in race relations. He fully realized that a black man could not get a white man to consider his position unless he managed to get around the overt bigotry, antagonism and defensiveness. As his autobiography demonstrates, Washington excelled at this. The purpose of this text is to get white America to think, to consider the black perspective and to see that rights for African Americans benefited everyone. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khbtwufs.rtf

Booker T. Washington: A Man of Hope
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A 5 page paper which examines how booker T. Washington, though criticized, was a man who brought simple hope to his people. The paper examines his work in comparison to that of Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. DuBois as well. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAbkwa.rtf