Essays and Research Papers on Slavery & Civil Rights

This 3 page paper discusses the Civil Rights Movement, with emphasis on tactics used and the voting rights issue. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8 page paper examines the North/South dichotomy regarding slavery. The thesis is that the difference is overstated. Much attention goes to Virginia to prove the point. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the effects of discrimination on Southern blacks during the 1950s as characterized by the lives of Moody’s family and acquaintances, the ways her life changed after leaving home for the city and going onto college, the dangers she confronted while working for racial equality in Mississippi, her later disenchantment ...

6 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses Feagin, Kingsolver and Hill Collins whose works address the aspects of racism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which analyzes the first five chapters of Cornel West’s “Race Matters.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

10 pages in length. Blazing their respective trails for racial tolerance and equity, Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany followed similar paths throughout their celebrated lives. While Delany may have realized more tangible achievements than Douglass, this did not serve to infringe upon the level of contribution each man made to the cause. ...

A 5 page essay that discusses and analyzes Booker T. Washington's autobiography. The writer argues that Washington brought rational discourse and reasoned compromise to a volatile era in race relations. He fully realized that a black man could not get a white man to consider his position unless he managed to get around the overt ...

This 3 page paper explores some of the connections between the economy and black Americans, both historically and today. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 8 page paper which examines two of Abraham Lincoln's most well known speeches - The Address at Cooper Union and The Gettysburg Address. The bibliography has 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the condition of the female slave as seen in Deborah Gray White’s “Ar’n’t I a Woman?” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the image of Jezebel and Mammy as seen in Deborah Gray White’s “Ar’n’t I a Woman?” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the persistence of racism in American society and which also examines possible solutions and attempts at solutions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

8 pages in length. The overflow of social, economic and political tension that permeated throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries culminated in one of history's most explosive crossing points where racial unrest is concerned. The 1919 Chicago Race Riot was the direct result of myriad causes that, when all combined, reflected ...

A 5 page paper which examines the Abolition movement before the Civil War. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which compares the life of African Americans in Mark Twain’s story of Huckleberry Finn to African Americans today. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how slavery for women left negative as well as positive impacts on African American women. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the notion that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere and justice delayed is justice denied. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the emotional appeal of King in his Letter from Birmingham Jail. No additional sources cited.

3 pages in length. Along with the tragedy inherent to Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, an entirely unique – and distressing – reality has emerged from the ruins: Racial divide. Clearly evident with every newscast or article photo of both the pre- and post-hurricane evacuation efforts was the fact that virtually every person caught within ...

A 6 page paper which examine and analyzes Bebe Moore Campbell’s “Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine” and Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s “In My Place” as they relate to depicting the south during the era of segregation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page essay that analyzes Edward Jones' novel of the antebellum South, The Known World, and Anne Moody autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, which are very different books that are separated by roughly a hundred years of American history. However, each of these texts share the common factor in that an integral part ...

7 pages in length. To understand the depth and breadth of truth to what Philip Klinkner and Roger Smith espouse in their book entitled The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America, one must abandon any and all preconceived notions about how justly black civil rights have progressed since the ...

A paper which looks at Cassie as the narrator of Roll of Thunder, and the reasons why the author chooses to present events from the child's perspective. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 7 page paper which analyzes aspects of All Gods Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw by Theodore Rosengarten. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines race relations from the Civil War to present day, illustrating the legacy of conflict in black and white relations. Bibliography lists 2 sources.