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Papers On Black Social Issues, Politics & Philosophy
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“Down by the Riverside” by Charles Joyner
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A 5 page paper which provides a
summary and analysis of Charles Joyner’s “Down by the Riverside: A South Carolina
Slave Community.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAriver.rtf
“Ethnic Minorities and the Underclass in Britain”
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A five page paper which considers the concept of the underclass within British society and looks at the way in which ethnic minority groups suffer greater disadvantage than the majority group in terms of their socio-economic status within the community.
Bibliography lists 7 sources
Filename: JLunderclass.wps
“Fences”: A Review of the Play by August Wilson
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A 5 page review of the Pulitzer Prize Winning play by August Wilson. The author of this paper presents the contention that although the emotional fences in the play are constructed as defense mechanisms against racism and prejudice, in reality their construction facilitates the continuation of that same racism and prejudice as major elements in shaping the self identity of each of these characters. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPfences.rtf
“Gender and Jim Crow” by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore
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A 4 page review of “Gender
and Jim Crow” by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAgenjim.rtf
“Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty”: A Review of the Book by Dorothy Roberts
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A 5 page review of the book by the noted author Dorothy Roberts. The author of this paper contends that in essence this book is an expose of the various lengths the American government has gone to to suppress black motherhood. An overview is provided of the various atrocities which have characterized white suppression and control of black reproduction since the time of slavery, extending into the 1970s, and through to the current day. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPblkBdy.rtf
“Learning While Black” by Janice E. Hale
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An 8 page critique of “Learning While
Black: Creating Educational Excellence for African American Children” by Janice E.
Hale. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
Filename: RAhale.rtf
“Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X”
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A five page paper which looks at the philosophies and ideologies of Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X, and the ways in which their views regarding black separatism and the promulgation of black culture within a multi-racial community differed.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JLgarveymalcolm.wps
“Martin Luther King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail”
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A six page paper which looks at the text of Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, in terms of his definition of peaceful protest, his rationale for civil disobedience, the role of the moderates within society in the anti-segregation movement and his position in regard to more aggressive black nationalist movements.
Bibliography lists 2 sources
Filename: JLmlking.wps
“Mississippi Burning” and Society
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A 5 page paper which examines the film “Mississippi Burning” and its relevance to the ideals of the nation in relationship to the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAmss.rtf
“Race Matters” by Cornel West
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A 5 page paper which analyzes the first five chapters of Cornel West’s “Race Matters.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAcnw.rtf
“Rhetoric in Martin Luther King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’”
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A five page paper which looks at various uses of rhetoric in Martin Luther King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’, including the way in which Burke’s Pentad can be applied to the text and King’s use of logos, pathos and ethos in order to present and well-balanced and rational argument in favour of equal rights and non-violent protest.
Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JLrhet.wps