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The Douglas and Lincoln Debate, 2008.
A review of various issues that took place during the Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln debates of 1858.
888 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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The paper discusses the Douglas-Lincoln debates that were a series of political discussions held between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln that marked the middle of the 19th century in America. The subjects discussed were slavery, human rights, the resolutions of the Republican Party and the freedom on individual states to make their own decisions., The paper discusses the views of the contenders and the reasoning behind their thoughts and decisions.
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"There were several issues that were addressed by the two candidates; however, they were closely connected with the issue of slavery and the rights for blacks and whites in the American states. The discussions on the subject were of high interest for all those involved taking into account the fact that Douglas had been the politician to introduce the Kansas Nebraska Act, a piece of legislation that allowed states to vote on whether they accepted slavery or not on their territory."
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African-Americans and Vietnam, 2008.
This paper explores the experiences of African-American soldiers in Vietnam.
5,006 words (approx. 20.0 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 126.95
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The paper discusses how the enormous tension, turbulence and racial strife in the U.S. in the 1960s carried over to the men of color and to the white troops in the Vietnam war. The paper explores the situation of African-American soldiers serving in the jungles of Vietnam and points to the manifestations and ramifications of that tension and turbulence, through first person accounts, oral histories and the historical record.
Outline:
Introduction
Thesis
What it Was Like for African-American Soldiers Serving in the Jungles of Vietnam
Why Did They Enlist
What Life Was Actually Like for black soldiers in Vietnam
Oral Histories of the Vietnam War from the Black Perspective
How Black Soldiers in Vietnam Related to the Antiwar Movement Back Home
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"There was an enormous amount of tension and turbulence and racial strife in the U.S. in the 1960s. That tension and turbulence carried over to the men of color and to the white troops in the Vietnam war, and this paper will point to the manifestations and ramifications of that tension and turbulence, through first person accounts, oral histories, and the historical record. "War is hell. The cliche still works, years after someone first uttered those words. It always will work whether it is Iraq, Vietnam, or Omaha Beach. But when you're black and fighting a war for a nation that excludes you from the mainstream of its social and political life back home, as it was true for many blacks in Vietnam, it's a double dose of hell. Because, you know that jobs for African Americans will not offer the same opportunities for advancement when you get home, and schools for your children may not be as modern as schools for white children. All those unpleasant realities notwithstanding, the African American soldiers in Vietnam fought and died along side their comrades-in-arms of all nationalities, albeit at the end of the day blacks had their part of town and white soldiers had theirs. And blacks died in disproportionate numbers to whites, as the institutional racism that flourished in America was transplanted to the soggy mosquito-ridden landscape of Vietnam."
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Jupiter Hammon (1711-1800), 2008.
A brief look at the life and works of Jupiter Hammon, the African-American poet.
766 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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The paper describes the background of Jupiter Hammon, an African-American slave all his life. The paper relates that his work is chiefly concerned with religious matters although he was writing during a time when most blacks in America were not Christians. The paper discusses the controversy surrounding Hammon but notes that he was nonetheless esteemed by eminent African-American figures.
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"Jupiter Hammon is famous for being the first African American poet to be published in the United States. While it was once widely believed that Phillis Wheatly was America's first African American poet, Hammon's first published work pre-dates Wheatley's by many years. His first published poem, a broadside of eighty-eight lines entitled "An Evening's Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries," appeared in the year 1760."
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Anti-Racism in America, 2008.
A review of the anti-racism movement which have attempted to balance and eradicate the strain that racism places on progress and social peace.
3,070 words (approx. 12.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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The paper discusses the nature of anti-racism and traces its roots as far back as literature will allow. The paper attempts to understand the nature of racism today and why the anti-racism movement seems to have had less influence than is believed on the historical standard of racism and exclusivity of power. The paper answers the question: Why was the influence of racism greater than that of anti-racism, and is racism still the dominant sociological thought or, is the culture finally seeking a more egalitarian standard and structure?
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"Though racist acts can also be derived from beliefs built in true racism, as many would argue, saying something is different is not the same as saying something is less than, even though the resulting laws and regulations give the distinct impression at varying times that this is true. To many, and especially to those who have been separated and subjugated, based on race the concepts are one in the same as many argue the idea that "separate is not necessarily equal." In many ways this is very true as the dominant culture will allocate resources and opportunities for its own race above another and the resulting situation, as is seen in early reformation and even reactionary "Jim Crow laws" the nature of separate creating a sense of inferiority and subsequent superiority as a result of the fact that most municipalities have a difficult time allocating resources to one infrastructure, let alone two separate ones. It can be argued that those in power when given a fixed set of resources will always allocate more for its own than for others."
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Extinction or Survival, 2008.
An examination of the meme concept and how it relates to the inequalities in educational resources.
2,787 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 24 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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This paper reviews R. Dawkins' concept of the "meme," sociobiology, and its relationship to education reform. The paper first reviews ten articles about sociobiology and education reform. It then discusses Dawkins' evidence for the evolution of animal behavior through natural selection of the selfish gene. It relates the meme concept to the inequalities in educational resources and looks at the cultural value changes that would have to occur if an evolution of value memes would take place.
Table of Contents:
Literature Review
The Selfish Gene? (Marxist 2007)
Against Sociobiology (Bethell 2001)
Reform Math Education (Reys 2002)
Selfish Genes and Social Darwinism (Midgely 1981)
Sociobiology(Holcomb, Sociobiology 2005)
Memes: Marketing in the 21st Century (Meyerson 2007)
Third World Traveler--Jonathan Kozol (Kozol 2007)
International Conference on Secondary Education (Mulford 2002)
Education Programs Constitutional; Growth Steady (CER 2007)
Early Education Shows No Benefit (HSLDA 2007)
Discussion
Dawkins' Arguments for the Selfish Gene
The Concept of "Meme" and Kozol's Concerns about Education
Cultural Evolution through Meme Changes in order to Reform Education
What Cultural Changes Need to Take Place to Reform Education?
Conclusion
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"A black student who graduates from high school has the same lifetime income as a white or Asian graduating from high school. He or she is also just as likely to obtain a college degree. The problem is that half of blacks and Hispanics fail to graduate from high school. While one can blame a series of factors for this dismal performance, the result is incontrovertible. One quarter of black males has been incarcerated before the age of 30. The increasing competitiveness of the global labor force has taken many of the low-education, low-skilled jobs away from those who have no education. As a result, this underclass of the uneducated will never be able to catch up."
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John Brown: Martyr or Terrorist?, 2008.
A discussion of John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry and whether he should be perceived as a hero or a terrorist.
1,567 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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The paper presents several arguments that support the idea of John Brown being an unremorseful killer with early manifestations of terrorist activities. The paper shows how this contradicts the image many have of him as a saint and a martyr. The paper therefore illustrates how for the African-American community, he stood against inequality and social injustice, while for others he represented the ultimate symbol of violence and treason.
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"History is most of the times a controversial issue, despite the fact that it relies on comprehensive information and verifiable data. In most situations important events in the culture of a nation are subject to various interpretations which give history its subjective character. Nonetheless, the controversies that arise in discussing a subject are often the ones that offer more insight into a certain issue and can therefore be considered to have the most important contribution to the historical analysis."
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Detroit and Urban Crisis, 2008.
This paper looks at the urban crisis in Detroit, while studying the works "Detroit Arcadia" by Rebecca Solnit and "The Origins of the Urban Crisis' by Thomas Sugrue.
846 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 30.95
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In this article, the writer notes that as the industrial powerhouse that the United States was in the years of and immediately following World War II began to slow down in the 1960s, many of America's urban areas saw the economic base eroding with the disappearance of industry as well as the huge migration of Caucasians from the cities when the economies of the cities fell into decline. The writer discusses that the by-product of all of these occurrences was the fight to prevent racial integration of the suburban areas into which the Caucasians fled, and a swift decline of American cities. The writer looks at the city of Detroit that has been devastated over the years because of economic and racial issues. Such urban crises are the focus of this research. The research studies and cites the works of two pivotal writers on the topic in an effort to better understand the topic itself.
Outline:
Introduction
Historical Consequences of the Urban Crisis
Political Consequences of the Urban Crisis
Agreements/Disagreements
Conclusion
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"A brief history lesson of the socioeconomic history of Detroit is the best way to begin to understand the historical consequences of the urban crisis as well as what the crisis is in and of itself. During and immediately after World War II, the machine shops and automobile plants of Detroit, and as a result the other supporting businesses, were flush with cash because of the need for implements of war, during the war years of course, and the need for consumer vehicles after the war, as men and women returning from battle settled back into a state of normalcy and went on a buying spree in unprecedented quantities. Because of the proliferation of available jobs, Caucasians and African-Americans alike were able to gain employment; true, the racial inequality was existent, but it was not as acute or damaging at this point as it would eventually become. With the passage of time, however, the gap between the races was intensified by the power of capitalism, and the African-Americans of Detroit, as well as elsewhere, soon saw the economic and social gap between them and their racial opposites increasing to their disadvantage."
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Invisibility as an Escape from Racial Degradation, 2008.
A comparison of approaches to escape racial degredation in "the Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison and "Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man," by James Weldon Johnson.
3,574 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 99.95
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This paper discusses two opinions of ways to escape from racial degradation and the pain associated with it as an African-American male. It analyzes the views of Ralph Ellison and James Weldon Johnson in their works "The Invisible Man" and "Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man," respectively. The paper compares their approaches to escape and how they are portrayed in their books.
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"Both Ralph Ellison and James Weldon Johnson chose a life of invisibility over the pain and suffering related to living in American society as a black man. Ellison's narrator chooses to ignore his individuality for the time being and instead to reside within the larger stereotype as a way to avoid the unwanted attention of a white audience. Despite his association with several African American groups aiming at social reform, the invisible man realizes that it is much easier to stay invisible then to try and force the white community to recognize you. James Weldon Johnson's narrator chooses a different form of invisibility but with the same motivations. Due to his mixed heritage, he has the choice to be seen as a white man. After seeing how horrible American racism can truly be, he decides to abandon his African heritage and all the degradation which accompanies it to live a middle class white life. He becomes invisible in that he "passes" as Caucasian in white society. This opens up new doors for him and ensures he will not have to deal with the prejudice many of his fellow black Americans must deal with on an everyday basis. Both characters show cowardice in their choice to become invisible to American racism, but can anyone really blame them for their choice?"
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Justice Delayed, Justice Denied, 2008.
An analysis and comparison of Constance Curry's "Silver Rights" and Tim Tyson's "Blood Done Sign My Name".
866 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 30.95
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The paper compares Constance Curry's book "Silver Rights" to Tim Tyson's book "Blood Done Sign My Name". The paper relates that Curry's work is a tale about the ability of the human spirit to overcome and triumph negative forces of racism and mistrust, whereas Tyson's work, in contrast, is about how South Carolinian blacks, long socially and legally oppressed, eventually used street violence to ensure that the violence done unto them was punished.
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"Silver Rights specifically grapples with the complicity of the state's legal system in African-American disenfranchisement. When Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted as part of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 it prohibited "discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance" and its implications for student education were profound ("Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 2007, U.S. Department of Justice Website). In an attempt to circumvent the strictures of the federal law, the state government of Mississippi passed a "Freedom of Choice" law."
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Reconstruction in African-American History, 2008.
An exploration of Reconstruction and its significance in African-American history.
2,188 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 68.95
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This paper discusses Reconstruction, the formal system set up in 19th century America to deal with the aftermath of the civil war, including dealing with newly-freed African Americans. The writer discusses how Reconstruction was responsible for the passing of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, and actively promoted African-American involvement in politics and public life. It was a very social as well as a political movement, and led to the increased educational levels of southern blacks. The negative effects of Reconstruction, such as the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and other terrorist groups, are also discussed. The writer concludes that Reconstruction paved the way for there to be sufficient numbers of educated, organized, and determined African Americans to force the social changes that it promised by the time of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
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"While the treatment of former slaves may have been an issue in Reconstruction, it is important to keep in mind that the North and the South had many political differences. Therefore, northern Republicans were concerned about the southern Democrat dominance in politics. As a result, the Republican Party took over Reconstruction. The first major act of Reconstruction was the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, which extended citizenship to blacks and extended the protections of the Bill of Rights to the states."
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