The theme of discrimination is clearly present in Frederick Douglass' Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass was born in Tuckahoe, Maryland around 1818. He had no accurate knowledge of his age. Douglass was born to a black mother and a white father, who he believed was his master (Douglass 19). By secretly studying books, Douglass learned to read a crime punishable by death. He escaped slavery when he was barely an adult and wrote the story of his life and how discrimination affected it.

Not only is discrimination the theme of Douglass' novel, it is also the cause of his horrible condition. In his autobiography he claims he "was made to drink the bitterest dregs of slavery" (73). Throughout the novel Douglass never encounters a slave who is not black. "Why am I a slave," Douglass asks (Douglass

73). This is surely a question asked by every victim of prejudice. Another piece that illustrates discrimination is Joseph Brant's, "Indian Civilization Vs. White Civilization."

Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc, 1997.

"Douglass, Frederick." Academic American Encyclopedia. 1998 ed: 248-249.

In " I Have a Dream" King hopes that someday " in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers" (King 21). If our society ever reaches this point, it will be a result of us listening to words of people like King. " Someday," King says, "even the state of Mississippi will be transformed into oasis of freedom and justice" (King 20). King's words of hope are truly inspiring to those who are willing to accept it.

Joseph Brant was born in 1742 and died in 1807 (Barnett et al. 938). Brant, or Thayendanega, was educated at Wheelock's Indian school in Connecticut. He served the British in the French and Indian war and the American Revolution. Being a Mohawk Chief, Brant was subject to much racially motivated discrimination.

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