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Papers On Slavery, Racism & Civil Rights
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“Celia, a Slave: A True Story”
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A 3 page review of the Book by Melton McLaurin. This paper examines the social hierarchy which is unveiled by this book. The author contends the issues explored by McLaurin are not limited to the relationship between the races. Indeed, these issues permeate both the South and the North and involve not just the clearly defined line between the slave and the master, the affluent and the destitute, but also the clearly defined line between the man and the woman of this time period. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPcelia.rtf
“Coming of Age in Mississippi”: A Review of the Book by Ann Moody
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A 5 page discussion of the segregation and racism which existed in the 1940s and 1950s during the early years of this author’s life in rural Mississippi. Blacks were simply viewed as inferiors this earlier part of American history and there were no social consequences for the many injustices which occurred. Even those blacks and whites who recognized these injustices most typically just let them pass, afraid to make their objections known for fear of retaliation. Moody, however, would become one of the South’s first Civil Rights activists. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPblkMis.rtf
“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
“Ethnocentricity and Indigenous Nations”
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A seven page paper which looks at the way in which the ethnocentric perceptions of European colonisation mediated against the interests of indigenous native populations, and the effect which this has had up to the present day in terms of cultural assimilation and the marginalisation of native peoples.
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: JL2ethnocentricity.wps
“Freedom’s Child” by Carrie Allen McCray
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A 5 page paper which examines the life
of African Americans from 1865 to 1930 as presented in the work “Freedom’s Child: The
Life of a Confederate General's Black Daughter” by Carrie Allen McCray. No additional
sources cited.
Filename: RAmccray.rtf
“Lincoln Douglas Debates”
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A paper which looks at the issue of slavery as discussed in the Lincoln Douglas debates (one and seven) with regard to the agendas of the participants, the debating techniques used and the way in which the issues surrounding abolition and civil rights are dealt with.
Filename: JLlincoln.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
“Mrs. Child’s Reply”
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An 8 page paper which summarizes Lydia Maria Child’s “Mrs.
Child’s Reply,” written in 1859 as a reply to accusations from Mrs. Margarette Mason,
wife of senator James. M. Mason. In addition to the summary the paper discusses
similarities between Child’s work and Linda Brent’s (Harriet Jacobs) “Incidents in the
Life of a Slave Girl.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAchilds.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