Essays and Research Papers on Historical Figures

6 pages worth of very short reaction essays to famous speeches and writings of early African-American heroes like Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and Sojourner Truth. No outside references are cited.

A 10 page 'interview' with these two leaders in 1901, the year Booker T. Washington published his autobiography after 20 years of success at Tuskegee Institute, and the year during which President William McKinley was assassinated, leaving his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, to take office as President. The 'interview' ...

A 10 page paper discussing Booker T. Washington and Harriet Jacobs (aka Linda Brent) and their similarities, the time in which they were writing and presenting their thoughts, as well as their innate intelligence which was bot applauded and dismissed because it came from a 'Negro.' Bibliography lists four sources.

A 6 page essay comparing the approaches of W.E.B. DuBois, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Malcom X to the Civil Rights and Black Empowerment Movements. No bibliography.

2 pages on the word slave and the historic context in which it was used in Frederick Douglass' narrative.

A 5 page examination of the writings of Frederick Douglass with emphasis on his first work Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. No additional sources are listed.

7 pages in length. Frederick Douglass' Narrative of the Life of an American Slave and Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl may have been spawned from two separate perspectives, but they both possess many of the same elements of truth. Douglass seeks to educate and, thus, advance society regarding the slave's ...

A 6 page research paper that gives an overall look at the life and achievements of Frederick Douglass. Born a slave around 1818, Douglass escaped to freedom at the age of 20 and spent the rest of his life as an abolitionist, a writer and as an internationally-acclaimed orator. The most prominent African-American of his ...

A 5 page examination of the life and work of Frederick Douglass. Includes information regarding his most noted literary works, his activities as a speaker in the abolitionsist movement as well as information on other activities of his life which were dircted against slavery. Bibliography lists five sources.

A 5 page discussion of Douglass' narrative and how they can be used to disprove Alexis Tocqueville's contention that the black slave is oblivious to his state as a slave. Bibliography includes two sources.

A 5 page examination of the fight between Frederick Douglass and Mr. Covey as related in the 'The Narrative of Frederick Douglass'. Concludes that in reality the fight had no real bearing on Douglass' real crusade against slavery or his determination to attain freedom. Points out that Douglass' real impetus for freedom came from his ...

A 5 page examination of the fight between Frederick Douglass and Mr. Covey as related in the 'The Narrative of Frederick Douglass'. Concludes that Douglass' account of the fight holds no real symbolic meaning but that this account was really just one man's reccollection of an event. No additional sources are listed.

A 5 page examination of the fight between Frederick Douglass and Mr. Covey as related in the 'The Narrative of Frederick Douglass'. No additional sources are listed.

A 5 page research paper which examines how the antebellum South was viewed through the eyes of white Southerners and then through the eyes of ex-slave Frederick Douglass. Using the work of Drew Faust in his book on the development of Confederate nationalism, the writer shows how white Southerners considered themselves to be deeply religious ...

A 6 page comparison of the dehumanization to which Frederick Douglass was exposed as a slave to that to which Frankenstein, the 'monster' of Mary Shelly's creation, was exposed to. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page discussion of the two men, their backgrounds, their views of slavery and their approaches to obliterating it. Bibliography lists 3 primary sources including the books.

Approximately 6 pages worth of notes useful for a general comparison of Thomas Jefferson and Frederick Douglass. No Bibliographic references.

A 6 page paper on the similar lives and philosophies of Anzia Yezierska, a Russian-Jewish writer who grew up on the East Side of New York City, and Frederick Douglass, the famed orator who was born a slave. Special emphasis is placed on their views on education and wealth in our society. Bibliography lists 1 ...

A 5 page paper discussing the events that first drove Malcolm X to consider Islam and make a pilgrimage to Mecca and the impact the journey had on him. Malcolm X changed his attitudes dramatically following his pilgrimage and began preaching the Oneness of God. Essay includes some of Malcolm X's remarks about his pilgrimage. ...

In 10 pages, the author discusses Malcolm X focusing on his life from his going to jail up until his death. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 10 page paper that discusses the popularity of Malcolm X in today's society. Malcolm X is greatly exaggerated today, in relationship to the amount of individuals who are promoting him and merchandise that bears his image. More often than not, these individuals who endorse such merchandise, are actually incredibly ignorant about what Malcolm X ...

A 3 page analysis that attempts to answer, based on his autobiography, the interpretive question: 'why was this leader gunned down at a point in this career where his philosophy had changed toward one that was more oriented toward peace and brotherhood, then the more militant position that he had previously held?' An 'interpretive question' ...

A 5 page paper which discusses how Malcolm X's teachings have come back into the forefront of today's society, in relationship to the African American. But much of the original intent has apparently been lost in an angry flood of emotions that urge the African American into a thought processa that is based on a ...

A 9 page, critical analysis of W.E.B. DuBois' concept of race. The writer posits that we certainly should not cease to reflect our culture at the moment we are declared American; for Americans maintain any exclusive culture without the foundation of external roots. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page analysis of W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folks. The writer discusses the controversial nature of the 1913 publication, the meaning of Du Bois's message, and the audience which he addressed. Bibliography lists two sources.