The Troubles of Du Tenth

In the story “Du Tenth Sinks the Jewel Box in Anger” by Feng Meng-long, courtesans appeared to be kept imprisoned and generally wanting to escape the life of prostitution. There are several contrasting perceptions of women and their work. Often times prostitution can be viewed as a practice of unclean or even immoral activates but in this story, prostitution displays a much more positive illustration than in most other stories. Men and women such as Li Jia, Sung Fu, and madam portrayed these women

activist, W.E.B. Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He studied at Harvard University and, in 1895, became the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard. He wrote extensively and was the best known spokesperson for African American rights during the first half of the 20th century. Du Bois co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909. He died in

agricultural pursuits. Bookers’ statement the Atlanta Compromise was on race-relations, he was one of the leading black educators in the United States in the late 19th century. A political adviser and writer, Washington clashed with intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois over their ideas about racism and the lack of civil rights for blacks. DuBois was known for his pursuit of social justice, literary imagination, and his scholarly research. DuBois studied the academic fields of sociology, literature, history, urban

therefore be less prone to use violence. His counterpart, W.E.B. Du Bois, advocated a more immediate solution. He wanted the most talented Blacks, such as doctors, lawyers, and other professionals, to lead the their race towards social uplift. In his eyes, this "talented tenth" of the Black population would assume equality on their own terms by leading other Blacks to follow their example. Although their styles differed, Washington and Du Bois articulated a solution to the problem of racism, which laid

Arc of Justice is a story of the hardships of segregation fueled by ignorance in the 1920’s. The beginning introduces the reader into the setting of Detroit reaching its industrial peak. It then chronicles Ossian Sweet, an African American physician. Him and his wife, Gladys, purchased a house in a white neighborhood in hopes of a better future and a successful family. Instead, they quickly received many threats and felt unsteady, the neighbors rejected all African American’s in their society. Raised

African- American, and "the central authorizing figure for twentieth-century African-American thought," Du Bois was the inspiration for the literary movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. As a co-founder of the NAACP and the long-time editor of its magazine The Crisis, Du Bois nurtured and promoted many young and talented African-Americans. Underlying his controversial notion of "the talented tenth," was his belief that true integration will happen when selected blacks excel in the literature and

e Tax Vs. Other countries The United States of America has a marginal corporate tax rate of 35%, but after state taxes it reaches an astonishing 39.1%. That does not include the fact that there are additional taxes at some local levels. This is the third highest corporate tax rate in the world following only the United Arab Emirates, and Chad. It is true our tax rates are very high, and many American companies say that “they are not able to compete globally” because of these taxes. Still, they

FISHER–GENERAL MOTORS AND THE NATURE OF THE FIRM* BENJAMIN KLEIN University of California, Los Angeles Abstract After working well for more than 5 years, the Fisher Body–General Motors (GM) contract for the supply of automobile bodies broke down when GM’s demand for Fisher’s bodies unexpectedly increased dramatically. This pushed the imperfect contractual arrangement between the parties outside the self-enforcing range and led Fisher to take advantage of the fact that GM was contractually obligated

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson’s novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man was first published in 1912. This novel is one of the highly celebrated works during the Harlem Renaissance although it was published prior in 1912. Johnson graduated from Clark Atlanta University in 1894. He was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as United States consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua. He also was highly involved in the Harlem Renaissance with his

to begin with book six, entitled Lancelot du Lake. There appears to be some inconsistency in how the book is to be divided, whether in books or in tales. The reader should be advised that these two terms are not synonymous, and that while there are only eight tales, there are twenty-two books in Le Morte D'Arthur. "Drawing from many sources, Malory develops Lancelot's qualities of self-control, rectitude, and humaneness...the third tale (Lancelot du Lake) concentrates on Lancelot's chivalry