M.L. King's 'Why We Can't Wait'
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5 pages worth of notes, analysis, & information pertinent to Martin Luther King Jr.'s book Why We Can't Wait. No sources are listed.
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Essay Title: M.L. King's 'Why We Can't Wait'

Non-Violent Civil Disobedience and the Views of Martin Luther King
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This 5 page paper argues in favor of non-violent civil disobedience through the application of the views of Martin Luther King in his 'Letter From a Birmingham Jail.' This paper argues that civil disobedience is a powerful means of social change, but that it must be carried out in a manner that determines the non-violent nature of this kind of social and political discourse. No additional sources cited.
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Essay Title: Non-Violent Civil Disobedience and the Views of Martin Luther King

Black Culture and its Presentation in Drama: A Raisin in the Sun and Les Blancs
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This 5 page paper considers the argument that few playwrights have pursued the representation of Black culture theatrically, and then goes on to demonstrate the value of this process through the development of characters and cultural elements in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun and Les Blancs. This paper not only considers the nature of Black culture, but also the comparative nature of Hansberry's works as it proves to distinguish Black culture and Afrocentrism within a social organization. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Essay Title: Black Culture and its Presentation in Drama: A Raisin in the Sun and Les Blancs

African-American Poetry/ Civil Rights Era
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7 pages covering the voice of struggle expressed in Black poetry of the civil rights era. Analytical focus is specifically upon the works of such greats as Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovani, and Gwendolyn Brook. Bibliography lists 7 sources, Report also includes samples of two relevant poems (no additional charge).
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Essay Title: African-American Poetry/ Civil Rights Era

Langston Hughes
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A 5 page discussion of two poems written by Langston Hughes. The poems are 'Dream Deferred' (also known as 'Harlem')and 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers.' In discussing these poems the paper illustrates the realities that they all share, which is essentially the notion of dreams and harsh realities that kill those dreams, in relationship to the African American race. They are also all dreams that inherently speak of strength in the face of those harsh realities. No additional sources cited.
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Essay Title: Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks / Poetic Visions of Reality
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A 7 page piece that seeks to prove that Gwendolyn Brooks' 'We Real Cool, The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel,' and Langston Hughes' 'A Dream Deferred' are not mere observations about life on the streets, they are poems that speak of dashed dreams. They were not penned merely to express internal or external suffering observed, but for the love of community. They were written not merely to point out desolation in the community, but to point out the necessity for self-empowerment. The poems spoke of the present, how it relates to the past and its relationship to the future. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Essay Title: Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks / Poetic Visions of Reality

Langston Hughes' 'Mulatto' / The Distortion Of Modernism
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An 8 page paper discussing this important play by Langston Hughes. It shows why the white community saw the play in a distorted way; they were looking through the lens of modernism for reflections of their own dilemmas. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Essay Title: Langston Hughes' 'Mulatto' / The Distortion Of Modernism