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…. In the spring of 1811, Shawnee Chief Tecumseh was not on good terms with the “white man”. Tecumseh knew that settlers were growing in population and one day would destroy them. They needed to act now, when they still had if not an advantage but and equal…

…, her studies in the social science field, and the fact that the celebrated lifestyles of the elite southern whites were "Gone with the Wind." Evidence of society's "demise" is woven into the story, and presented through an interesting generation gap…

…to death have nothing personal against him. They find him guilty mostly because they feel that to take the word of a black man over two whites would treaten the system they live under, the system of segregation. Tom himself is guilty of nothing but being…

…this he tosses the paw into the burnin fire and advises the white family to leave it there. The whites figure, well what harm coulda few wishes do and mr white then goes and rescuse the paw. His 1st wish is for 2 hundred pounds to pay off thier small house…

…. Malcolm was her least favorite due to his light skin. She was half-white because a white man raped her mother, so she hated seeing t he light skin. The KKK was after Earl because they felt he didn’t know his place. This caused the Family to move to East Lansing…

…Racism today is both the same and different from racism of the early 1900’s. Some areas of racism that are the same include that of the dark colored skinned population being segregated from whites and groups ganging up against people of a colored skin…

…and beautiful in both Pauline and Cholly's life until they moved "up North". Once they moved north everything changed. The colors went out of Pauline's life. "I missed my people. I weren't used to so much white folks...Northern colored folk was different too"2…

…, the narrator thinks of himself as being visible, however, he is actually totally invisible to everyone he meets. Hardly anything he does is accepted by the whites. He thinks people want to listen to him and that they look up to his views. He is notably naïve…

…During the 1800s, the Plains Indians were finally overcome by the white man. Several factors contributed to their downfall. In descending order, these included the near extinction of the buffalo, disease, tribal wars, and their naivete. The buffalo…

…was fine, ordered and beautiful in both Pauline and Cholly's life until they moved 'up North'.         Once they moved North everything changed. The colors went out of Pauline's life. 'I missed my people. I weren't used to so much white folks…