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The First Amendment is the cornerstone of the American Constitution-and equally susceptible to interpretation. Who defines offensive and protected speech?

The phrase, "woman is the nigger of the world," was originally contrived by Yoko Ono during a 1969 English magazine interview and later made into a contentious 1972 song.

Countée Cullen's poem clearly demonstrates the lingering damage that a single, vile word can inflict on a young mind.

With a supposed release from Dr. Dre, a controversial opus from Nas, and a highly-anticipated disc from Lil' Wayne, here are the essential hip-hop albums for 2008

In which we discuss the infamous outburst of Seinfeld's Michael Richards and what we can do to further a dialogue that leads to healing.

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe has numerous characters and moves between many story lines. Here is a breakdown of the minor characters and their roles.

In a controversial statement on the senate floor, the senior senator from Nevada compared opposition to healthcare reform with resistance to the abolition of slavery.

Brief biography of British author Joseph Conrad, famous for Lord Jim, Nostromo, and short story 'Heart of Darkness.'

While there is little historical consensus regarding the breeding of slaves, the oral histories of former slaves verify the vile practice did exist.

Even though the Civil War ended in 1865, the new war for white supremacy in the South raged on throughout the Reconstruction era.

Blacks represented about one in every 15 Bostonians in the 1760s. Of these 1,000 or so, only about 18 were free.

Winning more electoral votes than any President since Bill Clinton's 1996 trouncing of Bob Dole, Barack Obama's win initiated a philosophical change in America.

Gangsters depicted in films such as The Godfather and Scarface have become iconic among black youth. But what would Don Corleone think of today's would be gangsters?

Conrad was one of the grittiest and most realistic fiction authors of the late nineteenth century. His books were also highly readable.

In Heart of Darkness, Conrad buffers any implied criticism of imperialism by placing his narrative firmly within a strong nationalistic framework.

In order to maximize plantation profits, slave owners often hired professional overseers whose management techniques typically included the brutal treatment of slaves.

Finally, a book that debunks the silly notion that the Red Sox long championship drought had anything to do with Babe Ruth.

A countdown of the Most Important Books in Canadian Literature, from 1948-1968, as reported by the Literary Review of Canada

Although Carl Maxey is often regarded as the first African American lawyer in Spokane Washington, the evidence is clear that he was not.

28 years after its original publication, here is a close examination of Rich, the leading story in her first story collection, In The Land of Dreamy Dreams.

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. In striving for civil rights for Blacks he was jailed and received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Building off the segregation of blacks and whites in the mid-19th century, Ralph Ellison's "Battle Royal" explores what it means to be black and humble and still be.

The Bodwin house . . . the loving, comfortable mid-1800's Ohio home of an upstanding abolitionist Quaker man and his sister-and a most despicable objet d'art.

Since pro baseball began, it has been wracked with scandal, corruption, and reprehensible player behavior. Ty Cobb may have been the worst. Here's his ugliest offense.

Brief biography Agatha Christie, famous for her collection of mystery novels starring Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot and St. Mary Mead's elderly Miss Jane Marple.

The Texas Slave Narratives illustrates that slaves were not only aware of the Civil War, but how it changed slavery and their first experiences of freedom.

"A Good Man is Hard to Find", by Flannery O'Connor, is a short story centered on the grandmother. Her actions and statements demonstrate the values and ideas of the Old

Rod Carew was one of the greatest contact hitters in baseball history.

Settled in the 1820s by free blacks seeking to own property, the racially integrated village was razed in 1856 to make way for the creation of Manhattan's Central Park.

Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, uses a variety of characters to paint a portrait of small-town life and race relations during the 1930's

Censored, challenged, forbidden, or just plain banned-some of the greatest books of our time have gotten the worst rap.

Out of the Top 100 books of the 20th Century as listed by the Radcliff Publishing Course, 42 are or have been on the banned or challenged book list.