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…of separation that do not provide blacks with housing and other facilities equivalent to those available to whites. A main part of the breakdown is fear itself. Whites fear not just black crime, but also a black uprising if speakers such as John Kumalo…

…Jean Toomer Jean Toomer was born in 1894 in Washington, D.C, the son of a Georgian farmer. Though he passed for white during certain periods of his life, he was raised in a predominantly black community and attended black high schools…

…The theme of "Do The Right Thing" is that everyone has a valid viewpoint, but not many are willing to compromise. The key to the issue is black and white, and yet doesn't fall into that racial trap. Although the film explores racial issues the true point…

…and beliefs. Tom Robinson, an African-American man, is accused of raping Mayella Ewell; since he is an African-American, he loses the case. Tom is given a defense attorney, Atticus Finch, who is chosen by the judge. Atticus Finch is a white man and he…

…for you as well. The harsh reaction of the students at the particular white high school was to be expected. After decades of monotonous all white education, the students and faculty were naturally frightened to take this gigantic unexplored step…

…Tennessee Williams employs the use of colors in various ways in his play 'A streetcar named Desire' to portray its major themes. When the heroine Blanche Dubois appears in the first scene, she is dressed all in white. 'White' (also the meaning of her…

…for these acts of hate was because the white men thought that they where the only race that mattered and the African Americans where the scum of society. In the movie it shows how even the law was out to get the African Americans, because when ever the KKK did…

…objects. The print is divided into nine equal squares, each containing either one or two people against a white background. The squares represent negatives of a photo demonstrated by small numbers on the outline of each square and the imprint of a negative…

…as white people. The enslavement of blacks began in the 1600’s. Slavery flourished in the South, where large plantations grew cotton, tobacco, and other crops. In order for the plantations to thrive, many laborers were needed. By 1860…

…Ruby Bridges was the first black child to cross an invisible line and enter an all white school. She was just six years old when she first arrived at that school in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. On Ruby’s first day, a large crowd of angry white…