Since the advent of the film industry, the portrayal of the black individual has primarily been dictated by the desires of white filmmakers and audiences-starting in the early 1900s with the cinematic introduction of the tom, coon, tragic mulatto, mammy and the brutal buck, and stretching on through the 20s, 30s and 40s with the ...
Joel Williamson, William Faulkner and Southern History (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993). William Faulkner and Southern History, by Joel Williamson, is primarily an elaborate biography of Faulkner. Since it is written by an historian, however, the subject of Faulkner’s life is approached in a different way than it might be by a literary expert. ...
The incident became known as one of the bloodiest skirmishes in American history. The fighters involved were American colonists and British soldiers. The purpose of the battle was to try to make liberal and moderate people become radicals. On March 5, 1770, conflict aroused between British soldiers and a Boston mob which became known as ...
The history of the settlers of Louisiana is colorful and rich. Louisiana was once a land populated by Native Americans as was the majority of what we now call the United States. The first settlers to Louisiana were the French, though Spanish explorers had visited Louisiana many years earlier. These French settlers imparted much more ...
Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States. A place that is both haunted and haunting. It is a city filled with history. It gained attention again because of the Presidential Inauguration. Before there was a Washington, DC, there was forest and swamp inhabited by the Native American Tribe of Piscataway. The recorded history ...
Hair care products are usually separated into three categories: Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic. Mulatto women are of mixed ethnic backgrounds. As a mulatto woman with half black and half white hair, I have learned the hard way that using the typical hair care products does not benefit my hair. Here are the products that ...
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