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Biography of William Faulkner

This was only the first of many contradictions that would emerge in William Faulkner that would make his life more difficult than ...

The Jewish 'Father' Abraham

Michalowski explains, "Each person also had an additional, personal god" (Szulc, 2001, p. 90). A close interaction with this pers...

Life and Art of Jacob Lawrence

"[A]fter school while his mother worked, Lawrence attended a day- care program at Utopia Childrens House, where he studied arts an...

Islamic Women's Lives

Women had been treated as possessions of their husbands; Islamic law made the education of girls a sacred duty and gave women the ...

Yankton Sioux Zitkala Sa and Christianity's Impacts

non-Native culture, Zitkala was forced to leave her home and family at the young age of twelve. She was sent to a Quaker missiona...

Ralph Ellison's Life and Literary Career

However, any hope for a middle-class life died in 1917 with the death of Lewis Ellison (Rogers 12). Nevertheless, the...

Applebaum and Batt's The New American Workplace, Transforming Work Systems in the United States

that the American workplace, and indeed the world workplace in general, has undergone tremendous changes in just a relative short ...

American English Compendium by Marv Rubinstein

slang and colloquialisms (of the world) smack of American English (1), and that this is true even in England. He credits this fact...

U.S. South Before the Civil War, Slaves, and the Role Played by Religion

conditions as they relate to the white man instilling religion into the slaves of the South. "In the 1780s, Methodists--who repr...

Civil Rights Activist Al Sharpton's Life and Achievements

age of nine (2003). Hence, even his childhood was entrenched in religion and preaching. That said, he did pursue other interests w...

Care at the End of Life and Cultural Variations

(1997) observes: "Involving the family in hospital care, maximizing the family as a resource, and creating an environment where h...

Carrie Allen McCray's Freedom's Child

mans baby. So, in this there is no unique condition. But, the unique element comes into play when we note that the household posse...

African Americans and the Impact of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement

that because of the civil rights movement, no black woman will ever again be forced to sit in the back of the bus....

Rockets and Scientist Robert Goddard

In six pages this paper discusses the life of Robert Goddard and the impact of his scientific contributions upon the American spac...

Booker T. Washington and the African American Experience

In six pages this paper considers what the African American experience was like during the mid nineteenth and early twentieth cent...

American Revolutioin from Different Perspectives

how things were effected, but rather, the investigation goes to why. One may glean, from reading this book, that America was prope...

Addressing Family Topics

to make it clear that they are not attempting to replace the biological parent, and, furthermore, that they should be accepting of...

American Author Washington Irving

his long literary journey in newspapers and journals, becoming a contributor to his brothers Morning Chronicle and publishing his ...

Early American History and Free African Americans

my opinion, yet I consider our condition but little better than that....After all, methinks there are no chains so galling as thos...

U.S. Migration by Mexican Immigrants Seeking the American Dream

money and even littler time to "enjoy" U.S. culture. Often times, however, these immigrants can turn their heritage into an asset...

Analyzing the Novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

consider the color of that persons skin nor do they rationalize the behavior with a variety of preconceived notions which society ...

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Care Porters and A. Philip Randolph

offensive against the union" (Anonymous Biography: Chronology: In Search of A. Philip Randolph, by Juan Williams, 2002; aprbio.htm...

Four Things That Will Help Improve the Quality of Life for Others

everyone needs to exercise and eat a well-balanced diet. Here, one way to help might be for a person to assist older people with t...

Blood In, Blood Out

applied to the characters at different times, but the two that seem most effective are Merton, and Shaw and MacKay. The term "Amer...

Edgar Allan Poe/Theme of Insanity

manages to resurrect herself momentarily from her entombment before falling dead upon her brother, causing his death also. The hou...

DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES AND EDUCATION

illusion of democratic choice by parents of children who are fed up and frustrated with the local school system. Furthermo...

Youth Violence In The United States

in a society where proper parenting has become a thing of the past. Detachment of this extent can reach epic proportions when men...

Prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the African-American Population of Houston, Texas

state declined by 20% (HHS System Strategic Plan for FY 2005-2009). This encouraging news did not extend to the black community, h...

Paul Dunbar’s Use of Double Consciousness

all tears and sighs?" (Dunbar "We Wear"). In other words, the world is callous and pays no heed to the pain that it causes, but D...

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Among African Americans

This 25 page paper provides an overview of the current literature regarding CVD in African American patients. Bibliography lists ...