Jackie Robinson's Social Contributions
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An 8 page paper discussing the social effect felt by Jackie Robinson's addition to the Dodgers. He suffered incredible verbal abuse and even threats of death, yet continued with his mission. He summarized the source of his drive in his last book: 'I cannot, as an individual, rejoice in the good things I have been permitted to work for and learn while the humblest of my brothers is down in a deep hole hollering for help and not being heard. That is why I have devoted and dedicated my life to service.' Jackie Robinson did more perhaps than any other black man in breaking color barriers. Without discounting the contributions of other civil rights workers, Jackie Robinson became a master of breaking the white man's rules yet remaining within those same rules. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: JackieRo.wps

The Nation of Islam in Chicago
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This 12 page paper presents the development of the Nation of Islam in Chicago and its emerging importance as a component of the stabilization of the Black community. This paper argues that the development of the Nation of Islam led to the creation of Chicago as it currently exists, and defines the correlation between the Nation of Islam and the demographic composition of the city. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: MHIslam_

Alex Haley's 'Roots'
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A 5 page book report which provides an overview of the Alex Haley's 1976 work of 'autobiographical fiction,' Roots. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Roots2.wps

Alex Haley's 'Roots' / Book, Miniseries & The Subject of Child Developmental Psychology
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A 5 page paper which compares Alex Haley's book, Roots (Chapters 1-42), with the 1977 miniseries to determine the major differences in terms of how each addressed child development, the difference in the socialization process between Kunta Kinte's tribe and that of Anglo-American children in the U.S., the classification of Kunta Kinte's society from an American cultural orientation, and the development of a child in Kinte's culture with the same aged Anglo child, from a specie perspective. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Roots.wps

Booker T. Washington & Harriet Jacobs -- The Knowledge of Freedom
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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.
Filename: Bookhar.wps

Gwendolyn Brooks / Poems
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A 5 page analysis of 3 of Gwendolyn Brooks' poems. The writer looks at 'A Sunset of the City,' 'When you have forgotten Sunday: The Love Story,' and 'Corners on the Curving Sky' as being representative of Brooks' style and also of how Brooks consistently expresses emotions which are universal to human experience. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Gwenbrok.wps

The Poetry Of Gwendolyn Brooks / Growing Up, Reaching Out
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A 6 page paper on three poems by this well-known Black American. The poems explicated are 'Hunchback Girl: She Thinks of Heaven;' 'We Real Cool;' and 'The Ballad of Chocolate Mabbie,' and the paper looks at them in terms of their evocation of the experience of growing up. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: Gbroo.wps

Eurocentrism & Afrocentrism / Contrasting Views and the Significance for Race Relations
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An 8 page paper that considers the differences between Eurocentrism and Afrocentrism and relates them in terms of the perceptions of Molei Kete Asante and Mary Lefkowitz. This paper demonstrates the arguments presented by both theorists and then considers their implication for race relations. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Eurafro.wps

Frederick Douglass / Unfeeling Animal or Suppressed Human Being?
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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.
Filename: Fred.wps

Contemporary Racism and the Role of Frederick Douglass
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A 5 page overview of the importance of the work of Frederick Douglass and the stature of the man. Relates that this work and the man, while extremely important in a historical sense, is not something on which we should base our current day attitudes regarding racism. Bibliography lists 2sources.
Filename: PPracism.wps

Autobiography of Frederick Douglass
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This 5 page paper takes an analytical look at the autobiography. Several observations are made including how Douglass was unique and also how he remained optimistic. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Autodoug.wps

Douglass v. The Confederacy
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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 people. This is contrasted with the spirituality of Douglass and his experiences as a slave.
Filename: Dougconf.wps