Essays and Research Papers on Slavery & Civil Rights

This 5 page paper uses Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” and King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” to compare the two men’s positions on issues. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which illustrates how Sally Hemmings stands as a powerful southern icon. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses two of the essays in Jonathan Kaufman's book "Broken Alliance." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page essay that offer analysis and discussion of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. In the chapter entitled, "The Present and Probable Future Condition of the Three Races that Inhabit the Territory of the United States," Tocqueville describes the relations between the three, "naturally distinct" races that inhabited the US at this time ...

A 5 page paper which examines the problem of race as it was evidenced in the times following the freedom of the slaves. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper is a review of and reaction to David Blight’s book on the Civil War, “Race and Reunion.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines systemic racism as presented by Joe R. Feagin in Racist America. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page review of the book Black Abolitionists by Benjamin Quarles. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which examines the KKK today and discusses whether it still affects the South. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 7 page research paper that offers an examination of sources, which focuses on the city of Chandler, Arizona and what can be discerned from online sources about race relations in this community and, specifically, in regards to the ethnicity of the student researching this topic, which is Filipino, in order to provide a template ...

In thirteen pages this paper considers the tactics FBI counterintelligence employed in its infiltration of the U.S. civil rights movement and includes a statement of the problem, significant problem, and objective. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.

This 3 page paper discusses the life of the slave in the American South before the Civil War. Bibliography lists 1 source.

4 pages in length. The writer briefly summaries three articles about academic disparity and then offers a position statement. No bibliography.

A 3 page discussion of James G. Hollandsworth’s The Louisiana Native Guards. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines the role of slave and slave owner in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In three pages this paper discusses the theme of this important historical text that explores the black experience and contributions to the American West, examines how the reader can determine the source of the author’s information without footnotes or endnotes, considers whether or not the text is objective or biased, and assesses its value. ...

3 pages in length. As shapers of American culture, the black population has long endured the inhumanity that often accompanies social, political and religious change. Their contributions have been instrumental to and for the progression of policy in order to make the United States a more civilized and culturally equitable land for all. ...

A 3 page paper which looks at various aspects of Nat Turner’s life. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

In three pages this paper examines the problems of racism that still exist in America and considers possible solutions. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.

6 pages in length. Overcoming racial discord is a challenging yet necessary achievement in order to reach racial harmony. The example set forth in Remember the Titans illustrates how the duality of prejudice and discrimination serve as social psychological principles that successfully keep this from happening. To look at only one of ...

3 pages in length. To study a people is to examine an entire spectrum of social, political, cultural and religious aspects that together provide a inclusive representation. The origin and path of African American studies encompasses myriad accounts of an oppressed people whose ultimate consequence of having darker skin was to lose their ...

A 3 page consideration of this important historical figure. This paper addresses how education was his ticket to freedom. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

6 pages in length. Influences of race in this community is clearly evident by the fact that there is only one black person confident enough to live in a town overrun by religious zealots with little tolerance for anyone who is not of their ilk. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines slavery and the experience of Frederick Douglass in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. No additional sources cited.