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Washington vs. DuBois: Debating the Future of African Americans
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This 8 page paper discusses Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and the conditions at the time of the debate between the two men; it argues that given the prevalent conditions, blacks should have followed Washington's conciliatory model, rather than DuBois's activism. It also briefly discusses some of the organization fighting for racial equality. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: HVRacDeb.rtf

WEB Du Bois’ Double-Consciousness in “The Souls of Black Folk”
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A 4 page paper which examines chapter 1 of WEB Du Bois’ “The Souls of Black Folk” as it involves double-consciousness. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAdubdub.rtf

WELFARE POLICY AND THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY
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This 5 page paper discusses the theories of Murray, Ellwood, and Lemann on poverty in the United States. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MBpovagn.rtf

What Is Racism?
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A 5 page paper that first defines racism and then discusses the many forms that racism can take. The writer then provides examples of racism, hypothetical and real. The lawsuits that emerged from racist actions on the part of personnel at Denny's are described as an example of what happens when racism is practiced through discrimination. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGracsm2.rtf

What It Means to Be Black in America, As Described in "The Confessions of Nat Turner" and "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"
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A 5 page paper which offers a comparative critical analysis of "The Confessions of Nat Turner" and "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" in the context of James Baldwin's comment that, "All you are ever told in this country about being black is that it is a terrible, thing to be. Now, in order to survive this, you have to really dig down into yourself and re-create yourself, really, according to no image which yet exists to Americans in America. You have to impose, in fact-this may sound very strange-you have to decide who you are, and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGturdou.wps

Whatever Means Necessary: The Many Components of the Abolitionist Movement
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An 8 page discussion of the abolitionist movement and the varied roles that participants like Frederick Douglass played in that movement. Discussing the visible and the not-so-visible aspects of the movement like the freedom quilts and the coded language that characterized everyday conversation, the author describes the historical setting and ideology of the day. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPdoug6.rtf

White Influences In The Harlem Renaissance
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A 7 page paper which assesses the amount and type of influence that white literary movements had on the distinctive literature that arose in Harlem in the 1920s. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Whitehar.doc

White Privilege and Black Kids
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This 4 page paper discusses the article Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh and the book “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and the similarities between them with regard to the concept of white privilege. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVWteBlk.rtf

White Slaves: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century America
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An 8 page consideration of an often overlooked component of American history. While it is impossible to assign a precise number to the percentage of slaves that were white, suffice it to say that this number was significant and that these slaves served in the same capacity as blacks. As a consequence, they began to identify more with blacks in some instances than the did with whites. As white slaves interchanged both culture and genes with blacks, the previously strictly separate ideas of Caucasian verses African began to somewhat blur. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPslavWh.rtf

Who Freed The Slaves
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A 3 page paper that offers a brief synopsis of three separate book chapters on this topic. The paper ends with the writer's comments. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PGwhofr.rtf