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1. Richard Wright
Bryant Jeffries

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Richard Wright was born close to Natchez, Mississippi on September 4, 1908. In 1937, he became the Harlem editor of the Daily Worker and helped edit a brief literary magazine. In 1935 he wrote his first book, which is now known as Lawd Today. In 1939 Wright married Dhima Rose Meadman who was a dance teacher. Native Sun was published in 1940. In 1944 Wright got out of Communist Party and became a liberal. Wright moved to Paris in 1946, and became friends with Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. He was struck with illness before he died.======

"MWP: Richard Wright (1908-1960)." The University of Mississippi. Web. 05 Jan. 2010.
2. Segregation Bryant Jeffries




Laws were passed in the U.S.A. preventing segregation in 1960. The definition of segregation is: the policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination. Another word for segregation is separation. Races would say that they are just apart from the others so it would not count as segregation. Main contributors to racial segregation were Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. There are many kinds of segregations other than race. The segregations can consist of religion, sex, etc. Segregation plays a huge role in life. "Segregation - definition of segregation by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia." //Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary//. Web.

3. Jim Crow Laws Bryant Jeffries After the American Civil War, the south was legally responsible for separating blacks from whites. These were known as Jim Crow Laws. These laws made it so that African Americans were not allowed in public schools. Also it made it from African Americans not being able to public places such as restaurants, hotels, and theaters, ect. Buses and trains were also not allowed for blacks to get on. Jim Crow Laws were first started in 1896. In 1964 president Johnson got Civil Rights Laws passed. This made equal opportunities for everybody. "Jim Crow Laws." //Spartacus Educational - Home Page//. John Simkin, 2003. Web. 8 Jan. 2010.

4. New Deal Programs That benefited whites over blacks
By: Austin Twaits Most of the New Deal programs benefited the white American man over the black American man. The main reason these programs benefited white men over black men is because during this time period the black men did not have the same rights as the white men. Some of these programs included the AAA, Social Security Act, and the CCC. These three programs did not benefit the black men as much as it benefited the white men is several different ways. The AAA stood for the Agricultural Adjustment Act and it protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion. The Social Security Act provided pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled, and dependent children. The CCC stood for Civilian Conservation Corps and it Sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks. Removed surplus of workers from cities, provided healthy conditions for boys, provided money for families.

5. The Scottsboro Trials
By: Austin Twaits

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The Scottsboro Trials were among the most infamous episodes of legal injustice in the Jim Crow South. The events that culminated in the trials began in the early spring of 1931, when nine young black men were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train. The cases were tried and appealed in Alabama and twice argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. Despite evidence that exonerated the accused and even a retraction by one of the accusers, the state pursued the case and all-white juries delivered guilty verdicts that initially carried the death penalty. Several of the accused were sentenced to prison terms and all endured long stays in prison as the case made its way through the legal system. These trials later inspired the novel To Kill a Mockingbird .======

"The Trials of The Scottsboro Boys." UMKC School of Law. Web. 07 Jan. 2010. <http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/Ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

6. Harlem during the Depression
By: Austin Twaits

Harlem suffered through a period of severe economic decline during the years from 1928 through 1936. The intensity of the depression experienced by the Afro-American population of Harlem exceeded that of other sections of New York City. The optimism so prevalent during the Renaissance years of the 1920's disappeared as the black unemployment rate soared. The limited social mobility and occupational diversification characteristic of previous decades was greatly impeded as the depression forced many formerly self-supporting Harlemites to seek initialy private and later public assistance.

 
7. Free Will By: Schuyler

Free will is a belief that many cultures and religions share but many differ on what exactly free will is. Free will raises a question to most religions in the sense that is their something out their that controls everything that we do. No one can really know if there is something controlling everything we do many believe there is many belief the opposite. There are many philosophical sides to this argument which really boils down to is do humans have control over their lives or are they destined to do everything they do before they actually do it.  "Free will -." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Web. 08 Jan. 2010. .

8.Fatalism By: Schuyler Fatalism is a way of thinking and a philosophical doctrine. This way of thinking emphasizes that all events throughout a person’s life are already predetermined. A person cannot escape the fate that has already been laid out before them. The main ideas of fatalism are not the most joyful ways of thinking. The main pillar that holds up fatalism is that humans and all other sentient creatures are made to believe they have free will. According to fatalists there is no free will everything is already set in stone. People may have a little control of their actions but what those actions lead to cannot be changed no matter what happens. Fatalism is very similar to the belief of defeatism

 "Fatalism -." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Web. 07 Jan. 2010. .

9-Literary Naturalism Galen Mayou

Literary naturalism was a movement from 1865 to 1900 that used details to suggest social conditions and other things were indirectly shaping human’s character. It was a literary movement that sought to replicate believable everyday reality. Naturalistic writers were influenced by Charles Darwin and believed that a person’s heredity and social environment determined people’s character. Majority of naturalist’s work involved poverty, racism, sex, prejudice, disease, prostitution, and filth “naturalistic writers were frequently criticized for being too blunt as a result of their writings” (Wikipedia). Realism is only about describing subjects as they are and naturalism is the outgrowth of realism.

"Naturalism (literature) -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 05 Jan. 2010. .

Marxism is the base for the form of government known as Communism. Each person is given their equal share and no one is above anyone else. The three prime aspects of Marxism are the dialectical and materialist concept of history, the critique of capitalism, and Advocacy of proletarian revolution. Marx believed that throughout human history there has been an everlasting struggle between different social classes. Due to this struggle the productivity of human society has been severely hampered. Within capitalism the working class is exploited by those few who have power and wealth. The production of goods is all socialized the overall ownership is still in the hands of CEO’s. Marx believed that capitalism is fundamentally in a constant contradiction of itself, and due to this human society is not able to further develop. Lastly if the working class wants to take political power through a social revolution. They must kick out the capitalist classes and allow everyone to have equal share. The fundamental ideal of Marxism is that everything is shared with everyone no one person has the power over another. "Marxism -." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Web. 07 Jan. 2010. .

11-Jean-Paul Sartre Galen Mayou Sartre was a French existentialist and in the 20th century was one of the leading figures in philosophy and existentialism. His work even today still influences works in sociology and literary studies. He embraced communism, denied the Great Purge of Stalin, had an affair with a KGB-agent and defended existentialism. Sartre never officially joined the communist party. After meeting “Che” Guevara and Che died Sartre said that he “lived his words, spoke his own actions and his story and the story of the world ran parallel” (Wikipedia). Sartre led a life along the line communism/ Marxism during his life. He won the Nobel Prize, but turned it down. At the end of his life he was a household word, just like existentialism was.

"Jean-Paul Sartre -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 05 Jan. 2010. .