Essays and Research Papers on Historical Figures

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A 4 page essay that argues that Huck Finn is not a racist book. It has become a perennial issue that books, even classics, that contain “’racially offensive’” words should be banned from high school curricula and Mark Twain’s classic Huckleberry Finn is always a target of such campaigns (Bertin 18). The irony in this ...

An 11 page paper which examines the theological views of James H. Cone. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

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

A 3 page paper which examines The Black West by William Katz. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

Nat Turner

  • 3 page paper

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

A 6 page paper which examines how Martin Luther King Jr. has influenced and contributed to the social welfare of people. Bibliography lists 4 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 discusses some of the aspects of suffering in “The Life of Gustavus Vassa” by Olaudah Equiano.” No additional sources cited.

The Grimke Sisters

  • 5 page paper

A 5 page paper which traces the movement of the Grimke sisters from being Southern Belles to feminists as seen in Gerda Lerner’s work The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina. No additional sources cited.

5 pages in length. Orators have a single objective: to persuade their audiences that what they have to say holds the greatest value and righteousness than any other opinion. As one of the nation's supreme wordsmiths, Martin Luther King, Jr. utilized his oratory talent as the conduit between racial inequity and the potential ...

A 10 page paper which examines how and why Booker T. Washington’s claims of hard work and social acceptance by the whites, in Up From Slavery, may not have been the best approach for the African American following the days of slavery. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the life and times of Martin Luther King Jr., and then discusses the relevance of his life and work in relationship to the election of Barack Obama. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines/analyzes Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter From Birmingham Jail and Socrates’ Crito. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper examines whether or not Obama's success is a product of the civil rights movement. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

Harlem Renaissance

  • 3 page paper

A 3 page research paper/essay that offers an overview of the Harlem Renaissance, which was a period of black artistic creativity in New York City in the 1920s and 30s. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page consideration of the way these two men varied in regard to how they sought to effect change for the black condition. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

Rosa Parks

  • 4 page paper

A 4 page paper on Rosa Parks. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

Martin Luther King Jr.

  • 3 page paper

A 3 page paper examining how Martin Luther King Jr. has influenced someone. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 8 page essay that contrasts and compares the narratives of Harriet Wilson's Our Nig and Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. The first narrative describes life in the antebellum North and the second life in the antebellum South, regarding the lives of these black authors. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper considers this historical speech and its meaning. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

Love

  • 12 page paper

This 10-page paper discusses how four African-American authors use love in extremely different contexts in their works. The books in reference include Go Tell it on the Mountain, Native Son and Their Eyes were Watching God and Sula. There are 6 sources cited.

This 3 page paper uses President Barack Obama’s book “Dreams from My Father” as springboard to explore how his parents and others helped him achieve success. Bibliography lists 1 source.

Malcolm X

  • 4 page paper

A 4 page overview of the life and work of Malcolm X. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

Go Sound the Trumpet

  • 3 page paper

This 2.5-page paper discusses the book, Go Sound the Trumpet and the essays that are depicted in the work. This particular essay focuses on four women during World Wars I and II who helped found schools and hospitals and how their work was similar to the work conducted by the leaders of the Civil Rights ...

A 5 page paper analyzing Dr. King's immortal words in terms of application of the tools of rhetoric. The paper lifts out segments of Dr. King's speech to serve as examples of ethos, pathos and logos. It concludes that Dr. King employed several tools of persuasion in his speech. He employed the techniques ...

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