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Female Slaves in the Plantation South:
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This 5 page paper discusses the female slaves in the plantation South. Furthermore, this paper specifically examines the book, "Aren't I a Woman" by Deborah Gray. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: GSPlansl.rtf

Film Analysis / "Sankosa" -- The Importance Of Remembering
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A 4 page essay on the importance of a film like "Sankosa" -- to ensure that African-Americans never forget their roots. Slavery is described as a problem that could conceivably re-occur if history fails to adequately re-tell its horrific tales. In the writer's opinion, Sankosa is most likely a chillingly real account-- worthy of anyone's attention.
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Film Analysis / "Sankosa" -- What It Means To Today's African-American
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Written from an Afro-centric perspective, this 4 page essay discusses the film "Sankosa" and its emotional impact on the modern-day Black-American attempting to reconcile feelings about slavery. No Bibliography.
Filename: Sankosa.wps

FIRES OF JUBILEE, NAT TURNER AND CONDITIONS OF REBELLION
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This 4-page paper concerns the Nat Turner Rebellion as told, in part in The Fires of Jubilee. The paper answers various questions about the rebellion such as, what characteristics of Turner led to it and was this the right path to take. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MTnattur.rtf

Firing Imus: Dr. King Would Not Approve
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This 3 page paper argues that Dr. Martin Luther King would not approve of CBS's firing "shock jock" Don Imus. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVImusFi.rtf

Footnotes in History - The Role of Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement
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A 5 page paper that discusses the behind-the-scene roles that black women played in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and how these roles supplied the support and strength to carry this movement forward. Also discussed is the triple burden of oppression that these women have labored under, a burden consisting of not only racial prejudice, but gender and class prejudice as well. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: LCftnote.doc

Four Generations of Women: "Cane River" by Lalita Tademy
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A 5 page paper which examines the differences, and similarities, in four generations of African American women in "Cane River" by Lalita Tademy. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAlalita.rtf

Frances Anne Kemble's "Journal Of A Residence On A Georgian Plantation" - What Influence Does The Institution Of Slavery Have On The Slaves?
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5 pages in length. Frances Kemble will long be remembered as the wealthy white woman who refused to allow skin color to stand in the way of equitable and humane treatment. As the wife of a plantation owner, the historical value of Kemble's journal describes in painful detail the realities she experienced after spending time on the family's Georgian agricultural estate. The larger implications of Kemble's account reflects the psychological, economic, educational, moral and familial foundation of racial discrimination during slavery, effectively illustrating the extent to which blacks suffered gross indignities at the hands of controlling whites. Kemble's journal provides tremendous insight as to how the very institution of slavery influenced every aspect of the slaves' lives. No additional sources cited.
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Franklin & Moss/From Slavery to Freedom
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A 3 page book review. From Slavery to Freedom, the classic African American history text by John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., offers a comprehensive overview of the history of African descended people in the United States. This text begins with African experience and the slave trade, however, this examination of the text focuses on the history of black America in the twentieth century, beginning with chapter 16, which records the experiences of African Americans during World War I. No additional sources cited.
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Frantz Fanon's "Black Skin, White Masks"
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3 pages in length. The history of colonization and racism -- and their respectively detrimental impacts upon black self-perception -- represents the fundamental basis of Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks. That the black community, both past and present, struggles to afford itself some semblance of worth and acceptance amidst a white man's world speaks to the long-standing division between race, a reality that has caused an entire population of people to question their value as both individuals and members of a larger, predominantly white society. No additional sources cited.
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