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Literature and Community

great deal of literature there is a foundation that is laid in relationship to a community. The community is a part of the setting...

Oedipus & Creon as Rulers

is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...

The Vernacular Tradition and African-American Literature

admiring the speech, the student could say something like the following. Martin Luther Kings "I Have a Dream" speech is one of th...

King’s Premise of Non-Violence: Applications to the Women’s Movement

By the 1960s blacks and women alike, of course, had freedom in a technical sense but they each had a long...

Trekkies, Russell and Black Experience

describes the Tiger beetle, which is "often brightly patterned" in a manner that looks "like small jewels" (Russell 222). Her desc...

Discussion of Autobiography of Malcolm X

In four pages Malcolm X's autobiography is examined and then is contrasted with Martin Luther King's philosophy. Four sources are...

Legal System, Civil Rights Movement, and the Nonviolent Social Ideals of Martin Luther King

was shortly afterwards involved in the cause begun by civil rights activist Rosa Parks when she refused to follow the citys laws m...

Martin Luther King's Nonviolence and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

In five pages this paper examines how King's six nonviolence steps are represented in this anonymously written Medieval epic. Two...

George C. Wolfe's 101 Dalmations, Toni Cade Bambara's The Lesson and Identity

girl who has no real identity aside from that which is perhaps preconceived by her and her community. We see this young ignorance ...

Toni Cade Bambara's 'The Lesson'

In five pages the telling of this short story and the messages contained within are analyzed. One source is listed in the bibliog...

Martin Luther King's Ideas About Love

to love their oppressors in an affectionate sense. Love in this connection means understanding good will as expressed in the Greek...

Ideology of Dr. Martin Luther King's Nonviolence and Global Terrorism Applications

its grips on the world? How do black American civil rights leaders feel about that form of violence? How do they feel about the ...

The Indulgence Controversy

realize they could expand their power through indulgences (Spaeth et al., 18). For instance, special indulgences were initially gi...

Community in "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara

the community as an oddity, "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" (Faulkner 433). She ...

'What is Man?' and William Shakespeare's King Lear

In four pages the question regarding the nature of man is examined within the context of William Shakespeare's King Lear....

Social Reform and Karl Marx

In six pages this paper compares the social reform theories of Karl Marx with those of Nancy Chodorow, Simone de Beauvoir, and Mar...

The Civil Rights Movement During the Forties Through the Sixties

This research report examines how the civil rights movement impacted African Americans and others. Various leaders are mentioned s...

Overview of Dr. Martin Luther King

In two pages the accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King in terms of the civil rights movement and humanity are the focus of thi...

Letter of James and Martin Luther

the discovery that "the just person," who is referred to in scripture (such as Roman 1:17) lives by faith and justification pertai...

Malcolm X and Martin Luther King on Black Manhood

that fight. Black manhood to Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. seems to be equivalent to standing up for individual rights. T...

Consideration of Leadership from Josef Broz Tito to Yasser Arafat

In six pages and 3 parts this paper discusses the leadership of Yugoslavia's Tito, then discusses Martin Luther King, Arafat, with...

Secular Society and Doubt and Belief

In five pages society's incorporation of religion is discussed in terms of several philosophical views that include mainstream rel...

Civil Disobedience and Civil Rights Leaders

Malcolm X who had such ideas, and his concept had nothing to do with changing class problems, but with race. The notion that soci...

I Have a Dream

This paper reviews the philosophies of Dr. Martin Luther King and comments on how they are reflected in this monumental speech. T...

JFK and MLK Gone Too Soon

international community. Some of the wilder theories were that the Soviets were behind the shooting, and there were fears that it ...

Martin Luther King and the Right to Resistance as Expressed by Thoreau

injustice. Thoreau argues that the only obligation he has "is to do at any time what I think right." He expands on this thought, w...

Chapter XI of Bearing the Cross by Garrow

very powerful then and that point comes through loud and clear in the chapter. It is also noted that blacks and whites did not lik...

Theory of the Assassination of Martin Luther King

noted, one must remember that what Pepper presents is not just a theory about conspiracy, but information and facts that were supp...

Firing Imus: Dr. King Would Not Approve

intensely, but he has the Constitutional right to say it. Michael Dorf argues that CBS made a mistake in firing Imus, even though...

Good Life Defined by Religion and Philosophy

the many delights of civilization, and thus showing Enkidu this type of pleasure is important (PG). Enkidu himself however sees i...