National Endowment for Black America
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A 4 page analytical essay in which the writer argues that a National Endowment for Black America would be a private institution-the private, race-specific branch of a strategy whose public branches are race-neutral. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Affirmal.wps

Negritude
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5 pages in length. The social, cultural and political events that helped to shape the concept of Negritude for Leopold Sedar Senghor, Leon Damas and Aime Cesaire were vast and far-reaching when it came to sculpting their individual interpretations of the word. In short, the birth of Negritude was the birth of Black Consciousness and the Harlem Renaissance, which was hastened by the need for the African community to be recognized for its beneficial and inherent contributions. Spawning a significant literary movement in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s comprised of French-speaking African and Caribbean writers, Negritude opened up an entirely different view of blacks that had never before been considered. The writer discusses what Negritude represented to the individual writers. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCnegri.wps

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga: The Theme of Colonialism
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This 6 page paper assesses the theme of colonialism as it is presented in Tsitsi Dangarembga's work Nervous Conditions. This paper assesses the importance of colonialism in defining the characteristics of the protagonist, and then defines the correlation between Dangarembga's views and existing perspectives on colonial rule in Africa. No additional sources cited.
Filename: MHColon4.wps

Orlando Patterson/ "The Ordeal of Integration"
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A 5 page research paper that examines the position taken by Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson in his book The Ordeal of Integration regarding the paradoxes involved in understanding integration. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: 00orpat.wps

Out of SC/Black Migration 1916-17
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A 15 page research paper that examines the Great Migration of 1916-1919 when a huge number of African-Americans left the South for better economic opportunities in the North. The writer focuses particularly on the experiences of the state of South Carolina. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: 99exodus.wps

Pan-Africanism/Afrocentric Education
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4 pages in length. Written from a slightly metaphysical perspective, this essay discusses the importance of Pan-Africanism and Afrocentric education. No Bibliography.
Filename: Afroamer.wps

Political Action For Civil Rights
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Malcolm X advocated bringing about change through "any means necessary' while Martin Luther King, Jr. followed the principles of nonviolent civil disobedience to fight for the rights of Blacks. This 5 page paper argues that Nonviolent civil disobedience is a viable alternative to political violence and was successfully used as a tactic by leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. The use of 'political' violence was justified as a means to bring about change. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KTcvlrgh.rtf

Portrayal of African - Americans in Film # 3
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An 8 page paper describing roles that Black Americans have played in films. The writer traces the type of roles Black actors have had in this century and how those roles have changed using several films as examples. It is posited that even while Civil Rights ushered in a new age for minorities and a greatly-improved media role for Blacks, Hollywood has still, for the most part, continued to rely only upon the portrayal of stereotypes. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Afrofilm.wps

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